Egypt national under-20 football team

Egypt U-20
Nickname(s)	The Young Pharaohs
Association	Egyptian Football Association
Confederation	CAF
Head coach	Rabie Yassin
Captain	Ramy Rabia
Top scorer	Hamdy Abd Elhamid
Home stadium	Petro Sport Stadium
FIFA code	EGY
First colours	Second colours
African Youth Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions in 1981, 1991, 2003, 2013
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1981)
Best result	3rd, 2001

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

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	Did Not Participate
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[]

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 v t	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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	England	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2013

18:00

Chile	2–1	Egypt
Castillo 25' Bravo 77'	Report	Kahraba 10'

Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 3,148

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

26 June 2013

21:00

Iraq	2–1	Egypt
Al-Asadi 33' Abdul-Raheem 79'	Report	Koka 27'

Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya

Attendance: 3,246

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

29 June 2013

21:00

Egypt	2–0	England
Trezeguet 79' Koka 90+3'	Report

Atatürk Stadium, Bursa

Attendance: 3,445

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship - 1987 - Group Stage
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship - 1997 - Quarter-finals

Egypt hosted the 1997 edition.

African Youth Championship record[]

African Youth Championship - 1979 - 1st Round
African Youth Championship - 1981 - Winners
African Youth Championship - 1983 - 2nd Round
African Youth Championship - 1985 - 1st Round
African Youth Championship - 1987 - 2nd Round
African Youth Championship - 1989 - 2nd Round
African Youth Championship - 1991 - Winners
African Youth Championship - 1993 - 3rd
African Youth Championship - 1995 - Didn't Participate
African Youth Championship - 1997 - Group Stage
African Youth Championship - 1999 - Didn't Participate
African Youth Championship - 2001 - 3rd
African Youth Championship - 2003 - Winners
African Youth Championship - 2005 - 2nd
2007 African Youth Championship - 2007 - Group Stage
2009 African Youth Championship - 2009 - Group Stage
2011 African Youth Championship - 2011 - 3rd
2013 African U-20 Championship - 2013 - Winners
2015 African U-20 Championship - 2015 - Didn't Qualify
2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations - 2017 - Group Stage

African Under-17 Championship record[]

African Under-17 Championship - 1995 - Didn't Participate
African Under-17 Championship - 1997 - Winners
African Under-17 Championship - 1999 - Didn't Participate
African Under-17 Championship - 2001 - Didn't Participate
2003 African Under-17 Championship - 2003 - 4th
African Under-17 Championship - 2005 - Didn't Participate
African Under-17 Championship - 2007 - Didn't Participate
African Under-17 Championship - 2009 - Didn't Participate
2011 African Under-17 Championship - 2011 - Group Stage
2013 African U-17 Championship - 2013 - Didn't Participate

Arab Youth Championship[]

Arab Cup U-20 - 2011 - Group stage
Arab Cup U-20 - 2020 - Semi-finals
Arab Cup U-20 - 2021 - TBD

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	showCairo, Egypt
16:00	25' 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussaief (Tunisia)

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

26 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS	Egypt	4–1	Mauritania	showCairo, 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	showCairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 29' 37' 48'			Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)

3 July 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 SF	Egypt	2–3	Saudi Arabia	showCairo, Egypt
17:00	Sherif 45+2' 51'	Report	26' 28' 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		(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		(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		(1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 26)	Ismaily
13	3MF		(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 27)	Al Ahly
14	2DF		(1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 26)	ENPPI
15	1GK	Mahmoud Hamdy	(1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 26)	Zamalek
16	2DF		(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		(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

References[]

^ Rio Ave F.C. have made Koka available for two games only, versus Ghana and Algeria.

^ 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.

External links[]

[1] Rio Ave F.C. have made Koka available for two games only, versus Ghana and Algeria.

[2] 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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