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{{short description|Women's national association football team representing Nepal}}
{{Infobox national football team
| type               = women
| Name               = Nepal Women's U-17
| Badge              = 
| Badge_size         = 175px
| Nickname           = Nepali Chelis
| Association        = [[All Nepal Football Association]]
| Sub-confederation  = [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]] ([[South Asia]])
| Confederation      = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
| Coach              = 
| Most caps          = 
| Top scorer         = 
| Home Stadium       = Various
| FIFA Trigramme     = NEP
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| First game         = {{fbwu|17|BAN}} 6–0 {{fbwu-rt|17|NEP}}<br> ([[Bangladesh]]; 17 December 2017)
| Largest win        = {{fbwu|17|NEP}} 4–0 {{fbwu|17|PAK}}<br> ([[Bhutan]]; 11 August 2018)
| Largest loss       = {{fbwu|17|NEP}} 1–11 {{fbwu|17|MYA}}<br> ([[Nepal]]; 21 September 2018)
| Regional name      = [[SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|SAFF U-16 Women's Championship]]
| Regional cup apps  = 3
| Regional cup first = [[2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2017]]
| Regional cup best  = Third-place ([[2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2019]])
| Captain            = 
}}

The '''Nepal women's U-17 national football team''', otherwise known as Nepali Cheli's (Nepalese Sisters){{citation needed|date=April 2021}} is controlled by the [[All Nepal Football Association]] and represents [[Nepal]] in women's international [[association football|football]] competitions. The Women's Football Department is developed to control and manage the women's football activities. The official motto of women's football in Nepal is "Football for Change". It is a member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] and the [[South Asian Football Federation]] and has yet to qualify for the [[AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup|Asian Cup]].
==History==
The team played their debut game against [[Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team|Bangladesh]] on 17 December, 2017 in [[2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship]] which they lost by 6–0 margin. They finished last in the group stage, losing to [[India women's national under-17 football team|India]] by 10–0 margin and then gained their first ever points in the tournament by drawing 1–1 against Bhutan.

In the [[2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|next edition of the tournament]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SAFF U15 Women's Championship Draw Held, Nepal Groups with Pakistan|url=http://goalnepal.com/news/detail/2711|work=Goal Nepal|date=28 July 2018}}</ref> Nepal qualified for the semi-finals for the first time but went down to [[India women's national under-17 football team|India]] by narrow margin of 2–1 following which Nepal played third-place game against Bhutan which they lost in penalty shootout. During the same tournament, head coach Sanoj Shreshtha made it clear that Nepali players were not overaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goalnepal.com/news/detail/3858|title=Nepal U15 Coach Sanoj Shrestha: Our All Players Are MRI Approved|publisher=Goal Nepal|date=25 October 2018}}</ref>

==Squad==
Squad called up for [[2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goalnepal.com/news/detail/7192|publisher=Goal Nepal|title=ANFA Announces Preliminary Squad For SAFF U15 Women's Championship 2019}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:80%;"
|-
! text-align:center;"|No.
! text-align:center;"|Name
! text-align:center;"|Province
! text-align:center;"|Date of Birth (Age)
|-
|1
|Preeti Rai
|[[Kathmandu]]
|6 April 2006
|-
|2
|Kumari Tamang
|[[Nuwakot District|Nuwakot]]
|21 November 2007
|-
|3
|Sunkala Rai 
|[[Kathmandu]]
|28 November 2007
|-
|4
|Mamata Pun
|[[Dang District, Nepal|Dang]]
|28 November 2008
|-
|5
|Surachkya Sukhariya
|[[Bardiya]]
|13 October 2007
|-
|6
|Anu Rai
|[[Sarlahi]]
|18 October 2009
|-
|7
|Sabina Chaudhary
|[[Rautahat]]
|28 November 2009
|-
|8
|Sushma GT
|[[Syangja]]
|1 January 2008
|-
|9
|Sujita Lama
|[[Kathmandu]]
|29 January 2007
|-
|10
|Ashmita Karki
|[[Kathmandu]]
|6 May 2007
|-
|11
|Sandhya Ramtel
|[[Dhankuta]]
|3 September 2007
|-
|12
|Anjana Thulung Rai
|[[Dhankuta]]
|4 June 2007
|-
|13
|Pushpa Gurung
|[[Syangja]]
|28 November 2008
|-
|14
|Lekhmaya Maskey
|[[Syangja]]
|11 May 2007
|-
|15
|Ashmita Gurung
|[[Shankhuwashabha]]
|1 October 2007
|}
==Fixtures & results==
;Legend
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===2023===
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2023|03|20|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship]] [[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|NEP}}
|score      = 1–4
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|IND}}
|goals1     = Barsha Oli {{goal|54}}
|goals2     =
*[[Shilji Shaji|Shilji]] {{goal|10||40||81}}
*Pooja {{goal|41}}
|stadium    = [[Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium|BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh 
|attendance = 203
|referee    = Yangkhey Tshering ([[Bhutan Football Federation|Bhutan]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/64184cfcc7e66.pdf Report (SAFF)]<br/>[https://www.the-aiff.com/articles Report (AIFF)]
|result    =L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2023|03|22|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship]] [[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|BHU}}
|score      = 0–5
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|NEP}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*Barsha Oli {{goal|16||50}}
*Dipa Rokaya {{goal|30}}
*Senu Pariyar {{goal|34||58}}
|stadium    = [[Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium|BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh 
|attendance =332
|referee    = Jaya Chakma ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/641b1b821c165.pdf Report (SAFF)]<br/>[https://goalnepal.com/news/detail/15616 Report (Goalnepal)]
| result    =W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship]] [[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|NEP}}
|score      = 0–3
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|RUS}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*Elena Golik {{goal|63||75}}
*Polina Filshina {{goal|83}}
|stadium    = [[Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium|BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh 
|attendance = 326
|referee     = Meera Tamang ([[All Nepal Football Association|Nepal]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/6420638402d3e.pdf Report (SAFF)]<br/>[https://himalsanchar.com/nepal-lost-to-russia-in-the-saif-under-17-womens-championship-chances-of-winning-the-title-ended/ Report (Himal Sanchar)]
|result     =L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2023|03|28|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship]] [[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|BAN}}
|score      = 1–1
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|NEP}}
|goals1     = Senu Pariyar {{goal|8}}
|goals2     = Mst Sagorika {{goal|75}}
|stadium    = [[Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium|BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh 
|attendance = 607
|referee    = Kanika Barman ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
|report     =[https://saffederation.org/uploads/6422d08e650a5.pdf Report (SAFF)]<br/>[https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/bangladesh-play-1-1-draw-nepal-saff-u17-womens-championship-606970 Report (TBS)]
|result    =D
}}

