Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-17 football team.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-17 football team is made up by players who are 17 years old or younger and represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football matches at this age level. It is controlled by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nickname(s)	Zmajevi (Dragons) Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies)
Association	Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Asmir Avdukić
Most caps	Rijad Sadiku (28)
Top scorer	Amer Gojak (9)
FIFA code	BIH
First colours Second colours
First international
Finland 0–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1 October 2007)
Biggest win
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8–0 Gibraltar (Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 10 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–6 Belgium (Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 29 March 2022)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group Stage, (2016, 2017, 2018)

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-17 Championship record

UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2002	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
2003										3	0	0	3	0	4	−2
2004										3	1	0	2	6	8	−2
2005										3	0	2	1	2	4	−2
2006										3	0	1	2	4	8	−4
2007										6	2	0	4	5	11	−7
2008										6	3	1	2	5	6	−1
2009										3	0	0	3	1	4	−3
2010										6	0	5	1	8	9	−1
2011										3	1	0	2	5	10	−5
2012										3	1	0	2	1	5	−4
2013										3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
2014										6	3	1	2	6	4	+2
2015										6	2	2	2	7	10	−3
2016	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3		6	4	0	2	11	7	+4
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5		6	3	1	2	7	4	+3
2018	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5		6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
2019	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	11	4	+7
2020	Cancelled									3	1	0	2	5	6	−3
2021										0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	10	14	−4
2023										6	3	2	1	7	8	−1
2024										6	2	1	3	9	11	-2
2025										6	4	1	1	20	7	+13
2026										TBD
Total	3/20	9	3	0	6	8	21	−13		107	37	22	48	142	156	−14

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

List of UEFA U17 European Championship matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Bosnia goalscorers
2016	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Austria	Loss
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–3 Germany	Loss	Baack (o.g.)
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Ukraine	Win	B. Hadžić (2)
2017	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–5 Germany	Loss
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Republic of Ireland	Loss	Vještica
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Serbia	Win	Imamović
2018	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-2 Denmark	Win	Memišević (2)
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-4 Belgium	Loss
	Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Republic of Ireland	Loss

2025/2026 UEFA European U17 Qualifiers

Round 1

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Round 2 League A
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Round 2 League B
4	Malta	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 November 2025 (2025-11-11)

11:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Turkey
Jovic 46'	Report	Yüzgeç 16' Şen 42' Kalpakli 68'

Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 50

Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)

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14 November 2025 (2025-11-14)

17:00

Serbia	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anokić 90+6' (pen.)	Report

SRC Mladost Pančevo, Pančevo

Attendance: 185

Referee: Jakob Semler (Austria)

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17 November 2025 (2025-11-17)

16:00

Malta	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roe 39' Attard 48'	Report	Vulin 28' Korora 62'

Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 25

Referee: Martin Matoša (Slovenia)

Round 2

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Finland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Promoted to League A for the Round 1 of the 2028 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Moldova (H)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	Gibraltar	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

23 April 2026

12:00

Moldova	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Benjamin Brand (Germany)

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26 April 2026

10:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Gibraltar
	Report

Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă

Referee: Andreu Simarro (Andorra)

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29 April 2026

12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Finland
	Report

Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă

Referee: Benjamin Brand (Germany)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Asmir Avdukić
Coach	Denis Malešević
Coach	Amir Spahić
Goalkeeping coach	Nenad Džidić

Coaching history

Dates	Name
2025–present	Asmir Avdukić
2024–2025	Muhamed Džakmić
2023–2024	Admir Raščić
2022	Nedim Jusufbegović
2019–2022	Nermin Šabić
2019	Adin Mulaosmanović (caretaker)
2011–2018	Sakib Malkočević
2002–2011	Velimir Stojnić
1995–1996	Dino Đurbuzović

Current squad

The following players were called up for the most recent 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Daris Strukar	(2009-02-11) 11 February 2009	Austria Wien
12	1GK	Luka Djurdjevic	(2009-02-25) 25 February 2009	Zrinjski
2	2DF	Tarik Cirak	(2009-03-08) 8 March 2009	Unterhaching
4	2DF	Dragan Predojevic	(2009-01-25) 25 January 2009	Borac
5	2DF	Amil Muminovic	(2009-04-23) 23 April 2009	Sarajevo
14	2DF	Svetozar Miljevic	(2010-01-28) 28 January 2010	Borac
3	2DF	Mahir Fejzic	(2009-02-10) 10 February 2009	Željezničar
13	2DF	Stefan Seslija	(2009-01-05) 5 January 2009	Radnik
21	2DF	Vedad Husovic	(2009-07-15) 15 July 2009	Sarajevo
16	3MF	Miloje Bosnic	(2009-06-27) 27 June 2009	Željezničar Banja Luka
20	3MF	Vedad Porčić	(2009-07-13) 13 July 2009	Krajina Cazin
8	3MF	Muhamed Dreca	(2010-08-10) 10 August 2010	Sarajevo
17	3MF	Vladan Djeric	(2009-08-10) 10 August 2009	Zrinjski
19	3MF	Vedad Leto	(2010-09-11) 11 September 2010	Sarajevo
6	3MF	Eldar Godinjak	(2009-01-21) 21 January 2009	Željezničar
18	3MF	Sergej Marjanovic	(2009-07-10) 10 July 2009	Borac
7	4FW	Andrej Kovac	(2010-06-14) 14 June 2010	Posušje
9	4FW	Hamza Ohran	(2009-03-27) 27 March 2009	Kaiserslautern
10	4FW	Amer Sirco	(2009-07-27) 27 July 2009	Sarajevo
11	4FW	Aldian Korora (captain)	(2009-04-06) 6 April 2009	Željezničar

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-19 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-18 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-15 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-19 football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-17 football team

External links

• UEFA Under-17 website Contains full results archive