| Nickname(s) | The Three Lions | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | The Football Association | |||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Ian Foster | |||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | ENG | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1981) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.
England were champions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 tournament.[1] Since the 2017–18 season, England contest the Under 20 Elite League.
The team are currently managed by Ian Foster.[2]
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad |
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| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | |
| Third place | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | |
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Squad | |
| Round of 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Squad | |
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Champions | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Squad | |
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3] | ||||||||
| Qualified | ||||||||
| Total[4] | 11/22 | 45 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 44 | |
| 31 August 2017 | England | 3–0 | | New Bucks Head, Telford |
| 20:00 | Edwards Mavididi Johnson |
Report | Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany) |
| 4 September 2017 | Switzerland | 0–0 | | Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
| 18:00 | Report | Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
| 5 October 2017 | Italy | 1–5 | | Stadio Città di Gorgonzola, Gorgonzola |
| 18:00 | Panico |
Report | Buckley-Ricketts Edwards Suliman Ugbo |
Referee: João Capela (Portugal) |
| 10 October 2017 | England | 4–0 | | St George's Park, Burton upon Trent |
| Johnson Mavididi Barnes |
Report | Referee: Łukasz Szczech (Poland) |
| 14 November 2017 | Germany | 2–1 | | Stadion Zwickau, Zwickau |
| Eggestein |
Report | Barnes |
Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) |
| 22 March 2018 | Poland | 0–1 | | Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała |
| 19:00 | Report | Wan-Bissaka Davis |
Attendance: 13,745 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
| 27 March 2018 | England | 3–0 | | Academy Stadium, Manchester |
| 20:00 | Willock Davis Suliman |
Report | Attendance: 841 Referee: Siemen Mulder (Netherlands) |
| 6 September 2018 | England | 2–0 | | St George's Park, Burton upon Trent |
| 14:00 | Hirst Embleton |
Report |
| 10 September 2018 | Netherlands | 3–1 | | Nieuw Zuid, Katwijk aan Zee |
| 17:00 | Chong Vente Kadıoğlu |
Report | Nketiah |
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) |
| 11 October 2018 | England | 2–1 | | Mill Farm, Medlar-with-Wesham |
| 19:00 | Nketiah Willock |
Report | Frattesi |
Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands) |
| 15 October 2018 | Czech Republic | 1–1 | | Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice |
| 17:00 | Pfeifer |
Report | Nketiah |
Attendance: 2,795 Referee: Łukasz Szczech (Poland) |
| 19 November 2018 | England | 2–0 | | Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester |
| 19:00 | Willock Nmecha |
Report | Attendance: 7,648 Referee: Pawel Pskit (Poland) |
| 21 March 2019 | England | 1–3 | | St George's Park, Burton upon Trent |
| 14:00 | Nketiah |
Report | Moder Klimala Kwietniewski |
| 26 March 2019 | Portugal | 1–0 | | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel |
| 17:00 | Martelo |
Report | Referee: Florian Badstubner (Germany) |
| 5 September 2019 | England | 0–0 | | New Meadow, Shrewsbury |
| 19:00 | Report | Attendance: 2,578 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal) |
| 9 September 2019 | Switzerland | 0–1 | | Leichtathletik-Stadion, Basel |
| 17:00 | Report | Clarke |
Attendance: 1,000 |
| 10 October 2019 | Italy | 2–2 | | Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma |
| 13:00 | Frabotta Portanova |
Report | Gomes |
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland) |
| 14 October 2019 | England | 0–3 | | London Road Stadium, Peterborough |
| 18:00 | Report | Hellebrand Hušek |
Attendance: 6,296 Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz (Poland) |
| 14 November 2019 | Portugal | 0–4 | | Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda |
| 16:00 | Report | Campbell Poveda Smith Rowe |
Referee: Piero Giacomelli (Italy) |
| 6 September 2021 | England | 6–1 | | St George's Park, Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Mola McAtee Gelhardt Weir Rak-Sakyi |
Report | Ghindovean |
| 7 October 2021 | England | 1–1 | | Technique Stadium, Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| 19:00 | Bate |
Report | Maldini |
Attendance: 6,394 Referee: Samuel Barrott (England) |
| 11 October 2021 | Czech Republic | 0–5 | | Na Stínadlech, Teplice |
| 16:00 | Report | Azeez Stansfield Anjorin Rogers Hill |
Attendance: 3,645 Referee: Tomas Klima (Czech Republic) |
| 11 November 2021 | Portugal | 2–0 | | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria |
| 17:00 | Couto Cruz |
Report | Referee: David Silva (Portugal) |
| 25 March 2022 | Poland | 2–0 | | Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała |
| 19:00 |
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Report |
| 29 March 2022 | England | 3–1 | | Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester |
| 19:30 | Greenwood McAtee Dolan |
Report | Samardžić |
Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Sam Purkiss (England) |
Players born between September 2002 and August 2003 are second-year graduates of the English academy system, players born between September 2003 and August 2004 are first-year graduates. Players born after 1 January 2004 remain eligible to play for England under-19s.
