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Nickname(s) | Serengeti girls | |||
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Association | Tanzania Football Federation | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | |||
Head coach | Bakari Shime | |||
Captain | Noela Luhala | |||
Most caps | Joyce Lema (24 matches) | |||
Top scorer | Clara Luvanga (36 goals) | |||
FIFA code | TAN | |||
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First international | ||||
Tanzania 5–1 Burundi (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; 25 Jan 2020) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Tanzania 7–0 Botswana (Zanzibar, Tanzania; 6 March 2022) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Japan 4–0 Tanzania (Fatorda, India; 12 October 2022) | ||||
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | |||
Best result | Fourth round | |||
CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | |||
Best result | Runners-up (2021) | |||
COSAFA Women's U-17 Championship | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2020) | |||
Best result | Champions (2020) | |||
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | |||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2022) | |||
Medal record |
The Tanzania women's national under-17 football team represents Tanzania in international women's under-17 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Tanzania, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF). The team and federation is currently a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the regional Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
The team finished as runners-up in the 2021 edition of CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship and also qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup becoming the first Tanzanian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup event.