England women's national under-17 football team

England Women's U-17

Nickname	The Young Lionesses
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kerri Welsh
FIFA code	ENG
First colours Second colours
First international
England 13–0  Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia; 27 October 2007)[1]
Biggest win
England 14–0  Lithuania (Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 October 2016)[2]
Biggest defeat
Germany 8–0  England (Alytus, Lithuania; 18 May 2018)[3]
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 2008)
Best result	Runners-up (2024)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Fourth place (2008, 2024)

The England women's national under-17 football team, also known as the Young Lionesses, represents England in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England women's national under-17 football team best achievement is a runners-up finish at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.

The team has competed at three FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup tournaments.^[4][5]

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2008	Fourth place	6	2	1	3	7	10	Squad
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2014
2016	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	5	7	Squad
2018	Did not qualify
2022
2024	Fourth place	6	2	1	3	8	14	Squad
2025	Did not qualify
Total	3/9	16	5	4	7	20	31

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-outs.

The team has participated in nine UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship tournaments.^[6]

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2008	Fourth place	2	0	0	2	2	7
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	8	6
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	7
2016	Third place	5	4	0	1	24	8
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	4
2018	Fourth place	5	1	1	3	8	14
2019	Group stage	3	2	0	1	4	5
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Did not qualify
2023	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	7	6
2024	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	11	5
2025	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
2027
Total	9/16	35	17	4	14	74	62

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-outs.

**Red border colour denotes tournament was held on home soil.

The following players were named in the squad for the 2026 MIMA Cup, hosted in Spain.^[7]
Head coach: Kerri Welsh

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Evie Mitchell	(2009-12-19) 19 December 2009	Manchester United
	1GK	Victoria Rudz	(2010-09-10) 10 September 2010	Chelsea
	2DF	Maisie Brickell		Chelsea
	2DF	Zoe Ciccardini	(2010-01-29) 29 January 2010	Chelsea
	2DF	Lottie Day	(2009-09-15) 15 September 2009	Sheffield United
	2DF	Emilie Gay	(2009-02-08) 8 February 2009	Brighton & Hove Albion
	2DF	Niobe Mellor-Antill		Manchester City
	2DF	Amarachukwu Nwankwo		Manchester City
	2DF	Lucy Robinson	(2008-11-26) 26 November 2008	Manchester United
	2DF	Katie Scott	(2009-09-24) 24 September 2009	Aston Villa
		Pixie Bradley		Manchester United
	3MF	Bryony Brodie	(2009-05-28) 28 May 2009	Arsenal
	3MF	Romia Gagliano	(2009-08-24) 24 August 2009	FC Basel
	3MF	Annabelle Tang	(2009-11-01) 1 November 2009	Arsenal
	3MF	Maizie Trueman		Liverpool
	4FW	Cairo Antoine	(2009-06-21) 21 June 2009	Arsenal
	4FW	Sophia Burton	(2009-04-15) 15 April 2009	Manchester City
	4FW	Alexandra De Beaulac		Players Development Academy
	4FW	Mia Dixon	(2010-01-31) 31 January 2010	Arsenal
	4FW	Freya Hirons	(2009-07-31) 31 July 2009	Manchester City
	4FW	Abbie Jones		Sheffield United
	4FW	Aysia Matabaro		Chelsea
	4FW	Chelsea N’Drin	(2009-09-11) 11 September 2009	Liverpool

The following players have also been called up to the England U17 squad within the last twelve months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Hope McSheffrey	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008	-	-	Arsenal	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
GK	Silvana Marshall Miranda	(2008-08-29) 29 August 2008	-	-	Brighton & Hove Albion	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Isabella Cowley	(2009-08-20) 20 August 2009	-	-	Arsenal	2026 Euro Qualifiers
DF	Sadie Gregory	(2009-11-28) 28 November 2009	-	-	Chelsea	2026 Euro Qualifiers
DF	Isla Law	(2009-02-12) 12 February 2009	-	-	Bristol City	2026 Euro Qualifiers
DF	Zara Bailey	(2008-07-18) 18 July 2008	-	-	Tottenham Hotspur	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Elise Christian	(2008-09-29) 29 September 2008	-	-	Chelsea	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Lucy Day	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	-	-	Birmingham City	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Sacha Lewis	(2008-02-28) 28 February 2008	-	-	Manchester City	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Niamh Peacock	(2008-03-22) 22 March 2008	-	-	Arsenal	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
DF	Chloe Sarwie	(2008-12-19) 19 December 2008	-	-	Chelsea	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Kyri Teer-Hutchins	(2009-03-30) 30 March 2009	-	-	Arsenal	2026 Euro Qualifiers
MF	May Cruft	(2009-09-06) 6 September 2009	-	-	Rangers	v.  Spain September 2025
MF	Emma Smith	(2009-10-10) 10 October 2009	-	-	Manchester United	v.  Spain September 2025
MF	Gabriella Storey	(2009-11-02) 2 November 2009	-	-	Chelsea	v.  Spain September 2025
MF	Jhanaie Dezire-Pierre	(2008-08-10) 10 August 2008	-	-	Tottenham Hotspur	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Eva Forster	(2008-02-11) 11 February 2008	-	-	North Carolina Courage	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Isabel Hebard	(2008-10-27) 27 October 2008	-	-	Bristol City	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Vera Jones	(2008-02-18) 18 February 2008	-	-	Chelsea	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Evie McCaffrey	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008	-	-	Manchester City	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
MF	Isabelle Sullivan	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008	-	-	Chelsea	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
FW	Ella Carr	(2010-03-13) 13 March 2010	-	-	Austin Sting Soccer	2026 Euro Qualifiers
FW	Jane Oboavwoduo	(2009-12-29) 29 December 2009	-	-	Manchester City	2026 Euro Qualifiers
FW	Eva Hendle	(2008-04-30) 30 April 2008	-	-	Chelsea	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025
FW	Natasha Udebhulu	(2008-12-18) 18 December 2008-	-	-	Southampton	2025 WU17 Euro Qualification, March 2025

