Zambia national under-20 football team

Zambia National U-20 Football team are the U-20 football team for Zambia also known as the Junior Chipolpolo as the senior side are simply known as Chipolopolo(Copper Bullets). They came in fourth place in the African Youth Championship 2007, which meant they qualified for the U-20 World Cup where they were in eliminated by 5-time winners of the African Youth Championship Nigeria.

Zambia Under 20

Nickname(s)	Junior Chipolopolo
Association	FAZ
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Chisi Mbewe
Captain	Solomon Sakala
Most caps	Isaac Chansa
Top scorer	Rodgers Kola
FIFA code	ZAM
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

Zambia U20 soccer team has won the COSAFA U20 Cup 2022 in eSwatini

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Main articles: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations final and 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zambia (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Knockout stage and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Guinea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Egypt	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Mali	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)

15:00

Zambia	1–0	Guinea
Daka 47'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)

18:00

Mali	1–6	Zambia
Danté 5'	Report	F. Sakala 7', 65' E. Banda 24' Mwepu 37' Chilufya 49', 53'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04)

15:00

Zambia	3–1	Egypt
Daka 48', 90' F. Sakala 72'	Report	Nedved 35'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Semi-finals

8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)

18:00

Zambia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Chilufya 109'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Final

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)

17:30

Zambia	2–0	Senegal
Daka 16' Chilufya 34'	Report

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Award

Winners

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations winners
Zambia First title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Total Man of the Competition

• Patson Daka

Top scorer

• Luther Singh (4 goals, 2 assists)

Fair Play Award

• South Africa

FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances

1977 to 1983 – Did not enter 1985 to 1987 – Did not qualify 1989 – Did not enter 1991 – Did not qualify 1993 – Did not enter 1995 to 1997 – Did not qualify 1999 - Group stage 2001 to 2005 – Did not qualify 2007 – Round of 16 2009 to 2015 – Did not qualify 2017 – Quarter Finals 2019 to 2023 – Did not qualify

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Main article: 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

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)

14:00

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)

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24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)

17:00

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)

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27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)

17:00

Costa Rica	1–0	Zambia
Daly 15'	Report

Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan

Attendance: 4,508

Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Round of 16

31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)

20:00

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

5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)

17:00

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
(H) Hosts

Fixtures and Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	score	Away Team	Scorers
28 May 2008	International Friendly	King Abdul Aziz Makkah	Saudi Arabia	1 - 1	Zambia	Stophira Sunzu
27 June 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Woodlands Stadium Lusaka	Zambia		Zambia
29 June 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Woodlands Stadium Lusaka	Zambia	1 - 0	Mauritius	Tom Bakala (17th)
13 July 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (qualifiers)	Stade Germain Comarmond Bambous	Mauritius	0 - 2	Zambia	Emmanuel Mayuka (5th), Daneil Kasongo (9th)
28 September 2008	2009 African Youth Championship (Qualifiers)	Alexandria	Egypt	3 - 3	Zambia	Fwayo Tembo(Brace) Rodgers Kola

Class of 2007

• Rainford Kalaba
• Nyambe Mulenga
• Rogers Kola
• Aggripa Simpemba
• Jacob Banda
• Fwayo Tembo
• Joseph Zimba
• Clifford Mulenga

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