Zambia national under-20 football team

The Zambia National U-20 Football is a national association football team from Zambia. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup three (3) times.

Zambia Under 20

Nickname(s)	Junior Chipolopolo
Association	FAZ
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Beston Chambeshi
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

FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances

1977 to 1997 - Did not enter 1999 - Round 1 2001 - Did not qualify 2003 - Did not qualify 2005 - Did not qualify 2007 - Round 16 2009 - Did not qualify 2011 - Did not qualify 2013 - Did not qualify 2015 - Did not qualify 2017 - Quarter-finals

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

See the 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
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