| South Africa under-17 | |
| Nickname: | Bantwana |
| Association: | South African Football Association |
| Sub-Confederation: | COSAFA |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Coach: | Ntombifuthi Khumalo |
| Captain: | Katleho Malebane |
| Top Scorer: | Oyisa Marhasi (11 goals) |
| Home Stadium: | FNB Stadium |
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| First Game: | 2–0 (Yaoundé, Cameroon; 2008) |
| Largest Win: | 0–28 (Port Louis, Mauritius; 21 September 2019) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–9 10–1 (Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 8 September 2010) |
| U17wc Apps: | 2 |
| U17wc First: | 2010 |
| U17wc Best: | Group stage (2010, 2018) |
| Type: | women |
| Regional Name: | African U-17 Cup of Nations |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 6 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2008 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Champions (2010, 2018) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2019 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions (2022) |
| Fifa Trigramme: | RSA |
| Badge Size: | 170px |
The South Africa U-17 women's national football team (Bantwana), 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 objective is to qualify and play at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
Bantwana hold the African record for most goals in an international match. They scored 28 goals (won 28-0) against Seychelles in the opening match of group B at the 2019 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship.[1]
The team qualified for 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago.[2]
In 2018, they qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay making their second appearance at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3] [4]
The competed in the inaugural tournament in 2019 held in Mauritius.[5] They were runners-up to Uganda in a 2-1 defeat in the final.[6] They set the African goal scoring record (28 goals) in that championship.
They won their maiden COSAFA title at the 2022 edition, defeating Zambia by 4 goals to 3 in the final.[7] [8] [9]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following 20 players were selected for the 2024 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship held in South Africa between 4 December – 13 December 2024:[10]
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2024.
| width = | Rank | width = | Player | width = | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=centre | Oyisa Marhasi | 11 | ||
| 2 | align=centre | Jessica Wade | 10 | ||
| 3 | Miche Minnies | 4 | |||
| 3 | Karabo Dhlamini | 4 |
| Tenure | Games | Win | Loss | Draw | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simphiwe Dludlu | – | |||||
| Nthabeleng Modiko | – | |||||
| Ntombifuthi Khumalo | – present |
| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 2 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 2008 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | |
 2012 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
 2022 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2024 | |||||||||
 2025 | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 2/9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | |
| African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 6 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 2008 | First round | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2010 | Play-off round | – | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | |
| 2012 | Second round | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2013 | Second round | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2016 | Second round | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2018 | Second round | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
| 2020 | The 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
| 2022 | Third round | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | Second round | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Second round | 6/6 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 41 | |
| COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | ||||||||
| 2019 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | +34 | |
| Third Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | ||
| Champions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | ||
| TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 17 | |||