Nickname(s) | The Young Gorkhalis | ||
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Association | All Nepal Football Association | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
Captain | Aayush Ghalan[citation needed] | ||
Home stadium | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | ||
FIFA code | NEP | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Tokyo, Japan; 25 April 1972) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Bhubaneswar, India; 25 July 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 10 May 2002) | |||
AFC U-19 Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1971) | ||
Best result | Group Stage (4 times) | ||
SAFF U-19 Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Champions (2015, 2019) |
The Nepal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 team of Nepal that represents Nepal in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifiers and the AFC Youth Championship, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. The team is governed by the All Nepal Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The youth side play their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu alongside the senior team.
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Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | ||||||||||
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Total | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
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Did not enter | No Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||||||||||
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Round 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | ||||||||||
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Round 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | –19 | ||||||||||
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Round 1[2] | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | –10 | ||||||||||
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Group 1 (5th)[3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | –15 | ||||||||||
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Round 2, Group A (3rd)[4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | –11 | ||||||||||
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Group 5 (2nd)[5] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | ||||||||||
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Group 4 (2nd)[6] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | ||||||||||
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Group 3 (3rd)[7] | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | ||||||||||
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Group 7 (3rd)[8] | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | ||||||||||
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Group 4 (5th)[9] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | –22 | ||||||||||
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Group 4 (4th)[10] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | ||||||||||
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Group 6 (3rd)[11] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | –13 | ||||||||||
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Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | Group 5 (1st)[12] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +4 | |
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Did not qualify | 2nd (Group 6) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
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4th (Group D) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
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5th (Group A) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
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5th (Group A) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
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4th (Group D) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | –13 | ||||||||||
Total | 4/39 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 47 | –41 | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
See also: SAFF U-19 Championship |
Host/Year | Result | Pts | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Champions | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
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Champions | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
Total | 2/2 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
The following 20 players were called up for 2022 SAFF championship.[citation needed]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Ishwor Gurung | 2 | 0 | ![]() | ||
GK | Unesh Chaudhari | 0 | 0 | |||
GK | Jiyarath Sheikh | 1 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Amar Shrestha | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Sonit Dahal | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Aayush Shrestha | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Ajay Chaudhari | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Sumit Shrestha | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Srijan Dhani | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Roshan Thapa | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
DF | Abhishek Waiba | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Nitin Thapa | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Manish Thapa | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Jay Gurung | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Sesehang Aangdembe | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Suraj Thakuri | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
MF | Anil Maharjan | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Dinesh Henjan (c) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Buddha Bahadur Tamang | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Ritik Khadka | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Anup Gurung | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
FW | Tika Gurung | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
In total, 50 players had been called up initially. However, 20 or so had to be sent back due to physicality and inexperience. Currently, 30 players are undergoing training.[13]