Nickname(s) | Serengeti boys | |||
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Association | Tanzania Football Federation | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | |||
Head coach | Oscar Mirambo | |||
Captain | Morice Micheal | |||
Home stadium | National Stadium | |||
FIFA code | TAN | |||
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First international | ||||
Tanzania 0–2 Guinea (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 18 May 1995) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Seychelles 0–6 Tanzania (Victoria, Seychelles; 3 July 2016) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Tanzania 4–5 Nigeria (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 14 April 2019) | ||||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | ||||
Appearances | DNQ | |||
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | ||||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2017) | |||
Best result | Group stage (2017, 2019) | |||
CECAFA U-17 Championship | ||||
Appearances | 5 (first in 2007) | |||
Best result | Champions (2018) |
The Tanzania national under 17 football team (Swahili: Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in youth men's international football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania, Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam.[1][2][3][4][5]