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Zambia national under-20 football team

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Zambia Under 20
Nickname(s)Junior Chipolopolo (Junior Copper Bullets)
AssociationFAZ
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachZambia Chisi Mbewe
CaptainSolomon Sakala
Most capsIsaac Chansa
Top scorerRodgers Kola
FIFA codeZAM
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
 Zambia 6-1 Mali 
Lusaka, Zambia; 1 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 5-1 Zambia 
(Abuja, Nigeria;11 April 1999)
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (2017)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1999)
Best resultQuarter final (2017)

Zambia national under-20 football team is the U-20 football team for Zambia also known as the Junior Chipolpolo as the senior side is known as Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets). They came in fourth place in the 2007 African Youth Championship, which meant they qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup where they were eliminated by U-20 Africa Cup of Nations 5-time winner Nigeria.

Zambia U20 soccer team has won the COSAFA U20 Cup 2022 in eSwatini[1][2]

Current squad

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Competitive record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third Place    Fourth Place

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round GP W D1 L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999 Group stage 3 1 1 1 5 8
Argentina 2001 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 5 5
Egypt 2009 Did not qualify
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 12 10
Poland 2019 Did not qualify
Argentina 2023
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total 3/23 12 5 2 5 22 23

Fixtures and Results

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Date Tournament Location Home Team score Away Team Scorers
28 May 2008
International Friendly
Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Makkah Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
1 - 1
Zambia Zambia
27 June 2008
Zambia Woodlands Stadium Lusaka Zambia Zambia Zambia Zambia
29 June 2008
Zambia Woodlands Stadium Lusaka Zambia Zambia
1 - 0
Mauritius Mauritius
Tom Bakala (17th)
13 July 2008
Mauritius Stade Germain Comarmond Bambous Mauritius Mauritius
0 - 2
Zambia Zambia
28 September 2008
Egypt Alexandria Egypt Egypt
3 - 3
Zambia Zambia

Class of 2007

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References

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  1. ^ "Zambia Wins Cosafa U20 Cup in eSwatini". Swaziland News Online. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Awards and Statistics". CAF. 12 March 2017.
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