Norway national under-20 football team
| Nickname | U20-landslaget | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||
| Head coach | Bjørn Johansen | ||
| Most caps | Lasse Nordås / David Møller Wolfe (9)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Erling Haaland (11) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Portugal 3–0 Norway (Lisbon, Portugal; 26 January 1989) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Norway 12–0 Honduras (Lublin, Poland; 30 May 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Portugal 3–0 Norway (Lisbon, 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 | Quarter Finals (2025) | ||
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
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 2019 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2025 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2027 | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 4/25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 |
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
- Match dates: 29 September, 2 and 6 October 2025
- Opposition: Nigeria, Colombia and Saudi Arabia
- Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2025, after the match against France.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Sander Østraat | 2 February 2005 | 3 | 0 | HamKam |
| 12 | GK | Magnus Brøndbo | 2 March 2005 | 2 | 0 | Bodø/Glimt |
| 21 | GK | Einar Fauskanger | 18 July 2008 | 4 | 0 | Haugesund |
| 2 | DF | Luca Høyland | 26 June 2006 | 4 | 0 | Skeid |
| 3 | DF | Vetle Auklend | 22 March 2005 | 7 | 0 | Viking |
| 4 | DF | Rasmus Holten | 20 May 2005 | 5 | 2 | Sogndal |
| 5 | DF | Håkon Røsten | 21 February 2005 | 8 | 0 | Ranheim |
| 13 | DF | Mathias Øren | 21 April 2006 | 3 | 0 | Sogndal |
| 14 | DF | Jonathan Norbye | 26 March 2007 | 5 | 0 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 6 | MF | Kasper Sætherbø | 21 January 2005 | 6 | 0 | Mjøndalen |
| 7 | MF | Markus Haaland | 8 March 2005 | 9 | 0 | Brann |
| 10 | MF | Sondre Granaas | 30 August 2006 | 5 | 0 | Molde |
| 15 | MF | Ola Visted | 30 March 2005 | 9 | 0 | Hødd |
| 16 | MF | Martin Håheim-Elveseter | 29 December 2005 | 7 | 0 | Egersund |
| 17 | MF | Niklas Fuglestad | 20 May 2006 | 4 | 2 | Moss |
| 18 | MF | Tobias Moi | 3 March 2006 | 5 | 0 | Viking |
| 19 | MF | Lars Remmem | 18 February 2006 | 2 | 0 | Brann |
| 8 | FW | Gustav Nyheim | 13 February 2006 | 3 | 0 | Molde |
| 9 | FW | Julian Lægreid | 8 March 2007 | 3 | 0 | Brann |
| 11 | FW | Bork Bang-Kittilsen | 22 March 2005 | 9 | 0 | Mjällby |
| 20 | FW | Magnus Holte | 27 March 2006 | 5 | 0 | Hødd |
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 | 10 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | Stabæk | |
| DF | Fredrik Carson Pedersen | 9 October 2002 | 4 | 0 | Grorud | |
| DF | Anders Hiim | 13 September 2002 | 1 | 0 | Sandnes Ulf | |
| MF | Omar Bully Drammeh | 21 November 2002 | 0 | 0 | Grorud | |
| MF | Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen | 8 June 2003 | 2 | 0 | Vålerenga | |
| MF | Herman Geelmuyden | 22 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | Stabæk | |
| FW | Sondre Ørjasæter | 28 November 2003 | 0 | 0 | Sogndal | |
| FW | Ole Enersen | 6 September 2002 | 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).[3]
References
- ^ Fotball.no
- ^ "U20-landslagets VM-tropp er klar: - Blir et minne for livet" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "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 | 0.00 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| France | — | |||||||
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 30.77 |