Burkina Faso national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Burkina Faso women's national under-20 football team.

Burkina Faso U-20

Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 2003 )
Best result	Fourth place (2003)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003 )
Best result	Round of 16 (2003)

The Burkina Faso national under-20 football team is the under-20 youth team for national football in Burkina Faso. The team is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation.

The team participated at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the United Arab Emirates. They did very well in the group stage and finished first. In the round of 16 they were eliminated by Canada 1–0. That tournament was their first ever U-20 World Cup.

The team won the gold medal in the men's tournament at the 2019 African Games held in Morocco. ^{[1] [2]} This was the first time the team won gold at the African Games. ^[2] Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Sidi Diawara	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 19)	AS Douanes
2	2 DF	Gaoussou Sanou	(2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 19)	Royal
3	2 DF	Eric Chardey	(2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 17)	Majestic
4	2 DF	Yashir Moustapha Ouedraogo	(2001-12-31)31 December 2001 (aged 19)	ASFA
5	2 DF	Yacouba Nasser Djiga	(2002-11-15)15 November 2002 (aged 18)	FC Basel
6	3 MF	Roland Sanou	(2002-05-10)10 May 2002 (aged 18)	Royal
7	4 FW	Kouamé Botué	(2002-08-07)7 August 2002 (aged 18)	USFA
8	3 MF	Yael Tiendrebeogo	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 19)	Gaz Metan Târgu Mureș
9	4 FW	Alassane Zeba	(2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 17)	Academie Football Tenakourou
10	3 MF	Irahim Bance	(2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 20)	ASEC Mimosas
11	4 FW	Pierre Landry Kabore	(2001-07-05)5 July 2001 (aged 19)	Salitas
12	3 MF	Faad Sana	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 17)	WAFA
13	4 FW	Nathanio Jr. Kompaore	(2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 19)	Anderlecht
14	3 MF	Clovis Ouedraogo	(2002-07-24)24 July 2002 (aged 18)	ÉF Ouagadougou
15	3 MF	Drissa Banao	(2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 19)	KOZAF
16	1 GK	Ladji Sanou	(2003-04-21)21 April 2003 (aged 17)	Salitas
17	3 MF	Blakiss Ouattara	(2001-12-16)16 December 2001 (aged 19)	RC Bobo Dioulasso
18	3 MF	Ousmane Diane	(2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 20)	ASFA
19	4 FW	Urbain Convolbo	(2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (aged 18)	AS Douanes
20	3 MF	Raouf Memel Dao	(2003-09-05)5 September 2003 (aged 17)	US Ouagadougou
21	4 FW	Joffrey Bazie	(2003-10-27)27 October 2003 (aged 17)	Salitas
22	2 DF	Karamoko Bamba	(2003-12-02)2 December 2003 (aged 17)	RC Bobo Dioulasso
23	1 GK	Sebastien Koula Tou	(2004-12-01)1 December 2004 (aged 16)	Football Broug
24	3 MF	Aboubacar Belem	(2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 19)	Majestic
25	2 DF	Mohamed Congo	(2003-10-08)8 October 2003 (aged 17)	Majestic
26	3 MF	Noufou Zagre	(2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (aged 16)	ASF Bobo Dioulasso
27	4 FW	Moubarack Compaore	(2002-09-24)24 September 2002 (aged 18)	Oslo Football Académie de Dakar
28	4 FW	Daouda Beleme	(2001-01-05)5 January 2001 (aged 20)	St. Pauli
29	2 DF	Gilbert Bilgo	(2001-05-02)2 May 2001 (aged 19)	US Ouagadougou
30	1 GK	Moussa Traore	(2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 20)	Rahimo
31	2 DF	Brahima Dao	(2003-04-12)12 April 2003 (aged 17)	Rahimo

References

1. "2019 African Games: Nigeria finishes second behind Egypt". The Nation. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
2. "Nigeria suffer disappointing defeat to Burkina Faso in the final of top African competition". Africans Live. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
3. "Burkina Faso" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 15 February 2021.