Honduras national under-17 football team

Honduras U-17
Nickname(s)	La mini H; Sub'17
Association	FENAFUTH
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Israel Canales
FIFA code	HON
First colours	Second colours
First international
	0–4 Mexico; (August 26, 1986 in Trinidad & Tobago)
Biggest win
	Belize 0–9 ; (November 18, 2008 in Panama)
Biggest defeat
	0–7 United States; (November 14, 1998 in Trinidad & Tobago)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2007)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1983)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)

The Honduras national U-17 football team represents Honduras in tournaments and friendly matches at the Under-17 level. They have qualified five times for FIFA U-17 World Cup, with their best performance being in 2013 where they reached the Quarter-finals.

Tournament history

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1985 ↓ 2005	Did not qualify
2007	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0	Group stage
2009	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0	Group stage
2011	Did not qualify
2013	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7	Quarter-finals
2015	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0	Group stage
2017	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7	3	Round of 16
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Qualified
Totals	18	3	1	14	19	45	−26	10	—

CONCACAF U-17 championship record

CONCACAF U-16/17 Championship
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1983	4	1	0	3	1	7	–6	2	4th
1985	7	3	0	4	13	14	–1	6	4th
1987	5	1	1	3	7	17	–10	3	4th
1988	4	2	1	1	6	9	–3	5	Group stage
1991	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	Group stage
1992	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	2	Group stage
1994	3	1	0	2	5	11	–6	3	Group stage
1996	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0	Group stage
1999	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0	Group stage
2001	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2	Group stage
2003	Did not qualify
2005	5	1	2	2	5	7	–2	5	4th
2007	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Group stage
2009	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Group stage
2011	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Quarter-finals
2013	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7	4th
2015	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Runners-up
2017	9	5	0	4	22	16	+6	15	Classification stage
2019	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2023	5	4	0	1	18	4	+14	12	Quarter-finals
Totals	81	29	17	35	123	133	−10	96	—

2007 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Mexico	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source:

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4		3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source:

The 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Cup was the debut tournament for the mini H. In their first game against Spain, Christian Martínez and Roger Rojas managed to score two goals. Despite the team's effort they lost 4-2 and went on to face Argentina, which had surprisingly drawn against Syria. The mini H lost 4-1 with captain, Johnny Leveron, scoring the only and final goal of the tournament by means of a penalty kick. The final game, to complete their World Cup journey, was a defeat 2-0 at hands of Syria.

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Cuba	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source:

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria (H)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4		3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

The Honduran youngsters finished in last place of Group A, losing close games to Argentina and Nigeria 0–1 each, and losing 1–3 to Germany. Anthony Lozano scored the lone goal.

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2		3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

The mini H started their tournament with a 1-2 win over the Hosts with goals from Medina and Velásquez. They then went to score a late game equaliser against Slovakia to equalise 2-2, finally suffering a 3-0 loss to Brazil, but qualifying for the Round of 16, With 4 points as Second. They then defeated Uzbekistan 1-0, with a goal from Bodden Sadly, the Catrachos' luck ran out and they lost 2-1 to Sweden. This is the farthest Honduras has gone in a FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Fixtures and results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
October 24, 2009	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Abuja	Argentina	1:0	Honduras
April 25, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	United States	3:0	Honduras
April 23, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	Honduras	6:0	Cuba	Rivera 18' Tobías 30' Lozano 43' (pen.) 73' 83' Martínez 67'
April 21, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	Canada	1:1	Honduras	Lozano 60'
October 17, 2009	Friendly		Mexico	2:0	Honduras

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification.

Head coach: Israel Canales

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Noel Valladares	(2008-08-16) 16 August 2008	2	0	Olimpia B
12	1GK	Eliezer Fuentes	(2008-06-03) 3 June 2008	4	0	FC Dallas Juniors
21	1GK	Juan Quesada	(2009-03-08) 8 March 2009	0	0	UPNFM Reservas

2	2DF	Yensel Morales	(2008-10-18) 18 October 2008	5	0	Olimpia B
3	2DF	Enmanuel Martín	(2008-11-24) 24 November 2008	6	0	Motagua Reservas
4	2DF	Osmel Medina	(2008-06-04) 4 June 2008	3	0	Unattached
5	2DF	Oscar Zuñiga	(2008-03-23) 23 March 2008	1	0	Real España "B"
19	2DF	Allan Flores	(2008-02-13) 13 February 2008	4	0	Policial Nacional FC Reservas

