Egypt national under-20 football team

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

Egypt U-20
Nickname(s)The Young Pharaohs
AssociationEgyptian Football Association
ConfederationCAF
Head coachRabie Yassin
CaptainRamy Rabia
Top scorerHamdy Abd Elhamid
Home stadiumPetro Sport Stadium
FIFA codeEGY
First colours
Second colours
African Youth Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1979)
Best resultChampions in 1981, 1991, 2003, 2013
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1981)
Best result3rd, 2001

Their best performance in the U-20 World Cup was third place which was achieved in 2001. 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, The Pharaohs.

Most players eventually move up to the U-23 Team or the National Team.

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
2021 Did Not Participate
- Total Third Place 8/18 32 12 5 15 45 45
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Main article: 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.

Group E


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Chile 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Egypt 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  England 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Source:
Chile 2–1 Egypt
Castillo  25'
Bravo  77'		 Report Kahraba  10'
Attendance: 3,148
Iraq 2–1 Egypt
Al-Asadi  33'
Abdul-Raheem  79'		 Report Koka  27'
Attendance: 3,246
Egypt 2–0 England
Trezeguet  79'
Koka  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 3,445

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Egypt hosted the 1997 edition.

African Youth Championship record

African Under-17 Championship record

Arab Youth Championship

Honors

World Cups :

Recent results and fixtures
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)
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)
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
  • Sherif  29'
  • Hawash  37'
  • Mohamed  48'
 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
  • Sherif  45+2'
  • A. Abdelhamid  51'
 Report
  • Radef  26'
  • Al Aliwa  28'
  • Al Zaid  69'
 Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Current squad

The following players have been called up by coach Rabie Yassin. Caps and goals date from the friendly against Ismaily SC. Caps and goals as of October 7, 2012, subsequent to the 2013 African Youth Championship qualifier against

 Egypt

Head coach: Rabie Yassin

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mossad Awad (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 27) Al Ahly
2 2DF Ibrahim El-Hadad (1993-02-01)1 February 1993 (aged 27) Wadi Degla
3 2DF Ibrahim Hassan (1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 26) Al Ahly
4 4FW Kahraba (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 25) FC Luzern
5 2DF Mahmoud Metwalli (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 27) Ismaily
6 2DF Ramy Rabia (1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 26) Al Ahly
7 3MF Karim Walid (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 26) Al Ahly
8 4FW Omar Bassam (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 26) Al Ahly
9 3MF Saleh Gomaa (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 (aged 26) ENPPI
10 4FW Ahmed Samir (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 25) Zamalek
12 3MF Mahmoud Hamad (1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 26) Ismaily
13 3MF Hosam Ghaly (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 27) Al Ahly
14 2DF Sherif Adel "Dabo" (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 26) ENPPI
15 1GK Mahmoud Hamdy (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 26) Zamalek
16 2DF Ossama Ibrahim (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 26) ENPPI
17 4FW Koka[egy 1][1] (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 27) Rio Ave
18 3MF Mohamed Sherif (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 27) Ismaily
19 3MF Trezeguet (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 25) Al Ahly
20 1GK Hassan Mahmoud (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 27) Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab
21 2DF Yasser Ibrahim (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 27) Zamalek SC

See also

References
  1. Rio Ave F.C. have made Koka available for two games only, versus Ghana and Algeria.
  1. Zaazou, Omar (7 March 2013). "Koka to feature in youth CAN". Filgoal.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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