Kenya national under-17 football team

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]

Kenya U-17
Nickname(s)Harambee Stars
AssociationFootball Kenya Federation
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationCECAFA
Head coach 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)

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
1985Did not enter
1987
1989Withdrew
1991Did not enter
1993Withdrew
1995Did not enter
1997
1999
2001Did not qualify
2003Withdrew
2005Banned
2007Did not enter
2009Did not qualify
2011
2013Withdrew
2015
2017Did not qualify
2019Did not qualify
2021Did not held
2023Did not qualify
Total0/19000000

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1995Did not enter
1997
1999
2001Did not qualify
2003Withdrew
2005Banned
2007Did not enter
2009Did not qualify
2011
2013Withdrew
2015
2017Did not qualify
2019Did not qualify
2021Did Not held
2023Did not enter
Total0/14000000

CECAFA U-17 Championship
CECAFA U-17 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
20073rd Place–4112510
2009Group stage–300328
20184th Place–511367
2020Group stage–201127
2022Did Not participated
Total4/50 Title142391532

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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