| Fifa Trigramme: | NEP |
| Nickname: | The Young Gorkhalis |
| Association: | All Nepal Football Association |
| Sub-Confederation: | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Home Stadium: | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium |
| First Game: | 5–0 (Tokyo, Japan; 25 April 1972) |
| Largest Win: | 0–4 (Bhubaneswar, India; 25 July 2022) |
| Largest Loss: | 12–0 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 10 May 2002) |
| Regional Name: | AFC U-19 Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1971 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Group stage (4 times) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | SAFF U-19 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2015 |
The Nepal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 team of Nepal that represents Nepal in international competitions. The team is governed by the All Nepal Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The youth side mostly plays their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu.
| FIFA U-20 World Cup finals record | FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Result | |||||||||||||||||
 1977 | did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||
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| Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | |||||||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | |
| AFC U-19 Championship finals record | AFC U-19 Championship qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Result | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Non-FIFA member | Non-FIFA member | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1970 | Did not enter | No Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | |||||||||||
| Round 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | –19 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1[2] | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | –10 | |||||||||||
 1975 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 (5th)[3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | –15 | |||||||||||
| Round 2, Group A (3rd)[4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | –11 | |||||||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 5 (2nd)[5] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |||||||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 4 (2nd)[6] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |||||||||||
| Group 3 (3rd)[7] | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | |||||||||||
| Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 7 (3rd)[8] | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | |||||||||||
| Group 4 (5th)[9] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | –22 | |||||||||||
| Group 4 (4th)[10] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | |||||||||||
| Group 6 (3rd)[11] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | –13 | |||||||||||
| Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | Group 5 (1st)[12] | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +4 | ||
| Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | –13 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4/39 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 47 | –41 | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
See also: SAFF U-19 Championship.
| Host/Year | Result | Pts | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | ||
| Champions | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | ||
| Total | 2/2 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
The following 20 players were called up for 2022 SAFF championship.
In total, 50 players had been called up initially. However, 20 or so had to be sent back due to physicality and inexperience. Currently, 30 players are undergoing training.[13]
