The Egypt national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Egypt. It's administered by the

Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction for the Egyptian football lea ...

. Their best performance in the U-20 World Cup was third place which was achieved in

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

. This remains to be 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 A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

, The Pharaohs. Egypt hosted the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA World Youth Championship

* Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Egypt qualified after winning the 2013 African U-20 Championship. They failed to pass through the group stage after only winning one game. ---- ----

Tournament Records

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Arab Cup U-20 record

North-African U-20 Cup record

Honors

World Cups : * Bronze Medalists at the

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar de ...

Current squad

players called up for

2022 Arab Cup U-20 The 2022 Arab Cup U-20 was the sixth edition of the Arab Cup U-20. On 14 April 2022, the Union of Arab Football Associations granted Saudi Arabia the right to host. The tournament took place from 20 July to 7 August. Saudi Arabia were the defendi ...

Head coach: Mahmoud Gaber

References

External links

Egyptian FA official site

Egyptian Players

Egyptian Soccer and Sports

All About Egyptian Soccer

Information on National team and club football in Egypt

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