Mali national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Mali women's 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 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
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.

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	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
16	1GK	Diaguine Sidibe	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006	0	0	CS Bamako
21	1GK	Seriba Doumbia	(2007-01-11) 11 January 2007	0	0	CS Bamako
	2DF	Gaoussou Kone	(2006-11-22) 22 November 2006	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
	2DF	Souleymane Sanogo	(2006-10-01) 1 October 2006	1	0	Yeelen Olympique
	2DF	Ousmane Simpara	(2006-06-13) 13 June 2006	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	2DF	Abdoul Razak Toure	(2006-12-31) 31 December 2006	1	0	JMG Bamako
	2DF	Issa Traore	(2007-11-14) 14 November 2007	0	0	Djoliba
	2DF	Alassane Togola	(2007-01-21) 21 January 2007	0	0	JMG Bamako
	2DF	Moussa Traore	(2006-12-30) 30 December 2006	0	0	CS Bamako
	3MF	Mahammoud Barry	(2006-06-11) 11 June 2006	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	3MF	Baye Coulibaly	(2006-01-08) 8 January 2006	1	0	Etoiles-du-Mandé
	3MF	Abdoulaye Gouba	(2007-01-31) 31 January 2007	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	3MF	Ange Martial Tia	(2006-11-20) 20 November 2006	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	3MF	Moussa Massire Diop	(2006-09-01) 1 September 2006	1	0	JMG Bamako
	3MF	Sékou Koné	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006	1	0	Manchester United
	3MF	Ousmane Thiero	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006	1	0	AS Bamako
	3MF	Modibo Sissoko	(2006-12-17) 17 December 2006	0	0	Guidars
	4FW	Mamadou Doumbia	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006	1	1	Black Stars
	4FW	Ibrahim Diarra	(2006-12-12) 12 December 2006	1	0	Africa Foot
	4FW	Ibrahim Kanate	(2006-10-23) 23 October 2006	1	0	Afrique Football Élite
	4FW	Salif Noah Leintu	(2006-06-20) 20 June 2006	0	0	Bethesda SC
20	4FW	Ousmane Diarra	(2007-10-25) 25 October 2007	0	0	Génération Foot
	4FW	Mahamadou Kante	(2008-03-30) 30 March 2008	0	0	Africa Foot
	4FW	Badra Traore	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006	0	0	Metz

See also

• Mali national football team
• Mali national under-20 football team
• Mali women's national football team

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Mali's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Belgium	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Brazil	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Croatia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
France	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	2	0	2	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Iran	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Iraq	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Mexico	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Paraguay	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	000.00
Spain	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	000.00
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	32	18	4	10	58	26	+32	056.25