The Somalia national under-17 football team (, Arabic: الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia at the age of U-17 levels in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Team image Nicknames The Somalia national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as (, Arabic: الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم), the Ocean Stars
Home stadium The team play its home matches on the Horseed Stadium and others stadiums.
History The Somalia national under-17 football team have played their debut game on 2 March 1998 against Angola at Lubanga, Angola which lost by 0–1 goal. The team in 2022 have won 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship for the first time and they have qualified to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria. The nation yet to qualified in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Current squad The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations between 29 April – 19 May.
Caps and goals are correct as of 2 May 2023, after the match against Congo.
Fixtures and results Legend
2022
Competition records FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup RecordHosts / YearResultPosition 1985Did not qualify 1987Did not qualify 1989Did not qualify 1991Did not qualify 1993Did not qualify 1995Did not qualify 1997Did not qualify 1999Did not qualify 2001Did not qualify 2003Did not qualify 2005Did not qualify 2007Did not qualify 2009Did not qualify 2011Did not qualify 2015Did not qualify 2017Did not qualify 2019Did not qualify 2021Cancelled 2023Did not qualify 2025Did not qualifyTotal0/20–000000
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Africa U-17 Cup of Nations RecordHosts / YearResult 1995to 2019Did not qualify 2021Cancelled 2023Group stage301216 2025Group stage3003110Total2/156015216
CECAFA U-17 Championship CECAFA U-17 Championship RecordHosts / YearResultPosition 2007Group stages–3012210 2009Group stages–300315 2018Runners-up–531152 2020Did not participate 2022Champions–421164Total4/5–155371421
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