Egypt national under-20 football team
Introduction 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'''.Egypt hosted the 2009 U-20 World Cup.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record ===FIFA World Youth Championship===FIFA U-20 World Cup recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1977'''Did Not Participate''' 1979 1981'''Quarter-finals''''''-'''4121910Squad 1983'''Did Not Participate''' 1985 1987 1989 1991'''Group Stage''''''-'''310262Squad 1993'''Did Not Participate''' 1995 1997 1999 2001'''Semi-final''''''3rd''''''7''''''4''''''1''''''2''''''8''''''11'''Squad 2003'''Round of 16''''''-'''411223Squad 2005'''Group Stage''''''-'''300305Squad 2007'''Did Not Participate''' 2009'''Round of 16''''''-'''420297Squad 2011'''Round of 16''''''-'''421173Squad 2013'''Group Stage''''''17th'''310244Squad 2015'''Did Not Participate''' 2017'''Did Not Participate''' 2019'''Did Not Participate''' 2023'''Did Not Participate''' 2025'''To Be Determined''''''-''''''Total''''''Third Place''''''8/19''''''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 recordYearRoundPositionSquad''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'''522163 2003'''Final''''''Champion'''5320114 2005'''Final''''''2nd'''531187 2007'''Group-stage'''''' '''311124 2009'''Group-stage'''''' '''320144 2011'''Semi-final''''''3rd'''530241 2013'''Final''''''Champion'''550072 2015'''Did not qualify''' 2017'''Group-stage'''''' '''302124 2019'''Did not qualify''' 2021'''Did not qualify''' 2023'''Group-stage'''302105=== Arab Cup U-20 record ===Arab Cup U-20Appearances: 4 / 5YearRoundPosition 1983''did not enter'' 1985''did not enter'' 1989''did not enter'' 1992''Cancelled'' 2011Group stage4th430162 2012''did not enter'' 2014''Cancelled'' 2020Semi-finals3rd5320115 2021Semi-finals3rd5401124 2022Runners-up2nd541093'''4 / 5''''''19''''''14''''''3''''''2''''''38''''''14'''=== North-African U-20 Cup record ===UNAF U-20 TournamentAppearances: 6 / 15YearRoundPosition 2005Group stage2nd311131 2006Group stageChampions422 2007 2008Group stageChampions422041 2009 2010 2011 2012Group stageChampions120051 2014 2015 2016 2019Group stage2nd421154 2020 2021Group stage2nd430165 2022'''6 / 15''''''21''''''12''''''6''''''3''''''19''''''12'''
Honors '''World Cups :'''* Bronze Medalists at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Recent results and fixtures
Current squad players called up for 2022 Arab Cup U-20======Head coach:  Wael Riad
See also * U-20 Africa Cup of Nations* Egypt national football team* Egypt Olympic football team* Egypt national under-17 football team
References
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