Nickname(s) | Three Lions |
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Association | The Football Association |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Steve Cooper |
FIFA code | ENG |
First international | |
England 1 – 1 Turkey (Livorno, Italy; 20 August 1991) |
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Biggest win | |
England 8 – 0 Gibraltar (Yerevan, Armenia; 26 October 2013) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Germany 4 – 0 England (Jena, Germany; 9 May 2009) Spain 4 – 0 England (Tbilisi, Georgia; 31 March 2012) |
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European Championship | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 1984) |
Best result | Champions: (2) 2010, 2014 |
The England national under-17 football team, also known as England under-17s or England U17(s), represents England in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.
In July 2015, Steve Cooper was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Mike Marsh.
The England under-17 team compete in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Championship. In 1984 they finished in third beating Serbia 1-0 in the third place match. England were the hosts of the 2001 Final Tournament, with the English reaching the semi-finals where they lost 4-0 to France on 3 May. They finished fourth, losing the third place play off match 4-1 to Croatia. They finished third in 2002 in Denmark and fourth again in 2003 in Portugal and 2004 in France. The 2007 tournament saw England finish as runners-up in Belgium. In the final, held at the Stade Luc Varenne in Tournai, they lost 1-0 to Spain on 13 May. In 2008, they failed to qualify for the finals. They reached the final tournament in 2009, but finished bottom of their group.