Zambia national under-17 football team
The Zambia National U-17 Football team is the U-17 football team for Zambia founded in 1929.[1] The team, also known as the Junior Chipolpolo, represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Football Association of Zambia. In 2016, they were disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship because two players were found to have been over the age of 17.[2]
| Nickname(s) | Junior Chipolopolo | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | FAZ | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Chris Kaunda | ||
| Captain | Patson Daka | ||
| FIFA code | ZAM | ||
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| First international | |||
 Zambia 3-0 Lesotho  (Lusaka, Zambia; 1984) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Zambia 9-0 Mauritius  (Lusaka, Zambia; 18 September 1988) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Zambia 0-3 Nigeria  (Lusaka, Zambia; 20 January 1989) | |||
| African U-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage, 2015 | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
Competitive recordEdit
FIFA U-17 World CupEdit
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1987 - Withdrew
- 1989 - Did not qualify
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not enter
- 1995 - Disqualified
- 1997 - Did not enter
- 1999 - Did not qualify
- 2001 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - Did not qualify
- 2005 - Did not enter
- 2007 - Did not qualify
- 2009 - Did not qualify
- 2011 - Did not qualify
- 2013 - Did not qualify
- 2015 - Did not qualify
- 2017 - Did not qualify
- 2019 - Did not Qualify
- 2021 - To be determined
CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup QualifiersEdit
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1987 - Withdrew
- 1989 - Did not qualify
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not enter
African U-17 ChampionshipEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- zambianfootball
.co .zm /category /u-17-national-team / (Fan site) - www
.fazfootball .com (Football Association of Zambia)
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