Zambia national under-20 football team

Zambia Under 20
Nickname(s)Junior Chipolopolo
AssociationFAZ
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coach Beston Chambeshi
CaptainSolomon Sakala
Most capsIsaac Chansa
Top scorerRodgers Kola
FIFA codeZAM
First colours
Second colours
First international
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Biggest win
 Zambia 6-1 Mali 
Lusaka, Zambia; 01 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 5-1 Zambia 
(Abuja, Nigeria; 11 April 1999

The Zambia National U-20 Football is a national association football team from Zambia. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup three (3) times.

FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances

  • 1977 to 1997 - Did not enter
  • 1999 - Round 1
  • 2001 - Did not qualify
  • 2003 - Did not qualify
  • 2005 - Did not qualify
  • 2007 - Round 16
  • 2009 - Did not qualify
  • 2011 - Did not qualify
  • 2013 - Did not qualify
  • 2015 - Did not qualify
  • 2017 - Quarter-finals
 

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia 2–1 Portugal
Chilufya  51'
F. Sakala  76'
Report Hélder  90+1'
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 4,356
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Zambia 4–2 Iran
F. Sakala  54'
Mwepu  59'
E. Banda  65'
Daka  71'
Report Shekari  7'49' (pen.)
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,060
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Costa Rica 1–0 Zambia
Daly  15' Report
Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Round of 16

Zambia 4–3 (a.e.t.) Germany
E. Banda  50'
F. Sakala  68'
Mwepu  86'
Mayembe  107'
Report Ochs  37'
Serdar  89'
Arweiler  90+4'
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Quarter-finals

Italy 3–2 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Orsolini  50'
Dimarco  88'
Vido  111'
Report Daka  4'
Sakala  84'
Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Attendance: 6,252
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  England 7 6 1 0 12 3 +9 19 Champions
2  Venezuela 7 5 1 1 14 3 +11 16 Runners-up
3  Italy 7 3 2 2 10 9 +1 11 Third place
4  Uruguay 7 3 4 0 7 3 +4 13 Fourth place
5  Zambia 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 9 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  United States 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
7  Portugal 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8
8  Mexico 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
9  France 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  South Korea (H) 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
11  Senegal 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 4
12  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
13  Germany 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
14  Japan 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
15  Saudi Arabia 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
16  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 3 9 −6 4
17  Argentina 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
19  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
20  Ecuador 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
21  South Africa 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
22  Vietnam 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
23  Guinea 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
24  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: FIFA
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