Moldova national under-17 football team

Moldova Under-17
Nickname(s)	Tricolorii mici (The Small Tricolours)
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vitalie Mardari
Captain	Nikita Șarpe
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Official:; Moldova 1–1 Austria ; (Heiligeneich, Austria; 5 October 1994)
Biggest win
	Liechtenstein 0–7 Moldova ; (Kato Achaia, Greece; 9 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 7–0 Moldova ; (Cologne, Germany; 26 November 1997)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
Best result	Group Stage (2002)

The Moldova national under-17 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship held every year. They qualified for the 2002 competition but finished last in the group stage. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Vitalie Mardari.^[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Albania	3–0	Moldova	Tirana, Albania
	Nuedini 45', 68' Halili 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Xhulio Agolli (Albania)

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Moldova	3–1	Faroe Islands	Tirana, Albania
	Efros 31' Palamarciuc 48' Caragheorghi 59'	Report	Andrian 54'	Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Azerbaijan	2–3	Moldova	Tirana, Albania
	Nazarli 26' Shakarkhanov 39'	Report	Dimitrișin 30' Musteață 89', 90+2'	Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Xhulian Bacaj (Albania)

27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Sweden	3–2	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
	Kusi-Asare 17', 40', 61'	Report	Caragheorghi 4' Efros 51'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 1,235 Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Poland	3–0	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
	Adkonis 8', 38' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 854 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)

3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Moldova	0–3	Latvia	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Sprukts 45+2' (pen.), 53' Poskrjobiševs 86'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 50 Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2024

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) Friendly	Romania	4–1	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Popa 16' Stoian 43' Doicaru 70' Stanciu 86'	Report	Lutenco 62'	Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre Referee: Mihai Amorarâtei (Romania)

12 February 2024 (2024-02-12) Friendly	Romania	2–0	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Racu 45+1' Doicaru 53'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre

23 April 2024 (2024-04-23) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Moldova	0–2	Bulgaria	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Goryanov 23' Bozhkov 59'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

25 April 2024 (2024-04-25) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	North Macedonia	v	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2

28 April 2024 (2024-04-28) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Armenia	v	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru

2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Elite round
3	Latvia	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vitalie Mardari
Assistant coach	Igor Negrescu
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Josan

Last updated: 22 April 2024
Source: FMF

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the UEFA Under-17 Development matches against Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Armenia, between 23 and 28 April 2024.^[2]

Squad is correct as of 23 April 2024, after the match against Bulgaria.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Nichita Lebedev		Rebeja Academy
12	1GK	Daniel Roșca		Metz U17

2	2DF	Alexandru Negură		Rebeja Academy
3	2DF	Sorin Lipca		Zimbru Chișinău U17
4	2DF	Daniil Gladcov		Dacia Buiucani U17
5	2DF	Nichita Pavlenco	(2008-02-12) 12 February 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
14	2DF	Bogdan Puiu		Zimbru Chișinău U17
15	2DF	Ion Enache		Zimbru Chișinău U17
18	2DF	Cristian Perju		Luceafărul STAR

6	3MF	Iulian Sîrghi		Zimbru Chișinău U17
8	3MF	Nikita Șarpe (captain)	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 16)	SV Grödig II
9	3MF	Mihail Corotcov	(2008-07-28) 28 July 2008 (age 15)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
10	3MF	Bogdan Roșca		Rebeja Academy
13	3MF	Andrei Fenin	(2008-07-03) 3 July 2008 (age 15)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17

7	4FW	Tamer Wati		Dacia Buiucani U17
11	4FW	Nichita Josan		Dacia Buiucani U17
16	4FW	Darius Covas	(2008-03-08) 8 March 2008 (age 16)	Player București
17	4FW	Mateo Spătărel		Dacia Buiucani U17
19	4FW	Nichita Trifan		Blanc-Mesnil SF
20	4FW	Ion Carauș		Rebeja Academy

Competition history

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship

Under-16 era, 1995–2001
Under-17 era, 2002–present

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record										UEFA U-16/17 Qualification record^[3]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
1996										2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
1997										2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1998										3	0	0	3	1	18	−17
1999										2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
2000										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
2001										3	0	1	2	4	7	−3
2002	Group stage	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	Squad	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
2003	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
2004										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
2005										3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
2006										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
2007										3	0	0	3	1	6	−5
2008										3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
2009										3	0	0	3	1	12	−11
2010										3	0	2	1	2	7	−5
2011										3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
2012										3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
2013										3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
2014										3	0	1	2	1	6	−5
2015										3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
2016										3	0	1	2	1	7	−6
2017										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2018										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2019										3	0	1	2	2	4	−2
2020										3	0	1	2	0	6	−6
2022										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
2023										3	0	1	2	3	8	−5
2024										3	0	0	3	2	9	−7
2025	Future event
Total	1/29	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6		88	12	19	57	71	189	−118

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 3 October 2023.^[4]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7
Austria	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	1	5	1	15	−14
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7
France	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Georgia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Germany	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Iceland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	2	0	1	1	3	9	−6
Italy	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Malta	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Macedonia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Norway	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Poland	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Russia	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9
San Marino	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	3	6	−3
Slovakia	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	4	0	0	4	3	14	−11
Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5
Wales	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2
Total	91	12	19	60	78	202	−124

References

^ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
^ Under 17. Cantonament şi două meciuri amicale fmf.md
^ "Statistics". RSSSF.
^ "H2H". fmf.md.

External links

Moldova U-17 at uefa.com
Moldova U-17 at soccerway

[1] "Noutăți". fmf.md.

[lot2-2] Under 17. Cantonament şi două meciuri amicale fmf.md

[3] "Statistics". RSSSF.

[4] "H2H". fmf.md.

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