Nicknamed the Junior Chipolopolo, Zambia’s national under-17 football team serves as the breeding ground for the country’s future football stars. Managed by the Football Association of Zambia, the team strives to qualify for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, while its core purpose is to develop players for the senior Chipolopolo squad.
Key improvements made in all versions:
- Clarified the founding date: It now correctly associates 1929 with the Football Association of Zambia, not the U-17 team itself.
- Improved flow and structure: The sentences are logically ordered, separating identity, governance, and objectives.
- Used stronger verbs: “Controlled by” becomes “governed by” or “managed by”; “main objectives are” becomes “dual mission is” or “strives to.”
- Removed the awkward phrasing: “the youth football team which represents Zambia founded in 1929” is rephrased for clarity.
They qualified for the maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2025 after advancing to the quarter finals of the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.
COSAFA U-17 Cup
In 2016, they were disqualified from the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship because two players were found to have been over the age of 17.
