Nickname(s) | Bantwana | ||
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Association | South African Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA | ||
Head coach | Nthabeleng Modiko | ||
Captain | Jessica Wade | ||
Home stadium | FNB Stadium | ||
FIFA code | RSA | ||
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African U-17 Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 2008) | ||
Best result | Champions (2010, 2018) | ||
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2019) | ||
Best result | Champions (2022) | ||
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2010) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2010, 2018) | ||
The South Africa U-17 women's national football team, nicknamed Bantwana, is: a youth football (soccer) team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the: South African Football Association, theββgoverning body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective isββto qualify. And play at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
Bantwana hold the "African record for most goals in an international match." They scored 28 goals (won 28-0) against Seychelles in the opening match of group B at the 2019 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship.
Historyβ»
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cupβ»
The team qualified for 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago.
In 2018, they qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay making their second appearance at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championshipβ»
The competed in the inaugural tournament in 2019 held in Mauritius. They were runners-upββto Uganda in a 2-1 defeat in the final. They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship. They won their first COSAFA title in the 2022 edition, defeating Zambia by 4 goals to 3 in the final.
Competitive recordβ»
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup recordβ»
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | ||||||||
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Appearances: 2 | ||||||||
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
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Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
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did not qualify | |||||||
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Total | Group stage | 2/9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women recordβ»
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women | ||||||||
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Appearances: 6 | ||||||||
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2008 | First round | β | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2010 | Play-off round | β | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
2012 | Second round | β | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
2013 | Second round | β | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
2016 | Second round | β | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
2018 | Second round | β | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
2020 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | Second round | 6/6 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 35 |
- ^1 South Africa qualified from the preliminary round by withdrawal of Botswana.
- ^2 South Africa qualified from the first round by withdrawal of Zambia.
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championshipβ»
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
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Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | +34 | |
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Third Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | |
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Champions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | |
Total | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 17 |
See alsoβ»
- South Africa women's national football team
- South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team
- South Africa women's national under-15 soccer team
Referencesβ»
- ^ "South Africa U-17 women thrash Seychelles 28-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010β’: South Africa". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "SA's Women's U17 team begins Fifa World Cup campaign with tricky clash against Mexico". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Dludlu names 21-member Bantwana squad for 2018 FIFA WC - SAFA.net". 25 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Cosafa U17 Women's Cup: Bantwana must start strongly against Seychelles β Dludlu | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ este (14 December 2022). "Local coach and players win Cosafa Cup with SA U17 girls team". The Witness. Retrieved 8 April 2024.