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South Africa women's national under-15 soccer team

The South Africa national women's under-15 football team, is a youth football (soccer) team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objectives is to develop players for the Bantwana team.

History

COSAFA Schools Cup

At the inaugural COSAFA Schools Cup, they lost their opening match 1–0 to Malindi Secondary from Malawi but the points were awarded to the South Africans after the Malawian school fielded ineligible players. They won their second match 3–0 against Anse Boileau from Seychelles and topped the group with nine points after a 7–0 win against GS Ningha from Comoros to head to the final. They won the final 4–0 against Mothamo JSS from Botswana and qualified for the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship.

Edendale Technical High from KwaZulu-Natal won the Winter National Schools Sport Championship for the second time and secured themselves a chance to represent South Africa at the 2023 COSAFA Schools Cup.

At the 2023 COSAFA Schools Cup, they topped group B with twelve points winning 14–0 against Angola in their opening match. They had a walkover against Zambia after the Zambians did not pitch for their match, won 3–0 against Namibia and won their final match 8–0 against Madagascar to head into the final. They won the final 3–1 against Botswana to qualify for the 2024 CAF African Schools Football Championship.

At the 2024 COSAFA Schools Cup, they topped group B with nine points winning 7–0 against Zimbabwe, 13–0 against Angola, and 4–0 against Eswatini to qualify for the semifinals against group A runners-up Lesotho. They won their semi-final 10–0. They went on to win their third consecutive schools cup with a come-from-behind 3–1 win against Malawi.

CAF African Schools Football Championship

The team took part in the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship in 2023 but failed to qualify for the knockout rounds.

In the 2024 CAF African Schools Football Championship they were second in group B after 1 win and 2 draws and qualified for the semi-finals against group A winners and defending champions Tanzania. They won their semi-final 1–0 against Tanzania. They went on to face Morocco in the 2024 CAF African Schools Football Championship final and won 5–4 via penalties after the match ended in a 1–1 draw to lift their maiden championship.

In the 2025 CAF African Schools Football Championship they were runners-ups in group B with a loss and 2 wins including a 8–0 win against the DRC. They lost the semi-final 3–2 to Ghana and finished third after defeating Morocco 2–1 in the 3rd place playoff.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2024

2025

Current players

The following players were called up for the 2025 CAF African Schools Football Championship:

Top goalscorers

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of April 2025.

Coach

Honours

All time performance

CAF African Schools Football Championship

COSAFA Schools Cup

See also

  • Banyana Banyana (South Africa women's national football team)
  • Basetsana (South Africa women's national under-20 football team)
  • Bantwana (South Africa women's national under-17 football team)

References