# South Sudan national under-17 football team

The South Sudan national under-17 football team represents South Sudan at age of under-17 levels in the international football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.

## Team image
### Nicknames

The South Sudan national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as Bright Stars

### Home stadium

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

## History

The South Sudan national under-17 football team played their debut game against Djibouti on 12 August 2018 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, winning 2–1. The team qualified for the first time in the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations which will take place in Algeria after finishing as runners-up in the 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship.

## Current squad

The following squad was announced for recently finished 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship
    As of 13 December 2022
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | 1GK | Nasona Victor | 2 June 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1GK | Samuel Duku | 17 January 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1GK | Abdusalam Hasaballah | 15 May 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2DF | Amos Moses | 8 January 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2DF | Kharbino Wel | 9 September 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2DF | David Mabil | 20 November 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2DF | Emmanuel John | 26 February 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4FW | Mario Taban (Captain) | 29 March 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2DF | Felix Obama | April 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2DF | Francis Michael | 22 December 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2DF | Gama Hassen | 30 January 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2DF | James Samuel | 6 December 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2DF | Samuel Ceasar | 14 July 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 3MF | Ronaldo Daniel | 9 August 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 3MF | Rewde Maliah | 2 September 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 3MF | Judu Thuch | 8 October 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 3MF | Shakir Mohamed | 22 February 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 3MF | Ajo Minari | 5 January 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 4FW | Jonathan Gem | 22 may 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 4FW | Manjistu Jido | 4 July 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 4FW | Godfery Geri | 23 July 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 4FW | Gbindiva Victor | 26 January 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 4FW | Ajong Uber | 10 January 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 4FW | Abraham Okenny | 18 July 2005 | 0 | 0 |

## Fixtures and results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2022
## Competition records
### FIFA U-17 World Cup

| FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | FIFA U-17 World Cup Record |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1985 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1989 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1993 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0/20 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1995 to 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 2023 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |
| Total | 0/15 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### CECAFA U-17 Championship

| CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 2007 to 2020 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2022 | Runners-up | – | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Total | 1/5 | – | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |