Afghanistan national under-20 football team
| Nickname(s) | شيران خراسان (The Lions of Khorasan) |
|---|---|
| Association | Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| FIFA code | AFG |
| AFC U-19 Championship | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1975) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1977) |
| CAFA U-20 Championship | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2023) |
| Best result | Fourth place (2023) |
The Afghanistan national under-20 football team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international football competitions at this age.
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Total | — | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| Group stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 3/42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 31 | — | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 61 | |