Nickname(s) | Amajimbo |
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Association | South African Football Association |
Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
Sub-confederation | COSAFA |
Head coach | Molefi Ntseki |
Captain | Luke Le Roux |
FIFA code | RSA |
The South Africa national under-17 football team, 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 objectives are to qualify and play at the African U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The team was started in 1993, when SAFA decided to form an under-17 team. The team's greatest achievement to date include a second-place finish at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, hosted in Niger and qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
The following 21 players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Head coach: Molefi Ntseki