Tanzania women's national under-17 football team
{{Short description|National association football team}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2022}}{{Infobox national football team
| type = women
| Name = Tanzania under-17
| Badge =
| FIFA Trigramme = TAN
| Nickname = Serengeti girls
| Association = Tanzania Football Federation
| Sub-confederation = CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
| Confederation = CAF (Africa)
| Coach = Bakari Shime
| Captain = Noela Luhala
| Most caps = Joyce Lema (24 matches)
| Top scorer = Clara Luvanga (36 goals)
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| First game = {{fbwu-rt|17|TAN}} 5–1 {{fbwu|17|BDI}}
(Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; 25 Jan 2020)
| Largest win = {{fbwu-rt|17|TAN}} 7–0 {{fbwu|17|BOT}}
(Zanzibar, Tanzania; 6 March 2022)
| Largest loss = {{fbwu|17|Japan}} 4–0 {{fbwu-rt|17|Tanzania}}
(Fatorda, India; 12 October 2022)
| U17WC apps = 1
| U17WC first = 2022
| U17WC best = Quarter-finals (2022)
| 2ndRegional name = African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
| 2ndRegional cup apps = 1
| 2ndRegional cup first = 2022
| 2ndRegional cup best = Fourth round
| 3rdRegional name = CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship
| 3rdRegional cup apps = 1
| 3rdRegional cup first = 2021
| 3rdRegional cup best = Runners-up (2021)
| 4thRegional name = COSAFA Women's U-17 Championship
| 4thRegional cup apps = 1
| 4thRegional cup first = 2020
| 4thRegional cup best = Champions (2020)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2021|}}
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The Tanzania women's national under-17 football team represents Tanzania in international women's under-17 football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Tanzania, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF). The team and federation is currently a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the regional Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
The team finished as runners-up in the 2021 edition of CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship and also qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup becoming the first Tanzanian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup event.
Fixtures and results
;Legend
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=2022=
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| format = 1
| id = Japan v Tanzania
| date = 12 October
| time = {{UTZ|20:00|5:30}}
| round = 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS
| score = 4–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/516/283693/283694/400248529 Report (FIFA)]
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|17|JPN}}
| goals1 =
| team2 = {{fbwu|17|TAN}}
| goals2 =
| location = Margao, India
| stadium = Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
| attendance = 3,566
| referee = Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
| result = L
}}
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| format = 1
| id = France v Tanzania
| date = 15 October
| time = {{UTZ|16:30|5:30}}
| round = 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS
| score = 1–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/516/283693/283694/400248530 Report (FIFA)]
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|17|FRA}}
| goals1 =
- Calba {{goal|77|pen.}}
| team2 = {{fbwu|17|TAN}}
| goals2 =
| location = Margao, India
| stadium = Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
| attendance = 2,625
| referee = Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
| result = W
}}
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| format = 1
| id = Tanzania vs Canada
| date = 18 October
| time = {{UTZ|20:00|5:30}}
| round = 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/516/283693/283694/400248527 Report (FIFA)]
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|17|TAN}}
| goals1 =
- Mapunda {{goal|35}}
| team2 = {{fbwu|17|CAN}}
| goals2 =
- Allen {{goal|14|pen.}}
| location = Navi Mumbai, India
| stadium = DY Patil Stadium
| attendance = 3,728
| referee = Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
| result = D
}}
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| format = 1
| id = Colombia v Tanzania
| date = 22 October
| time = {{UTZ|16:30|5:30}}
| round = 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup QF
| score = 3–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/516/283693/283702/400248544 Report (FIFA)]
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|17|COL}}
| goals1 =
| team2 = {{fbwu|17|TAN}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
| location = Margao, India
| attendance = 3,547
| referee = Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
| result = L
}}
Competitive records
=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| colspan=9 style="background:color: #0000FF;|FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=9|Appearances: 1 | ||||||||
| style="width:100px;"|Host/Year
! style="width:100px;"|Result ! style="width:60px;"|Position ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}} ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}} ! style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}} | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|NZL}} 2008 | rowspan=6 colspan=8|Did not enter | |||||||
| {{flagicon|TRI}} 2010 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|AZE}} 2012 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|CRI}} 2014 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|JOR}} 2016 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|URU}} 2018 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|IND}} 2020 | colspan=8|Initially postponed to 2021, later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Who We Are - News - Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments |url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127094253/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments|url-status=live}} | |||||||
| {{flagicon|IND}} 2022 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| {{flagicon|DOM}} 2024 | rowspan=2 colspan=8| did not qualify | |||||||
| {{flagicon|MAR}} 2025 | ||||||||
| Total||1/9||0 Titles||4||1||1||2||3||9 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Football in Tanzania}}
{{National sports teams of Tanzania}}
{{CAF women's under-17 teams}}
Category:African women's national under-17 association football teams
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