South Africa women's national under-17 soccer team
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, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to qualify and play at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
| Nickname(s) | Bantwana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| First international | |||
 Cameroon 2–0  South Africa(Yaoundé, Cameroon; 2008) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Seychelles 0–28 South Africa(Port Louis, Mauritius; 21 September 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
South Africa 0–9  Mexico
 Germany} 10–1 South Africa(Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 8 September 2010) | |||
| 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) | ||
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.[1]
History
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
editThe team qualified for 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago.[2]
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.[3][4]
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship
editThe competed in the inaugural tournament in 2019 held in Mauritius.[5] They were runners-up to Uganda in a 2-1 defeat in the final.[6] They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship.[1]
They won their maiden COSAFA title at the 2022 edition, defeating Zambia by 4 goals to 3 in the final.[7][8][9]
Competitive record
editFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
edit| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 2 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2008 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2010 |
Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
 2012 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2014
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 2016
| ||||||||
 2018 |
Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
 2022 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2024 |
to be determined | |||||||
 2025
| ||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 2/9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women record
edit| African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 6 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2008 | First round | – | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | Play-off round | – | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
| 2012 | Second round | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | Second round | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | Second round | – | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018 | Second round | – | 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 Championship
edit| COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 2019 |
Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | +34 | |
| 2020 |
Third Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | |
 2022 |
Champions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 17 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "South Africa U-17 women thrash Seychelles 28-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010™: 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 – Dludlu | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Bantwana win silver in maiden Cosafa U17 Women's Champs". SuperSport. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Emphatic 12-0 victory books semis ticket for Bantwana | soccer". SABC. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ este (14 December 2022). "Local coach and players win Cosafa Cup with SA U17 girls team". The Witness. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Kanjere, Peter (12 December 2022). "COSAFA Championship joy for SA girls, heartbreak for Amajimbos". FARPost. Retrieved 20 September 2024.