Zambian national football team (U-20 men)

Zambia

Nickname (s)	Junior Chipolopolo
Association	Football Association of Zambia
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Beston Chambeshi
captain	Solomon Sakala
Record scorer	Rodgers Kola
Record player	Isaac Chansa
FIFA code	ZAM
First jersey Second jersey
(Status: unknown)

The Zambian U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of Zambian soccer players. It is subject to the Football Association of Zambia 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 .

In their first World Cup finals, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round in 1999, and in 2007 they reached the round of 16, which they lost to Nigeria .

She finished fourth at the African Championships three times ( 1991 , 1999 and 2007 ) and in 2017 she won the U-20 African Cup in her own country for the first time .

The team is the most successful team with eleven wins in the COSAFA U-20 championship , ie the soccer championship of southern Africa .

Participation in U-20 world championships

1977	not participated
1979
1981
1983
1985	not qualified
1987
1989	not participated
1991	not qualified
1993	not participated
1995	not qualified
1997
1999	Preliminary round
2001	not qualified
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16
2009	not qualified
2011
2013
2015
2017	Quarter finals

Participation in the U-20 African Championships

1979	not participated
1981
1983
1985	Round of 16
1987	Round of 16
1989	not participated
1991	4th Place
1993	not participated
1995	Preliminary round
1997	Preliminary round
1999	4th Place
2001	not qualified
2003
2005
2007	4th Place
2009	not qualified
2011
2013
2015	Preliminary round
2017	winner

See also

• Zambian national soccer team