Nicaragua national under-17 football team

Nicaragua Under 17
Nickname(s)	Los Pinoleros, Albiazules
Association	Nicaraguan Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Tyron Acevedo
Captain	Ayel Palacios
FIFA code	NCA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Nicaragua 0–10 Canada; (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 2, 1994)
Biggest win
	Nicaragua 5–0 U.S. Virgin Islands; (Bradenton, United States; March 20, 2019) Nicaragua 5–0 Turks and Caicos Islands; , (August 31, 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Nicaragua 0–13 Guatemala; (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 16, 2008)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1994)
Best result	Round of 16 (2019, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0

The Nicaragua Under 17s football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Nicaraguan Football Federation and represents Nicaragua in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History[edit]

Current players[edit]

The following squad were called up for recent 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	1GK	Jeann Francisco Iglesias Gutierrez	(2003-11-27)27 November 2003 (aged 15)
2	3MF	Bryan Josue Gonzales Sandino	(2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 17)
3	2DF	Justing Enrique Cano Espinoza	(2002-03-02)2 March 2002 (aged 17)
4	2DF	Franklin Junior Gonzalez Rodriguez	(2002-03-13)13 March 2002 (aged 17)
5	2DF	Francisco Javier Vallecillo Delgadillo	(2002-10-20)20 October 2002 (aged 16)
6	3MF	Harold Medina	(2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 17)
7	4FW	Widman Esmir Talavera Flores	(2003-01-12)12 January 2003 (aged 16)
8	3MF	Josue Gabriel Calderon Palacios	(2002-05-30)30 May 2002 (aged 16)
9	4FW	Chris Patterson Patterson Hernandez	(2002-08-20)20 August 2002 (aged 16)
10	3MF	Ayel Anthony Palacios Pineda	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 17)
11	4FW	Patrick Romario Huete Valenzuela	(2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 17)
12	1GK	Gerald Adalberto Galeano Rodezno	(2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 16)
13	4FW	Ronald Estiven Palacios Lopez	(2002-09-09)9 September 2002 (aged 16)
14	2DF	Jeynnier Antonio Rodriguez Mairena	(2002-02-20)20 February 2002 (aged 17)
15	3MF	Waldner Isai Vasquez Pineda	(2002-03-20)20 March 2002 (aged 17)
17	2DF	Leonardo Jose Bonilla Ortiz	(2002-09-03)3 September 2002 (aged 16)
18	3MF	Nestor Gabriel Olivares Nicaragua	(2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 16)
19	4FW	Carlos Andres Perez Rodriguez	(2003-10-09)9 October 2003 (aged 15)
20	3MF	Chris Jeremy Lopez Oliva	(2002-02-13)13 February 2002 (aged 17)

Fixtures and results[edit]

legend

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2019[edit]

18 March 2019 (2019-03-18)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	Nicaragua	Bradenton
16:30	Pompey 38', 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

20 March 2019 (2019-03-20)	Nicaragua	5–0	U.S. Virgin Islands	Bradenton
16:30	Talavera 14' Huete 30', 75' Sealey 35' (o.g.) Pérez 36'	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 Referee: Ariel Ameth Sánchez (Panama)

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)	Grenada	0–4	Nicaragua	Bradenton
14:30		Report	Vásquez 12' Huete 50', 82' Bonilla 56'	Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 Referee: Malik Badawi (United States)

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Nicaragua	3–0	Cayman Islands	Bradenton
14:30	Vallecillo 21' Calderón 25' Vásquez 66'	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)	Costa Rica	2–1	Nicaragua	Bradenton
16:00	Bolaños 30' Iglesias 80' (o.g.)	Report	Vallecillo 44'	Stadium: IMG Academy Field 11 Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	To be determined
Total	0/20	-	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONCACAF U-17 Championship[edit]

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983 to 1992	Did not enter
1994	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	3	15
1996 to 2017	Did not qualify
2019	Round of 16	14th	1	0	0	1	1	2
2023	Round of 16	TBD	1	0	0	1	0	6
Total	0 Titles	-	5	0	0	5	4	23

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

References[edit]

^ "Nicaragua U-17 Soccer team News, fixtures, results, squad". Global Sports Archive. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Nicaragua national U-17 team news, result, fixtures, squad". International Soccerway. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Nicaragua U-17 football team profile". Worldfootball.net. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[1] "Nicaragua U-17 Soccer team News, fixtures, results, squad". Global Sports Archive. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[2] "Nicaragua national U-17 team news, result, fixtures, squad". International Soccerway. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[3] "Nicaragua U-17 football team profile". Worldfootball.net. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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v t e National under-17 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
1: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 3:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.