Gibraltar national under-17 football team

The Gibraltar national under-17 football team is the youth football team of Gibraltar, run by the Gibraltar Football Association. The team is based mostly on the young players from the region's domestic leagues, the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division, and competes every year to qualify for the European Under-17 Football Championship.

Gibraltar Under-17
AssociationGibraltar Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJansen Moreno
CaptainJaiden Bartolo
Most capsAndrew Hernandez, Jaiden Bartolo (9)
Top scorerJaiden Bartolo (6)
Home stadiumVictoria Stadium
FIFA codeGIB
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Republic of Ireland 4–1 Gibraltar 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013)
Biggest win
 Gibraltar 8–2 Liechtenstein 
(Gibraltar; 25 August 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Serbia 12–0 Gibraltar 
(Paphos, Cyprus; 4 November 2022)
European Championship
AppearancesNone
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

History

The team played its first match on 24 October 2013 against the Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team,[1] the year when Gibraltar became a member of UEFA.[2] George Wink, then of the Juvenil team of the Spanish club Club Atlético Zabal, scored the first goal, in the history of the national under-17 team on October 28, 2013 against the Armenia national under-17 football team.[3]

The side would finish bottom of the group on every campaign since, scoring only 5 goals in response, with George Wink becoming the record goalscorer at any level of football in Gibraltar until Jake Gosling and Lee Casciaro equalled the record for the seniors in 2015. In May 2017, a re-organization of management throughout the Gibraltar Football Association saw coach Stephen Head step up to manage the U19 team, with David Ochello appointed as his replacement. The following campaign saw Gibraltar suffer a record 10-0 defeat to Norway on the 4th anniversary of their debut in the competition.

8 years after their first matches as UEFA members, Gibraltar finally secured their first win at under-17 level with a 2-1 friendly win over Faroe Islands on 10 September 2021.In October 2023, Gibraltar initially withdrew from qualification for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, citing safety concerns as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[4] The whole group, set to be hosted in Israel, was postponed by UEFA later that day.[5] New dates were later announced for November 2023 with Wales hosting instead.

Match record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup recordQualification record
EraYearRoundPosPldWDLGFGAPldWDLGFGA
Under-161985 to 1989Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member
Under-171991 to 2015
2017Ineligible
2019Did Not Qualify3003027
2021Cancelled
2023Did Not Qualify2002014
2025to be determinedTo be determined
Total0/200000005005041

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship recordQualification record
EraYearRoundPosPldWDLGFGAPldWDLGFGA
Under-161982 to 2001Not a UEFA memberNot a UEFA member
Under-172002 to 2013
2014did not qualify3003214
2015301209
20163003216
2017300317
20183003023
20193003027
2020Cancelled3003120
2021
2022did not qualify3003117
20232002014
2024200208
2025Future event
Total0/410000002801277155

Recent results and fixtures

v  Liechtenstein
25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) Friendly Gibraltar  8–2  Liechtenstein Gibraltar
12:00
  • Bartolo 6', 18', 30'
  • Diaz 50', 59'
  • Scanlon 57', 82'
  • Rush 80'
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
v  Liechtenstein
27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) Friendly Gibraltar  4–0  Liechtenstein Gibraltar
12:00
ReportStadium: Victoria Stadium
v  Cyprus
1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 2023 UEFA U-17 Qualification Gibraltar  0–2  Cyprus Paphos, Cyprus
13:30Report
  • Nikolaou 48'
  • Tzouliou 56'
Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium
Attendance: 125
Referee: Sander Van Der Eijk (Netherlands)
v  Gibraltar
4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) 2023 UEFA U-17 Qualification Serbia  12–0  Gibraltar Paphos, Cyprus
11:00
ReportStadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium
Attendance: 31
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)
v  Gibraltar
15 November 2023 (2023-11-15) 2024 UEFA U-17 Qualification Belgium  4–0  Gibraltar Newport, Wales
17:00
  • Reumers 22'
  • Da Costa 30'
  • Diawara 90+1'
  • Engwanda-Ongena 90+5'
ReportStadium: Dragon Park
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)
v  Gibraltar
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2024 UEFA U-17 Qualification Israel  Cancelled  Gibraltar Newport, Wales
14:00ReportStadium: Dragon Park
Referee: Jan Machálek (Czechia)
v  Wales
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2024 UEFA U-17 Qualification Gibraltar  0–4  Wales Cardiff, Wales
14:00Report
  • Bostock 14'
  • Allen 49'
  • Jones 77'
  • Griffiths 89'
Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)

