The Gibraltar national under-17 football team is the youth football team of Gibraltar, run by the Gibraltar Football Association. The team is based mostly on the young players from the region's domestic leagues, the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division, and competes every year to qualify for the European Under-17 Football Championship.
Association | Gibraltar Football Association | |||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Jansen Moreno | |||
Captain | Jaiden Bartolo | |||
Most caps | Andrew Hernandez, Jaiden Bartolo (9) | |||
Top scorer | Jaiden Bartolo (6) | |||
Home stadium | Victoria Stadium | |||
FIFA code | GIB | |||
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First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
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Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (Paphos, Cyprus; 4 November 2022) | ||||
European Championship | ||||
Appearances | None | |||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | ||||
Appearances | None |
The team played its first match on 24 October 2013 against the Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team,[1] the year when Gibraltar became a member of UEFA.[2] George Wink, then of the Juvenil team of the Spanish club Club Atlético Zabal, scored the first goal, in the history of the national under-17 team on October 28, 2013 against the Armenia national under-17 football team.[3]
The side would finish bottom of the group on every campaign since, scoring only 5 goals in response, with George Wink becoming the record goalscorer at any level of football in Gibraltar until Jake Gosling and Lee Casciaro equalled the record for the seniors in 2015. In May 2017, a re-organization of management throughout the Gibraltar Football Association saw coach Stephen Head step up to manage the U19 team, with David Ochello appointed as his replacement. The following campaign saw Gibraltar suffer a record 10-0 defeat to Norway on the 4th anniversary of their debut in the competition.
8 years after their first matches as UEFA members, Gibraltar finally secured their first win at under-17 level with a 2-1 friendly win over Faroe Islands on 10 September 2021.
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Era | Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Under-16 | 1985 to 1989 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
Under-17 | 1991 to 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Ineligible | — | ||||||||||||||
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Did not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
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Cancelled | — | ||||||||||||||
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Did not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||
Total | — | 0/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 44 |
25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) Friendly | Gibraltar ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() | Gibraltar |
12:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Victoria Stadium |
27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) Friendly | Gibraltar ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Gibraltar |
12:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Victoria Stadium |
1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 2023 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Gibraltar ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Paphos, Cyprus |
13:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium Referee: Sander Van Der Eijk (Netherlands) |
4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) 2023 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Serbia ![]() | 12–0 | ![]() | Paphos, Cyprus |
11:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland) |
For the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible.
The following players were called up for the following 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches:
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Thomas Recagno | (2007-09-11) 11 September 2007 (age 15) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | 1GK | Ryan Smith | (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 15) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | 2DF | Tayler Carrington (vice-captain) | (2006-05-28) 28 May 2006 (age 16) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | 2DF | Johnny Rush | (2006-07-04) 4 July 2006 (age 16) | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Bradley Beards | (2006-08-09) 9 August 2006 (age 16) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Javan Peacock | (2006-07-31) 31 July 2006 (age 16) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Kai Mauro | (2007-05-30) 30 May 2007 (age 15) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | 2DF | Joachim Ostheider | (2007-04-10) 10 April 2007 (age 15) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | 2DF | Adam Achhound | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
10 | 3MF | James Scanlon | (2006-09-28) 28 September 2006 (age 16) | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
6 | 3MF | Jeremy Perera | (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 16) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | 3MF | Sebastian Diaz | (2006-03-29) 29 March 2006 (age 16) | 3 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 3MF | Lee Chipolina | (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 16) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | 3MF | Kaleem Smith | (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 16) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | 3MF | Dylan Duo | (2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 16) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | 3MF | Leon Mason | (2007-05-16) 16 May 2007 (age 15) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | 3MF | Amos Federico | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
20 | 3MF | JJ Linares | (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 16) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Jaiden Bartolo (captain) | (2006-02-10) 10 February 2006 (age 16) | 9 | 6 | Free agent |
19 | 4FW | Kayden Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Michael Charvetto-Parody | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Sebastian Yeats | (2006-06-21) 21 June 2006 (age 16) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Rhys Etherington | (2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 16) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Ahmed El Ouahabi | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Aiden Mansfield | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Javier Martinez | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Ashton Hancock | (2006-10-05) 5 October 2006 (age 16) | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
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INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury |
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As of 4 November 2022
Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.
# | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Jaiden Bartolo | 2021– | 6 | 9 | 0.667 |
2 | James Scanlon | 2022– | 3 | 4 | 0.75 |
3 | Sebastian Diaz | 2022– | 2 | 3 | 0.667 |
Angel Gonzalez | 2021 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | |
George Wink | 2013 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | |
6 | Ashton Hancock | 2022– | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Javier Martínez | 2022– | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Christian Zammitt-Agius | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Johnny Rush | 2022– | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | |
Liam Jessop | 2021 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | |
Julian Valarino | 2015–2016 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | |
Ethan Britto | 2014–2016 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | |
Byron Espinosa | 2013–2015 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | |
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