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The Tanzania women's national under-17 football team represents Tanzania in international women's under-17 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Tanzania, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF). The team and federation is currently a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the regional Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
| Nickname(s) | Serengeti girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Tanzania Football Federation | |||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | |||
| Head coach | Bakari Shime | |||
| Captain | Noela Luhala | |||
| Most caps | Joyce Lema (24 matches) | |||
| Top scorer | Clara Luvanga (36 goals) | |||
| FIFA code | TAN | |||
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| First international | ||||
Tanzania  5–1  Burundi(Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; 25 Jan 2020) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
Tanzania 7–0  Botswana(Zanzibar, Tanzania; 6 March 2022) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Japan 4–0 Tanzania (Fatorda, India; 12 October 2022) | ||||
| African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | |||
| Best result | Fourth round | |||
| CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2021) | |||
| Best result | Runners-up (2021) | |||
| COSAFA Women's U-17 Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2020) | |||
| Best result | Champions (2020) | |||
| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2022) | |||
Medal record | ||||
The team finished as runners-up in the 2021 edition of CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship and also qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup becoming the first Tanzanian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup event.
Fixtures and results edit
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2022 edit
| 12 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | Japan | 4–0 | Tanzania | Margao, India |
| 20:00 UTC+5:30 | Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay) |
| 15 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | France  | 1–2 | Tanzania | Margao, India |
| 16:30 UTC+5:30 | Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 2,625 Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica) |
| 18 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | Tanzania | 1–1 |  Canada | Navi Mumbai, India |
| 20:00 UTC+5:30 |
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Report (FIFA) | Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 3,728 Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand) |
| 22 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup QF | Colombia  | 3–0 | Tanzania | Margao, India |
| 16:30 UTC+5:30 | Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 3,547 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia) |
Competitive records edit
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup edit
| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 1 | ||||||||
| Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2008 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 2010
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 2012
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 2014
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 2016
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 2018
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 2020 |
Initially postponed to 2021, later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1] | |||||||
| 2022 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
 2024 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1/9 | 0 Titles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
References edit
- ^ FIFA.com. "Who We Are - News - Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
External links edit
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