England women's national under-20 football team

England Women's U-20s
Nickname(s)	The Young Lionesses
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
World Cup appearances	5 (First in 2002)
Best result	Third place, 2018
appearances	6 (First in 2002)
Best result	Champions, 2009

The England women's national under-20 football team is a now defunct association football team that represented England women at under-20 level until 2018. It was governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, England is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments. The team now operates as England Under-21s.

2018 Under-20 World Cup

In 2018 they finished third at the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup, their best ever finish at the tournament after winning the play-off for third 4-2 on penalties against the host nation France. In the knockout rounds, they overcame tournament debutants the Netherlands 2-1 in the quarter-finals before losing 2-0 to Japan, the first time England they had reached the semi-final stage.

Move to U-21 system

In a bid to better aid the transition between the youth pathway and senior football, the FA announced in September 2018 that they were scrapping the U23s and U20s levels in order to form an Under-21s age group, which would become the top tier of the nation's professional development phase. The move would align England's structure to that used in other European countries to allow for more age-appropriate games and better manage individual player development post-U20 World Cup for those who have genuine senior team potential. The then U20s manager Mo Marley was announced as head coach.

Current squad

Head coach Mo Marley named a 21-player squad to participate in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Brittany, France.

Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Sandy MacIver	18 June 1998 (aged 21)	Clemson Tigers
13	GK	Ellie Roebuck	23 September 1999 (aged 19)	Manchester City W.F.C.
21	GK	Emily Ramsey	16 November 2000 (aged 18)	Manchester United W.F.C.
2	DF	Anna Patten	20 April 1999 (aged 20)	Florida State Seminoles
3	DF	Mayumi Pacheco	25 August 1998 (aged 20)	Reading F.C.
5	DF	Grace Fisk	5 January 1998 (aged 21)	South Carolina Gamecocks
6	DF	Megan Finnigan	2 April 1998 (aged 21)	Everton L.F.C.
15	DF	Esme Morgan	18 October 2000 (aged 18)	Manchester City W.F.C.
18	DF	Taylor Hinds	25 April 1999 (aged 20)	Everton L.F.C.
4	MF	Mollie Rouse	27 November 1998 (aged 20)	Louisville Cardinals
8	MF	Georgia Allen	16 June 1998 (aged 21)	Syracuse Orange
12	MF	Ali Johnson	24 December 1998 (aged 20)	Bristol City
14	MF	Chloe Peplow	3 December 1998 (aged 20)	Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.
20	MF	Zoe Cross	6 February 1998 (aged 21)	Missouri Tigers
7	FW	Alessia Russo	8 February 1999 (aged 20)	North Carolina Tar Heels
9	FW	Lauren Hemp	7 August 2000 (aged 18)	Manchester City W.F.C.
10	FW	Georgia Stanway	3 January 1999 (aged 20)	Manchester City W.F.C.
11	FW	Niamh Charles	21 June 1999 (aged 20)	Liverpool L.F.C.
16	FW	Chloe Kelly	15 January 1998 (aged 21)	Everton L.F.C.
17	FW	Rinsola Babajide	17 June 1998 (aged 21)	Liverpool L.F.C.
19	FW	Charlie Wellings	18 May 1998 (aged 21)	Birmingham City W.F.C.

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