FIFA code LTU Head coach Vytautas Vaškūnas Confederation UEFA (Europe) | Appearances None Location Lithuania | |
Association Lithuanian Football Federation | ||
The Lithuania national under-17 football team or Lithuania U-17 represents Lithuania in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation.
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The team is for Lithuanian players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-17 Football Championship cycle, so players appearing for the team can actually be up to 19 years of age. It is considered a feeder team of the Lithuania under-19 and under-21 teams.
Competition history
Prior to Lithuania's independence in 1991 Lithuanian players were eligible for selection to the Soviet Union U-16 team. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Football Federation was admitted to UEFA as a full member in 1992, and the Lithuania U-16 team played their first competitive matches in the first phase of the qualifying tournament for the 1994 European U-16 Championship. The team's competitive debut came on 30 August 1993 against Wales U-16 and they finished their first qualifying campaign as 3rd out of 3 teams, behind Wales and Iceland.
Although the team continued to participate in every under-16 and under-17 European Championship qualifying cycle since 1994, the team never qualified for any of the tournaments.
Current squad
The following players were named in the squad for the 2017 Development Cup fixtures in January 2017.
Caps and goals correct as of: 22 January 2017 after the game against Finland.