Norway national under-20 football team

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Norway Under-20
Nickname(s)U20-landslaget
AssociationFootball Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coachJan Peder Jalland [no]
Most capsErling Haaland (17)[1]
Top scorerErling Haaland (23)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Portugal 3–0 Norway 
(Lisboa, Portugal; 26 January 1989)
Biggest win
 Norway 12–0 Honduras 
(Lublin, Poland; 30 May 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 3–0 Norway 
(Lisboa, Portugal; 26 January 1989)
 Norway 0–3 Mexico 
(Adelaide, Australia; 7 March 1989)
 Portugal 3–0 Norway 
(Madeira, Portugal; 7 March 2003)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage (1989, 1993, 2019)

The Norway national under-20 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, is the national football team of Norway for players of 20 years of age or under at the start of a FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign. It competes for Norway if they qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup through the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record[edit]

Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 5
Portugal 1991 did not qualify
Australia 1993 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 5
Qatar 1995 did not qualify
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 13 5
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled[2]
Argentina 2023 did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total 3/24 9 2 1 6 17 15

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Sander Tangvik (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Norway Rosenborg
1GK Jasper Silva Torkildsen [no] (2003-12-21) 21 December 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Norway Start

2DF Nicolas Pignatel Jenssen (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Norway Stabæk
2DF David Møller Wolfe (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22) 8 0 Norway Brann
2DF Halvor Rødølen Opsahl (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 21) 5 0 Norway HamKam
2DF Max Williamsen (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 20) 2 1 Norway Kristiansund
2DF Robin Østrøm (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Denmark Silkeborg
2DF Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Norway Molde

3MF Fredrik Sjøvold (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
3MF Filip Rønningen Jørgensen (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 21) 6 0 Norway Odd
3MF Tobias Gulliksen (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Norway Strømsgodset
3MF Thelo Aasgaard (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 (age 21) 3 1 England Wigan Athletic
3MF Jonas Torrissen Therkelsen [no] (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Norway Strømsgodset
3MF Odin Thiago Holm (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Scotland Celtic
3MF Martin Palumbo (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Italy Juventus U23

4FW Lasse Selvåg Nordås (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 22) 7 2 Norway Tromsø
4FW Elias Hoff Melkersen (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21) 7 2 Scotland Hibernian
4FW Bryan Fiabema (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Free agent
4FW Joel Mugisha Mvuka (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 21) 5 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
4FW Seedy Jatta (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Norway Vålerenga

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have last been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Marius Amundsen Ulla [no] (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Norway Stabæk

DF Fredrik Carson Pedersen [no] (2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Norway Grorud
DF Anders Hiim [no] (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Norway Sandnes Ulf

MF Omar Bully Drammeh [no] (2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Norway Grorud
MF Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Norway Vålerenga
MF Herman Geelmuyden (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Norway Stabæk

FW Sondre Ørjasæter [no] (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Norway Sogndal
FW Ole Enersen (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Norway Strømsgodset

Records[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fotball.no
  2. ^ "FIFA cancels 2021 U-20, U-17 World Cups due to COVID-19 pandemic". www.mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "U20-tropp til privatlandskamper" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.

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