| South Africa under-20 | |
| Nickname: | Basetsana |
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| Association: | South African Football Association |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-Confederation: | COSAFA |
| Top Scorer: | Linda Motlhalo (9 goals) |
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| First Game: | 0–1 (Lusaka, Zambia; 26 October 2001) |
| Largest Win: | 8–1 (Johannesburg, South Africa; 12 July 2015) |
| Largest Loss: | 7–0 (Abuja, Nigeria; 27 March 2010) |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 12 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Runners-Up (2002), (2004), (2008), (2010), (2014), (2015), (2018) |
| Home Stadium: | FNB Stadium |
| Fifa Trigramme: | RSA |
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| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 2 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2019 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-Up (2024) |
The South Africa women's national under-20 soccer team (Basetsana), 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-20 Women's World Cup and develop players for the main national team Banyana Banyana.
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.[1] [2]
They won the AUSC Region 5 Games title in 2016 and defended it in 2018.[3] [4]
In 2019, they finished in third place at the inaugural COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship.[5]
In 2024, they finished as runners-up to Zambia.
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-20 Women's Championship held in South Africa between 19 November – 24 November 2024:
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of November 2024.
| width = | Rank | width = | Player | width = | Goals |
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| 1 | align=centre | Linda Motlhalo | 9 | ||
| 2 | align=centre | Gabriela Salgado | 8 | ||
| 3 | align=centre | Andrielle Mibe | 5 | ||
| 4 | Mosili Makhoali | 4 | |||
| 5 | Shakeerah Jacobs | 4 |
| COSAFA U-20 Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | ||||||||
| 2019 | Third Place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | |
| Runners-Up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | ||
| Total | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | |||