# Sri Lanka national under-17 football team

The Sri Lanka national under-17 football team is the under-17 football (soccer) team of Sri Lanka. The team participates in the U-16 football competitions in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup or the AFC U-16 Championship.

## History

In 1998, the team played against the Bangladesh national under-17 football team in the qualifiers for the AFC U-16 Championship, but lost 4–0. The team won its first international game against the Guam national under-18 football team in that competition by a score of 8–0. The Sri Lankan team also participated in the qualifiers but failed to win a single game.

## Tournament records
### FIFA U-17 World Cup

| World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications |
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1985 to 1997 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter |
| 1999 to 2015 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 |
| 2017 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter |
| 2019 to 2023 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | | | | | | |
| Total | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 |

### AFC U-16 Championship

| Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship finals | Championship qualifications | Championship qualifications | Championship qualifications | Championship qualifications | Championship qualifications | Championship qualifications |
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1985 to 1996 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter |
| 1998 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 2000 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2002 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 2010 and 2012 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter |
| 2014 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2016 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | Did not Enter |
| 2018 | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| Total | 0/18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 85 |

### SAFF U-16 Championship

| Year | Host | Pos. | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2011 | Nepal | 5/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2013 | Nepal | 6/7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | Bangladesh | 6/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | Nepal | 5/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 38 |

## Fixtures and results
### 2015

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