Canada men's national under-17 soccer team

Canada Under-17
Nickname(s)	The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Andrew Olivieri
FIFA code	CAN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Canada 3–3 Costa Rica ; (Mexico City, Mexico; May 13, 1985)
Biggest win
	Canada 10–0 Nicaragua ; (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 2, 1994)
Biggest defeat
	Canada 0-5 Brazil ; (Itu, Brazil; October 1, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1987)
Best result	Group stage (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2023)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1985)
Best result	Runners-up (2011)

The Canada U-17 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-17s or Canada U-17s) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.

Many of Canada's current internationals have played at one or more of these age levels early in their career, often working with the same coaches and teammates throughout their progression into the senior squad.

The team has qualified for seven out of nineteen FIFA U-17 World Cups.

The team also competes in the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

Coaching staff[edit]

Current staff[edit]

As of September 29, 2023.^[1]

Position	Name	Nation
Head coach	Andrew Olivieri	Canada

Coaching history[edit]

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Brian Hughes (1985–1987)
Bert Goldberger (1987–1994)
Tony Taylor (1995–1996)
Stephen Hart (2002–2007)
Sean Fleming (2011)
Paul Stalteri (2016–2017)
Andrew Olivieri (2019–present)

Fixtures and recent results[edit]

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss

2022[edit]

December 15 Copa México de Naciones Sub-17	Costa Rica	1–2	Canada	Mexico City, Mexico
5:00PM EST		Report	12' (o.g.) MacKenzie	Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Note: Conflicting reports show the result as 0–2 with both goals scored by Liam MacKenzie.^[2]

December 19 Copa México de Naciones Sub-17	Mexico	3–0	Canada	Mexico City, Mexico
10:30AM CST	S. Carrillo 19'; 37' J. Moxica 63'	Report		Stadium: Cancha 1 - Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Referee: Luis López (Mexico)

2023[edit]

February 4 Friendly	Guatemala	0–0	Canada	Guatemala City, Guatemala
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

February 11 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Group F	Canada	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago	Antigua, Guatemala
17:00 EST	Vojvodic 27', 68'; Omeze 61'	Report	Webb 67' Sween 81'	Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: José Fuentes (Guatemala)

February 13 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Group F	Barbados	0–2	Canada	Antigua, Guatemala
17:00 EST		Report	MacKenzie 21' Biello 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Sanchez Bass (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

February 15 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Group F	United States	1–0	Canada	Antigua, Guatemala
20:00 EST	Figueroa 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

February 18 CONCACAF U-17 Championship R16	Canada	3–0	Haiti	Antigua, Guatemala
20:00 EST	N’Diaye 4' Ozimec 16' Pop 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)

February 22 CONCACAF U-17 Championship QF	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Guatemala City, Guatemala
17:00 EST		Report	Vojvodic 8' N’Diaye 36' Stefanovic 55'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

February 24 CONCACAF U-17 Championship SF	Canada	0–2	United States	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 EST		Report	Burton 36' Figueroa 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)

September 29 Friendly	Brazil	3–1	Canada	Sorocaba, Brazil
14:00 EST	Rayan 21' Elias 47' V. Reis 86'	Report	Ozimec 64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Walter Ribeiro

October 1 Friendly	Brazil	5–0	Canada	Itu, Brazil
14:00 EST	Rayan 6' Elias First Half' Pedro Lima First Half' Estêvão First Half' Lorran Second Half'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Novelli Júnior

November 5 Friendly	Argentina	2–1	Canada	Bali, Indonesia
TBD	López Carrizo	Report	Tahid	Stadium: Bali United Training Center

November 10 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group B	Spain	2–0	Canada	Surakarta, Indonesia
07:00 EST	Guiu 20' Junyent 76'	Report		Stadium: Manahan Stadium Attendance: 6,613 Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

