1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.

Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


 * 1.Teams that made their debut.

Group stage
The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals
 * 🇲🇱 Mahamadou Dissa
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Couñago


 * 4 goals
 * 🇨🇲 Gaspard Komol
 * 🇬🇭 Peter Ofori-Quaye
 * 🇲🇱 Mamadou Bagayoko
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Twellman
 * Javier Chevantón


 * 3 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Fernando Baiano
 * 🇧🇷 Edu
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldinho
 * 🇩🇪 Enrico Kern
 * 🇯🇵 Naohiro Takahara
 * Roque Santa Cruz
 * 🇪🇸 Gabri
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Varela


 * 2 goals


 * 🇨🇲 Francis Kioyo
 * Zvonimir Deranja
 * 🇬🇭 Baffour Gyan
 * Damien Duff
 * Richard Sadlier
 * 🇯🇵 Shinji Ono
 * 🇲🇱 Abdoulaye Camara
 * 🇲🇱 Tenema Ndiaye
 * 🇲🇽 Luis González
 * 🇲🇽 Rafael Márquez
 * 🇲🇽 Daniel Osorno
 * 🇲🇽 Juan Pablo Rodríguez
 * 🇳🇬 Hashimu Garba
 * 🇳🇬 Ganiyu Shittu
 * Simão
 * 🇰🇷 Seol Ki-Hyeon
 * 🇪🇸 José Barkero
 * 🇪🇸 Xavi
 * Bernard Makufi


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Esteban Cambiasso
 * 🇦🇷 Luciano Galletti
 * 🇦🇺 Jason Culina
 * 🇦🇺 John Maisano
 * 🇦🇺 Mile Sterjovski
 * 🇧🇷 Fábio Aurélio
 * 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Gral
 * 🇧🇷 Mancini
 * 🇧🇷 Matuzalém
 * 🇨🇲 Modeste M'bami
 * Alberto Brenes
 * Mauricio Garita
 * Allan Meléndez
 * Esteban Santana
 * Ivica Banović
 * Saša Bjelanović
 * Darko Miladin
 * Silvester Sabolčki
 * 🇩🇪 Patrick Falk
 * 🇩🇪 Christian Timm
 * 🇬🇭 Tutu Adu
 * 🇬🇭 Owusu Afriyie
 * Julio César de León
 * Carlos Oliva
 * Maynor Suazo
 * Garry Crossley
 * Colin Healy
 * Stephen McPhail
 * 🇯🇵 Yasuhito Endō
 * 🇯🇵 Tatsuya Ishikawa
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Motoyama
 * 🇯🇵 Yuichiro Nagai
 * 🇯🇵 Mitsuo Ogasawara
 * 🇰🇿 Yerlan Urazayev
 * 🇲🇱 Amadou Coulibaly
 * 🇲🇱 Mahamadou Diarra
 * 🇲🇱 Seydou Keita
 * 🇲🇽 Eduardo Rodríguez
 * 🇳🇬 Julius Aghahowa
 * 🇳🇬 Pius Ikedia
 * Nelson Cuevas
 * Sergio Fernández
 * Rubén Maldonado
 * Nelson Vera
 * Marco Claúdio
 * Paulo Costa
 * Ricardo Sousa
 * Saleh Al-Saqri
 * Mohamad Dabo
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Kun-Hyung
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Dong-Gook
 * 🇰🇷 Na Hee-Keun
 * 🇪🇸 Rubén Suárez
 * 🇺🇸 Carlos Bocanegra
 * 🇺🇸 Danny Califf
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Futagaki
 * Jorge Anchen
 * Fabián Canobbio
 * Diego Forlán
 * Japhet Makayi
 * Ronald Mbambara
 * Andrew Sinkala