South Sudan national under-20 football team

South Sudan U-20
Nickname(s)	Bright Stars
Association	South Sudan Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Charles John Gwit Uok
Captain	Agumemboki Felix
Home stadium	Malakal Stadium
FIFA code	SSD
First colours	Second colours
First international
	South Sudan 1–5 Uganda ; (Kampala, Uganda; 31 May 2018)
Biggest win
	South Sudan 4–0 Burundi ; (Arusha, Tanzania; 27 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
	South Sudan 1–5 Uganda ; (Kampala, Uganda; 31 May 2018)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	0
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2023)
CECAFA U-20 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2019)
Best result	Runners-up, (2022)
Medal record
CECAFA U-20 Championship

The South Sudan national under-20 football team represents South Sudan under-20 level in the international football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Team image

The South Sudan national under-20 football team has been known or nicknamed as Bright Stars

The team play its home matches on the Malakal Stadium and others stadiums.

The following squad was announced for recently finished 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship

As of 22 December 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals
1	1GK	Godwill Yogusuk	22 June 2004	5	0
2	2DF	Bul James	7 January 2004	4	0
3	2DF	Agot Garang	5 May 2005	1	0
4	2DF	Hamiza William	30 January 2004	0	0
5	2DF	Emmanuel Sebit	9 September 2005	5	0
6	2DF	Tuyian Chuol	20 November 2005	5	0
7	2DF	Daniel Bichiok	22 February 2005	5	0
8	4FW	Agumemboki Felix (Captain)	24 March 2004	0	0
9	3MF	Korom Chagai	28 April 2003	0	0
10	3MF	Kennedy Juma	13 December 2005	5	3
11	3MF	Thomas Munguci	8 January 2004	2	0
12	3MF	Thomas Munguci	22 December 2004	1	0
13	3MF	Jacob Addis	4 July 2005	2	0
14	3MF	Baankhi Talafun	9 August 2005	2	0
15	3MF	Ochaya Okot	23 September 2005	5	0
16	3MF	Kenyi Shadrack	8 October 2005	2	0
17	1GK	Dario Kongyang	29 February 2005	8	0
18	4FW	Silver Mador	5 January 2006	3	0
19	4FW	Aluk Lual	22 may 2004	4	2
20	4FW	Luk Gatreak	4 July 2005	4	2
21	4FW	Peter Santos	23 February 2004	2	1
22	4FW	Tito Lukciir	26 January 2004	2	1
23	4FW	Riek De’Thol Diu	20 September 2003	1	1

Win Draw Loss Fixture

28 October 2022 (2022-10-28) 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship Group stage	Sudan	0–0	South Sudan	Omdurman, Sudan
19:00		Report		Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Retselisitsoe Molise (Lesotho)

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship Group stage	Burundi	0–0	South Sudan	Omdurman, Sudan
16:00		Report		Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew (Ethiopia)

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship Group stage	Burundi	0–1	Sudan	Omdurman, Sudan
16:00		Report	Omar 75'	Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Tuoniféré Soro (Ivory Coast)

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship Semi-finals	Ethiopia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	South Sudan	Omdurman, Sudan
20:00	Tarekegn 9' (pen.) Abate 107'	Report	Loro 18' (pen.) Felix 111'	Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
	Penalties
	Wabela Abate Shamena Dawit		Talafun Lual Lukciir Loro Sebit

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship Final	South Sudan	1–2	Uganda	Omdurman, Sudan
19:30	Felix 15'	Report	Bugembe 22' Ssematimba 62'	Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Abdalaziz Estalgoo (Sudan)

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Part of Sudan
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Did not enter
2015	Withdrew before qualification
2017	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
2025	To be determined
Total	–	0/24	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991 to 2011	Part of Sudan
2013	Did not enter
2015	Withdrew before qualification
2017	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
2023	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	2	7
Total	–	1/17	4	1	1	2	2	7

CECAFA U-20 Championship Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1971 to 2010	Part of Sudan
2019	Quarter-finals	–	3	1	1	1	6	4
2020	Third-place	–	4	2	1	1	6	2
2022	Runners-up	–	5	2	2	1	4	2
Total	3/14	–	12	5	4	3	16	10

^ "Uganda, South Sudan qualify for TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations". www.cafonline.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ "South Sudan to battle Uganda for CECAFA trophy". www.eyeradio.org. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ "South Sudan U-20 football team in Sudan for continental qualifiers". www.eyeradio.org. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ "South Sudan U-20 soccer team news, fixtures, results". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ "South Sudan football team statistics, news, squad". www.int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

v t e National under-20 football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
¹ Regional team, an associate member of CAF but not a member of FIFA Football in Africa portal