South Sudan national under-17 football team

The South Sudan national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as Bright Stars

The team play its home matches on the Malakal Stadium and others stadiums.

The South Sudan national under-17 football team played their debut game against Djibouti on 12 August 2018 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, winning 2–1. The team qualified for the first time in the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations which will take place in Algeria after finishing as runners-up in the 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship.

The following squad was announced for recently finished 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

As of 13 December 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nasona Victor	2 June 2005	0	0
2	1GK	Samuel Duku	17 January 2004	0	0
3	1GK	Abdusalam Hasaballah	15 May 2005	0	0
4	2DF	Amos Moses	8 January 2005	0	0
5	2DF	Kharbino Wel	9 September 2005	0	0
6	2DF	David Mabil	20 November 2005	0	0
7	2DF	Emmanuel John	26 February 2005	0	0
8	4FW	Mario Taban (Captain)	29 March 2005	0	0
9	2DF	Felix Obama	April 2003	0	0
10	2DF	Francis Michael	22 December 2005	0	0
11	2DF	Gama Hassen	30 January 2004	0	0
12	2DF	James Samuel	6 December 2004	0	0
13	2DF	Samuel Ceasar	14 July 2005	0	0
14	3MF	Ronaldo Daniel	9 August 2005	0	0
15	3MF	Rewde Maliah	2 September 2005	0	0
16	3MF	Judu Thuch	8 October 2005	0	0
17	3MF	Shakir Mohamed	22 February 2005	0	0
18	3MF	Ajo Minari	5 January 2006	0	0
19	4FW	Jonathan Gem	22 may 2004	0	0
20	4FW	Manjistu Jido	4 July 2005	0	0
21	4FW	Godfery Geri	23 July 2005	0	0
22	4FW	Gbindiva Victor	26 January 2006	0	0
23	4FW	Ajong Uber	10 January 2005	0	0
24	4FW	Abraham Okenny	18 July 2005	0	0

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

South Sudan  v  Uganda

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages	South Sudan	1–4	Uganda	Abebe Bikila Stadium
13:00	Okenny 67'	Report	Nkoola 25', 51' Sembuusi 37' Walusimbi 45+1'	Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

Burundi  v  South Sudan

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Group stages	Burundi	1–1	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00	Harimbabazi 65'	Report	Mabil 83'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Tanzania  v  South Sudan

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Semi-finals	Tanzania	1–1 (3–4 p)	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15:30	Charles 71'	Report	Gem 37'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)
	Penalties
	Omar Farid M. Salum Hamisi Charles		Obama Mabil Moses Taban Gem

Somalia  v  South Sudan

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship Final	Somalia	3–1	South Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15:00	A. Abdi 6' Dahir 59', 71'	Report	Minari 48'	Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)