The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be an international football tournament that will be held in Argentina from 20 May to 11 June 2023. The twenty-four participating national teams were required to register a squad of 21 players, including at least three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 27.1). Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. The tournament exclusively requires players to be born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007 to be eligible, that is, they must be a maximum of 20 years old and at least 16 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the competition is played (Regulations Article 24.2).
Each participating national team had to submit a provisional list of a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 55 players (including at least four goalkeepers) to FIFA by the deadline stipulated by them (10 April 2023).
The provisional lists were not published by FIFA and player changes were allowed only in exceptional cases (Regulations Article 25). The final list of 21 players per national team had to be submitted to FIFA by the deadline stipulated by them (10 May). All players in the final list had to be chosen from the respective provisional list. Players in the final squad can be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team’s first match (Regulations Article 27).
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The tournament
The age listed for each player is on 20 May 2023, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.
The tournament is considered the breeding ground of future stars, with the legends of the game, such as Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Ronaldinho and Luis Figo featuring at previous editions.
A new winner will be crowned in Argentina after defending champions Ukraine failed to reach the European qualifiers
The 24 countries qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup are: Argentina (hosts), Uzbekistan, Guatemala, New Zealand, USA, Ecuador, Fiji, Slovakia, Senegal, Japan, Israel, Colombia, Italy, Brazil, Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Iraq, England, Tunisia, France, The Republic of Korea, The Gambia, and Honduras.
