Egypt national under-20 football team

Egypt U-99

Nickname(s)

The old Pharaohs

Association

Egyptian Football Association

Confederation

CAF

Head coach

Mohmed Salah

Captain

Gaby Ahmed

Top scorer

Hamdy Abd Elhamid

Home stadium

Cairo International Stadium

FIFA code

EGY

First colours

Second colours

African Youth Championship

Appearances

15 (first in 1979)

Best result

Champions in 1981, 1991, 2003, 2013

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Appearances

8 (first in 1981)

Best result

3rd, 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

FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1977	Did Not Participate
1979	Did Not Participate
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

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
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

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 4 / 5
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	did not enter
1985	did not enter
1989	did not enter
~~1992~~	Cancelled
2011	Group stage	4th	4	3	0	1	6	2
2012	did not enter
~~2014~~	Cancelled
2020	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	2	0	11	5
2021	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	12	4
2022	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	9	3
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
2005	Group stage	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	1
2006	Group stage	Champions	4	2	2	0
2007	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Group stage	Champions	4	2	2	0	4	1
2009	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Group stage	Champions	1	2	0	0	5	1
2014	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
~~2016~~	Cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Group stage	2nd	4	2	1	1	5	4
2020	Disqualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Group stage	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	5
2022	Didn't Participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Champions	6 / 15	21	12	6	3	19	12

Honors

World Cups :

Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Recent results and fixtures

Egypt

Niger

20 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	2–0	Niger	Cairo, Egypt
16:00	Smida 25' Mohamed 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia)

Algeria

Egypt

23 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Algeria	0–1	Egypt	Cairo, Egypt
16:00		Report	Rashdan 63'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Egypt

Mauritania

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)

Egypt

Tajikistan

29 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 QF	Egypt	3–0	Tajikistan	Cairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 29' Hawash 37' Mohamed 48'			Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF	Egypt	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Cairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 45+2' A. Abdelhamid 51'	Report	Radef 26' Al Aliwa 28' Al Zaid 69'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Egypt

Libya

9 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–1	Libya	Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage
14:00	Zaki 13' Abdelhamid 18'	Report	Al Ferjani 77'	Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria)

Algeria

Egypt

11 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Algeria	0–1	Egypt	Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage
14:00		Report	Abdelhamid 21'	Referee: Faraj Abdellaoui (Tunisia)

Egypt

Mauritania

13 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–1	Mauritania	Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana
14:00	Abdelwahab 14' (pen.) Ahmed 50'	Report	Sy 63'	Referee: Abdelmoumen Al-Raii (Libya)

Tunisia

Egypt

17 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Tunisia	3–1	Egypt	Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana
14:00	Snana 45' (pen.) Mehri 50' Snana 73'	Report	Ahmed 12'	Referee: Nabil Ben Rokaya (Morocco)

Egypt

Oman

21 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	1–0	Oman	Damac Stadium, Abha
21:00	Hawash 43'	Report		Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait)

Somalia

Egypt

27 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Somalia	0–2	Egypt	Damac Stadium, Abha
21:00		Report	Hassan 35' Ibrahim 74'	Attendance: 3,715 Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon)

Egypt

Morocco

31 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 QF	Egypt	2–1	Morocco	Damac Stadium, Abha
19:00	Hawash 32' Basha 61'		Lyakoubi 23'	Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Algeria

Egypt

3 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 SF	Algeria	1–3	Egypt	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
21:00	Akhrib 69'		Basha 10' Rashdan 40' Ibrahim 76'	Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain)

Saudi Arabia

Egypt

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	Al Aliwa 45'	Report	Basha 49'	Attendance: 16,540 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
	Penalties
	Radif Al-Juwayr Al-Marri Al-Zubaidi Al-Oyayari		Hassan Fayed Rashdan El Saaiy

Egypt v

Kuwait

25 September 2022 Friendly	Egypt	3–1	Kuwait	El-Max Stadium, Alexandria
19:30				Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Egypt v

