Egypt national under-20 football team
National under-20 association football team representing Egypt
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The Egypt national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Egypt. It is administered by the Egyptian Football Association.
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| Nickname | The Young Pharaohs | ||
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| Association | Egyptian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| Captain | Moataz Mohamed | ||
| Home stadium | Cairo International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | EGY | ||
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| African Youth Championship | |||
| Appearances | 20 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1981) | ||
| Best result | Third Place (2001) | ||
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 a 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 | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1977 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
 1979 | |||||||||
 1981 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | Squad |
 1983 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
 1985 | |||||||||
 1987 | |||||||||
 1989 | |||||||||
 1991 |
Group Stage | 9th | 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 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
 2005 |
Group Stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad |
 2007 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
 2009 |
Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad |
 2011 |
Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad |
 2013 |
Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad |
 2015 |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||
 2019 | |||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
| 2025 |
Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
  2027 |
To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Third Place | 9/25 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 48 | 50 | |
- 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| 2023 |
Group-stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2025 |
Semi-final | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
Arab Cup U-20 record
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North-African U-20 Cup record
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Honors
World Cups :
- Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Recent results and fixtures
| 20 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt | 2–0 | Niger | Cairo, Egypt |
| 16:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia) |
| 23 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Algeria | 0–1 | Egypt | Cairo, Egypt |
| 16:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia) |
| 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) |
| 29 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 QF | Egypt | 3–0 |  Tajikistan | Cairo, Egypt |
| 17:00 |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar) |
| 3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF | Egypt | 2–3 | Saudi Arabia | Cairo, Egypt |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
| 9 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–1 |  Libya | Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage |
| 14:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Tayeb Bouderbala (Algeria) |
| 11 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Algeria | 0–1 | Egypt | Stade municipal de Carthage, Carthage |
| 14:00 | Report |
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Referee: Faraj Abdellaoui (Tunisia) |
| 13 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–1 | Mauritania | Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana |
| 14:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Abdelmoumen Al-Raii (Libya) |
| 17 November 2021 2021 UNAF U-20 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt | Stade municipal d'Ariana, Ariana |
| 14:00 | Report |
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Referee: Nabil Ben Rokaya (Morocco) |
| 21 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Egypt | 1–0 |  Oman | Damac Stadium, Abha |
| 21:00 |
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Report | Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait) |
| 27 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Somalia  | 0–2 | Egypt | Damac Stadium, Abha |
| 21:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 3,715 Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon) |
| 31 July 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 QF | Egypt | 2–1 | Morocco | Damac Stadium, Abha |
| 19:00 |
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Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) |
| 3 August 2022 2022 Arab Cup U-20 SF | Algeria | 1–3 | Egypt | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha |
| 21:00 |
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Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain) |
| 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 |
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Report |
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Attendance: 16,540 Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
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| 25 September 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 3–1 |  Kuwait | El-Max Stadium, Alexandria |
| 19:30 | Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
| 17 November 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 1–0 | Benin | Cairo Stadium, Cairo |
| 19:30 | Fayed |
| 20 November 2022 Friendly | Egypt | 0–0 | Benin | Cairo Stadium, Cairo |
| 19:30 |
| 10 February 2023 Friendly | Egypt | 1-0 |  South Sudan | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo |
| 14:30 | Abdelrahman Rashdan  90' |
Report |
| 13 February 2023 Friendly | Egypt | 1-1 |  Uganda | Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo |
| 14:30 | Apollo kakogwe  45' (o.g.) |
Report | John Paul Ddembe 42' |
| 19 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Egypt | 0-0 |  Mozambique | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
| 14:00 | Report | Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia) |
| 22 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Nigeria | 1–0 | Egypt | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
| 17:00 |
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Report | Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda |
| 25 February 2023 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | Senegal | 4–0 | Egypt | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo |
| 19:00 | Report | Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros) |
| 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) |
| 17 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 3–0 | Algeria | Le Kram, Tunisia |
| 14:00 UTC+1 |
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Report | Rostom Dendaoui  81' |
Stadium: Le Kram Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Houidri (Morocco) |
| 19 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–4 | Tunisia | Ariana, Tunisia |
| 14:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Ariana Stadium |
| 21 November 2023 2023 UNAF U-20 | Egypt | 2–2 | Morocco | Le Kram, Tunisia |
| 14:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Le Kram Stadium |
| 20 March 2024 Friendly | Algeria | 2–1 | Egypt | Algiers, Algeria |
| 22:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium |
| 23 March 2024 Friendly | Egypt | 2–1 | Mauritania | Algiers, Algeria |
| 22:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Salem Mabrouki 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 |
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| 1 | GK | Abdelmonem Tamer | 3 August 2006 | 11 | 0 | ZED |
| 16 | GK | Ahmed Wahba | 5 May 2005 | 2 | 0 | Al Masry |
| 23 | GK | Ahmed Menshawi | 1 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Al Ittihad |
| 2 | DF | Mohamed Samir | 3 February 2006 | 8 | 1 | ENPPI |
| 3 | DF | Mohamed Gamal Ibrahim | 1 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Petrojet |
| 4 | DF | Ahmed Abdin | 1 May 2006 | 12 | 0 | Ceramica Cleopatra |
| 5 | DF | Abdallah Bostangy | 4 April 2005 | 11 | 1 | Smouha |
| 6 | DF | Youssef Abdelhafiz | 5 January 2005 | 6 | 0 | Ceramica Cleopatra |
| 12 | DF | Moamen Sherif | 11 February 2006 | 2 | 0 | Al Ittihad |
| 13 | DF | Mahmoud Labib | 1 January 2005 | 5 | 0 | Al Ahly |
| 14 | DF | Mohab Samy | 20 February 2005 | 6 | 0 | ENPPI |
| 8 | MF | Kabaka | 22 April 2005 | 15 | 4 | Modern Sport |
| 21 | MF | Ahmed Wahid | 1 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | Al Ahly |
| 22 | MF | Mohamed El Sayed | 20 May 2006 | 13 | 0 | Zamalek |
| 24 | MF | Mohamed Atef | 1 January 2007 | 0 | 0 | Al Ahly |
| 25 | MF | Seif Eldin Essam | 3 April 2005 | 6 | 0 | ENPPI |
| 7 | FW | Amoory | 27 May 2005 | 6 | 2 | Al Ittihad |
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Zaalouk | 5 March 2005 | 11 | 4 | Al Ahly |
| 10 | FW | Mohamed Abdallah | 18 October 2005 | 10 | 4 | Al Ahly |
| 11 | FW | Mohanad Mohamed | 1 January 2005 | 6 | 0 | Al Mokawloon |
| 15 | FW | Omar Khedr | 25 May 2006 | 12 | 0 |  Aston Villa |
| 17 | FW | Amr Khaled | 6 October 2005 | 13 | 0 |  FC Wohlen |
| 18 | FW | Mohamed Raafat | 1 January 2005 | 4 | 0 | Al Ahly |
| 19 | FW | Mohamed Haitham | 17 February 2007 | 0 | 0 | Al Ahly |
| 20 | FW | Ahmed Sharaf | 4 August 2005 | 6 | 0 | Al Masry |
| 26 | FW | Omar Osama Hassan | 1 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | ENPPI |