Egypt national under-20 football team
Appearance
Nickname(s) | The old Pharaohs | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF | ||
Head coach | Rogério Micale | ||
Captain | Moataz Mohamed | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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African Youth Championship | |||
Appearances | 15 (first in 1979) | ||
Best result | Champions (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) | ||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1981) | ||
Best result | Third Place (2001) |
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
[edit]FIFA World Youth Championship
[edit]FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1977 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
1979 | |||||||||
1981 | Quarter-finals | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | Squad |
1983 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
1985 | |||||||||
1987 | |||||||||
1989 | |||||||||
1991 | Group Stage | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Squad |
1993 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
1995 | |||||||||
1997 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2001 | Semi-final | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | Squad |
2003 | Round of 16 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
2005 | Group Stage | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad |
2007 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2009 | Round of 16 | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad |
2011 | Round of 16 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad |
2013 | Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad |
2015 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2017 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2019 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2023 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2025 | To Be Determined | ||||||||
- | Total | Third Place | 8/19 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 45 |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Tournament Records
[edit]Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
[edit]Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
1991 | Final | Champion | |||||||
1993 | 3rd-round | ||||||||
1995 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
1997 | Group-stage | ||||||||
1999 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||
2001 | Semi-final | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
2003 | Final | Champion | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
2005 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
2007 | Group-stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2009 | Group-stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
2011 | Semi-final | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
2013 | Final | Champion | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2017 | Group-stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2023 | Group-stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Arab Cup U-20 record[edit]
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North-African U-20 Cup record[edit]
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Honors
[edit]World Cups :
- Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Recent results and fixtures
[edit]20 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt | 2–0 | Niger | Cairo, Egypt |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia) |
23 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Algeria | 0–1 | Egypt | Cairo, Egypt |
16:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia) |
26 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt | 4–1 | Mauritania | Cairo, Egypt |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait) |
29 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 QF | Egypt | 3–0 | Tajikistan | Cairo, Egypt |
17:00 | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar) |
3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF | Egypt | 2–3 | Saudi Arabia | Cairo, Egypt |
17:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
9 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–1 | Libya | Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage |
14:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria) |
11 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Algeria | 0–1 | Egypt | Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage |
14:00 | Report |
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Referee: Faraj Abdellaoui (Tunisia) |
13 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–1 | Mauritania | Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana |
14:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Abdelmoumen Al-Raii (Libya) |
17 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt | Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana |
14:00 | Report |
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Referee: Nabil Ben Rokaya (Morocco) |
21 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt | 1–0 | Oman | Damac Stadium, Abha |
21:00 |
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Report | Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait) |
27 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Somalia | 0–2 | Egypt | Damac Stadium, Abha |
21:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,715 Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon) |
31 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 QF | Egypt | 2–1 | Morocco | Damac Stadium, Abha |
19:00 |
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Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) |
3 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 SF | Algeria | 1–3 | Egypt | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha |
21:00 |
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Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain) |
7 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 FI | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Egypt | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha |
19:30 |
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Report |
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Attendance: 16,540 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
Penalties | ||||
25 September 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 3–1 | Kuwait | El-Max Stadium, Alexandria |
19:30 | Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
17 November 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 1–0 | Benin | Cairo Stadium, Cairo |
19:30 | Fayed |
20 November 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 0–0 | Benin | Cairo Stadium, Cairo |
19:30 |
10 February 2023 Friendly | Egypt | 1-0 | South Sudan | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo |
14:30 | Abdelrahman Rashdan 90' | Report |
13 February 2023 Friendly | Egypt | 1-1 | Uganda | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo |
14:30 | Apollo kakogwe 45' (o.g.) | Report | John Paul Ddembe 42' |
19 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Egypt | 0-0 | Mozambique | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
14:00 | Report | Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia) |
22 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Nigeria | 1–0 | Egypt | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
17:00 |
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Report | Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda |
25 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Senegal | 4–0 | Egypt | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
19:00 | Report | Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros) |
15 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 1–1 | Libya | Le Kram, Tunisia |
14:00 UTC+1 | Mohamed Zaalouk 90+2' | Report | Marwan Al-Zaqqouzi 31' | Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria) |
17 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 3–0 | Algeria | Le Kram, Tunisia |
14:00 UTC+1 |
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Report | Rostom Dendaoui 81' | Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Houidri (Morocco) |
19 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–4 | Tunisia | Ariana, Tunisia |
14:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Ariana Stadium |
21 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–2 | Morocco | Le Kram, Tunisia |
14:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Le Kram Stadium |
20 March 2024 Friendly | Algeria | 2–1 | Egypt | Algiers, Algeria |
22:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium |
23 March 2024 Friendly | Egypt | 2–1 | Mauritania | Algiers, Algeria |
22:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium |
25 March 2024 Friendly | Egypt | 1–1 | Tunisia | Algiers, Algeria |
22:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium |
Current squad
[edit]The following players were called up for 2024 UNAF U-20 Tournament,The tournament also served as the qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Head coach: Rogério Micale
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Abdelmonem Tamer | 3 August 2006 (aged 18) | ZED | ||
16 | GK | Hazem Gamal | 9 January 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | ||
2 | DF | Seif Eldin Essam | 1 January 2005 (aged 19) | ENPPI | ||
3 | DF | Moataz Mohamed (Captain) | 19 March 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | ||
4 | DF | Ahmed Abdin | 10 January 2006 (aged 18) | Ceramica Cleopatra | ||
5 | DF | Abdallah Bostangy | 4 April 2005 (aged 19) | Smouha | ||
13 | DF | Mahmoud Labib | 1 January 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | ||
14 | DF | Mohamed Samir | 3 February 2006 (aged 18) | ENPPI | ||
20 | DF | Mohab Samy | 1 January 2005 (aged 19) | ENPPI | ||
6 | MF | Selim Telib | 14 March 2006 (aged 18) | Hertha BSC II | ||
8 | MF | Kabaka | 22 April 2005 (aged 19) | Modern Sport | ||
12 | MF | Fares Khaled | 11 June 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | ||
18 | MF | Mohamed El Sayed | 20 May 2006 (aged 18) | Zamalek | ||
19 | MF | Marwan Mahmoud | 1 January 2006 (aged 18) | ZED | ||
7 | FW | Hossam Hassan | 24 July 2006 (aged 18) | Dayrout | ||
9 | FW | Amoory | 27 May 2005 (aged 19) | Ittihad Alex | ||
10 | FW | Mohamed Zaalouk | 5 March 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly | ||
11 | FW | Ahmed Sharaf | 4 August 2005 (aged 19) | Al Masry | ||
15 | FW | Omar Khedr | 25 May 2006 (aged 18) | Aston Villa | ||
17 | FW | Amr Khaled | 6 October 2005 (aged 19) | Aarau |
See also
[edit]- U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
- Egypt national football team
- Egypt Olympic football team
- Egypt national under-17 football team