Squad

Current squad

For the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible.

The following players were called up for the following 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches:[6]

  • Match date: 15, 18 and 21 November 2022
  • Opposition:  Belgium,  Israel and  Wales
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 21 November 2023, after the match against  Wales.
No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11GKThomas Recagno (2007-09-11) 11 September 2007 (age 16)80 Manchester 62
131GKRyan Smith (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 17)10 Lincoln Red Imps

32DFKai Mauro (2007-05-30) 30 May 2007 (age 17)50 Cádiz
22DFJoachim Ostheider (2007-04-10) 10 April 2007 (age 17)40 Cádiz
42DFJayvan Garro (2008-06-01) 1 June 2008 (age 16)20 Lincoln Red Imps
52DFJay Coombes (2007-03-09) 9 March 2007 (age 17)20 Lincoln Red Imps
122DFSebastian Sun Gorny (2007-09-04) 4 September 2007 (age 16)10 Lincoln Red Imps
172DFJulian Chichon (2007-09-23) 23 September 2007 (age 16)00 Puerto de La Línea
202DFAlex Collado (2007-02-25) 25 February 2007 (age 17)00 Lincoln Red Imps

63MFAmos Federico (captain) (2007-04-23) 23 April 2007 (age 17)30 Repton
73MFGiovanni Soleci (2007-02-02) 2 February 2007 (age 17)20 Lincoln Red Imps
83MFKarim Bousselham (2007-10-07) 7 October 2007 (age 16)20 Linense
103MFDaniel Smith (2007-04-01) 1 April 2007 (age 17)20 Manchester 62
143MFQuentin McGlashan (2007-06-20) 20 June 2007 (age 17)10 College 1975
153MFMax Bautista (2008-05-07) 7 May 2008 (age 16)00 Lincoln Red Imps
193MFStefan Desoiza (2007-11-15) 15 November 2007 (age 16)00 Lincoln Red Imps

114FWLeon Mason (2007-05-16) 16 May 2007 (age 17)40 Atlético Zabal
94FWKai Bartolo (2007-07-16) 16 July 2007 (age 16)20 Wealdstone
184FWAnthony Avellano (2008-04-04) 4 April 2008 (age 16)20 Algeciras
164FWEvan Villa (2007-08-24) 24 August 2007 (age 16)10 Lincoln Red Imps

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up




INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad
WD Withdrew for other reasons

Managerial history

  • Stephen Head (2013–2014, 2016–2017)
  • David Ochello (2014–2016, 2017–2018)
  • Jeff Wood (2018)
  • Steven Cummings (2018–2019)
  • Jonathan Sodi (2019–2020)
  • Jansen Moreno (2021–present)

Top Goalscorers

As of 4 November 2022

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

#NameCareerGoalsCapsAverage
1Jaiden Bartolo2021–2022690.667
2James Scanlon2022340.75
3Sebastian Diaz2022230.667
Angel Gonzalez2021230.667
George Wink2013230.667
6Ashton Hancock2022111
Javier Martínez2022111
Christian Zammitt-Agius2019111
Johnny Rush2022130.333
Liam Jessop2021150.2
Julian Valarino2015–2016150.2
Ethan Britto2014–2016170.143
Byron Espinosa2013–2015170.143

Notes