England national under-20 football team

England Under-20
Nickname(s)The Three Lions
AssociationThe Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIan Foster
FIFA codeENG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1981)
Best resultChampions (2017)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 South KoreaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1993 AustraliaTeam
Under 20 Elite League
Silver medal – second place2017–18Team

England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

England were champions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 tournament.[1] Since the 2017–18 season, England contest the Under 20 Elite League.

The team are currently managed by Ian Foster.[2]

Tournament history

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad
Tunisia 1977did not qualify
Japan 1979did not qualify
Australia 1981Fourth place622297Squad
Mexico 1983did not qualify
Soviet Union 1985Group stage301225Squad
Chile 1987did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989did not qualify
Portugal 1991Group stage302134Squad
Australia 1993Third place632164Squad
Qatar 1995did not qualify
Malaysia 1997Round of 16430193Squad
Nigeria 1999Group stage300304Squad
Argentina 2001did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003Group stage301202Squad
Netherlands 2005did not qualify
Canada 2007did not qualify
Egypt 2009Group stage301216Squad
Colombia 2011Round of 16403101Squad
Turkey 2013Group stage302135Squad
New Zealand 2015did not qualify
South Korea 2017Champions7610123Squad
Poland 2019did not qualify
Indonesia 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Argentina 2023qualified
Total[4]11/22451415164544

Fixtures and results

2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
Main article: 2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
31 August 2017 England  3–0  Netherlands New Bucks Head, Telford
20:00 Edwards 27'
Mavididi 70'
Johnson 75'		 Report Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)
4 September 2017 Switzerland  0–0  England Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00 Report Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
5 October 2017 Italy  1–5  England Stadio Città di Gorgonzola, Gorgonzola
18:00 Panico 14' Report Buckley-Ricketts 4', 34'
Edwards 21'
Suliman 63'
Ugbo 67' (pen.)		 Referee: João Capela (Portugal)
10 October 2017 England  4–0  Czech Republic St George's Park, Burton upon Trent
Johnson 17'
Mavididi 25' (pen.), 75'
Barnes 36'		 Report Referee: Łukasz Szczech (Poland)
14 November 2017 Germany  2–1  England Stadion Zwickau, Zwickau
Eggestein 10', 32' Report Barnes 86' Attendance: 3,720
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
22 March 2018 Poland  0–1  England Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała
19:00 Report Wan-Bissaka Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 76'
Davis 87'		 Attendance: 13,745
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
27 March 2018 England  3–0  Portugal Academy Stadium, Manchester
20:00 Willock 15'
Davis 41' (pen.)
Suliman 66'		 Report Attendance: 841
Referee: Siemen Mulder (Netherlands)

2018–19 Under 20 Elite League
Main article: 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League
6 September 2018 England  2–0  Switzerland St George's Park, Burton upon Trent
14:00 Hirst 4'
Embleton 60'		 Report
10 September 2018 Netherlands  3–1  England Nieuw Zuid, Katwijk aan Zee
17:00 Chong 62'
Vente 74'
Kadıoğlu 88'		 Report Nketiah 6' Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)
11 October 2018 England  2–1  Italy Mill Farm, Medlar-with-Wesham
19:00 Nketiah 18'
Willock 35'		 Report Frattesi 64' Attendance: 3,817
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
15 October 2018 Czech Republic  1–1  England Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice
17:00 Pfeifer 86' Report Nketiah 39' Attendance: 2,795
Referee: Łukasz Szczech (Poland)
19 November 2018 England  2–0  Germany Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
19:00 Willock 66'
Nmecha 69'		 Report Attendance: 7,648
Referee: Pawel Pskit (Poland)
21 March 2019 England  1–3  Poland St George's Park, Burton upon Trent
14:00 Nketiah 57' Report Moder 8'
Klimala 26' (pen.)
Kwietniewski 53'
26 March 2019 Portugal  1–0  England Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel
17:00 Martelo 62' Report Referee: Florian Badstubner (Germany)

2019–20 Under 20 Elite League
Main article: 2019–20 Under 20 Elite League
5 September 2019 England  0–0  Netherlands New Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:00 Report Attendance: 2,578
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
9 September 2019 Switzerland  0–1  England Leichtathletik-Stadion, Basel
17:00 Report Clarke 90+2' Attendance: 1,000
10 October 2019 Italy  2–2  England Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
13:00 Frabotta 39'
Portanova 49'		 Report Gomes 23' (pen.), 24' Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)
14 October 2019 England  0–3  Czech Republic London Road Stadium, Peterborough
18:00 Report Hellebrand 51', 60'
Hušek 74'		 Attendance: 6,296
Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz (Poland)
14 November 2019 Portugal  0–4  England Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda
16:00 Report Campbell 10', 16'
Poveda 25'
Smith Rowe 61'		 Referee: Piero Giacomelli (Italy)

2021–22 Under 20 Elite League
Main article: 2021–22 Under 20 Elite League
6 September 2021 England  6–1  Romania St George's Park, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Mola 15'
McAtee 21'
Gelhardt 53', 80' (pen.)
Weir 75'
Rak-Sakyi 90'		 Report Ghindovean 60'
7 October 2021 England  1–1  Italy Technique Stadium, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
19:00 Bate 41' Report Maldini 34' Attendance: 6,394
Referee: Samuel Barrott (England)
11 October 2021 Czech Republic  0–5  England Na Stínadlech, Teplice
16:00 Report Azeez 15'
Stansfield 49'
Anjorin 70'
Rogers 76'
Hill 83'		 Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Tomas Klima (Czech Republic)
11 November 2021 Portugal  2–0  England Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
17:00 Couto 52'
Cruz 63'		 Report Referee: David Silva (Portugal)
25 March 2022 Poland  2–0  England Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała
19:00
Report
29 March 2022 England  3–1  Germany Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
19:30 Greenwood 10'
McAtee 52'
Dolan 62'		 Report Samardžić 87' Attendance: 8,437
Referee: Sam Purkiss (England)

Players

Current squad

Players born between September 2002 and August 2003 are second-year graduates of the English academy system, players born between September 2003 and August 2004 are first-year graduates. Players born after 1 January 2004 remain eligible to play for England under-19s.

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played May 2023.[5]

Names in italics denote players who have been capped by England in a higher age group.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK James Beadle (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 England Brighton & Hove Albion
1GK Matthew Cox (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003[6] England Brentford
1GK Teddy Sharman-Lowe (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 England Havant & Waterlooville (on loan from Chelsea)
2DF Callum Doyle (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 England Coventry City (on loan from Manchester City)
2DF Ronnie Edwards (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 England Peterborough United
2DF Bashir Humphreys (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 Germany SC Paderborn (on loan from Chelsea)
2DF Brooke Norton-Cuffy (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 England Coventry City (on loan from Arsenal)
2DF Daniel Oyegoke (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 England Brentford
2DF Jarell Quansah (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 England Bristol Rovers (on loan from Liverpool)
2DF Imari Samuels (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003[7] England Brighton & Hove Albion
3MF Carney Chukwuemeka (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 England Chelsea
3MF Alfie Devine (2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 England Tottenham Hotspur
3MF Darko Gyabi (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 England Leeds United
3MF Aaron Ramsey (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 England Middlesbrough (on loan from Aston Villa)
3MF Alex Scott (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 England Bristol City
3MF Harvey Vale (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 England Chelsea
4FW Liam Delap (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 England Preston North End (on loan from Manchester City)
4FW Samuel Edozie (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 England Southampton
4FW Daniel Jebbison (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 England Sheffield United
4FW Mateo Joseph (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 England Leeds United
4FW Dane Scarlett (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 England Portsmouth (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the England under-20 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Harvey Davies (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 2 0 England Liverpool v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
GK Owen Goodman (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003[9] 1 0 England Crystal Palace v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
GK Tobi Oluwayemi (2003-05-08) 8 May 2003 1 0 Republic of Ireland Cork City (on loan from Celtic) v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[10]
GK Charlie Setford (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 0 0 Netherlands Ajax v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[11]
DF Luke Mbete (2003-09-18) 18 September 2003 1 0 England Bolton Wanderers (on loan from Manchester City) v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
DF Reece Welch (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 4 0 England Everton v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[12]
DF Finley Burns (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 3 0 England Manchester City v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[12]
DF Ethan Ingram (2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 3 0 England West Bromwich Albion v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[10]
MF Tim Iroegbunam (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 5 1 England Queens Park Rangers (on loan from Aston Villa) v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
MF Dominic Corness (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 3 0 England Liverpool v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
MF James Balagizi (2003-09-20) 20 September 2003 3 0 England Liverpool v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[12]
MF Charlie Patino (2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 3 1 England Blackpool (on loan from Arsenal) v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[12]
MF Jordan James (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 2 0 England Birmingham City v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[11]
FW Samuel Iling-Junior (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 6 2 Italy Juventus v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023[8]
FW Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 0 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund v.  Germany,  United States,  France, 22-28 March 2023 INJ[8]
FW Malcolm Ebiowei (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 3 0 England Hull City (on loan from Crystal Palace) v.  Chile,  Australia,  Morocco, 21-27 September 2022[12]
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played.

References
  1. "Under-20 World Cup:England beat Venezuela in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "England youth team coaches appointed for 2022-23 season". 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup™ and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. "FIFA U-20 World Cup: England". FIFA.com. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. "England MU20s squad named for World Cup in Argentina". England Football. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. "Matthew Cox". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. "Imari Samuels". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. "England MU20 squad for March triple-header". England Football. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  9. "Owen Goodman". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. "Henderson to join England squad". England Football. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  11. "England MU20s squad named for Poland and Germany games". England Football. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. "England MU20s squad named for Pinatar trip". England Football. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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