| Nickname(s) | The Canucks Les Rouges (The Reds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Mauro Biello | ||
| Most caps | David Edgar (27) | ||
| Top scorer | Iain Hume (7) | ||
| FIFA code | CAN | ||
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| First international | |||
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| Biggest win | |||
Canada 9–0 Dominican Republic  (Tegucigalpa, Honduras; November 26, 1978) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United States 5–0 Canada (Sunrise, Florida, United States; December 18, 2010)  Cameroon 5–0 Canada (Niamey, Niger; December 6, 2005)  Niger 6–1 Canada (Niamey, Niger; December 8, 2005) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2003) | ||
| CONCACAF Under-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 24 (first in 1973) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1986, 1996) | ||
The Canada U-20 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.
It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has qualified for eight out of nineteen FIFA U-20 World Cups. Their best result came in 2003 where they reached the quarterfinals.
The team also competes in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which they won in 1986 and 1996.
Canada's most significant accomplishments at youth level are winning the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Francophone Games twice, reaching quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and defeating Brazil U-20 2-1 in a friendly on May 19, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.
Team history
1976–1996
Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in 1976 as Canada's response to the newly created World youth Championship. The team failed to qualify for the inaugural tournament in 1977 in Tunisia, but they qualified for the following tournament two years later in Japan. They finished last in their group with two points, but they did manage to defeat Portugal 3–1. The next time the team qualified for a World youth Championship was in 1985, in the USSR, again they came last in their group with only one point. In the 1987 WYC in Chile, Canada's Under-20 soccer team put up a good effort scoring four goals, and tying Italy, however they still did not manage to get out of the group stage.
1997–2004
In 1997, after failing to qualify for four World Youth Championships (as the event was known until 2005) in a row, Canada made it past the group stage. The team progressed to the second round after a 2–1 win against Hungary in which a young Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal. They lost the round of 16 game against Spain 2–0. After missing the tournament in 1999, Canada qualified for Argentina 2001 after winning the qualifying tournament based on home soil in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the finals, they finished last and were eliminated from a group including Brazil, Germany and Iraq.
Canada once again appeared in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. They qualified to the round of 16 where they blanked Burkina Faso 1–0, and in a rematch against 1997 conquerors Spain, Canada lost in the quarter-finals. Iain Hume scored three goals for Canada including a direct free kick against Spain while Atiba Hutchinson was an impressive performer in midfield.
2005–present
At the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, Canada were eliminated in the group stage after tying once and losing twice. One bright side of the tournament was Jaime Peters' and Marcel De Jong's goals.
In the build-up to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as the tournament came to be known, Canada's defeated Brazil in the first game of a three-game series, winning 2- in front of 14 000+ at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on May 19, 2006. David Edgar and Will Johnson scored and Stephen Lumley made goal-line clearance to preserve Canada's first win over a Brazilian men's team at any level. Canada lost the remaining two matches 3–1. Despite an impressive run in friendlies leading up to the competition, Canada went winless in first round play without scoring a goal on home soil.
Coaching history
- Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
- Barrie Clarke (1979–1980)
- Bob Bearpark (1987–1994)
Tony Taylor (1987–1988)- Bruce Twamley (1997)
- Paul James (1998–1999)
- Dale Mitchell (2000–2006)
Stephen Hart (2002)- Valerio Gazzola (2010-2011)
- Nick Dasovic (2011–2013)
Rob Gale (2014–2018)- Andrew Olivieri (2018–2022)
- Mauro Biello (2022–present)
Fixtures and recent results
The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[1][2]
Win Draw Loss
2024
| February 23 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers Group D | Canada | v |  Dominica | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium |
| February 25 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | v | Canada | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium |
| February 27 2024 Concacaf Men's U-20 Qualifiers Group D | Trinidad and Tobago | v | Canada | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium |
Players
Current squad
The following 20 players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF Men's U20 Championship[3] hosted in Honduras, in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa from June 18 to July 3, 2022.[4]
Caps and goals as of June 26, 2022, after the match against Guatemala U20 team.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ben Alexander | June 27, 2003 | 4 | 0 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 18 | GK | Dino Bontis | August 3, 2004 | 1 | 0 | Sigma FC |
| 2 | DF | Noah Abatneh | September 28, 2004 | 3 | 0 | York United FC |
| 6 | DF | Matteo Campagna | June 27, 2004 | 6 | 0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| 12 | DF | Jefferson Alphonse | June 12, 2003 | 5 | 0 | CF Montréal Academy |
| 15 | DF | Keesean Ferdinand | August 17, 2003 | 4 | 0 | Portland Timbers 2 |
| 13 | DF | Kobe Franklin | May 10, 2003 | 4 | 0 | Toronto FC |
| 5 | DF | Jamie Knight-Lebel | December 24, 2004 | 5 | 0 | Bristol City U21 |
| 3 | DF | Kwasi Poku | February 6, 2003 | 5 | 0 | Forge FC |
