Egypt national under-20 football team

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

Egypt U-20

Nickname(s)	The Young Pharaohs
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF
Head coach	Rogério Micale
Captain	Moataz Mohamed
Home stadium	Cairo International Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
First colours Second colours
African Youth Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1981 )
Best result	Third Place (2001)

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
1979
1981	Quarter-finals	-	4	1	2	1	9	10	Squad
1983	Did Not Participate
1985
1987
1989
1991	Group Stage	-	3	1	0	2	6	2	Squad
1993	Did Not Participate
1995
1997
1999
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
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
2017	Did Not Participate
2019	Did Not Participate
2023	Did Not Participate
2025	Qualified
-	Total	Third Place	9/19	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
1997	Group-stage
1999	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
2017	Group-stage		3	0	2	1	2	4
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
2023	Group-stage		3	0	2	1	0	5

Arab Cup U-20 record Arab Cup U-20 Appearances: 4 / 5 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1983 did not enter 1985 did not enter 1989 did not enter 1992 Cancelled 2011 Group stage 4th 4 3 0 1 6 2 2012 did not enter 2014 Cancelled 2020 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 2 0 11 5 2021 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 12 4 2022 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 0 9 3 Total Best: Runners-up 4 / 5 19 14 3 2 38 14

North-African U-20 Cup record UNAF U-20 Tournament Appearances: 6 / 15 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2005 Group 2nd 3 1 1 1 3 1 2006 Group Champions 4 2 2 0 2007 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2008 Group Champions 4 2 2 0 4 1 2009 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2010 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2011 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2012 Group Champions 1 2 0 0 5 1 2014 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2015 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2016 Cancelled - - - - - - - 2019 Group stage 2nd 4 2 1 1 5 4 2020 Disqualified - - - - - - - 2021 Group stage 2nd 4 3 0 1 6 5 2022 Didn't Participate - - - - - - - 2023 Group 3rd 4 1 2 1 8 7 Total Best: Champions 6 / 15 21 12 6 3 19 12

Honors

World Cups :

• Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Recent results and fixtures

Egypt   v   Niger

20 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	2–0	Niger	Cairo, Egypt
16:00	Smida 25' Mohamed 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia)

Algeria   v   Egypt

23 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Algeria	0–1	Egypt	Cairo, Egypt
16:00		Report	Rashdan 63'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Egypt   v   Mauritania

26 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	4–1	Mauritania	Cairo, Egypt
16:00		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait)

Egypt   v   Tajikistan

29 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 QF	Egypt	3–0	Tajikistan	Cairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 29' Hawash 37' Mohamed 48'			Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Egypt   v   Saudi Arabia

3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF	Egypt	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Cairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 45+2' A. Abdelhamid 51'	Report	Radef 26' Al Aliwa 28' Al Zaid 69'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Egypt   v   Libya

9 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–1	Libya	Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage
14:00	Zaki 13' Abdelhamid 18'	Report	Al Ferjani 77'	Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria)

Algeria   v   Egypt

11 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Algeria	0–1	Egypt	Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage
14:00		Report	Abdelhamid 21'	Referee: Faraj Abdellaoui (Tunisia)

Egypt   v   Mauritania

13 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–1	Mauritania	Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana
14:00	Abdelwahab 14' (pen.) Ahmed 50'	Report	Sy 63'	Referee: Abdelmoumen Al-Raii (Libya)

Tunisia   v   Egypt

17 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20	Tunisia	3–1	Egypt	Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana
14:00	Snana 45' (pen.) Mehri 50' Snana 73'	Report	Ahmed 12'	Referee: Nabil Ben Rokaya (Morocco)

Egypt   v   Oman

21 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	1–0	Oman	Damac Stadium, Abha
21:00	Hawash 43'	Report		Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait)

Somalia   v   Egypt

27 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Somalia	0–2	Egypt	Damac Stadium, Abha
21:00		Report	Hassan 35' Ibrahim 74'	Attendance: 3,715 Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon)

Egypt   v   Morocco

31 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 QF	Egypt	2–1	Morocco	Damac Stadium, Abha
19:00	Hawash 32' Basha 61'		Lyakoubi 23'	Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Algeria   v   Egypt

3 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 SF	Algeria	1–3	Egypt	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
21:00	Akhrib 69'		Basha 10' Rashdan 40' Ibrahim 76'	Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain)

Saudi Arabia   v   Egypt

7 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 FI	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (5–3 p)	Egypt	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
19:30	Al Aliwa 45'	Report	Basha 49'	Attendance: 16,540 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
	Penalties
	Radif Al-Juwayr Al-Marri Al-Zubaidi Al-Oyayari		Hassan Fayed Rashdan El Saaiy

Egypt   v   Kuwait

25 September 2022Friendly	Egypt	3–1	Kuwait	El-Max Stadium, Alexandria
19:30				Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Egypt   v   Benin

