South Sudan national under-17 football team

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]}

South Sudan U-17

Nickname(s)	Bright Stars
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
First colours Second colours
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 CECAFA U-17 Championship 2022 Ethiopia

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
1	1GK	Nasona Victor	2 June 2005	0	0
2	1GK	Samuel Duku	17 January 2004	0	0
3	1GK	Abdusalam Hasaballah	15 May 2005	0	0
4	2DF	Amos Moses	8 January 2005	0	0
5	2DF	Kharbino Wel	9 September 2005	0	0
6	2DF	David Mabil	20 November 2005	0	0
7	2DF	Emmanuel John	26 February 2005	0	0
8	4FW	Mario Taban (Captain)	29 March 2005	0	0
9	2DF	Felix Obama	April 2003	0	0
10	2DF	Francis Michael	22 December 2005	0	0
11	2DF	Gama Hassen	30 January 2004	0	0
12	2DF	James Samuel	6 December 2004	0	0
13	2DF	Samuel Ceasar	14 July 2005	0	0
14	3MF	Ronaldo Daniel	9 August 2005	0	0
15	3MF	Rewde Maliah	2 September 2005	0	0
16	3MF	Judu Thuch	8 October 2005	0	0
17	3MF	Shakir Mohamed	22 February 2005	0	0
18	3MF	Ajo Minari	5 January 2006	0	0
19	4FW	Jonathan Gem	22 may 2004	0	0
20	4FW	Manjistu Jido	4 July 2005	0	0
21	4FW	Godfery Geri	23 July 2005	0	0
22	4FW	Gbindiva Victor	26 January 2006	0	0
23	4FW	Ajong Uber	10 January 2005	0	0
24	4FW	Abraham Okenny	18 July 2005	0	0

Fixtures and results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

South Sudan  v  Uganda

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages	South Sudan	1–4	Uganda	Abebe Bikila Stadium
13:00	Okenny 67'	Report	Nkoola 25', 51' Sembuusi 37' Walusimbi 45+1'	Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

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Burundi  v  South Sudan

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages	Burundi	1–1	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00	Harimbabazi 65'	Report	Mabil 83'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Tanzania  v  South Sudan

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Semi-finals	Tanzania	1–1 (3–4 p)	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15:30	Charles 71'	Report	Gem 37'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)
	Penalties
	Omar Farid M. Salum Hamisi Charles		Obama Mabil Moses Taban Gem

Somalia  v  South Sudan

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Final	Somalia	3–1	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15:00	A. Abdi 6' Dahir 59', 71'	Report	Minari 48'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Competition records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record
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
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995 to 2019	Did not qualify
2021	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
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

1. "Somalia beat South Sudan to win CECAFA U-17 title". www.cafonline.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
2. "South Sudan, Somalia qualify for TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON 2023". www.cafonline.com. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
3. "South Sudan U-17 fixtures, results, news, squad". www.in.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
4. "South Sudan U-17 teams". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
5. "U-17 AFCON Qualifiers: South Sudan, Somalia book maiden tickets to finals". www.mozzartsort.co.ke. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
6. "Cecafa U17: Banned South Sudan did not know players were over age". www.goal.com. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.