Finnish national football team (U-17 juniors)

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Finland
Association Suomen Palloliitto
confederacy UEFA
Head coach Ilkka Mäkelä
FIFA code FIN
(Status: unknown)

The Finnish U-17 national soccer team is a selection team of Finnish soccer players . It is subject to the Suomen Palloliitto and represents it internationally at U-17 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, at U-17 European and U-17 World Championships .

At the 2003 World Cup in their own country, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. Her best result at the European Championships was fourth place in 1982 when only four teams took part in the finals. In 2002 she qualified for the last time so far for an EM.

Participation in U-17 world championships

(Until 1989 U-16 World Championship)

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 1985 not qualified
CanadaCanada 1987
ScotlandScotland 1989
ItalyItaly 1991
JapanJapan 1993
EcuadorEcuador 1995
EgyptEgypt 1997
New ZealandNew Zealand 1999
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 2001
FinlandFinland 2003 Preliminary round
PeruPeru 2005 not qualified
Korea SouthSouth Korea 2007
NigeriaNigeria 2009
MexicoMexico 2011
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2013
ChileChile 2015
IndiaIndia 2017
BrazilBrazil 2019

Participation in the U-17 European Championships

(Until 2001 U-16 European Championship)

ItalyItaly 1982 4th Place
GermanyGermany 1984 not qualified
HungaryHungary 1985
GreeceGreece 1986
FranceFrance 1987
SpainSpain 1988 Preliminary round
DenmarkDenmark 1989 not qualified
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 1990
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1991 Preliminary round
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus 1992 Preliminary round
TurkeyTurkey 1993 not qualified
IrelandIreland 1994
BelgiumBelgium 1995
AustriaAustria 1996
GermanyGermany 1997
ScotlandScotland 1998 Preliminary round
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 1999 Preliminary round
IsraelIsrael 2000 Preliminary round
EnglandEngland 2001 Preliminary round
DenmarkDenmark 2002 Preliminary round
PortugalPortugal 2003 not qualified
FranceFrance 2004
ItalyItaly 2005
LuxembourgLuxembourg 2006
BelgiumBelgium 2007
TurkeyTurkey 2008
GermanyGermany 2009
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein 2010
SerbiaSerbia 2011
SloveniaSlovenia 2012
SlovakiaSlovakia 2013
MaltaMalta 2014
BulgariaBulgaria 2015
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 2016
CroatiaCroatia 2017
EnglandEngland 2018
IrelandIreland 2019

See also