# Canada men's national under-20 soccer team

The Canada U-20 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.
It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has qualified for eight out of nineteen FIFA U-20 World Cups. Their best result came in 2003 where they reached the quarterfinals. The team also competes in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which they won in 1986 and 1996.
Canada's most significant accomplishments at youth level are winning the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Francophone Games twice, reaching quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and defeating Brazil U-20 2-1 in a friendly on May 19, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

## History
### 1976–1996

Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to qualify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3–1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.

### 1997–2004

In 1997, after failing to qualify for four World Youth Championships (as the event was known until 2005) in a row, Canada made it past the group stage. The team progressed to the second round after a 2–1 win against Hungary in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. They lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2–0. After missing the tournament in 1999, Canada qualified for Argentina 2001 after winning the qualifying tournament based on home soil in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the finals, they finished last and were eliminated from a group including Brazil, Germany and Iraq.
Canada once again appeared in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. They qualified to the round of 16 where they blanked Burkina Faso 1–0, and in a rematch against 1997 conquerors Spain, Canada lost in the quarter-finals. Iain Hume scored three goals for Canada including a direct free kick against Spain while Atiba Hutchinson was an impressive performer in midfield.

### 2005–present

At the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, Canada were eliminated in the group stage after tying once and losing twice. One bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters' and Marcel De Jong's goals.
In the build-up to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as the tournament came to be known, Canada's defeated Brazil in the first game of a three-game series, winning 2- in front of 14 000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored and Stephen Lumley made goal-line clearance to preserve Canada's first win over a Brazilian men's team at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3–1. Despite an impressive run in friendlies leading up to the competition, Canada went winless in first round play without scoring a goal on home soil.

## Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last twelve months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture

### 2024
## Coaching history

| Name | Years |
| Barrie Clarke | 1979–80 |
| Bob Bearpark | 1985–94 |
| Bruce Twamley | 1994–97 |
| Paul James | 1998–2001 |
| Stephen Hart | 2002 |
| Dale Mitchell | 2002–07 |
| Tony Fonseca | 2007–10 |
| Valerio Gazzola | 2010–11 |
| Nick Dasovic | 2011–13 |
| Rob Gale | 2014–18 |
| Andrew Olivieri | 2018–22 |
| Mauro Biello | 2022–23 |
| Andrew Olivieri | 2023–present |

