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Mali national under-20 football team

Mali U-20

Nickname(s)

The Eagles

Association

Malian Football Federation

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Mahamoutou Kane

Home stadium

Stade du 26 Mars

FIFA code

MLI

First colours

Second colours

African Youth Championship

Appearances

11 (first in 1979)

Best result

Champions: 2019

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Appearances

7 (first in 1989)

Best result

3rd 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)	Onze Créateurs
2	2DF	Arnaud Konan	(2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 19)	Etoiles du Mandé
3	2DF	Drissa Diarra	(1999-05-01)1 May 1999 (aged 20)	AS Bamako
4	2DF	Fode Konate	(2000-12-02)2 December 2000 (aged 18)	AS Bamako
5	2DF	Babou Fofana	(1999-04-10)10 April 1999 (aged 20)	Stade Malien
6	3MF	Ousmane Diakite	(2000-07-25)25 July 2000 (aged 18)	Liefering
7	4FW	Hadji Dramé	(2000-09-10)10 September 2000 (aged 18)	Yelleni Olimpic
8	3MF	Mohamed Camara	(2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 19)	Hartberg
9	4FW	El Bilal Touré	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 17)	Afrique Foot Elite
10	3MF	Mamadou Traoré	(1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 20)	Stade Malien
11	4FW	Boubacar Konté	(2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 18)	Sarpsborg FK
12	4FW	Mamady Diarra	(2000-06-26)26 June 2000 (aged 18)	Yeelen FC
13	2DF	Clément Kanouté	(1999-09-01)1 September 1999 (aged 19)	CS Duguwolofila
14	3MF	Sambou Sissoko	(2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 18)	USFAS
15	2DF	Abdoulaye Diaby	(2000-07-04)4 July 2000 (aged 18)	Antwerp
16	1GK	Youssouf Koïta	(2000-08-27)27 August 2000 (aged 18)	Girona
17	3MF	Mamadou Samake	(2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 19)	Standard Liège
18	3MF	Boubacar Traoré	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 17)	AS Bamako
19	4FW	Lassana N'Diaye	(2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 18)	CSKA Moscow
20	4FW	Sékou Koïta	(1999-11-28)28 November 1999 (aged 19)	Wolfsberger AC
21	1GK	Souleymane Coulibaly	(2001-08-28)28 August 2001 (aged 17)	Afrique Foot Elite

Achievements

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
- Runners-up: 1989
- 3rd Place: 2003
- Champions: 2019
FIFA U-20 World Cup
- 3rd Place: 1999
- 3rd Place: 2015
- Did not qualify: 2017
- Quarter-finals: 2019