The Sri Lanka national u-20 Football team represents Sri Lanka in International Youth Football tournaments. Sri Lanka U-20 football team has a long history dating back to the 1960s. The Sri Lanka U-20 football team has yet to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The team has qualified for the Quarter Finals of the 1967 AFC Youth Championship.
| Association | Football Federation of Sri Lanka | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC(Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Sumith Walpola | ||
| FIFA code | SRI | ||
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| First international | |||
 Ceylon 0-12 Malaysia  (Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia; 18 April 1959) | |||
| AFC U-19 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1959) | ||
| Best result | Quarter Finals (1967) | ||
History edit
Sri Lanka U-20 football team has a long history back to late 1960s. Sri Lanka U-20 Team was a competitor in the first AFC Youth Championship. Sri Lanka qualified for the Quarter Finals in 1967 AFC Youth Championship.[citation needed]
Tournament Records edit
FIFA U-20 World Cup edit
| World Cup finals | World Cup qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1977 to  2007 |
Did not Qualify | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
 2009 to  2015 |
Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||
 2017 to  2023 |
Did not Qualify | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||
| Total | 0/24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 29 | |
AFC U-19 Championship edit
| Championship finals | Championship qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1959 |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 33 | |||||||||
| 1960 |
Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||
 1961 |
Group Stage | 7/10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | No Qualify Round | ||||||
| 1962 |
Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||
| 1963 |
Group Stage | 11/12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | No Qualify Round | ||||||
| 1964 to 1965 | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
 1966 |
Group Stage | 9/12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| 1967 |
Quarter Finals | 8/14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| 1968 |
Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 |
Group Stage | 12/15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 1970 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1962 to 1975 | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 |
Group Stage | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
 1977 |
Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
 1978 |
Group Stage | 18/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| 1980 to 1985 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||||||||
 1986 |
Group Stage | 8/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1988 to 2004 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||||||||
 2006 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2008 |
Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||
 2010 |
Did not Qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| 2012 to 2014 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||
 2016 |
Did not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 10 year | Quarter Final | 36 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 152 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 60 | |
Fixtures and results edit
2022 edit
| 25 July 2022 2022 SAFF U-20 G.S | Sri Lanka  | 0–1 | Bangladesh | Bhubaneswar, India |
| 19:00 |
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Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 27 July 2022 2022 SAFF U-20 G.S | Sri Lanka | 0-3 |  Nepal | Bhubaneswar, India |
| 19:00 | Ghalan 58'
Chhunju 65' Nakarmi 84' |
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 29 July 2022 2022 SAFF U-20 G.S | India | v | Sri Lanka | Bhubaneswar, India |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 31 July 2022 2022 SAFF U-20 G.S | Maldives  | v | Sri Lanka | Bhubaneswar, India |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
| 14 September 2022 2022 AFC U-20 Q | South Korea | v | Sri Lanka | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Stadium: MFF Stadium |
| 16 September 2022 2022 AFC U-20 Q | Sri Lanka | v | Malaysia | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Stadium: MFF Stadium |
| 18 September 2022 2022 AFC U-20 Q | Mongolia  | v | Sri Lanka | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Stadium: MFF Stadium |