Nickname(s) | Bantwana | ||
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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 | |||
South Africa 1–3 South Korea | |||
Biggest win | |||
Seychelles 0–28 South Africa | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
South Africa 0–9 Mexico Germany 10–1 South Africa | |||
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) | ||
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.
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]
The 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]
The 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. They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship. [1] They won their first COSAFA title in the 2022 edition, defeating Zambia by 4 goals to 3 in the final. [6]
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Appearances: 6 | ||||||||
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2008 | First round | – | 2 | 2 1 | 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 | 2 2 | 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 |
COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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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 |
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