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The South Africa women's national under-17 soccer team (Bantwana), is a youth football (soccer) team, which represents
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
and is controlled by the
South African Football Association The South African Football Association (colloquially known as SAFA) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Footbal ...
, 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 The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) ...
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 2019 COSAFA Women's U17 Championship was the first edition of COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship and took place on September 20–29, 2019, in Mauritius. Guest nation Uganda become champions after winning 2-1 in the final to South Africa. Participa ...
.


History


FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The team qualified for their maiden FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup at the
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup women's football tournament was the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in ...
in Trinidad & Tobago. This feat made the first women's team to qualify for the World Cup. Banyana Banyana would make their World Cup debut nine years later in
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. In 2018, they qualified for the
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
in Uruguay making their second appearance at the
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) ...
.


African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

In the 2025 qualification, they reached the second round with a 21–2 aggregate win over Gabon. They failed to reach the third round qualifiers after a 5–1 aggregate loss to Nigeria.


COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship

The competed in the inaugural tournament in
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
held in
Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
. They were runners-up to
Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
in a 2–1 defeat in the final. They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship. They won their maiden
COSAFA Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (; ), officially abbreviated as COSAFA, is an association of the football playing nations in Southern Africa. It is affiliated to CAF. COSAFA organise several tournaments in the Southern African ...
title at the
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
edition, defeating
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by 4 goals to 3 in the final. In 2025 the team did not enter the competition citing a tight school schedule as the reason.


Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend


2024


2025


Current squad

The following 20 players were selected for the
2024 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship The 2024 COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship () is the fifth edition of the COSAFA U-17 Girls' Championship, the international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of COSAFA. It was in ...
held in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
between 4 December – 13 December 2024:


Top goal scorers

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2024.


Managerial history


Competitive record


FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record


African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women record

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COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship


See also

*
South Africa women's national football team The South Africa women's national football team represents South Africa in women's international soccer and is run by the South African Football Association, the governing body for Soccer in South Africa. Nicknamed Banyana Banyana (The Girls i ...
* South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team * South Africa women's national under-15 soccer team


References


External links


Official website
{{CAF women's under-17 teams
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