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Raymond Mdaka says the crop of players coming through the U17 squad bodes for an exciting future for Amajita. After reaching the top 16 in world football, the reigning Cosafa and AFCON champions will now be looking to establish themselves in the professional ranks, potentially push for the 2028 Olympic...

Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka says it's a bitter pill to swallow to exit the U20 FIFA World Cup at the last-16 stage of the competition. The African Champions came into the global event brimming with confidence, but started with an unfortunate 2-1 loss to France, in which they were...

The South African national U20 side were eliminated from the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup after going down 3-1 to Colombia in the last 16 round match at Estadio Fiscal on Wednesday night. Joel Canchimbo opened the scoring for the South Americans in the seventh minute which was cancelled by...

Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka says his side knows what to expect from Colombia in their last 16 FIFA U20 World Cup clash. South Africa face Colombia at Estadio Fiscal on Wednesday night for place in the quarterfinals after finishing second in Group E with six points while the latter...

Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka has hailed his charges following their progression to the last 16 round at the U20 FIFA World Cup in Chile on Sunday. South Africa who lost their opening game, finished second in Group E with six points after defeating the USA 2-1 in their final...

African champions Amajita have advanced to the knockout stage of the 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup with a 2-1 defeat of the USA in their deciding Group E match at Estadio El Teniete on Sunday. USA scored twice the opener through Noah Cobb and the other an own goal from...

Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka has reacted to his side’s 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup opener saying despite the result the African champions gave a good account of themselves. Mdaka’s Amajita lost 2-1 to France in Group E in a game that the Europeans dominated but they also missed their...

African champions Amajita opened their 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup campaign with a 2-1 defeat to France in Group C at Estadio El Teniente on Monday night. Anthony Bermont opened the scoring for France in the 25th minute which was cancelled by Jody Ah Sheen’s penalty seven minutes later, but...

South Africa national U-20 head coach Raymond Mdaka has named his final 21-man squad for the upcoming 2025 U-20 FIFA World Cup in Chile. In the build-up to this announcement, 30 players were named in the preliminary squad and called up to a recent camp in the past FIFA international...

Amajita head coach Raymond Mdaka has broken his silence on the matter regarding his now much-publicised salary, saying he cannot help it if people want to speak about it. Mdaka led the national U20 men’s side to the COSAFA Cup glory last year and qualified for the U20 Africa Cup...