Tanzania national under-20 football team
Nickname(s) | Ngorongoro Boys | |||
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Association | Tanzania Football Federation | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA | |||
Home stadium | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium | |||
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First international | ||||
South Africa 3–0 Tanzania (Pretoria, South Africa; 22 December 1996) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Somalia 1–8 Tanzania (Karatu, Tanzania; 26 November 2020) | ||||
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | |||
Best result | Group stage (2021) | |||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||
Appearances | None |
The Tanzania national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Ngorongoro Boys, represents Tanzania in international youth football competitions.[1] Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup and the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, which is the top competitions for this age group.[2]
they also participate at the CECAFA U-20 Championship wich serves as a qualifier to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations they won it twice in 1971 and 2019 and they have been Runners-up three times 1975, 1995 and 2020.[3]
Honours
- CECAFA U-20 Championship:
- Winners (2): 1971, 2019
- Runners-up (3): 1975, 1995, 2020
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA |
1977 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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2009 | |||||||
2011 | |||||||
2013 | |||||||
2015 | |||||||
2017 | |||||||
2019 | |||||||
2023 | |||||||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||
Total | 0/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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Appearances: 1 | ||||||||
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
1979 | did not enter | |||||||
1981 | ||||||||
1983 | ||||||||
1985 | ||||||||
1987 | ||||||||
1989 | ||||||||
1991 | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1997 | did not qualify | |||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2005 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2009 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
2011 | did not qualify | |||||||
2013 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2017 | did not enter | |||||||
2019 | did not qualify | |||||||
2021 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Current squad
References
- ^ "Tanzania - Tanzania Under 20 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Tanzania name provisional squad for U20 Africa Cup of Nations | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "AFCON U-20 QUALIFIERSHosts Tanzania to face Kenya in Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers". cecafaonline.com. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.