This list includes match results from the last 12 months and any future matches that have been scheduled.

England  v  Canada

11 February 2025 MIMA Cup	England	2–0	Canada	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00	Hirons 24' Jones 55'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero (Spain)

England  v  Czech Republic

13 February 2025 MIMA Cup	England	3–1	Czech Republic	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00	Hendle 86' Pierre 87' Bailey 90' (pen.)	Report	Balázsová 55'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Miguel Cuadrado García (Spain)

England  v  Mexico

15 February 2025 MIMA Cup	England	1–0	Mexico	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00	Forster 53'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Alejandro Ojaos Valera (Spain)

England  v  Sweden

14 March 2025 2025 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	England	3–2	Sweden	Turku, Finland
16:30	Bailey 18' (pen.) Hirons 36' Jones 54'	Report	Persson Welin 4' Andersen 90+3'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Anna Adamska (Poland)

England  v  Netherlands

17 March 2025 2025 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	England	1–4	Netherlands	Turku, Finland
11:30	Lewis 79'	Report	Koster 27' Van Hunnik 29' Van der Vliet 56' Derks 64'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: María Eugenia Gil Soriano (Spain)

Finland  v  England

20 March 2025 2025 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	Finland	3–1	England	Turku, Finland
11:30	Cowley 35' (o.g.) Xiang 61' Orava 68'	Report	Pierre 87'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: María Eugenia Gil Soriano (Spain)

Spain  v  England

17 September 2025 Friendly	Spain	1–0	England	La Nucia, Spain
10:00	Domínguez 31'			Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

 England v Scotland 

8 October 2025 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 1	England	3–1	Scotland	Rumia, Poland
10:00	Brodie 40' Oboavwoduo 65' Burton 85'	Report	Crawford 69'	Stadium: Miejski w Rumii Referee: Marisca Overtoom (Netherlands)

 Poland v  England

11 October 2025 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 1	Poland	2–3	England	Gdynia, Poland
16:00	Prochwicz 28' Zajac 45'	Report	Brodie 24' Oboavwodou 70' Dixon 80'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Asen Albayrak (Turkey)

 Montenegro v  England

14 October 2025 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 1	Montenegro	0–5	England	Gniewino, Poland
15:00		Report	N'Drin 15', 33' Scott 29' Orahovac o.g.' (42) Cowley 96'	Stadium: Arena Mistrzów Referee: Laura Maurici (Switzerland)

 Mexico v  England

9 February 2026 MIMA Cup	Mexico	0–1	England	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
15:30		Report	Brodie 84'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

 Norway v  England

12 February 2026 MIMA Cup	Norway	0–0 (4–5 p)	England	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:30 (UTC)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena
	Penalties
			Katie Scott Zoe Ciccardini Bryony Brodie Aysia Matabaro Chelsea N’Drin

 United States v  England

14 February 2026 MIMA Cup	United States	Cancelled	England	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
				Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Note: Game was cancelled due to severe weather warnings in Spain

 England v  Turkey

13 March 2026 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	England	v	Turkey	Sisak, Croatia
				Stadium: Gradski Stadion

 England v  Croatia

16 March 2026 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	England	v	Croatia	Karlovac, Croatia
				Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek

 Italy v  England

19 March 2026 2026 U17 UEFA Qualification Round 2	Italy	v	England	Sisak, Croatia
				Stadium: Gradski Stadion

The following table shows England's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Japan	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	000.00
Kenya	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Mexico	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
North Korea	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	000.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
United States	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total	16	5	4	7	20	31	−11	031.25