The Egypt national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Egypt. It's administered by the Egyptian Football Association.
Nickname(s) | The Young Pharaohs | ||
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Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF | ||
Head coach | Mahmoud Gaber | ||
Captain | Ahmed Sherif | ||
Top scorer | Hamdy Abd Elhamid | ||
Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
FIFA code | EGY | ||
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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 |
Their best performance in the U-20 World Cup was third place which was achieved in 2001. This remains to be 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.
Egypt qualified after winning the 2013 African U-20 Championship. They failed to pass through the group stage after only winning one game.
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
Iraq ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Asadi ![]() Abdul-Raheem ![]() |
Report | Koka ![]() |
Egypt hosted the 1997 edition.
World Cups :
20 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia) |
23 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Algeria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
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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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
17:00 |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar) |
3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF | Egypt ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Cairo, Egypt |
17:00 |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
players called up following the game against Slovenia on 24 March 2022
Head coach: Mahmoud Gaber
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Ahmed Nader El-Sayed | (2003-06-16)16 June 2003 (aged 18) | ![]() |
6 | 2DF | Abdelrahman Rashdan | (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Abdo Semida | (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Salah Basha | (2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
13 | 2DF | Raafat Khalil | (2004-02-03)3 February 2004 (aged 18) | ![]() |
15 | 4FW | Abdellatif Aboukoura | (2004-10-16)16 October 2004 (aged 17) | ![]() |
7 | 3MF | Karim Walid | (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() |
8 | 4FW | Omar Bassam | (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() |
9 | 3MF | Saleh Gomaa | (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() |
10 | 4FW | Ahmed Samir | (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 25) | ![]() |
12 | 3MF | Mahmoud Hamad | (1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() |
13 | 3MF | Hosam Ghaly | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 27) | ![]() |
14 | 2DF | Sherif Adel "Dabo" | (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 26) | ![]() |
15 | 1GK | Karim Nabil | (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 18) | ![]() |
16 | 2DF | Ossama Ibrahim | (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() |
17 | 4FW | Koka[egy 1][1] | (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 27) | ![]() |
18 | 3MF | Mohamed Sherif | (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 27) | ![]() |
19 | 3MF | Trezeguet | (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 25) | ![]() |
20 | 1GK | Hassan Mahmoud | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 27) | ![]() |
21 | 2DF | Yasser Ibrahim | (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 27) | ![]() |
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