Benin national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Benin women's national under-17 football team.
Benin U-17
Nickname(s)Les Guépards
(The Cheetahs)
Formerly: Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels)
AssociationBenin Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Home stadiumStade de l'Amitié
FIFA codeBEN
First colours
Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
AppearancesNone
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

The Benin national under-17 football team represents Benin at under-17 association football youth international matches and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[1]

In September 2018 they were disqualified from the WAFU U-17 Championship,[2] and in October 2018 10 players were jailed, due to age fraud.[3]

  1. ^ "Benin - Benin Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "10 Benin U-17 players jailed for age cheating". GhanaSoccernet.
  3. ^ "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". 31 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.