Kenya national under-17 football team

The Kenya national under-17 football team represents Kenya in football at age of U-17 level and is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation.[1][2] The team competes in the African U-17 Championship, held every two years.[3][4]

Kenya U-17
Nickname(s)Harambee Stars
AssociationFootball Kenya Federation
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationCECAFA
Head coachKenya Oliver Page
CaptainClinton Machaka
FIFA codeKEN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Kenya  2–0  Somalia
(Nairobi, Kenya; 14 April 2001)
Biggest win
Kenya  9–0  Djibouti
(Dar es Salam, Kenya; 17 August 2018)
Biggest defeat
Cameroon  7–0  Kenya
(Bafoussam, Cameron; 7 August 2016)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances0
CECAFA U-17 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2007)
Best resultThird-place (2007)

Team image

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Nicknames

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The Kenya national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as Harambee Stars.

Home stadium

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The team play its home matches on the Nairobi City Stadium and others stadiums.

History

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Fixtures and results

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legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2020

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13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship Kenya   2–2   Ethiopia Gisenyi, Rwanda
16:00
  • Gachago   14'
  • Rajab   84'
Report
  • Jiru   61'
  • Nagash   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Umuganda Stadium
Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship Uganda   5–0   Kenya Gisenyi, Rwanda
12:00
  • Mawa   7'   50'   54'
  • Mutyaba   77'
  • Gava   84'
Report Stadium: Umuganda Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh (Djibouti)

Competitive record

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

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FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1985 Did not enter
  1987
  1989 Withdrew
  1991 Did not enter
  1993 Withdrew
  1995 Did not enter
  1997
  1999
  2001 Did not qualify
  2003 Withdrew
  2005 Banned
  2007 Did not enter
  2009 Did not qualify
  2011
  2013 Withdrew
  2015
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019 Did not qualify
  2021 Did not held
  2023 Did not qualify
Total 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1995 Did not enter
  1997
  1999
  2001 Did not qualify
  2003 Withdrew
  2005 Banned
  2007 Did not enter
  2009 Did not qualify
  2011
  2013 Withdrew
  2015
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019 Did not qualify
  2021 Did Not held
  2023 Did not enter
Total 0/14 0 0 0 0 0 0

CECAFA U-17 Championship

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CECAFA U-17 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
  2007 3rd Place 4 1 1 2 5 10
  2009 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 8
  2018 4th Place 5 1 1 3 6 7
  2020 Group stage 2 0 1 1 2 7
  2022 Did Not participated
Total 4/5 0 Title 14 2 3 9 15 32

References

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  1. ^ "What can be done about age cheating?". BBC News. 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ^ "Age cheaters are left with the spoiled as federations, players are only hurting themselves". The National. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ^ Ojuang', Moses (2020-07-04) [2013-12-17]. "Kenyan football bosses hell-bent on killing our national pastime". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. ^ "Kenya U-17 team statistics". www.globalsportsarchive.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-23.