Bhutan national under-17 football team
| Association | Bhutan Football Federation |
|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Head coach | Sonam Jigme |
| Captain | Lungtok Dawa |
| Top scorer |
Thinley Dorji Chencho Gyeltshen Dawa Tshering Samten Norbu Nawang Tshering Yoesel Dorji Tenzin Shezang (all one goal each) |
| Home stadium | Changlimithang Stadium |
| FIFA code | BHU |
| First international | |
 Sri Lanka 3-0 Bhutan  (Uzbekistan; 31 October 2003) |
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| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Bhutan 0-12 Tajikistan  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 23 September 2013) |
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The Bhutan national under-17 football team represents Bhutan in men's international under-17 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation. The under-17 team has played sporadically since its first foray into international football in 2004, competing exclusively either in the qualifying rounds for the AFC U-16 Championship or the SAFF U-16 Championship. They are one of the weakest teams in their age group within both their continental and regional federations, having never qualified for the competition proper of the AFC u-16 Championship. They have played only nineteen competitive games in their entire history, losing eighteen of them, their only result coming in the form of a 0-0 draw with Pakistan in the 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship, conceding 102 goals along the way whilst scoring only seven in reply.
Bhutan under-17s, much like the senior side came to international football relatively late. Although formal competition organised by the continental federation for this age group only commenced in 1985, Bhutan did not take part until 2004 when they entered the qualification rounds for the 2004 AFC U-17 Championship following three consecutive withdrawals from the qualifying competition in 1998,2000 and 2002. Following this somewhat stuttering entry into the international arena, they travelled to Uzbekistan where their group games were to be played, but met with little success, failing to qualify and returning home without a point, or even scoring, losing 3-0 to Sri Lanka and then 6-0 to hosts Uzbekistan.
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