The Tanzania national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Ngorongoro Boys, represents Tanzania in international youth football competitions.[1] Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup and the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, which is the top competitions for this age group.[2]
| Nickname(s) | Ngorongoro Boys | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Tanzania Football Federation | |||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA | |||
| Home stadium | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium | |||
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| First international | ||||
(Pretoria, South Africa; 22 December 1996) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
(Karatu, Tanzania; 26 November 2020) | ||||
| U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | |||
| Best result | Group stage (2021) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | None | |||
they also participate at the CECAFA U-20 Championship wich serves as a qualifier to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations they won it twice in 1971 and 2019 and they have been Runners-up three times 1975, 1995 and 2020.[3]
Honours
edit- CECAFA U-20 Championship:
- Winners (2): 1971, 2019
- Runners-up (3): 1975, 1995, 2020
Competitive record
editFIFA U-20 World Cup record
edit| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA |
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 0/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record
edit| U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 1 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| did not enter | ||||||||
| did not qualify | ||||||||
| Withdrew before qualification | ||||||||
| did not enter | ||||||||
| Withdrew before qualification | ||||||||
| did not qualify | ||||||||
| did not enter | ||||||||
| did not qualify | ||||||||
| Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Current squad
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tanzania - Tanzania Under 20 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Tanzania name provisional squad for U20 Africa Cup of Nations | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "AFCON U-20 QUALIFIERSHosts Tanzania to face Kenya in Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers". cecafaonline.com. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.