The South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team, nicknamed Basetsana, represents South Africa in international under-17 women's soccer. It is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to qualify and play at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
History The South Africa women's national under-19 team were runners up twice for the African U-19 Women's Championship in 2002 and 2004.
The team competed in the women's tournament at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
They won the AUSC Region 5 Games title in 2016 and defended it in 2018.
COSAFA Women's Under-20 Championship In 2019, they finished in third place at the inaugural COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship.
In 2024 and 2025, they finished as runners-up to Zambia.
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
2025
2026
Current squad The following 20 players were selected for the 2024 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship held in South Africa between 19 November – 24 November 2024:
Top goal scorers Active players in bold, statistics correct as of September 2025. RankPlayerGoals1 Linda Motlhalo92 Gabriela Salgado83Lindelwa Mabuza5 Adrielle Mibe4Mosili Makhoali45Shakeerah Jacobs4
Honours
African U-19 Women's Championship: Runners up: 2002, 2004 COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship: Runners-Up: 2024, 2025, Third: 2019 AUSC Region 5 Games: 2016, 2018
Competitive record
COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship recordYearRound* 2019Third Place531184+4 2024 Runners-Up4301103+7 2025 Runners-Up530297+2Total149142714 See also South Africa women's national soccer team South Africa women's national under-17 soccer team South Africa women's national under-15 soccer team
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