The FIFA U17 World Cup is one the very few competitions where African teams have been able to show dominance on the World Scene. African teams have won the competition seven times with Nigeria accounting five of the trophies and Ghana getting the other two.

However, while Ghana has not participated at the U17 for quite some time now, Nigeria have won two of the last three editions only missing the 2017 editions.

This year the 2019 edition is scheduled for Brazil and Nigeria have qualified alongside two debutants and one team who will be making their second FIFA U7 World Cup appearances and we take a look at the four Africa representatives.


NIGERIA

Nickname: Golden Eaglets

Appearance: 12

Debut: 1985

Last Appearance: 2015

Best Performance: Winners (x5)

Coach: Manu Garba



Golden Eaglets as the Nigerians are called are the tournament’s most successful team with 8 podium finishes all being the trophy deciding final match. The West Africans have won five finals and losing three other finals.

The first of the wins came in the first edition of the competition in 1985 while they added another in 1993, 2007 and back to back wins in 2013 and 2015 make up the five title triumph by Nigeria.

With the Current Champions, England failing to qualify for the 2019 edition in Brazil, Nigeria will definitely be considered as one the favourites even though they were quite unimpressive in the CAF U17 Championship in Tanzania earlier in the year where they came fourth behind Cameroon, Senegal and Angola. However, with a coach who won the 2013 edition it may be wrong to write the west Africans off totally.


ANGOLA

Nickname: Palanquinhas

Appearance: 1

Debut: 2019

Last Appearance: –

Best Performance: Debut

Coach: Pedro Goncalves



Angola were only making their third CAF U17 Championship in Tanzania in February but they made the most of it by qualifying for their first ever FIFA U17 World Cup after coming third beating five times world champions Nigeria in the third place match.

The Palanquinhas do not posses much experience on the world level although they could look to the record making 2006 national team side who made the FIFA world cup held in Germany thirteen years ago.

With Capita, they have the highest goalscorer at the CAF competition with four goals and may likely be the team’s source of goals at the mundial against hosts Brazil, Canada and New Zealand.


SENEGAL

Nickname: Terranga Cubs

Appearance: –

Debut: 2019

Last Appearance: –

Best Performance: –

Coach: Malick Daff



Senegal enter this territory for the first time in their history although their qualification was on administrative basis after Guinea was stripped of their world Cup ticket for fielding over-aged players during the tournament

Guinea was abolish from the competition by CAF for age falsification. The CAF Executive Committee then approved Senegal as their replacement even though they failed to make the semi finals.

Their reward is a group D pairing with the USA, Netherlands and Japan.


CAMEROON

Nickname: The Indomitable Cubs

Appearance: 2

Debut: 2005

Last Appearance: 2005

Best Performance: Group Stage

Coach: Thomas Libiih



The young Indomitable Lions are the Champions of Africa albeit they are appearing at their second ever FIFA U17 World Cup after lifting the African title in Tanzania.

The last time they were at the World Cup they failed to qualify from the group stage and will be hoping to go one better or even all the way in Brazil and with the CAF U17 best player Steve Mvoue and Ismaila Seidou the team’s highest goalscorer at the competition still very much in the team, fans at home will be expecting a decent outing against Spain, Argentina and Tajikistan at the World Cup.




SOURCE: https://cheapgoals.com/fifa-u17wc-meet-africas-four-representatives-to-brazil/

Under 17 fa

Cool

If they make it out of the group stage, make i bend. Garba wey Pack herdsmen full the team. People that should be placing sticks across both shoulders are playing football. That was how the other herdsmen went to disgrace us at the just concluded u20 World Cup

West Africa always representing......

When does it start

Nigeria has won it ×5
Wow



We used to be giant of Africa untill burna boy comes and changes it to African giant

Hope we are truely going with under 17 team cos I know my country Nigeria we usually perform miracle at youth tournaments

Please who has seen a slim or lanky Cameroonian player before? Male or female.
Always huge n muscular!!!
Is there a special food recipe that always aid in their growth n body shape?

Uzoho comes to mind dah year

That's good.
But my only problem is Buhari....
The man and his administration carry serious bad luck in everything.

Naija food don land



Naija when they hear under 17

Three players in that Cameroonian team are clearly in their twenties. When will African teams stop cheating.

namiji2598:
Nigeria has won it ×5
Wow



We used to be giant of Africa untill burna boy comes and changes it to African giant

gaetano:
If they make it out of the group stage, make i bend. Garba wey Park herdsmen full the team. People that should be placing sticks across both shoulders are playing football. That was how the other herdsmen went to disgrace us at the just concluded u20 World Cup

briging quota system into nigerian sports will spell doom for our sport sector as we all know the southeast and southsouth gave nigerian sports all it is known for today i know afonjas will come and start shouting anthony joshua...but anthony joshua we all know is a british boxer and lost all his belts to mediocre

The indomitable cubs. So hilarious

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Lamasta:
Hope we are truely going with under 17 team cos I know my country Nigeria we usually perform miracle at youth tournaments

kinggSamuel:
The indomitable cubs. So hilarious

that one touch me for bone

The goal keeper is from my village in Kogi State.... I wish u well Shaibu aka Papa

Africans will just carry men in their 20ties put them to play under 17 before the reach the senior team they are already tired and slow old men, example akpeyi

They should just convert those 5trophies to 1FWC for us. it's mathematically correct

Whobedatte:
Please who has seen a slim or lanky Cameroonian player before? Male or female.
Always huge n muscular!!!
Is there a special food recipe that always aid in their growth n body shape?

plantain....both ripe and unripe!