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 29 September 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 Mexico 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 Federacion Mexicana de Futbol
Note: Conflicting reports show the result as 0?2 with both goals scored by Liam MacKenzie. ^[2]

December 19 Copa Mexico 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 Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Referee: Luis Lopez (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: Jose 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 Moron ( 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: Victor Caceres ( 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: Estadio Municipal Walter Ribeiro

October 1 Friendly	Brazil	5?0	Canada	Itu , Brazil
14:00 EST	Rayan 6' Elias First Half' Pedro Lima First Half' Estevao First Half' Lorran Second Half'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Novelli Junior

November 5 Friendly	Argentina	2?1	Canada	Bali , Indonesia
TBD	Lopez 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 Perez ( 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 Mendez ( 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 Eskas ( 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	1 GK	Nathaniel Abraham	( 2007-04-23 ) April 23, 2007 (age 17)	12	0	Toronto FC Academy
16	1 GK	Dominic Kantorowicz	( 2008-04-24 ) April 24, 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Toronto FC Academy
18	1 GK	Alexander O'Brien	( 2006-06-17 ) June 17, 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Columbia University

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

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

9	4 FW	Antoni Klukowski	( 2007-04-02 ) April 2, 2007 (age 17)	7	0	Pogo? Szczecin II
11	4 FW	Kevaughn Tavernier	( 2006-02-24 ) February 24, 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Forge FC
19	4 FW	Erik Pop	( 2006-01-30 ) January 30, 2006 (age 18)	10	1	Karlsruher U19
21	4 FW	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 16)	0	0	CF Montreal Academy	2023 FIFA U17 World Cup Prelim. Squad
GK	Ewan Derrien-Lairet	( 2007-03-14 ) March 14, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	CF Montreal Academy	October 2022 Laval U-17 Camp
GK	Trystan Read	( 2007-05-25 ) May 25, 2007 (age 17)	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 Montreal 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 Mexico 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 Montreal Academy	2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
MF	Ruben de Sa	( 2006-02-08 ) February 8, 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Famalicao 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 18)	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 Montreal 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 Curacao 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	1 GK	Dominic Kantorowicz	( 2008-04-24 ) April 24, 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Toronto FC Academy
18	1 GK	Jean-Christophe Belzile	( 2008-05-13 ) May 13, 2008 (age 16)	1	0	CF Montreal Academy

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

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

7	4 FW	Shola Jimoh	( 2008-04-08 ) April 8, 2008 (age 16)	4	0	York United FC
9	4 FW	Kemari Record-Wright	( 2008-05-14 ) May 14, 2008 (age 16)	4	1	Toronto FC Academy
11	4 FW	Andre Ali-Gayapersad	( 2008-06-05 ) June 5, 2008 (age 16)	4	1	CF Damm Academy
16	4 FW	Grady McDonnell	( 2008-05-16 ) May 16, 2008 (age 16)	4	2	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
19	4 FW	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 Mexico 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 Montreal" . 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 Mexico 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 Montreal" . 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 Bermuda ¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana ^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe ³ Guyana ² Haiti Jamaica Martinique ³ Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin ³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten ³ Suriname ² 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.