Kenya national under-17 football team

Kenya U-17
Nickname(s)Harambee Stars
AssociationFootball Kenya Federation
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationCECAFA
Head coachKenya Oliver Page
CaptainClinton Machaka
FIFA codeKEN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Kenya  2–0  Somalia
(Nairobi, Kenya; 14 April 2001)
Biggest win
Kenya  9–0  Djibouti
(Dar es Salam, Kenya; 17 August 2018)
Biggest defeat
Cameroon  7–0  Kenya
(Bafoussam, Cameron; 7 August 2016)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances0
CECAFA U-17 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2007)
Best resultThird-place (2007)

The Kenya national under-17 football team represents Kenya in football at age of U-17 level and is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation.[1][2] The team competes in the African U-17 Championship, held every two years.[3][4]

Team image

Nicknames

The Kenya national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as Harambee Stars.

Home stadium

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

History

Fixtures and results

legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2020

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship Kenya  2–2  Ethiopia Gisenyi, Rwanda
16:00
  • Gachago 14'
  • Rajab 84'
 Report
  • Jiru 61'
  • Nagash 90+4' (pen.)
 Stadium: Umuganda Stadium
Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)
16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 2020 CECAFA U-17 Championship Uganda  5–0  Kenya Gisenyi, Rwanda
12:00
  • Mawa 7' 50' 54'
  • Mutyaba 77'
  • Gava 84'
 Report Stadium: Umuganda Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh (Djibouti)

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
China 1985 Did not enter
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989 Withdrew
Italy 1991 Did not enter
Japan 1993 Withdrew
Ecuador 1995 Did not enter
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Did not qualify
Finland 2003 Withdrew
Peru 2005 Banned
South Korea 2007 Did not enter
Nigeria 2009 Did not qualify
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013 Withdrew
Chile 2015
India 2017 Did not qualify
Brazil 2019 Did not qualify
Peru 2021 Did not held
Indonesia 2023 Did not qualify
Total 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Mali 1995 Did not enter
Botswana 1997
Guinea 1999
Seychelles 2001 Did not qualify
Eswatini 2003 Withdrew
The Gambia 2005 Banned
Togo 2007 Did not enter
Algeria 2009 Did not qualify
Rwanda 2011
Morocco 2013 Withdrew
Niger 2015
Gabon 2017 Did not qualify
Tanzania 2019 Did not qualify
Morocco 2021 Did Not held
Algeria 2023 Did not enter
Total 0/14 0 0 0 0 0 0

CECAFA U-17 Championship

CECAFA U-17 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Burundi 2007 3rd Place – 4 1 1 2 5 10
Sudan 2009 Group stage – 3 0 0 3 2 8
Burundi 2018 4th Place – 5 1 1 3 6 7
Rwanda 2020 Group stage – 2 0 1 1 2 7
Ethiopia 2022 Did Not participated
Total 4/5 0 Title 14 2 3 9 15 32

References

  1. ^ "What can be done about age cheating?". BBC News. 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ^ "Age cheaters are left with the spoiled as federations, players are only hurting themselves". The National. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ^ Ojuang', Moses (2020-07-04) [2013-12-17]. "Kenyan football bosses hell-bent on killing our national pastime". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. ^ "Kenya U-17 team statistics". www.globalsportsarchive.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
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