The Togo national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Sparrow Hawks, represents Togo in international youth football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup and the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, which are the top competitions for this age group.[1][2]
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| Nickname(s) | Les Éperviers (The Sparrow Hawks) | ||
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| Association | Togolese Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | King Messan Amétokodo | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de Kégué | ||
| FIFA code | TOG | ||
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| Biggest win | |||
 Togo 4–2 Morocco  (Rabat, Morocco; 24 May 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Yugoslavia 4–1 Togo (Santiago, Chile; 18 October 1987) | |||
| U-20 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1987) | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1987) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage (1987) | ||
Competitive record
editFIFA U-20 World Cup record
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA |
| 1977 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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| 1987 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1989 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 1/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record
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| Appearances: 1 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1979 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
| 1981 | First round | 9th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1983 | First round | 9th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1985 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
| 1987 | Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 1989 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
| 1993 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | Withdrew before qualification | |||||||
| 1999 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2001 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2005 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2015 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2017 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2019 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 3/23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
References
edit- ^ "La sélection U20 accrochée par Hearts of Oak d'Accra en amical à Lomé" (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Niger beats hosts Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria draw as WAFU-B U-20 kicks off". cafonline.com. 6 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
External links
edit- Togolese Football Federation (in French)