Zambia national under-20 football team

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Zambia Under 20
Nickname(s)Junior Chipolopolo
AssociationFAZ
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachZambia Chisi Mbewe
CaptainSolomon Sakala
Most capsIsaac Chansa
Top scorerRodgers Kola
FIFA codeZAM
First colours
Second colours
First international
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Biggest win
 Zambia 6-1 Mali 
Lusaka, Zambia; 01 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 5-1 Zambia 
(Abuja, Nigeria; 11 April 1999

Zambia National U-20 Football team are the U-20 football team for Zambia also known as the Junior Chipolpolo as the senior side are simply known as Chipolopolo(Copper Bullets). They came in fourth place in the African Youth Championship 2007, which meant they qualified for the U-20 World Cup where they were in eliminated by 5-time winners of the African Youth Championship Nigeria.

Zambia U20 soccer team has won the COSAFA U20 Cup 2022 in eSwatini[1]

Current squad[edit]

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia (H) 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Egypt 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4  Mali 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Zambia 1–0 Guinea
Daka 47' Report
Mali 1–6 Zambia
Danté 5' Report F. Sakala 7', 65'
E. Banda 24'
Mwepu 37'
Chilufya 49', 53'
Zambia 3–1 Egypt
Daka 48', 90'
F. Sakala 72'
Report Nedved 35'

Semi-finals[edit]

Zambia 1–0 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Chilufya 109' Report

Final[edit]

Zambia 2–0 Senegal
Daka 16'
Chilufya 34'
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Award[edit]

Winners[edit]

 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners 

Zambia
First title

Individual awards[edit]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[2]

Total Man of the Competition
Top scorer
Fair Play Award

FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances[edit]

 

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia 2–1 Portugal
Chilufya 51'
F. Sakala 76'
Report Hélder 90+1'

Zambia 4–2 Iran
F. Sakala 54'
Mwepu 59'
E. Banda 65'
Daka 71'
Report Shekari 7', 49' (pen.)

Costa Rica 1–0 Zambia
Daly 15' Report
Attendance: 4,508

Round of 16[edit]

Zambia 4–3 (a.e.t.) Germany
E. Banda 50'
F. Sakala 68'
Mwepu 86'
Mayembe 107'
Report Ochs 37'
Serdar 89'
Arweiler 90+4'

Quarter-finals[edit]

Italy 3–2 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Orsolini 50'
Dimarco 88'
Vido 111'
Report Daka 4'
Sakala 84'

Final ranking[edit]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  England 7 6 1 0 12 3 +9 19 Champions
2  Venezuela 7 5 1 1 14 3 +11 16 Runners-up
3  Italy 7 3 2 2 10 9 +1 11 Third place
4  Uruguay 7 3 4 0 7 3 +4 13 Fourth place
5  Zambia 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 9 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  United States 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
7  Portugal 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
8  Mexico 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
9  France 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  South Korea (H) 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
11  Senegal 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 4
12  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
13  Germany 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
14  Japan 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
15  Saudi Arabia 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
16  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 3 9 −6 4
17  Argentina 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
19  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
20  Ecuador 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
21  South Africa 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
22  Vietnam 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
23  Guinea 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
24  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Fixtures and Results[edit]

Date Tournament Location Home Team score Away Team Scorers
28 May 2008
International Friendly
Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Makkah Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
1 - 1
Zambia Zambia
27 June 2008
Zambia Woodlands Stadium Lusaka Zambia Zambia Zambia Zambia
29 June 2008
Zambia Woodlands Stadium Lusaka Zambia Zambia
1 - 0
Mauritius Mauritius
Tom Bakala (17th)
13 July 2008
Mauritius Stade Germain Comarmond Bambous Mauritius Mauritius
0 - 2
Zambia Zambia
28 September 2008
Egypt Alexandria Egypt Egypt
3 - 3
Zambia Zambia

Class of 2007[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Zambia Wins Cosafa U20 Cup in eSwatini". Swaziland News Online. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Awards and Statistics". CAF. 12 March 2017.

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