# Somalia national under-17 football team

The Somalia national under-17 football team (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, 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 (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, 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.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mohamed Adan Osman | (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Hiliwa |
| 13 | 1GK | Abdikadir Ali | (2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Badbaadbo |
| 23 | 1GK | Jabril Ali | (2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Dalsan |
| 2 | 2DF | Abdulle Abdullahi | (2006-11-03) 3 November 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Heegan |
| 3 | 2DF | Khalid Ahmed Hassan | (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Darul Tarbiyah |
| 4 | 2DF | Abdulkadir Osman | (2007-04-10) 10 April 2007 (age 17) | 2 | 0 | Jazira |
| 5 | 2DF | Ayub Hassan | (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Jabir |
| 12 | 2DF | Hassan Adan Barreh | (2007-09-18) 18 September 2007 (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Leicester City |
| 18 | 2DF | Abdirahman Cama | (2006-05-01) 1 May 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Heegan |
| 6 | 3MF | Said Mohamed | (2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | UMA Hospital |
| 99 | 3MF | Abdalla Omar | (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Gasco |
| 8 | 3MF | Mahamoud Silva | (2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Gasco |
| 14 | 3MF | Ahmed Hassan Mohamed | (2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 17) | 2 | 0 | Banadir |
| 15 | 3MF | Muhidin Mukhtar | (2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Jabir |
| 20 | 3MF | Idriis Abdiwahab | (2007-06-25) 25 June 2007 (age 17) | 2 | 0 | Uddevalla |
| 9 | 4FW | Abdirahin Mohamed | (2006-06-26) 26 June 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Gasco |
| 11 | 4FW | Badri Hussein | (2006-08-03) 3 August 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Woxol |
| 16 | 4FW | Abdirahan Farah | (2007-02-10) 10 February 2007 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Xamarweyne |
| 17 | 4FW | Yaasiin Abdirahman | (2006-08-23) 23 August 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Lyn |
| 21 | 4FW | Abdiaziiz Abdirahman | (2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Toronto |
| 7 | 4FW | dead team cl | (2007-05-06) 6 May 2007 (age 17) | 1830 | 1269 | FC Free top 5Somalie |

## Fixtures and results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2022
## Competition records
### FIFA U-17 World Cup

| FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1985 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1989 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1993 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 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 |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 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 |
| 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 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | |
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | | |
| 1995 to 2019 | 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 |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |
| Total | 2/15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | |

### CECAFA U-17 Championship

| CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 2007 | Group stages | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2009 | Group stages | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2018 | Runners-up | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2020 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2022 | Champions | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Total | 4/5 | – | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |