South Sudan national under-17 football team
Nickname(s) | Bright Stars | ||
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Association | South Sudan Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Bilal Felix Komoyangi | ||
Captain | Mario Taban | ||
Home stadium | Malakal Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SSD | ||
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First international | |||
South Sudan 2–1 Djibouti (Dar es Salam, Tanzania; 12 August 2018) | |||
Biggest win | |||
South Sudan 2–1 Djibouti (Dar es Salam, Tanzania; 12 August 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
South Sudan 1–6 Uganda (Dar es Salam, Tanzania; 17 August 2018) | |||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
CECAFA U-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | ||
Best result | Runners-up, (2022) | ||
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
Medal record |
The South Sudan national under-17 football team represents South Sudan at age of under-17 levels in the international football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Team image
Nicknames
The South Sudan national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as Bright Stars
Home stadium
The team play its home matches on the Malakal Stadium and others stadiums.
History
The South Sudan national under-17 football team played their debut game against Djibouti on 12 August 2018 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, winning 2–1. The team qualified for the first time in the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations which will take place in Algeria after finishing as runners-up in the 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship.
Current squad
The following squad was announced for recently finished 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship
- As of 13 December 2022
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Nasona Victor | 2 June 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | GK | Samuel Duku | 17 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | GK | Abdusalam Hasaballah | 15 May 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Amos Moses | 8 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Kharbino Wel | 9 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | David Mabil | 20 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | DF | Emmanuel John | 26 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | FW | Mario Taban (Captain) | 29 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | DF | Felix Obama | April 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | DF | Francis Michael | 22 December 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | DF | Gama Hassen | 30 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | DF | James Samuel | 6 December 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Samuel Ceasar | 14 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Ronaldo Daniel | 9 August 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Rewde Maliah | 2 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Judu Thuch | 8 October 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Shakir Mohamed | 22 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | MF | Ajo Minari | 5 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Jonathan Gem | 22 may 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Manjistu Jido | 4 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Godfery Geri | 23 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | FW | Gbindiva Victor | 26 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Ajong Uber | 10 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | FW | Abraham Okenny | 18 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
Fixtures and results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2022
6 October 2022 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages | South Sudan | 1–4 | Uganda | Abebe Bikila Stadium |
13:00 |
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Report | Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania) |
9 October 2022 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages | Burundi | 1–1 | South Sudan | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda) |
12 October 2022 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Semi-finals | Tanzania | 1–1 (3–4 p) | South Sudan | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
15:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria) |
Penalties | ||||
15 October 2022 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Final | Somalia | 3–1 | South Sudan | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda) |
Competition records
FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | |||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
1985 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1989 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1991 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1993 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1995 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2001 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2011 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2017 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2021 | Cancelled | ||||||||
2023 | Disqualified | ||||||||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 0/20 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | |||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |||||
1995 to 2019 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
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Cancelled | ||||||||||||
2023 | Disqualified | ||||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||||||||
Total | 0/15 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CECAFA U-17 Championship
CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | |||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |||||
2007 to 2020 |
Did not participate | ||||||||||||
2022 | Runners-up | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Total | 1/5 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
References
- ^ "Somalia beat South Sudan to win CECAFA U-17 title". www.cafonline.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "South Sudan, Somalia qualify for TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON 2023". www.cafonline.com. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "South Sudan U-17 fixtures, results, news, squad". www.in.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "South Sudan U-17 teams". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "U-17 AFCON Qualifiers: South Sudan, Somalia book maiden tickets to finals". www.mozzartsort.co.ke. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Cecafa U17: Banned South Sudan did not know players were over age". www.goal.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.