The following players were named in the squad for games against Chile, Morocco and Australia, to be played between 21 and 27 September 2022.[5]
Names in italics denote players who have been capped by England in a higher age group.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| 13 | 1GK | Matthew Cox | (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 19)[6] | |||
| 22 | 1GK | Harvey Davies | (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 19)[7] | |||
| - | 1GK | Teddy Sharman-Lowe | (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 15 | 2DF | Finley Burns | (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 3 | 2DF | Callum Doyle | (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 18) | |||
| - | 2DF | Ronnie Edwards | (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 19) | |||
| - | 2DF | Bashir Humphreys | (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 19)[8] | |||
| - | 2DF | Brooke Norton-Cuffy | (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 18) | |||
| 12 | 2DF | Daniel Oyegoke | (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 5 | 2DF | Reece Welch | (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 10 | 3MF | James Balagizi | (2003-09-20) 20 September 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 8 | 3MF | Carney Chukwuemeka | (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 (age 18) | |||
| 6 | 3MF | Tim Iroegbunam | (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 4 | 3MF | Charlie Patino | (2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 (age 18) | |||
| 16 | 3MF | Aaron Ramsey | (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 14 | 3MF | Alex Scott | (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 11 | 3MF | Harvey Vale | (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 19 | 4FW | Liam Delap | (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 7 | 4FW | Malcolm Ebiowei | (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 17 | 4FW | Samuel Edozie | (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 18 | 4FW | Samuel Iling-Junior | (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 18) | |||
| 20 | 4FW | Daniel Jebbison | (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 19) | |||
| 9 | 4FW | Dane Scarlett | (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 18) | |||
The following players have previously been called up to the England under-20 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | James Trafford | (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 19) | 5 | 0 | v. | |
| GK | Harvey Cartwright | (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| GK | Charlie Setford | (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| GK | Louie Moulden | (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 (age 20)[10] | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| GK | Brad Young | (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 20)[12] | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Kaine Kesler-Hayden | (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 19) | 5 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Nathan Wood | (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | James Hill | (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 20) | 4 | 1 | v. | |
| DF | Dennis Cirkin | (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Teden Mengi | (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Josh Wilson-Esbrand | (2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Jarrad Branthwaite | (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | James McAtee | (2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 19) | 5 | 2 | v. | |
| MF | Lewis Bate | (2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 (age 19) | 4 | 1 | v. | |
| MF | Tyler Morton | (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Jordan James | (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Ayoub Assal | (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Miguel Azeez | (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 20) | 3 | 1 | v. | |
| MF | Jensen Weir | (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 20) | 2 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Sam Greenwood | (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 20) | 6 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Jay Stansfield | (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 (age 19) | 6 | 2 | v. | |
| FW | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 19) | 5 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Jaden Philogene-Bidace | (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Luke Plange | (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Morgan Rogers | (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 20) | 4 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Joe Gelhardt | (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 20) | 1 | 2 | v. | |
| FW | Alex Mighten | (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | v. | |
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