## Players
### Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
Caps and goals as of July 30, 2024, after the match against Panama.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Grégoire Świderski | (2005-10-05) October 5, 2005 (age 19) | 6 | 0 | Deportivo Alavés B |
| 18 | 1GK | Nathaniel Abraham | (2007-04-23) April 23, 2007 (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Toronto FC |
| 16 | 1GK | Isaiah Goldson | (2005-08-21) August 21, 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | University of Michigan |
| 12 | 2DF | James Cameron | (2005-01-24) January 24, 2005 (age 20) | 7 | 0 | Colorado Rapids |
| 2 | 2DF | Theo Rigopoulos | (2006-10-29) October 29, 2006 (age 18) | 7 | 0 | Toronto FC II |
| 14 | 2DF | Ethan Schilte-Brown | (2005-06-01) June 1, 2005 (age 19) | 6 | 0 | Kilmarnock |
| 3 | 2DF | Christian Greco-Taylor | (2005-02-20) February 20, 2005 (age 20) | 6 | 0 | Pacific FC |
| 5 | 2DF | Adam Pearlman | (2005-04-05) April 5, 2005 (age 19) | 5 | 0 | HFX Wanderers |
| 13 | 2DF | Richard Chukwu | (2008-02-25) February 25, 2008 (age 17) | 3 | 0 | Toronto FC II |
| 21 | 2DF | Immanuel Mathe | (2006-01-27) January 27, 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 10 | 3MF | Jessé Costa (captain) | (2005-04-28) April 28, 2005 (age 19) | 11 | 1 | SC Corinthians U20 |
| 8 | 3MF | Jeevan Badwal | (2006-03-11) March 11, 2006 (age 19) | 6 | 0 | Whitecaps FC |
| 4 | 3MF | Alessandro Biello | (2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 19) | 6 | 1 | HFX Wanderers |
| 20 | 3MF | Andrei Dumitru | (2006-10-28) October 28, 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Toronto FC II |
| 6 | 3MF | Khadim Kane | (2005-05-17) May 17, 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Forge FC |
| 7 | 4FW | Santiago López | (2005-06-10) June 10, 2005 (age 19) | 7 | 6 | UNAM |
| 19 | 4FW | Tavio Ciccarelli | (2006-07-24) July 24, 2006 (age 18) | 6 | 4 | HFX Wanderers |
| 15 | 4FW | Oumar Diallo | (2005-02-27) February 27, 2005 (age 20) | 6 | 0 | LASK |
| 9 | 4FW | Myles Morgan | (2005-06-20) June 20, 2005 (age 19) | 6 | 5 | Valour FC |
| 11 | 4FW | Kimani Stewart-Baynes | (2005-01-17) January 17, 2005 (age 20) | 6 | 0 | Colorado Rapids |
| 17 | 4FW | Mataeo Bunbury | (2005-06-13) June 13, 2005 (age 19) | 4 | 1 | Portland Timbers 2 |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the U-20 team, and are still eligible to play for Canada in the current U-20 World Cup cycle if they qualify.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Ivan Pavela | (2005-03-03) March 3, 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | York United | v. Paraguay, June 23, 2024 |
| DF | Lazar Stefanovic | (2006-10-08) October 8, 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Toronto FC | v. Paraguay, June 23, 2024 |
| DF | Sergei Kozlovskiy | (2008-06-18) June 18, 2008 (age 16) | 2 | 2 | CF Montréal | 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying |
| DF | Luc de Fougerolles | (2005-10-12) October 12, 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Fulham | 2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship$^{PRE}$ |
| DF | Joshua Gordon | (2005-07-24) July 24, 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | University of Kentucky | 2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship$^{PRE}$ |
| DF | Kundai Mawoko | (2005-02-11) February 11, 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Toronto FC II | 2022 CONCACAF U20 Championship$^{PRE}$ |
| MF | Jovan Ivanisevic | (2005-01-19) January 19, 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Bologna Primavera | v. Paraguay, June 23, 2024 |
| MF | Luka Juricic | (2005-08-23) August 23, 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Puskás Akadémia | v. Paraguay, June 23, 2024 |
| MF | Adrian Pacheco | (2005-07-02) July 2, 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Jorge Wilstermann | v. Paraguay, June 23, 2024 |
| MF | Tiago Codinha | (2006-04-07) April 7, 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Twente | 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying |
| MF | Matteo Schiavoni | (2005-04-09) April 9, 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Pacific FC | 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying |
| FW | Kevaughn Tavernier | (2006-02-24) February 24, 2006 (age 19) | 2 | 2 | Forge FC | 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying |
| ALT = Alternate player INJ = Injured player PRE = Preliminary squad |||||||

### Previous squads
## Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil

### FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1977 | 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 |
| 1979 | Group stage | 13th of 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1981 | 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 |
| 1983 | 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 |
| 1985 | Group stage | 14th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987 | Group stage | 12th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1997 | Round of 16 | 13th of 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 2001 | Group stage | 24th of 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2003 | Quarter-finals | 8th of 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | Group stage | 21st of 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | Group stage | 24th of 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | 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 |
| 2025 | 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 |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 8/24 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 50 |

### CONCACAF U-20 Championship

CONCACAF U-20 Championship record :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1962 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1964 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1970 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1973 | Fourth place | 4th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 1974 | Quarter-finals | 4th of 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 1976 | Second round | 5th of 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 |
| 1978 | Runner-up | 2nd of 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
| 1980 | Semi-finals | 4th of 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1982 | Second round | 5th of 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 1984 | Runner-up | 2nd of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 1986 | Champions | 1st of 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 1988 | Group stage | 6th of 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1990 | Group stage | 5th of 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | Third place | 3rd of 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 1994 | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 |
| 1996 | Champions | 1st of 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 1998 | Group stage | 6th of 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2001 | Group stage | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Group stage | 2nd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | Group stage | 2nd of 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2009 | Group stage | 5th of 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | Group stage | 9th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | Group stage | 9th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | Group stage | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Round of 16 | 11th of 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 2 Titles | 25/29 | 110 | 53 | 21 | 36 | 203 | 124 |

### Jeux de la Francophonie

Jeux de la Francophonie record :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1989 | Gold medal | 1st of 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 1994 | Group stage | 5th of 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 1997 | Gold medal | 1st of 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2001 | Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | Group stage | 12th of 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 2009 | Fourth place | 4th of 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | Group stage | 10th of 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | Group stage | 7th of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | Group stage | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Total | 2 Titles | 8/9 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 50 |

## Head-to-head record

The following table shows Canada's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 014.81 |

## Honours

* CONCACAF U-20 Championship
** Winners (2): 1986, 1996
** Runners-up (2): 1978, 1984
** Third place (3): 1992, 1994, 2001
* Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie
** Winners (2): 1989, 1997