Niger national under-17 football team
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AssociationFédération Nigerienne de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
| Nickname(s) | Ménas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Fédération Nigerienne de Football | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Francisco Castano Benito | ||
| FIFA code | NIG | ||
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| First international | |||
 Somalia 0-3 Niger  (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Somalia 0-3 Niger (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Nigeria 6-0 Niger (Kano, Nigeria; 23 September 2009) Nigeria 6-0 Niger (Nigeria; 20 September 2012) | |||
| U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2017) | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2017) | ||
The Niger national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team for Niger. The team represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Fédération Nigerienne de Football.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1985 | Did not participate | |||||||
 1987 | ||||||||
 1989 | ||||||||
 1991 | ||||||||
 1993 | ||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||
 1997 | ||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||
 2001 | ||||||||
 2003 | Withdrew | |||||||
 2005 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
| 2009 | Disqualified | |||||||
 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
 2017 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2023 | ||||||||
 2025 | ||||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record
| U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1995 | Did not participate | |||||||
 1997 | ||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||
 2001 | ||||||||
 2003 | Withdrew | |||||||
 2005 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
 2009 | Disqualified | |||||||
 2011 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2013 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
 2017 | Fourth place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 2/15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
