Croatia national under-17 football team
| Nickname(s) | Mali Vatreni (The Young Blazers) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Croatian Football Federation (HNS) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Marijan Budimir | ||
| Most caps | Milan Badelj (28) | ||
| Top scorer | Nikola Kalinić (15) | ||
| FIFA code | CRO | ||
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| First international | |||
| Croatia 1–0 Hungary (Donji Miholjac, Croatia; 26 April 1993) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Croatia 11–0 Andorra (Donji Tavankut, Serbia; 29 September 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Croatia 0–5 Norway (Tallinn, Estonia; 25 October 2006) Croatia 0–5 England (Pula, Croatia; 28 September 2016) | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2001) | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2001) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2015) | ||
| Website | hns-cff.hr | ||
The Croatia national under-17 football team represents Croatia in youth international football. They have been to the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
Competitive record
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
Tournament played fully or partially on home soil
UEFA European Under-17 Championship record
Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 17 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January.[1] In 2001/2002 the competition was renamed the European Under-17 Championship, but the eligibility rules did not change.
| UEFA European Under-17 Championship record | Qualifications record | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Year | ||
| 1982 | Part of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Not a UEFA member | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1994 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1995 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Quarter-finals | 8/16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Squad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1997 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Quarter-finals | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Group stage | 15/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Third place | 3/16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2000 | ||
| 2002 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2002 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2003 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2004 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Fourth place | 4/8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2007 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2008 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2009 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2011 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Group stage | 5/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2013 | ||
| 2014 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Quarter-finals | 7/16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2015 | ||
| 2016 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2016 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Group stage | 14/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||||
| 2018 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2018 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2019 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Tournament and elite qualifying round cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Tournament and qualifying round cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Group stage | 12/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2023 | ||
| 2024 | Group stage | 9/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2024 | |||
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2027 | 2027 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | Third place | 10/41 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 123 | 70 | 26 | 27 | 250 | 122 | ||||
Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 9 November 2023 after the match against England.
| Matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First match | France 2–0 Croatia (Scheibbs, Austria; 29 April 1996) | ||||
| Biggest win | Switzerland 2–5 Croatia (Santa Croce sull'Arno, Italy; 8 May 2005) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | Portugal 5–1 Croatia (Krems an der Donau, Austria; 6 May 1996) | ||||
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | Qualifications record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | ||||||||
| 1985 | Part of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Did not qualify | UEFA European Under-17 Championship | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Group stage | 10/16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Squad | 2001 | |||||||
| 2003 | Did not qualify | 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Group stage | 17/24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Squad | 2013 | |||||||
| 2015 | Quarter-finals | 7/24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Squad | 2015 | |||||||
| 2017 | Did not qualify | 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | to be determined | 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 3/20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||||||||
Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 1 November 2015 after the match against Mali.
| Matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First match | Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Croatia (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2001) | ||||
| Biggest win | Croatia 2–0 Germany (Concepción, Chile; 29 October 2015) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | Croatia 0–4 Australia (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 19 September 2001) | ||||
Other
Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out; correct as of 19 August 2023 after the match against Uzbekistan.
References
- ↑ "European U-16/U-17 Championship". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 October 2017.