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The Nigeria national U-17 football team, known as the Golden Eaglets, is the youngest team that represents Nigeria in football. [1] The team is the most successful in international football for their age group, winning a record five FIFA U-17 World Cup titles [ 2 ] and have been runners-up on three occasions.
The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2025 U17 AFCON for short is the 15th edition (20th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.
The tournament's name on its official logo after the announcement was however depicted as the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in line with the senior version, the Africa Cup of Nations. [ 1 ] On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant TotalEnergies (formerly Total S.A ) secured an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF to support its competitions.
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the annual world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association ().
The 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2023 U17 AFCON for short was the 14th edition (19th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below and the first to feature 12 teams in the group stage ...
Nigeria women's national under-17 football team, also nicknamed the Flamingoes is a youth association football team operated under the auspices of Nigeria Football Federation. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior Nigeria women's national football team .
The UNAF U-17 Tournament, which also served as the qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was initially planned to be hosted by Algeria between 15–24 July 2020. However, it could not be held in the scheduled time span because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was later scheduled and held between 18–24 January 2021. [ 9 ]
The 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2006 or later were eligible to participate in the competition.