17 November 2022Friendly	Egypt	1–0	Benin	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:30	Fayed

Egypt   v   Benin

20 November 2022Friendly	Egypt	0–0	Benin	Cairo Stadium, Cairo
19:30

Egypt   v   South Sudan

10 February 2023Friendly	Egypt	1-0	South Sudan	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
14:30	Abdelrahman Rashdan 90'	Report

Egypt   v   Uganda

13 February 2023Friendly	Egypt	1-1	Uganda	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
14:30	Apollo kakogwe 45' (o.g.)	Report	John Paul Ddembe 42'

Egypt   v   Mozambique

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Egypt	0-0	Mozambique	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
14:00		Report		Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

Nigeria   v   Egypt

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Nigeria	1–0	Egypt	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
17:00	Agbalaka 71'	Report		Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda

Senegal   v   Egypt

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Senegal	4–0	Egypt	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
19:00	P. Diop 59', 73', 76' I. Sané 69'	Report		Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

Egypt   v   Libya

15 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	1–1	Libya	Le Kram, Tunisia
14:00  UTC+1	Mohamed Zaalouk 90+2'	Report	Marwan Al-Zaqqouzi 31'	Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria)

Egypt   v   Algeria

17 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	Le Kram, Tunisia
14:00  UTC+1	Abdelrahman Khaled 11' Mohamed Abdallah 47' Kabaka 87' (pen.)	Report	Rostom Dendaoui  81'	Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Houidri (Morocco)

Egypt   v   Tunisia

19 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–4	Tunisia	Ariana, Tunisia
14:00  UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ariana Stadium

Egypt   v   Morocco

21 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20	Egypt	2–2	Morocco	Le Kram, Tunisia
14:00  UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Le Kram Stadium

Algeria   v   Egypt

20 March 2024Friendly	Algeria	2–1	Egypt	Algiers, Algeria
22:00  UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Egypt   v   Mauritania

23 March 2024Friendly	Egypt	2–1	Mauritania	Algiers, Algeria
22:00  UTC+1				Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Egypt   v   Tunisia

25 March 2024Friendly	Egypt	1–1	Tunisia	Algiers, Algeria
22:00  UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Egypt   v   Kuwait

19 June 2024Friendly	Egypt	4–0	Kuwait	Cairo, Egypt
		Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations between 27 April – 18 May 2025. ^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 April 2025, after the match against Saudi Arabia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Abdelmonem Tamer	(2006-08-03) 3 August 2006 (age 18)	11	0	ZED
16	1 GK	Ahmed Wahba	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Al Masry
23	1 GK	Ahmed Menshawi	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Al Ittihad
2	2 DF	Mohamed Samir	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 19)	8	1	ENPPI
3	2 DF	Mohamed Gamal Ibrahim	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Petrojet
4	2 DF	Ahmed Abdin	(2006-05-01) 1 May 2006 (age 19)	12	0	Ceramica Cleopatra
5	2 DF	Abdallah Bostangy	(2005-04-04) 4 April 2005 (age 20)	11	1	Smouha
6	2 DF	Youssef Abdelhafiz	(2005-01-05) 5 January 2005 (age 20)	6	0	Ceramica Cleopatra
12	2 DF	Moamen Sherif	(2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Al Ittihad
13	2 DF	Mahmoud Labib	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Al Ahly
14	2 DF	Mohab Samy	(2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 20)	6	0	ENPPI
8	3 MF	Kabaka	(2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 (age 20)	15	4	Modern Sport
21	3 MF	Ahmed Wahid	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Al Ahly
22	3 MF	Mohamed El Sayed	(2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 (age 19)	13	0	Zamalek
24	3 MF	Mohamed Atef	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Al Ahly
25	3 MF	Seif Eldin Essam	(2005-04-03) 3 April 2005 (age 20)	6	0	ENPPI
7	4 FW	Amoory	(2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 20)	6	2	Al Ittihad
9	4 FW	Mohamed Zaalouk	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 20)	11	4	Al Ahly
10	4 FW	Mohamed Abdallah	(2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 19)	10	4	Al Ahly
11	4 FW	Mohanad Mohamed	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	6	0	Al Mokawloon
15	4 FW	Omar Khedr	(2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 19)	12	0	Aston Villa
17	4 FW	Amr Khaled	(2005-10-06) 6 October 2005 (age 19)	13	0	FC Wohlen
18	4 FW	Mohamed Raafat	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Al Ahly
19	4 FW	Mohamed Haitham	(2007-02-17) 17 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Al Ahly
20	4 FW	Ahmed Sharaf	(2005-08-04) 4 August 2005 (age 19)	6	0	Al Masry
26	4 FW	Omar Osama Hassan	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)	1	0	ENPPI

See also

• U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
• Egypt national football team
• Egypt Olympic football team
• Egypt national under-17 football team

References

1. "Egypt Youth". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

External links

• Egyptian FA official site
• Tournament archive at fifa.com
• FIFA U-20 World Cup at rsssf
• Egyptian Players
• Egyptian Soccer and Sports
• All About Egyptian Soccer
• Information on National team and club football in Egypt