6	3MF	José Oyuela	(2008-11-22) 22 November 2008	6	0	Motagua Reservas
8	3MF	Edward Amador	(2008-01-18) 18 January 2008	5	1	UPNFM Reservas
14	3MF	Nicolás Balbas	(2008-08-05) 5 August 2008	4	1	Deportivo La Coruña Jugend
16	3MF	Alexander Álvarez	(2008-06-29) 29 June 2008	4	0	Platense F.C. Reservas
20	3MF	Joshua Palacios	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008	0	0	Victoria Reservas

7	4FW	Luis Suazo	(2008-06-30) 30 June 2008	5	4	S.C. Braga U19
11	4FW	Marco Reyes	(2008-03-02) 2 March 2008	5	2	Victoria Reservas
13	4FW	Deijan García	(2008-11-21) 21 November 2008	4	2	Chicago Fire Juniors
9	4FW	David Flores	(2008-01-13) 13 January 2008	4	1	Olimpia B
10	4FW	Kenneth Martínez	(2008-01-13) 13 January 2008	0	0	Olimpia B
15	4FW	Mike Arana	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008	0	0	Platense F.C. Reservas
17	4FW	Mike Arana	(2009-01-22) 22 January 2009	4	3	Academia Pumas FC

Recent call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Michael Perelló	(1998-07-11) 11 July 1998	Platense
2	2DF	Víctor Matamoros	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999	Olimpia
3	2DF	Wesly Decas	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999	Pumas
4	2DF	Denil Maldonado	(1998-03-26) 26 March 1998	Motagua
5	2DF	Dylan Andrade	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998	Platense
6	3MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998	Olimpia
7	4FW	Foslyn Grant	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998	Motagua
8	3MF	Erick Arias	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998	Comayagua
9	4FW	Darixon Vuelto	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998	Victoria
10	3MF	Jafeth Leiva	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999	Olimpia
11	3MF	Jancarlo Vargas	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998	Platense
12	1GK	Javier Delgado	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998	Honduras Progreso
13	4FW	Óscar Castro	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	Real España
14	2DF	Allan Rivera	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998	Real España
15	3MF	Kevin Castro	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998	Motagua
16	2DF	Gabriel Ortiz	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998	Olimpia
17	3MF	José Galeano	(1998-02-22) 22 February 1998	Parrillas One
18	4FW	David Sánchez	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998	Olimpia
19	3MF	Wisdom Quaye	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998	Vida
20	2DF	Darwin Diego	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999	Vida
21	1GK	Henry Mashburn	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999	Weston

Honours

CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2015

Managers

Luis "Piña" López (1983)
Quique Grey (1985)
Mario Griffin Cubas (1987)
Carlos Padilla Velásquez (1988)
Ricardo Taylor (1991)
José Raúl Ortiz (1992 and 1994)
Carlos Cruz Carranza (1996)
Hermelindo Cantarero (1998-1999)
Óscar "Cocli" Salgado (2000)
Dennis Marlon Allen (2001)
Carlos Ramón Tábora (2002)
Miguel Ángel Escalante (2004 and 2005)
Óscar "Cocli" Salgado (2006)
Miguel Ángel Escalante (2007)
Jorge Jiménez (2008)
Emilio Umanzor (2008-2011)
Jose Aleman (2011)
Jose Valladares (2012-2019)
Luis Alvarado (2019-2021)
Israel Canales (2021-present)

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References

^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)

Head-to-head record

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

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
Belgium	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	000.00
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
France	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	000.00
Mali	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
New Caledonia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Syria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total	18	3	1	14	19	45	−26	016.67

[1] Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)

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Honduras national football team
General	Federation History Players Managers
Venues	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (1948–1996) Estadio Francisco Morazán (1996–1997) Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano (1997–present)
Statistics	FIFA World Cup record CONCACAF Gold Cup record Copa América record Results Head to head
Categories	Men teams Senior U-23 U-20 U-15 Futsal Women teams Women U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15
Rivalries	Costa Rica El Salvador (Football War) Mexico Panama
FIFA World Cup	1982 2010 2014
CONCACAF Gold Cup	1963 1967 1971 1973 1981 1985 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025
Copa América	2001
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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 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.