===2024===
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2024|03|2|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship]] [[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|BAN}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|NEP}}
|goals1     = Sauravi Akanda Prity {{goal|24||31}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    =[[ANFA Complex]]
|location   = [[Lalitpur, Nepal|Lalitpur]], Nepal 
|attendance = 103
|referee    = Meera Tamang ([[Bhutan Football Federation|Bhutan]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/ Report]
|result     =L
}}
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{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2024|03|4|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship]] [[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|BHU}}
|score      = 0–3
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|NEP}}
|goals1     = 
|goals2     =
*Puja Giri {{goal|14}}
*Bhumika Budathoki {{goal|18}}
*Gyanshu Dolmalo {{goal|31}}
|stadium    = ANFA Complex
|location   = Lalitpur, Nepal
|attendance = 150
|referee    = Sen Hangma Subba ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/65e5b18c69fd0.pdf Report]
|result    =W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2024|03|7|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00 [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]] ([[UTC+05:45|UTC+5:45]])
|round      =[[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship]] [[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship#Round robin|Round robin]]
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|17|IND}}
|score      =10–0
|team2      = {{fbwu|17|NEP}}
|goals1     = 
*Anita Dungdung {{goal|3}}
*Pearl Fernandes {{goal|14||43}}
*Anushka Kumari {{goal|22}}
*Bonifilia Shullai {{goal|25}}
*Gurleen Kaur Sidhu {{goal|33||77}}
*Min Maya Shrestha {{goal|46|o.g.}}
*Gurnaz Kaur {{goal|58}}
*Rheanna Liz Jacob {{goal|79}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = ANFA Complex
|location   = Lalitpur, Nepal
|attendance = 200
|referee    =Jaya Chakma ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
|report     = [https://saffederation.org/uploads/65e9a67ea2b92.pdf Report]
|result     =L
}}

==Competitive record==
===FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="9" |[[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record]]
|-
! width="90" |Year
! width="80" |Result
! width="80" |Position
! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|D|Drawn}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2008]]|| colspan="8" rowspan="9" |''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|TRI}} [[2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2010]]
|-
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2012]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CRI}} [[2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2014]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2016]]
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2018]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2022]]
|-
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2024]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2025]]
|-
|'''Total'''||0/9||'''0 Titles'''||0||0||0||0||0||0
|}

===AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="9" |[[AFC U-17 Women's Championship|AFC U-17 Women's Championship record]]
|-
! width="90" |Year
! width="100" |Result
! width="80" |Position
! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|D|Drawn}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! width="20" |{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|- 
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[2005 AFC U-17 Women's Championship|2005]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2007]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2009]]||rowspan=3 colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2011]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2013]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2015]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2017]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2019]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}}<s>[[2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup|2022]]</s>||colspan=8|''Did not held''
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup|2024]]||colspan=8| ''Did not qualify''
|-
|'''Total'''||0/9||'''0 Titles'''||0||0||0||0||0||0
|}
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''
===AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|[[AFC U-17 Women's Championship|AFC U-17 Women's Championship qualification]] record
|- 
!Hosts
!Result
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[2005 AFC U-17 Women's Championship|2005]]||rowspan=7 colspan=8|''Did not participate''
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2007]]
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2009]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2011]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2013]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2015]]
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2017]]
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship|2019]]||DNQ||3||1||0||2||5||19
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}}<s>[[2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup|2022]]</s>||colspan=8|''Did not held''
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup|2024]]||Did not qualified||2||1||0||1||4||2
|-
|'''Total'''||'''2/9'''||'''5'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''3'''||'''9'''||'''21'''
|}
===SAFF U-17 Women's Championship===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan="10"|[[SAFF U-17 Women's Championship]] record
|-
!Hosts / Year
!Result
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*
!width=20|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}
!width=20|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
|-
| {{flagicon|BAN}} [[2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2017]]
|Group stages
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 17
| -16
|-
| {{flagicon|BHU}} [[2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2018]]
| Semi-finals
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 0
|-
| {{flagicon|BHU}} [[2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2019]]
| Third Place
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 4
|-bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|BAN}} [[2022 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship|2022]]
| Champion 
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 9
|-
| {{flagicon|BAN}} [[2023 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship|2023]]
| Fourth Place
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 7
| 8
| 1
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|NEP}} [[2024 SAFF U-16 Women's Championship|2024]]
| Third Place
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 12
| 9
|-
!Total || 6/6 || 20|| 6|| 4|| 10 || 30 ||50 ||20
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nepal national football team}}
{{Football in Nepal}}
{{National sports teams of Nepal}}
{{AFC women's under-17 teams}}

[[Category:Asian women's national under-17 association football teams]]
[[Category:Nepal women's national football team|u17]]