# 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 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 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1979 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1981 | Quarter-finals | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | Squad |
| 1983 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1985 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1987 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1989 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1991 | Group Stage | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Squad |
| 1993 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1995 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1997 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1999 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 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 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | 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 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 2017 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 2019 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 2023 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 2025 | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | 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 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate |
| 1997 | Group-stage | | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Group-stage | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Group-stage | | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |

## Honors

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

## Current squad

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.

### Egypt

Head coach: Rogério Micale
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Abdelmonem Tamer | (2006-08-03)3 August 2006 (aged 18) | ZED |
| 16 | 1GK | Hazem Gamal | (2005-01-09)9 January 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly |
| 2 | 2DF | Seif Eldin Essam | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 19) | ENPPI |
| 3 | 2DF | Moataz Mohamed (Captain) | (2005-03-19)19 March 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly |
| 4 | 2DF | Ahmed Abdin | (2006-01-10)10 January 2006 (aged 18) | Ceramica Cleopatra |
| 5 | 2DF | Abdallah Bostangy | (2005-04-04)4 April 2005 (aged 19) | Smouha |
| 13 | 2DF | Mahmoud Labib | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly |
| 14 | 2DF | Mohamed Samir | (2006-02-03)3 February 2006 (aged 18) | ENPPI |
| 20 | 2DF | Mohab Samy | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 19) | ENPPI |
| 6 | 3MF | Selim Telib | (2006-03-14)14 March 2006 (aged 18) | Hertha BSC II |
| 8 | 3MF | Kabaka | (2005-04-22)22 April 2005 (aged 19) | Modern Sport |
| 12 | 3MF | Fares Khaled | (2005-06-11)11 June 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly |
| 18 | 3MF | Mohamed El Sayed | (2006-05-20)20 May 2006 (aged 18) | Zamalek |
| 19 | 3MF | Marwan Mahmoud | (2006-01-01)1 January 2006 (aged 18) | ZED |
| 7 | 4FW | Hossam Hassan | (2006-07-24)24 July 2006 (aged 18) | Dayrout |
| 9 | 4FW | Amoory | (2005-05-27)27 May 2005 (aged 19) | Ittihad Alex |
| 10 | 4FW | Mohamed Zaalouk | (2005-03-05)5 March 2005 (aged 19) | Al Ahly |
| 11 | 4FW | Ahmed Sharaf | (2005-08-04)4 August 2005 (aged 19) | Al Masry |
| 15 | 4FW | Omar Khedr | (2006-05-25)25 May 2006 (aged 18) | Aston Villa |
| 17 | 4FW | Amr Khaled | (2005-10-06)6 October 2005 (aged 19) | Aarau |