South African National Football Team (U-20 men)
Nickname (s) | Amajita |
Association | South African Football Association |
confederacy | CAF |
Head coach | Maqsood Chenia |
FIFA code | RSA |
(Status: unknown) |
The South African U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of South African soccer players. It is subject to the South African Football Association and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the U-20 African Championships and U-20 World Championships .
The team has so far participated in two World Cup finals. After she was eliminated in the preliminary round in 1997 , she reached the round of 16 in 2009 , which she lost in extra time against eventual world champions Ghana .
In 1997 she lost to Morocco in the final of the African Championship , and in 2009 she finished fourth.
In 2015 the team won the CIS Cup .
Participation in U-20 world championships
1977 | not participated |
1979 | |
1981 | |
1983 | |
1985 | |
1987 | |
1989 | |
1991 | |
1993 | |
1995 | not qualified |
1997 | Preliminary round |
1999 | not qualified |
2001 | |
2003 | |
2005 | |
2007 | |
2009 | Round of 16 |
2011 | not qualified |
2013 | |
2015 | |
2017 | Preliminary round |
2019 |
Participation in the U-20 African Championships
1979 | not participated |
1981 | |
1983 | |
1985 | |
1987 | |
1989 | |
1991 | |
1993 | |
1995 | not qualified |
1997 | 2nd place |
1999 | not qualified |
2001 | Preliminary round |
2003 | Preliminary round |
2005 | not qualified |
2007 | |
2009 | 4th Place |
2011 | Preliminary round |
2013 | not qualified |
2015 | Preliminary round |
2017 | 4th Place |
2019 | 3rd place |