Benin

17 November 2022 Friendly	Egypt	1–0	Benin	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:30	Fayed

Egypt v

Benin

20 November 2022 Friendly	Egypt	0–0	Benin	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:30

Egypt v South Sudan

10 February 2023 Friendly	Egypt	1-0	South Sudan	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
14:30	Abdelrahman Rashdan 90'	Report

Egypt v Uganda

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'

Egypt v

Mozambique

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Egypt	0-0	Mozambique	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
14:00		Report		Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

Nigeria

Egypt

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Nigeria	1–0	Egypt	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00	Agbalaka 71'	Report		Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda

Senegal v

Egypt

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Senegal	4–0	Egypt	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
19:00	P. Diop 59', 73', 76' I. Sané 69'	Report		Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

Egypt

Libya

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)

Egypt

Algeria

17 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	Le Kram , Tunisia
14:00 UTC+1	Abdelrahman Khaled 11' Mohamed Abdallah 47' Ahmed Kabaka 87' (pen.)	Report	Rostom Dendaoui 81'	Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Houidri (Morocco)

Egypt

Tunisia

19 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–4	Tunisia	Ariana , Tunisia
14:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ariana Stadium

Egypt

Morocco

21 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–2	Morocco	Le Kram , Tunisia
14:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Le Kram Stadium

Algeria

Egypt

20 March 2024 Friendly	Algeria	2–1	Egypt	Algiers , Algeria
22:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Egypt

Mauritania

23 March 2024 Friendly	Egypt	2–1	Mauritania	Algiers , Algeria
22:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Egypt

Tunisia

25 March 2024 Friendly	Egypt	1–1	Tunisia	Algiers , Algeria
22:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Current squad

players called up for 2022 Arab Cup U-20

Egypt

Head coach: Mohmed Salah

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmed Nader El-Sayed	(2003-06-16)16 June 2003 (aged 19)	PAOK B
16	1GK	Mohamed Khalifa	(2003-05-13)13 May 2003 (aged 19)	Petrojet SC
23	1GK	Karim Nabil	(2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 19)	EL Gouna
6	2DF	Abdelrahman Rashdan	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Wadi Degla
2	2DF	Abdo Semida	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Pyramids FC
13	2DF	Raafat Khalil	(2004-02-03)3 February 2004 (aged 18)	Al Ahly
15	2DF	Omar Fayed	(2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab
2	2DF	Moamen Mahmoud	(2003-06-26)26 June 2003 (aged 19)	Tala'ea El Gaish SC
4	2DF	Eyad El Askalany	(2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 17)	Ismaily
13	2DF	Abdo Gouda	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Pyramids FC
22	2DF	Khaled Awad	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Tala'ea El Gaish SC
5	2DF	Ahmed Refai	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Zamalek SC
19	2DF	Mahmoud Bassiouny Matar	(2003-05-10)10 May 2003 (aged 19)	Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
3	3MF	Tarek Alaa	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Zamalek SC
14	3MF	Maged Hany	(2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 19)	Zamalek SC
14	3MF	Ahmed Roshdy	(2003-01-25)25 January 2003 (aged 19)	ENPPI
7	3MF	Mohamed Hamdi	(2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 19)	ENPPI
18	3MF	Abdellatif Aboukoura	(2004-10-16)16 October 2004 (aged 18)	Loudoun United FC
17	3MF	Omar El Saaiy	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Ismaily
8	4FW	Ahmed Nader Hawash	(2003-03-14)14 March 2003 (aged 19)	ENPPI
20	4FW	Ahmed Esho	(2003-03-03)3 March 2003 (aged 19)	Zamalek SC
11	4FW	Youssef Hassan	(2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 19)	Wadi Degla
9	4FW	Mahmoud Morsi	(2003-03-12)12 March 2003 (aged 19)	Eastern Company
10	4FW	Salah Basha	(2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 19)	Udinese Calcio

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

Football in Egypt

Egyptian Football Association

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Premier League Second Division (A B) Third Division Fourth Division defunct: Second Division Zone League (Alexandria Cairo Canal)
Women	W-Premier League W-Second Division

Domestic cups

Men	Egypt Cup Super Cup League Cup defunct: Sultan Hussein Cup EFA League Cup Egypt's Love Cup
Women	Egyptian Women's Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
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