Mali U-20
Nickname(s)The Eagles
AssociationMalian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachMahamoutou Kane
Home stadiumStade du 26 Mars
FIFA codeMLI
First colours
Second colours
African Youth Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1979)
Best resultChampions: 2019
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1989)
Best result3rd place: 1999, 2015

Mali national under-20 football team, represents Mali in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Malian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mali. The current coach is Mahamoutou Kane.

Their greatest achievement to date is finishing third in both the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup and in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they defeated Senegal 3-1 in the third-place match.

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected to take part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Alkalifa Coulibaly (2001-12-03)3 December 2001 (aged 17) Mali Onze Créateurs
2 2DF Arnaud Konan (2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 19) Mali Etoiles du Mandé
3 2DF Drissa Diarra (1999-05-01)1 May 1999 (aged 20) Mali AS Bamako
4 2DF Fode Konate (2000-12-02)2 December 2000 (aged 18) Mali AS Bamako
5 2DF Babou Fofana (1999-04-10)10 April 1999 (aged 20) Mali Stade Malien
6 3MF Ousmane Diakite (2000-07-25)25 July 2000 (aged 18) Austria Liefering
7 4FW Hadji Dramé (2000-09-10)10 September 2000 (aged 18) Mali Yelleni Olimpic
8 3MF Mohamed Camara (2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 19) Austria Hartberg
9 4FW El Bilal Touré (2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 17) Mali Afrique Foot Elite
10 3MF Mamadou Traoré (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 20) Mali Stade Malien
11 4FW Boubacar Konté (2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 18) Norway Sarpsborg FK
12 4FW Mamady Diarra (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 (aged 18) Mali Yeelen FC
13 2DF Clément Kanouté (1999-09-01)1 September 1999 (aged 19) Mali CS Duguwolofila
14 3MF Sambou Sissoko (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 18) Mali USFAS
15 2DF Abdoulaye Diaby (2000-07-04)4 July 2000 (aged 18) Belgium Antwerp
16 1GK Youssouf Koïta (2000-08-27)27 August 2000 (aged 18) Spain Girona
17 3MF Mamadou Samake (2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 19) Belgium Standard Liège
18 3MF Boubacar Traoré (2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 17) Mali AS Bamako
19 4FW Lassana N'Diaye (2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 18) Russia CSKA Moscow
20 4FW Sékou Koïta (1999-11-28)28 November 1999 (aged 19) Austria Wolfsberger AC
21 1GK Souleymane Coulibaly (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 (aged 17) Mali Afrique Foot Elite

Achievements

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland, Squad Lists" (PDF). Fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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