| South Sudan U-20 | |
| Nickname: | Bright Stars |
| Badge Size: | 140px |
| Association: | South Sudan Football Association |
| Sub-Confederation: | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Home Stadium: | Malakal Stadium |
| Coach: | Charles John Gwit Uok |
| Captain: | Agumemboki Felix |
| Fifa Trigramme: | SSD |
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| First Game: | 1–5 (Kampala, Uganda; 31 May 2018) |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 (Arusha, Tanzania; 27 November 2020) |
| Largest Loss: | 1–5 (Kampala, Uganda; 31 May 2018) |
| Regional Name: | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 0 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | Africa U-20 Cup of Nations |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2023 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Quarter-finals (2023) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | CECAFA U-20 Championship |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2019 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Runners-up, (2022) |
The South Sudan national under-20 football team represents South Sudan under-20 level in the international football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The South Sudan national under-20 football team has been known or nicknamed as Bright Stars
The team play its home matches on the Malakal Stadium and others stadiums.
The following squad was announced for recently finished 2022 CECAFA U-20 Championship
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1977 | Part of Sudan | ||||||||
 1979 | |||||||||
 1981 | |||||||||
 1983 | |||||||||
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 1987 | |||||||||
 1989 | |||||||||
 1991 | |||||||||
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 1995 | |||||||||
 1997 | |||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||
 2001 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||
 2007 | |||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||
 2013 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 2015 | Withdrew before qualification | ||||||||
| 2017 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Record | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 to 2011 | Part of Sudan | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
 2015 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Total | – | 1/17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| CECAFA U-20 Championship Record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
| 1971 to  2010 | Part of Sudan | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 2020 | Third-place | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 2022 | Runners-up | – | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 3/14 | – | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | ||||||