November 13 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group B	Uzbekistan	3–0	Canada	Surakarta, Indonesia
07:00 EST	Chukwu 22' (o.g.) Saidov 24', 81'	Report		Stadium: Manahan Stadium Attendance: 6,919 Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

November 16 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group B	Canada	1–5	Mali	Surabaya, Indonesia
04:00 EST	Chukwu 45'	Report	Diarra 14' Barry 26' Kanate 73' Makalou 77' Thiero 90+1'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Players[edit]

Current Canada U17 squad[edit]

The following 23 players were named in the final squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Indonesia from November 12 to December 2, 2023.^[3]

Caps and goals as of November 16, 2023, after the match against the Mali under-17 football team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nathaniel Abraham	(2007-04-23) April 23, 2007 (age 16)	12	0	Toronto FC Academy
16	1GK	Dominic Kantorowicz	(2008-04-24) April 24, 2008 (age 15)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy
18	1GK	Alexander O'Brien	(2006-06-17) June 17, 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Columbia University

2	2DF	Theo Rigopoulos	(2006-10-29) October 29, 2006 (age 17)	11	0	Toronto FC II
3	2DF	Gaël de Montigny	(2006-03-16) March 16, 2006 (age 18)	13	0	CF Montréal U23
5	2DF	Chimere Omeze	(2006-06-02) June 2, 2006 (age 17)	13	1	Syracuse University
6	2DF	Lazar Stefanovic	(2006-10-08) October 8, 2006 (age 17)	13	1	Toronto FC II
8	2DF	Jeevan Badwal	(2006-03-11) March 11, 2006 (age 18)	12	0	Whitecaps FC 2
12	2DF	Aidan Fong	(2006-03-28) March 28, 2006 (age 18)	11	0	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
15	2DF	Victor Fung	(2007-08-13) August 13, 2007 (age 16)	5	0	Inter Miami Academy
17	2DF	Étienne Godin	(2006-02-01) February 1, 2006 (age 18)	6	0	CF Montréal Academy
20	2DF	Lino Aklil	(2006-03-16) March 16, 2006 (age 18)	4	0	HSC Montpellier U19
23	2DF	Sergei Kozlovskiy^ALT	(2008-06-18) June 18, 2008 (age 15)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy

4	3MF	Alessandro Biello	(2006-04-07) April 7, 2006 (age 18)	9	1	CF Montréal
7	3MF	Taryck Tahid	(2007-04-21) April 21, 2007 (age 16)	6	1	Vancouver FC
10	3MF	Philip Igbinobaro	(2006-01-05) January 5, 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Toronto FC Academy
13	3MF	Richard Chukwu	(2008-02-25) February 25, 2008 (age 16)	13	1	Toronto FC Academy
14	3MF	Tyler Londono	(2006-08-29) August 29, 2006 (age 17)	5	0	Toronto FC Academy
22	3MF	Liam MacKenzie^ALT	(2007-03-15) March 15, 2007 (age 17)	8	2	Vancouver Whitecaps 2

9	4FW	Antoni Klukowski	(2007-04-02) April 2, 2007 (age 17)	7	0	Pogoń Szczecin II
11	4FW	Kevaughn Tavernier	(2006-02-24) February 24, 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Forge FC
19	4FW	Erik Pop	(2006-01-30) January 30, 2006 (age 18)	10	1	Karlsruher U19
21	4FW	Lucas Ozimec	(2006-01-18) January 18, 2006 (age 18)	12	2	Hajduk Split Academy

Recent Canada U17 call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months.^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jean-Christophe Belzile	(2008-05-13) May 13, 2008 (age 15)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy	2023 FIFA U17 World Cup Prelim. Squad
GK	Ewan Derrien-Lairet	(2007-03-14) March 14, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
GK	Trystan Read	(2007-05-25) May 25, 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp

DF	Simon Guardiero	(2006-07-07) July 7, 2006 (age 17)	1	0	University of Akron	February 2023 Guatemala U-17 Camp
DF	Immanuel Mathe	(2006-01-27) January 27, 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
DF	Dylan Pierre-Alexis	(2006-07-04) July 4, 2006 (age 17)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp

DF	Allen Saye Blegay	(2006-08-07) August 7, 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Simcoe County Rovers FC	October 2023 Vs Brazil under-17
MF	Braden Stevanovic	(2006-09-03) September 3, 2006 (age 17)	2	0	University of Akron	December 2022 Copa México U17
MF	Luka Boiteau	(2006-11-24) November 24, 2006 (age 17)	0	0	US Boulogne U19	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
MF	Quentin Christey	(2007-03-15) March 15, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
MF	Antoine N'Diaye^INJ	(2006-04-07) April 7, 2006 (age 18)	7	2	CF Montréal Academy	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
MF	Ruben de Sá	(2006-02-08) February 8, 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Famalicão U19	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
MF	Andrei Dumitru	(2006-10-28) October 28, 2006 (age 17)	7	0	Toronto FC II	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

FW	Kyler Vojvodic^INJ	(2006-06-05) June 5, 2006 (age 17)	9	3	Vancouver Whitecaps	2023 FIFA U17 World Cup Prelim. Squad
FW	Joses Chukwu	(2007-02-03) February 3, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
FW	Joaquim Coulanges	(2006-11-03) November 3, 2006 (age 17)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
FW	Matteo Landicho-Correia	(2006-07-26) July 26, 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Cleveland State University	February 2023 Guatemala U-17 Camp
FW	Ibrahim Higazy	(2006-01-04) January 4, 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Celta	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
ALT = Alternate player INJ = Injured player PRE = Preliminary squad

Current Canada U15 squad[edit]

The following 22 players have been named in the final Canada Under-15 roster for the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship held in Curaçao and the Dominican Republic in August, 2023.^[5]

Caps and goals as of August 10, 2023, after the match against the Haiti U15 Soccer Team.

Coach: Mike Vitulano

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dominic Kantorowicz	(2008-04-24) April 24, 2008 (age 15)	3	0	Toronto FC Academy
18	1GK	Jean-Christophe Belzile	(2008-05-13) May 13, 2008 (age 15)	1	0	CF Montréal Academy

2	2DF	Sahil Deo	(2008-04-07) April 7, 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
3	2DF	William Daniels	2008	4	2	Leicester City Academy
5	2DF	Daniel Panait	(2008-05-13) May 13, 2008 (age 15)	4	0	CF Montréal Academy
6	2DF	Sergei Kozlovskiy	(2008-06-18) June 18, 2008 (age 15)	4	0	CF Montréal Academy
12	2DF	Ajahni Carter	(2008-08-25) August 25, 2008 (age 15)	3	0	Toronto FC Academy
15	2DF	Spencer Sappleton	(2008-01-15) January 15, 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy
20	2DF	Stefan Kapor^ALT	(2009-04-04) April 4, 2009 (age 15)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy
22	2DF	Josh Nteziryayo^ALT	(2008-11-15) November 15, 2008 (age 15)	0	0	CF Montréal Academy

4	3MF	Tim Fortier	(2008-12-22) December 22, 2008 (age 15)	4	0	Toronto FC Academy
8	3MF	Aghilas Abdelmalek Sadek	2008	4	0	CS Longueuil
10	3MF	Kevin Khan	(2008-05-30) May 30, 2008 (age 15)	4	2	Feyenoord Academy
13	3MF	Richard Chukwu	(2008-02-25) February 25, 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Toronto FC Academy
14	3MF	Dylan Judelson	(2008-06-05) June 5, 2008 (age 15)	4	0	Orlando City SC Academy
17	3MF	Philip Biskupski	(2008-05-15) May 15, 2008 (age 15)	3	0	Toronto FC Academy
21	3MF	Antone Bossenberry^ALT	(2008-08-14) August 14, 2008 (age 15)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy

7	4FW	Shola Jimoh	(2008-04-08) April 8, 2008 (age 16)	4	0	York United FC
9	4FW	Kemari Record-Wright	(2008-05-14) May 14, 2008 (age 15)	4	1	Toronto FC Academy
11	4FW	André Ali-Gayapersad	(2008-06-05) June 5, 2008 (age 15)	4	1	CF Damm Academy
16	4FW	Grady McDonnell	(2008-05-16) May 16, 2008 (age 15)	4	2	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
19	4FW	Johnny Selemani^ALT	(2008-02-17) February 17, 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
ALT = Alternate player INJ = Injured player

Previous Canada U17 squads[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987	Group stage	16th of 16	3	0	0	3	1	8
1989	Group stage	16th of 16	3	0	0	3	1	9
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Group stage	16th of 16	3	0	0	3	0	18
1995	Group stage	16th of 16	3	0	0	3	1	7
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	19th of 24	3	0	2	1	2	5
2013	Group stage	18th of 24	3	0	2	1	3	6
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage	22nd of 24	3	0	0	3	2	7
2023	Group stage	22nd of 24	3	0	0	3	1	10
2025	to be determined
Total	Group stage	8/20	24	0	4	20	11	70

CONCACAF U-17 Championship[edit]

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Did not enter
1985	Third place	3rd of 8	6	2	2	2	12	12
1987	Did not enter
1988	Third place	3rd of 10	7	3	3	1	7	7
1991	Group stage	6th of 12	3	1	1	1	1	1
1992	Third place	3rd of 12	6	4	1	1	19	1
1994	Third place	3rd of 12	6	4	0	2	16	4
1996	Fourth place	4th of 12	6	2	1	3	7	8
1999	Group stage	6th of 8	3	1	0	2	6	6
2001	Group stage	4th of 8	3	1	1	1	6	5
2003	Group stage	5th of 8	3	2	0	1	4	3
2005	Group stage	5th of 8	3	1	0	2	5	4
2007	Group stage	6th of 9	4	1	1	2	6	6
2009	Group stage	7th of 8	3	0	1	2	4	7
2011	Runners-up	2nd of 12	5	3	1	1	11	3
2013	Third place	3rd of 12	5	2	2	1	10	7
2015	Playoff round	5th of 12	6	3	1	2	10	9
2017	Group stage	7th of 12	3	1	0	2	4	4
2019	Semi-finals	4th of 16	6	3	1	2	15	10
2023	Semi-finals	4th of 20	6	4	0	2	11	5
Total	Runners-up	18/20	84	38	16	30	154	102

Honours[edit]

CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2011
- Third place (5): 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2013

References[edit]

^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup - Staff". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer.
^ Jimenez, Gustavo (December 15, 2022). "Gira de fogueos en México sigue dejando valiosas lecciones a la Sele Sub 17" [Blank tour in Mexico continues to teach the Sele Sub 17 valuable lessons]. Costa Rica national football team (in Spanish). Retrieved December 16, 2022.
^ "CANADA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR THE FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP INDONESIA 2023™". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
^ "Canada Soccer announces Men's U-17 camp for domestic camp in Montréal". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
^ "Canada at the Concacaf Boys' Under-15 Championship". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "FIFA U-17 World Cup - Staff". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer.

[2] Jimenez, Gustavo (December 15, 2022). "Gira de fogueos en México sigue dejando valiosas lecciones a la Sele Sub 17" [Blank tour in Mexico continues to teach the Sele Sub 17 valuable lessons]. Costa Rica national football team (in Spanish). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[3] "CANADA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR THE FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP INDONESIA 2023™". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

[4] "Canada Soccer announces Men's U-17 camp for domestic camp in Montréal". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.

[5] "Canada at the Concacaf Boys' Under-15 Championship". canadasoccer.com. Canada Soccer. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

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v t e National under-17 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
1: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 3:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.