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
2017 South KoreaTeam
1993 AustraliaTeam
Under 20 Elite League
2017–18Team

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
1977did not qualify
1979did not qualify
1981Fourth place622297Squad
1983did not qualify
1985Group stage301225Squad
1987did not qualify
1989did not qualify
1991Group stage302134Squad
1993Third place632164Squad
1995did not qualify
1997Round of 16430193Squad
1999Group stage300304Squad
2001did not qualify
2003Group stage301202Squad
2005did not qualify
2007did not qualify
2009Group stage301216Squad
2011Round of 16403101Squad
2013Group stage302135Squad
2015did not qualify
2017Champions7610123Squad
2019did not qualify
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
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  52'  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 games against Chile, Morocco and Australia, to be played between 21 and 27 September 2022.[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
13 1GK Matthew Cox (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003[6] Brentford
22 1GK Harvey Davies (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003[7] Liverpool
- 1GK Teddy Sharman-Lowe (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 Chelsea
15 2DF Finley Burns (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 Manchester City
3 2DF Callum Doyle (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 Coventry City (on loan from Manchester City)
- 2DF Ronnie Edwards (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 Peterborough United
- 2DF Bashir Humphreys (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003[8] Chelsea
- 2DF Brooke Norton-Cuffy (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 Coventry City (on loan from Arsenal)
12 2DF Daniel Oyegoke (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 MK Dons (on loan from Brentford)
5 2DF Reece Welch (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 Everton
10 3MF James Balagizi (2003-09-20) 20 September 2003 Crawley Town (on loan from Liverpool)
8 3MF Carney Chukwuemeka (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 Chelsea
6 3MF Tim Iroegbunam (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 Queens Park Rangers (on loan from Aston Villa)
4 3MF Charlie Patino (2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 Blackpool (on loan from Arsenal)
16 3MF Aaron Ramsey (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 Norwich City (on loan from Aston Villa)
14 3MF Alex Scott (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 Bristol City
11 3MF Harvey Vale (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 Hull City (on loan from Chelsea)
19 4FW Liam Delap (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 Stoke City (on loan from Manchester City)
7 4FW Malcolm Ebiowei (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 Crystal Palace
17 4FW Samuel Edozie (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 Southampton
18 4FW Samuel Iling-Junior (2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 Juventus
20 4FW Daniel Jebbison (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 Sheffield United
9 4FW Dane Scarlett (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 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 James Trafford (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 5 0 Bolton Wanderers (on loan from Manchester City) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
GK Harvey Cartwright (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 1 0 Peterborough United (on loan from Hull City) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
GK Charlie Setford (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 0 0 Ajax v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
GK Louie Moulden (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002[10] 0 0 Solihull Moors (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) v.  Portugal, 11 November 2021[11]
GK Brad Young (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002[12] 0 0 Notts County (on loan from Leicester City) v.  Italy,  Czech Republic, 7–11 October 2021[13]
DF Kaine Kesler-Hayden (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 5 0 Huddersfield Town (on loan from Aston Villa) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
DF Nathan Wood (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 5 0 Swansea City v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
DF James Hill (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 4 1 Bournemouth v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
DF Dennis Cirkin (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 2 0 Sunderland v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022 INJ[9]
DF Teden Mengi (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 1 0 Manchester United v.  Portugal, 11 November 2021[11]
DF Josh Wilson-Esbrand (2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 1 0 Coventry City (on loan from Manchester City) v.  Portugal, 11 November 2021[11]
DF Jarrad Branthwaite (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 2 0 PSV (on loan from Everton) v.  Italy,  Czech Republic, 7–11 October 2021[13]
MF James McAtee (2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 5 2 Sheffield United (on loan from Manchester City) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
MF Lewis Bate (2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 4 1 Oxford United (on loan from Leeds United) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022 INJ[9]
MF Tyler Morton (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 3 0 Blackburn Rovers (on loan from Liverpool) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
MF Jordan James (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 2 0 Birmingham City v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
MF Ayoub Assal (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 0 0 Wimbledon v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[14]
MF Miguel Azeez (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 3 1 UD Ibiza (on loan from Arsenal) v.  Italy,  Czech Republic, 7–11 October 2021[13]
MF Jensen Weir (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 2 1 Morecambe (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) v.  Italy,  Czech Republic, 7–11 October 2021[13]
FW Sam Greenwood (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 6 1 Leeds United v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
FW Jay Stansfield (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 6 2 Exeter City (on loan from Fulham) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[14]
FW Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 5 1 Charlton Athletic (on loan from Crystal Palace) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
FW Jaden Philogene-Bidace (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 4 0 Cardiff City (on loan from Aston Villa) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022 INJ[9]
FW Luke Plange (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 2 0 RWDM47 (on loan from Crystal Palace) v.  Poland,  Germany, 25–29 March 2022[9]
FW Morgan Rogers (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 4 1 Manchester City v.  Portugal, 11 November 2021[11]
FW Joe Gelhardt (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 1 2 Leeds United v.  Portugal, 11 November 2021 INJ[11]
FW Alex Mighten (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 1 0 Sheffield Wednesday (on loan from Nottingham Forest) v.  Romania, 6 September 2021[15]
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played.

References
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