Zambia national under-17 football team

Zambia Under-17
Nickname(s)Junior Chipolopolo
AssociationFAZ
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachZambia Chris Kaunda
CaptainPatson Daka
FIFA codeZAM
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Zambia 3–0 Lesotho 
(Lusaka, Zambia; 1984)
Biggest win
 Zambia 9–0 Mauritius 
(Lusaka, Zambia; 18 September 1988)
Biggest defeat
 Zambia 0–3 Nigeria 
(Lusaka, Zambia; 20 January 1989)
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best resultGroup stage (2015, 2023)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

The Zambia National U-17 Football team is the U-17 football team for Zambia founded in 1929.[1] The team, also known as the Junior Chipolpolo, represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Football Association of Zambia. In 2016, they were disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship because two players were found to have been over the age of 17.[2]

  1. ^ "Zambia - Zambia Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
  2. ^ "Zambia disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championships".