The Peru national under-17 football team represents Peru in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Federacion Peruana de Futbol. They qualified for two World Cups, their best result being in 2007 where the Jotitas reached the Quarter-finals. The team's best result in the South American U-17 Championship was a Fourth Place finish in 2007.

After their first FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance in 2005 (Peru as host nation), in 2007 the youth team showed improvemant under the leadership of Juan José Oré. Reimond Manco led them to their first U-17 World Cup in which they lost by a single point; Nevertheless, in that edition, the team defeated the local South Korean team with an array of constant attacks and counter-attacks. Eventually, the team marched into top 8 of the tournament

History

Road to the 2007 U-17 World Cup In 2007, the Peruvian U-17 football team went to the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship that was held in Ecuador that started March 4 of that year. In the debut match, the Peruvian team had to face the Brazil. The Peruvians surprised the Brazilians 2–1 with one goal scored by Reimond Manco and the impressive forward La Torre.

In the group stage, Peru won most of the matches and ended first in its group (qualifying to the final round).

In the final round of the tournament (where the first 4 qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup) Peru won the first match against Venezuela. In the next match, Brazil crushed Peru 4–0 and Colombia trounced them 3–0. By the fourth match Brazil, Colombia and Argentina were already qualified for the main tournament and Peru, Venezuela and host Ecuador had to fight for the last qualification spot.

The fifth match saw Peru with the obligation to defeat Ecuador. The match started horribly for Peru when an Ecuadorian midfielder scored at the first minutes of play. Peru answered quickly when Reimond Manco assisted midfielder Sanchez for a goal. Ecuador was seen to have determination, and it scored once again at the 20th minute of the first half. However, Reimond Manco scored goal caused by a mistake from the Ecuadorian Mendoza, sending them one huge step closer to the world tournament and eliminating their fierce rivals.

For the last match against Argentina, Peru had to lose by at least 4 goals to be eliminated. Peru was capable of drawing the match and qualified to the U-17 World Cup. Reimond Manco was named as the best player of the competition by the CONMEBOL.Manco fue el 'Rey del Sudamericano'

Road to the 2019 U-17 World Cup Peru automatically qualified for the 2019 World Cup as host, but ended up without hosting rights on 22 February 2019 due to infrastructure concerns. Peru was forced to enter the run for the World Cup, which was moved to Brazil. Peru failed to qualify for the tournament, after only managed a lone 3–2 win over Uruguay, which was not enough compared to Ecuador's 4–1 win over eventual champions Argentina.

Road to the 2021 U-17 World Cup Peru automatically qualified for the 2021 World Cup as host, after being transferred as hosts from the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to 2023. Due to Peru failing to meet infrastructure requirement, FIFA removed Peru as hosts and transferred it to Indonesia for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

South American Games Records

The South American Games (a.k.a. ODESUR Games; Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos) are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Sudamericana, ODESUR).

The Peruvian U-17 football team achieved its first gold medal in the 1990 South American Games, which they were the hosts, and 2 bronze medals in 1982 and 1994 respectively.

Current squad The following 18 players are called up to the squad for the friendly matches against Japan, United States and a team made from Niigata prefecture players.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA 1985Did not qualify 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005Group Stage13th301214 2007Quarter-finals8th522133 2009Did not qualify 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023Did not qualify 2025 2026TotalQuarter-finals2/20823347

FIFA U-17 World Cup matchesYearRoundScoreResult2005Group stage 1–1 DrawGroup stage 0–1 LossGroup stage 0–2 Loss2007Group stage 1–0 WinGroup stage 0–0 DrawGroup stage 1–0 WinRound of 16 1–1 DrawQuarter-finals 0–2 Loss

Head-to-head record The following table shows Peru's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. OpponentWin %Total

South American Under-17 Football Championship South American Under-17 Football Championship recordYearRoundGPWD*LGSGA 1985Seventh Place83051014 1986Group Stage420233 1988Group Stage411259 1991Group Stage411277 1993Group Stage411237 1995Group Stage301247 1997Group Stage401326 1999Group Stage411226 2001Group Stage411288 2003Group Stage402227 2005Group Stage4103512 2007Fourth Place93331216 2009Group Stage410348 2011Group Stage411289 2013Sixth Place9117819 2015Group Stage4013411 2017Group Stage4004211 2019Fifth Place9342119 2023Group Stage401319 2025 Group Stage4004017 2026 Group Stage4004211Total20/20102202062103205

South American Games Football Medal Records at the ODESUR South American GamesRankCountryGoldSilverBronze Total1 Colombia 31152 Argentina 21033 Peru10234 Paraguay10015 Ecuador04156 Venezuela01017 Bolivia00228 Brazil0011

Honours South American Games Bronze Medalists (1): 1994 Bolivarian Games Gold Medalists (1): 2001 Silver Medalists (1): 1997 Bronze Medalists (1): 2013

See also Peru national football team Federacion Peruana de Futbol

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