Egypt national under-20 football 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 a 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 recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1977Did Not Participate 1979 1981Quarter-finals8th4121910Squad 1983Did Not Participate 1985 1987 1989 1991Group Stage9th310262Squad 1993Did Not Participate 1995 1997 1999 2001Semi-final3rd7412811Squad 2003Round of 1615th411223Squad 2005Group Stage22nd300305Squad 2007Did Not Participate 2009Round of 1613th420297Squad 2011Round of 169th421173Squad 2013Group Stage17th310244Squad 2015Did Not Participate 2017 2019 2023 2025Group Stage18th310235 2027To be determinedTotalThird Place9/2535135174850

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Tournament Records

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations recordYearRoundPositionSquadhome & away 1977Semi-finals4thhome & away 19791st-round home & away 1981FinalChampionhome & away 19832nd-round home & away 19851st-round home & away 19872nd-round home & away 19892nd-round 1991FinalChampion 19933rd-round 1995Did Not Participate 1997Group-stage 1999Did Not Participate 2001Semi-final3rd522163 2003FinalChampion5320114 2005Final2nd531187 2007Group-stage 311124 2009Group-stage 320144 2011Semi-final3rd530241 2013FinalChampion550072 2015Did not qualify 2017Group-stage 302124 2019Did not qualify 2021 2023Group-stage302105 2025Semi-final4th623197

Arab Cup U-20 record Arab Cup U-20Appearances: 4 / 5YearRoundPosition 1983did not enter 1985 1989 1992Cancelled 2011Group stage4th430162 2012did not enter 2014Cancelled 2020Semi-finals3rd5320115 2021Semi-finals3rd5401124 2022Runners-up2nd541093 2026To be determined 2028Total4 / 51914323814

North-African U-20 Cup record UNAF U-20 TournamentAppearances: 6 / 15YearRoundPosition 2005Group2nd311131 2006GroupChampions4220 2007Didn't Participate------- 2008GroupChampions422041 2009Didn't Participate------- 2010Didn't Participate------- 2011Didn't Participate------- 2012GroupChampions120051 2014Didn't Participate------- 2015Didn't Participate------- 2016Cancelled------- 2019Group2nd421154 2020Disqualified------- 2021Group2nd430165 2022Didn't Participate------- 2023Group3rd412187 2024Group2nd421154Total8/162815953623

Honors World Cups : Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Recent results and fixtures

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.

See also U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt national football team Egypt Olympic football team Egypt national under-17 football team

References

External links Egyptian FA official site Tournament archive at fifa.com FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf Egyptian Players Egyptian Soccer and Sports All About Egyptian Soccer Information on National team and club football in Egypt