Kenya national under-17 football team

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

The Kenya national under-17 football team, nicknamed the Harambee Stars, represents Kenya in international youth football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team.[1][2] The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-17 World Cup and the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, which is the top competitions for this age group.[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   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   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
1985 Did not enter
1987
1989 Withdrew
1991 Did not enter
1993 Withdrew
1995 Did not enter
1997
1999
2001 Did not qualify
2003 Withdrew
2005 Banned
2007 Did not enter
2009 Did not qualify
2011
2013 Withdrew
2015
2017 Did not qualify
2019 Did not qualify
2021 Did not held
2023 Did not qualify
2025
2026 To be determined
Total 0/20 0 0 0 0 0 0

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1995 Did not enter
1997
1999
2001 Did not qualify
2003 Withdrew
2005 Banned
2007 Did not enter
2009 Did not qualify
2011
2013 Withdrew
2015
2017 Did not qualify
2019
2023 Did not enter
2025 Did not qualify
Total 0/15 0 0 0 0 0 0

CECAFA U-17 Championship

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

See also

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.