Central African Republic national under-20 football team explained

Central African Republic
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Nickname:	Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts)
Association:	Central African Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation:	CAF (Africa)
Coach:	Sébastein Ngato
Captain:	Marc Yapéndé
Home Stadium:	Barthélémy Boganda Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:	CTA
Elo Max Date:	1956
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First Game:	1–1 (Bangui Central African Republic; 13 August 1990)
Largest Win:	2–1 (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; 17 December 2020) 1–0 (Brazzaville, Congo; 14 December 2022)
Regional Name:	FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Ndregional Name:	Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	2
2Ndregional Cup First:	2021
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Quarter-finals (2021)
3Rdregional Name:	UNIFFAC U-20 Cup
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	1
3Rdregional Cup First:	2020
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Runners-up (2020)

The Central African Republic national under-20 football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Central African Football Federation. They are a member of CAF.^[1] Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world, they recently achieved success.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

History

The Central Africa Republic under-20 national football team is not much strong like others neighbors countries youth teams. They doesn't play much matches yet. The first ever glory of the team qualified for 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The team has finished their journey till Quarter-finals. Nowadays the football governing body of the country trying to make their age levels teams strong so that can give the some future star players for the age levels and national teams.

Players

The following squad was selected recently finished 2021 CAF U-20 Cup of Nations.^[6]

Recent fixtures & results

2021

Competitive records

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991–2009	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2013–2017	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	4	8
2023	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	3
Total	2/17	7	1	2	4	5	11

• Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

UNIFFAC U-20 Cup

Notes and References

1. News: Football development highlighted in visit to Central African Republic. 18 February 2021. Africa News. 5 August 2021.
2. News: Central African Republic U-20 football team profile, statistics, fixtures, results . International Soccerway. 3 February 2020. 5 August 2021.
3. News: Central African Republic U-20 football team statistics, squad, photos, fixtures, results. 7 March 2020. Global Sports Archive. 5 August 2021.
4. News: Central African Republic stun Tunisia, both qualify to AFCON U-20 Quarters. 21 February 2021. Cafonline. 5 August 2021.
5. News: Central African Republic U-20. 9 November 2020. Tribuna. 5 August 2021.
6. Web site: Central African Republic team list . Confederation of African Football . 15 February 2021 . PDF.