Norway national under-20 football team

Norway Under-20
Nickname(s)U20-landslaget
AssociationFootball Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coachJan Peder Jalland
Most capsLasse Nordås / David Møller Wolfe (9)[1]
Top scorerErling Haaland (11)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Portugal 3–0  
(Lisbon, Portugal; 26 January 1989)
Biggest win
  12–0 Honduras 
(Lublin, Poland; 30 May 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 3–0  
(Lisbon, Portugal; 26 January 1989)
  0–3 Mexico 
(Adelaide, Australia; 7 March 1989)
 Portugal 3–0  
(Madeira, Portugal; 7 March 2003)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances4 (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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1977 Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 5
1991 Did not qualify
1993 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 5
1995 Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 13 5
2021 Cancelled[2]
2023 Did not qualify
2025 Qualified
Total 3/24 9 2 1 6 17 15

Players

Current squad

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

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

3MF Fredrik Sjøvold (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 2 0 Bodø/Glimt
3MF Filip Rønningen Jørgensen (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 6 0 Odd
3MF Tobias Gulliksen (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 2 0 Strømsgodset
3MF Thelo Aasgaard (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 3 1 Wigan Athletic
3MF Jonas Torrissen Therkelsen (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 2 0 Strømsgodset
3MF Odin Thiago Holm (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 0 0 Celtic
3MF Martin Palumbo (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 2 0 Juventus U23

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

Recent call-ups

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 (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 0 0 Stabæk

DF Fredrik Carson Pedersen (2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 4 0 Grorud
DF Anders Hiim (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002 1 0 Sandnes Ulf

MF Omar Bully Drammeh (2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 0 0 Grorud
MF Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 2 0 Vålerenga
MF Herman Geelmuyden (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 2 0 Stabæk

FW Sondre Ørjasæter (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 0 0 Sogndal
FW Ole Enersen (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 2 0 Strømsgodset

Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

  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.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Norway's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.