Zanzibar national under-20 football team

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Zanzibar Under 20
Association Zanzibar Football Association
Confederation CAF
Head coach?
Home stadium Amaan Stadium
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg  Zanzibar 2–4 Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
(Mombassa, Tanzania, unknown date 1995)
Biggest win
Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg  Zanzibar 3–0 Ethiopia  Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg
(Zanzibar City, Zanzibar, 21 September 2003)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus 5–0 Zanzibar  Flag of Zanzibar.svg
(Nicosia, Northern Cyprus; 23 November 2006)
Appearances(first in -)
Best result-

Zanzibar national under-20 football team are an international association football team representing the island nation of Zanzibar at under 20 level. In some competitions such as the ELF Cup, the team have represented the full Zanzibar national football team. The team achieved fourth place at the 2006 ELF Cup in Northern Cyprus.

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