Moldova national under-16 football team
Nickname(s) | Tricolorii mici (The Small Tricolours) | ||
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Association | Moldovan Football Federation (FMF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Vitalie Mardari | ||
FIFA code | MDA | ||
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First international | |||
Official: Moldova 1–1 Austria (Heiligeneich, Austria; 5 October 1994) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Liechtenstein 0–7 Moldova (Kato Achaia, Greece; 9 October 2002) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Germany 7–0 Moldova (Cologne, Germany; 26 November 1997) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | Group Stage (2002) |
The Moldova national under-17 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship held every year. They qualified for the 2002 competition but finished last in the group stage. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Vitalie Mardari.[1]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2023
2 May 2023 UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament | Albania | 3–0 | Moldova | Tirana, Albania |
Nuedini 45', 68' Halili 45+3' |
Report | Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Xhulio Agolli (Albania) |
4 May 2023 UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament | Moldova | 3–1 | Faroe Islands | Tirana, Albania |
Efros 31' Palamarciuc 48' Caragheorghi 59' |
Report | Andrian 54' | Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania) |
7 May 2023 UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament | Azerbaijan | 2–3 | Moldova | Tirana, Albania |
Nazarli 26' Shakarkhanov 39' |
Report | Dimitrișin 30' Musteață 89', 90+2' |
Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo Referee: Xhulian Bacaj (Albania) |
27 September 2023 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying | Sweden | 3–2 | Moldova | Chișinău, Moldova |
Kusi-Asare 17', 40', 61' | Report | Caragheorghi 4' Efros 51' |
Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 1,235 Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland) |
30 September 2023 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying | Poland | 3–0 | Moldova | Chișinău, Moldova |
Adkonis 8', 38' (pen.), 58' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 854 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria) |
3 October 2023 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying | Moldova | 0–3 | Latvia | Chișinău, Moldova |
Report | Sprukts 45+2' (pen.), 53' Poskrjobiševs 86' |
Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Attendance: 50 Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
2024
10 February 2024 Friendly | Romania | 4–1 | Moldova | Buftea, Romania |
Popa 16' Stoian 43' Doicaru 70' Stanciu 86' |
Report | Lutenco 62' | Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre Referee: Mihai Amorarâtei (Romania) |
12 February 2024 Friendly | Romania | 2–0 | Moldova | Buftea, Romania |
Racu 45+1' Doicaru 53' |
Report | Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre |
2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Qualifying round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Elite round |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Moldova (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Vitalie Mardari |
Assistant coach | Igor Negrescu |
Goalkeeping coach | Serghei Dinov |
Last updated: 21 March 2024
Source: FMF
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Sweden, Poland and Latvia between 27 September and 3 October 2023.[2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||||
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1 | GK | Maxim Gumenco | 13 September 2007 | Bacău | ||||
12 | GK | Dan Rusu | 9 February 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
2 | DF | Daniel Carcea | 30 January 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
3 | DF | Vadim Burcă | 7 June 2007 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||||
4 | DF | Danila Dimitrișin | 5 May 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
5 | DF | David Dimitrișin | 5 May 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
13 | DF | Alexandru Egupov | 18 September 2007 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||||
18 | DF | Alexandru Ursu | 28 June 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
20 | DF | Alexandru Gorșa | 25 March 2007 | Dacia Buiucani | ||||
6 | MF | Alexandru Muntean | 11 July 2007 | Zimbru Chișinău | ||||
8 | MF | Chiril Șilcenco | 15 May 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
10 | MF | Bogdan Musteață | 14 December 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
14 | MF | Leonard Bulmaga | 14 August 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
16 | MF | Mihai Sava | 1 September 2007 | LIRPS Chișinău | ||||
17 | MF | Nichita Beșleagă | 12 June 2007 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||||
19 | MF | Dan Palamarciuc | 6 March 2007 | Erlangen-Bruck | ||||
7 | FW | Ilie Efros | 19 April 2007 | Zimbru Chișinău | ||||
9 | FW | Nicolae Gumeni | 22 May 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
11 | FW | Nichita Caragheorghi | 4 October 2007 | Rebeja Academy | ||||
15 | FW | Nichita Lipcan | 4 October 2007 | Rebeja Academy |
Competition history
UEFA U-16/17 European Championship
Under-16 era, 1995–2001
Under-17 era, 2002– present
UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record | UEFA U-16/17 Qualification record[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | ||||
1995 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | ||||||||||||
1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | |||||||||||||
1997 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1998 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | |||||||||||||
1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | |||||||||||||
2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | |||||||||||||
2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | |||||||||||||
2002 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | ||||
2003 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | ||||||||||||
2004 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | |||||||||||||
2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | |||||||||||||
2006 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | |||||||||||||
2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |||||||||||||
2008 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | |||||||||||||
2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | |||||||||||||
2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | |||||||||||||
2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | |||||||||||||
2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | |||||||||||||
2013 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | |||||||||||||
2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |||||||||||||
2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |||||||||||||
2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | |||||||||||||
2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | |||||||||||||
2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | |||||||||||||
2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |||||||||||||
2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |||||||||||||
2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | |||||||||||||
2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | |||||||||||||
2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | |||||||||||||
2025 | Future event | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1/29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 88 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 71 | 189 | −118 |
Head-to-head record
Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 3 October 2023.[4]
Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Albania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | −14 |
Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
Cyprus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Estonia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 |
Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greece | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Iceland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Israel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Latvia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 |
Liechtenstein | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 |
Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
Malta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Macedonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Republic of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 |
San Marino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
Wales | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
Total | 91 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 78 | 202 | −124 |
See also
- Moldova national football team
- Moldova national under-21 football team
- Moldova national under-19 football team
References
External links
- Moldova U-17 at uefa.com
- Moldova U-17 at soccerway