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Egypt national under-20 football team
National under-20 association football team representing Egypt
National under-20 association football team representing Egypt
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Egypt U-20 |
| Badge | Flag of Egypt.svg |
| Badge_size | 200 px |
| FIFA Trigramme | EGY |
| Nickname | The Young Pharaohs |
| Association | Egyptian Football Association |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Coach | Vacant |
| Captain | Moataz Mohamed |
| Home Stadium | Cairo International Stadium |
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| U20WC apps | 9 |
| U20WC first | 1981 |
| U20WC best | Third Place (2001) |
| Regional name | African Youth Championship |
| Regional cup apps | 20 |
| Regional cup first | 1979 |
| Regional cup best | Champions (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) |
the men's team
The Egypt national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Egypt. It is administered by the Egyptian Football Association.
Their best performance in the U-20 World Cup was a third-place finish in 2001. This remains the highest result Egypt has achieved in any International World Cup.
Their nickname, The Young Pharaohs is an obvious reference to the nickname of the National Team, The Pharaohs.
Egypt hosted the 2009 U-20 World Cup.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
FIFA World Youth Championship
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia 1977 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Japan 1979 | ||||||||||
| Australia 1981 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | Squad | |
| Mexico 1983 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Soviet Union 1985 | ||||||||||
| Chile 1987 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 1989 | ||||||||||
| Portugal 1991 | Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Squad | |
| Australia 1993 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Qatar 1995 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia 1997 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria 1999 | ||||||||||
| Argentina 2001 | Semi-final | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | Squad | |
| United Arab Emirates 2003 | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Squad | |
| Netherlands 2005 | Group Stage | 22th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad | |
| Canada 2007 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Egypt 2009 | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad | |
| Colombia 2011 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad | |
| Turkey 2013 | Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad | |
| New Zealand 2015 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| South Korea 2017 | ||||||||||
| Poland 2019 | ||||||||||
| Argentina 2023 | ||||||||||
| Chile 2025 | Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| AzerbaijanUzbekistan 2027 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | Third Place | 9/25 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 48 | 50 |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Tournament Records
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| home & away 1977 | Semi-finals | 4th | ||||||||
| home & away 1979 | 1st-round | |||||||||
| home & away 1981 | Final | Champion | ||||||||
| home & away 1983 | 2nd-round | |||||||||
| home & away 1985 | 1st-round | |||||||||
| home & away 1987 | 2nd-round | |||||||||
| home & away 1989 | 2nd-round | |||||||||
| Egypt 1991 | Final | Champion | ||||||||
| Mauritius 1993 | 3rd-round | |||||||||
| Nigeria 1995 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Morocco 1997 | Group-stage | |||||||||
| Ghana 1999 | Did Not Participate | |||||||||
| Ethiopia 2001 | Semi-final | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Burkina Faso 2003 | Final | Champion | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Benin 2005 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Republic of the Congo 2007 | Group-stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Rwanda 2009 | Group-stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| South Africa 2011 | Semi-final | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Algeria 2013 | Final | Champion | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Senegal 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Zambia 2017 | Group-stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Niger 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Mauritania 2021 | ||||||||||
| Egypt 2023 | Group-stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Egypt 2025 | Semi-final | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
Arab Cup U-20 record
| Arab Cup U-20 | Appearances: 4 / 5 | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco 1983 | did not enter | |||||||||
| Algeria 1985 | ||||||||||
| Iraq 1989 | ||||||||||
| Sudan 1992 | Cancelled | |||||||||
| Morocco 2011 | Group stage | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jordan 2012 | did not enter | |||||||||
| Qatar 2014 | Cancelled | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 2020 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Egypt 2021 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Saudi Arabia 2022 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| IRQ 2026 | To be determined | |||||||||
| EGY 2028 | ||||||||||
| Total | Best: Runners-up | 4 / 5 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 |
North-African U-20 Cup record
| UNAF U-20 Tournament | Appearances: 6 / 15 | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia 2005 | Group | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Egypt 2006 | Group | Champions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Libya 2007 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Morocco 2008 | Group | Champions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Libya 2009 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Algeria 2010 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Libya 2011 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Algeria 2012 | Group | Champions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Libya 2014 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tunisia 2015 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mauritania 2016 | Cancelled | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tunisia 2019 | Group | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tunisia 2020 | Disqualified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tunisia 2021 | Group | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Egypt 2022 | Didn't Participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tunisia 2023 | Group | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Egypt 2024 | Group | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Best: Champions | 8/16 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 23 |
Honors
World Cups :
- Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Recent results and fixtures
- Smida
- Mohamed
- Rashdan
- Sherif
- Hawash
- Mohamed
- A. Abdelhamid
- Al Aliwa
- Al Zaid
- Zaki
- Abdelhamid
- Al Ferjani
- Abdelhamid
- Abdelwahab
- Ahmed
- Sy
- Snana
- Mehri
- Snana
- Ahmed
- Hawash
- Hassan
- Ibrahim
- Hawash
- Basha
- Lyakoubi
- Akhrib
- Basha
- Rashdan
- Ibrahim
- Al Aliwa
- Basha
- Radif
- Al-Juwayr
- Al-Marri
- Al-Zubaidi
- Al-Oyayari
- Hassan
- Fayed
- Rashdan
- El Saaiy
- I. Sané |team2=|goals2=|stadium=Cairo International Stadium, Cairo|aet=|attendance=|referee=Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)|format=1|result=L}}
- Mohamed Abdallah
- Kabaka |team2=|goals2=Rostom Dendaoui |stadium=Le Kram Stadium|location=Le Kram, Tunisia|attendance=|referee=Mohamed El Houidri (Morocco)|format=1|result=W}}
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations between 27 April – 18 May 2025.
Caps and goals correct as of 27 April 2025, after the match against Saudi Arabia.
References
References
- "Egypt Youth". Confederation of African Football.
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