| 4 | DF | Justin Smith | February 4, 2003 | 6 | 0 |  US Avranches |
| 10 | MF | Matthew Catavolo | February 13, 2003 | 6 | 3 | Toronto FC II |
| 17 | MF | Jessé Costa | April 28, 2005 | 4 | 1 |  VfL Wolfsburg U19 |
| 16 | MF | Maël Henry | May 26, 2004 | 5 | 1 | Cavalry FC |
| 14 | MF | Gabriel Pellegrino | March 25, 2004 | 5 | 0 | Freiburg U19 |
| 8 | MF | Rida Zouhir | November 23, 2003 | 4 | 0 | CF Montréal |
| 7 | FW | Jean-Aniel Assi | August 12, 2004 | 3 | 0 | Unattached |
| 19 | FW | Tiago Coimbra | January 17, 2004 | 4 | 0 | HFX Wanderers FC |
| 11 | FW | Kamron Habibullah | October 23, 2003 | 5 | 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 |
| 20 | FW | Hugo Mbongue | July 24, 2004 | 4 | 0 | Toronto FC |
| 9 | FW | Lowell Wright | August 19, 2003 | 6 | 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months.[5]
Players in bold have been called up by the senior team.
Previous Canada U-20 squads
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| U-20 World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1977 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1979 |
Group stage | 13th of 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1981 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1983 | |||||||||
 1985 |
Group stage | 14th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
 1987 |
Group stage | 12th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
 1989 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1991 | |||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||
 1995 | |||||||||
 1997 |
Round of 16 | 13th of 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
 1999 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2001 |
Group stage | 24th of 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
 2003 |
Quarter-finals | 8th of 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
 2005 |
Group stage | 21st of 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2007 |
Group stage | 24th of 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
 2009 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||
 2013 | |||||||||
 2015 | |||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||
 2019 | |||||||||
 2021 |
Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2023 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2025 |
to be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 8/24 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 50 | |
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
| CONCACAF U-20 Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1962 |
did not enter | ||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||
 1970 | |||||||||
| 1973 |
Fourth place | 4th of 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1974 |
Quarter-finals | 4th of 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
 1976 |
Second round | 5th of 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1978 |
Runner-up | 2nd of 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | |
| 1980 |
Semi-finals | 4th of 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1982 |
Second round | 5th of 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |
| 1984 |
Runner-up | 2nd of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| 1986 |
Champions | 1st of 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 1988 |
Group stage | 6th of 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1990 |
Group stage | 5th of 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 |
Third place | 3rd of 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| 1994 |
Third place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | |
| 1996 |
Champions | 1st of 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| 1998 |
Group stage | 6th of 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2001 |
Group stage | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2003 |
Group stage | 2nd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2005 |
Group stage | 2nd of 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2007 |
did not enter | ||||||||
| 2009 |
Group stage | 5th of 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2011 |
Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2013 |
Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
 2015 |
Group stage | 9th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |
 2017 |
Group stage | 9th of 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2018 |
Group stage | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2020 |
Cancelled | ||||||||
 2022 |
Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Total | 2 Titles | 24/28 | 106 | 51 | 20 | 35 | 197 | 119 | |
Jeux de la Francophonie
| Jeux de la Francophonie record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1989 |
Gold medal | 1st of 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1994 |
Group stage | 5th of 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
 1997 |
Gold medal | 1st of 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2001 |
Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2005 |
Group stage | 12th of 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
 2009 |
Fourth place | 4th of 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2013 |
Group stage | 10th of 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
 2017 |
Group stage | 7th of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | 2 Titles | 8/8 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 50 | |
Honours
See also
References
- ↑ "Draw reveals groups for 2024 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers". CONCACAF. October 11, 2023. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ↑ "CONCACAF Under-20 Championship - Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ↑ "CANADA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Honduras named host for 2022 Concacaf Men's U-20 Championship". Concacaf.com. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ↑ "CANADA SOCCER'S PROVISIONAL LIST FOR THE CONCACAF MEN'S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Canadian Soccer Association. May 18, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
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