Norway national under-20 football team

Norway Under-20

Nickname(s)	U20-landslaget
Association	Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coach	Jan Peder Jalland [no]
Most caps	Lasse Nordås / David Møller Wolfe (9)[1]
Top scorer	Erling Haaland (11)
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
Appearances	4 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group 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

• The following players were called up for the 2022–23 Under 20 Elite League match.[3]
• Match dates: 23 and 27 March 2023
• Opposition:  Italy and  Romania
• Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against  Belgium.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Sander Tangvik	(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Rosenborg
	1GK	Jasper Silva Torkildsen [no]	(2003-12-21) 21 December 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Start
	2DF	Nicolas Pignatel Jenssen	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Stabæk
	2DF	David Møller Wolfe	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Brann
	2DF	Halvor Rødølen Opsahl	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22)	5	0	HamKam
	2DF	Max Williamsen	(2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 21)	2	1	Kristiansund
	2DF	Robin Østrøm	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Silkeborg
	2DF	Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Molde
	3MF	Fredrik Sjøvold	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Bodø/Glimt
	3MF	Filip Rønningen Jørgensen	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Odd
	3MF	Tobias Gulliksen	(2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Strømsgodset
	3MF	Thelo Aasgaard	(2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 (age 22)	3	1	Wigan Athletic
	3MF	Jonas Torrissen Therkelsen [no]	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Strømsgodset
	3MF	Odin Thiago Holm	(2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Celtic
	3MF	Martin Palumbo	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Juventus U23
	4FW	Lasse Selvåg Nordås	(2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 22)	7	2	Tromsø
	4FW	Elias Hoff Melkersen	(2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 22)	7	2	Hibernian
	4FW	Bryan Fiabema	(2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Real Sociedad B
	4FW	Joel Mugisha Mvuka	(2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Bodø/Glimt
	4FW	Seedy Jatta	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21)	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 [no]	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Stabæk
DF	Fredrik Carson Pedersen [no]	(2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Grorud
DF	Anders Hiim [no]	(2002-09-13) 13 September 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Sandnes Ulf
MF	Omar Bully Drammeh [no]	(2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Grorud
MF	Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Vålerenga
MF	Herman Geelmuyden	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Stabæk
FW	Sondre Ørjasæter [no]	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Sogndal
FW	Ole Enersen	(2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Strømsgodset

Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

• Biggest win by any team in FIFA U-20 World Cup history (12–0 win against Honduras at 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup).[4]

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.

External links

• FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive

Head-to-head record

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

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	12	0	+12	100.00
Iraq	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Spain	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total	9	2	1	6	17	15	+2	022.22