Mali national under-17 football team

Mali U-17
Nickname(s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Malian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Soumaïla Coulibaly
Home stadium	Stade du 26 Mars
FIFA code	MLI
First colours	Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	9 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2015, 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)

The Mali national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Mali and is controlled by the Malian Football Federation. It represents Mali in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Overview

The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 2015 World Cup^[1] held in Chile, when Mali reached finished as runners-up. Their best performance at the African level came in the 2015 and the 2017 tournament in Niger and Gabon respectively, when they finished as champions.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not enter
1987
1989
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	2
1999	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	0	1
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	4
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	12	4
2017	Fourth place	4th	7	4	0	3	16	11
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	4
2025	To be determined
Total	6/20	Runners-up	32	18	4	10	58	26

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Fourth place	4th	5	1	0	4	5	8
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	4	3
1999	Third Place	3rd	5	2	2	1	6	5
2001	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	11	3
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	7	7
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	4
2017	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	9	2
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Fourth place	4th	5	3	1	1	7	2
2025	To be determined
Total	9/15	Champions	40	18	9	13	60	43

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations between 29 April – 19 May.^[2]

Caps and goals are correct as of 1 May 2023, after the match against Burkina Faso.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Bourama Kone	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
16	1GK	Diaguine Sidibe	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006 (age 18)	0	0	CS Bamako
21	1GK	Seriba Doumbia	(2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 17)	0	0	CS Bamako

	2DF	Gaoussou Kone	(2006-11-22) 22 November 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
	2DF	Souleymane Sanogo	(2006-10-01) 1 October 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
	2DF	Ousmane Simpara	(2006-06-13) 13 June 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	2DF	Abdoul Razak Toure	(2006-12-31) 31 December 2006 (age 17)	1	0	JMG Bamako
	2DF	Issa Traore	(2007-11-14) 14 November 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Djoliba
	2DF	Alassane Togola	(2007-01-21) 21 January 2007 (age 17)	0	0	JMG Bamako
	2DF	Moussa Traore	(2006-12-30) 30 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	CS Bamako

	3MF	Mahammoud Barry	(2006-06-11) 11 June 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	3MF	Baye Coulibaly	(2006-01-08) 8 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	3MF	Abdoulaye Gouba	(2007-01-31) 31 January 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	3MF	Ange Martial Tia	(2006-11-20) 20 November 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	3MF	Moussa Massire Diop	(2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 18)	1	0	JMG Bamako
	3MF	Sékou Koné	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Manchester United
	3MF	Ousmane Thiero	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 18)	1	0	AS Bamako
	3MF	Modibo Sissoko	(2006-12-17) 17 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Guidars

	4FW	Mamadou Doumbia	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18)	1	1	Black Stars
	4FW	Ibrahim Diarra	(2006-12-12) 12 December 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Africa Foot
	4FW	Ibrahim Kanate	(2006-10-23) 23 October 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	4FW	Salif Noah Leintu	(2006-06-20) 20 June 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Bethesda SC
20	4FW	Ousmane Diarra	(2007-10-25) 25 October 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Génération Foot
	4FW	Mahamadou Kante	(2008-03-30) 30 March 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Africa Foot
	4FW	Badra Traore	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Metz

References

^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗶 𝗹𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲 𝘀é𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹𝘆" (in French). Fédération Malienne de Football – Facebook. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[1] "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[2] "𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗶 𝗹𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲 𝘀é𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹𝘆" (in French). Fédération Malienne de Football – Facebook. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

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