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.

  Third Place

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	9
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999	Third place	7	5	0	2	16	14
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	7
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
2013		3	0	2	1	2	5
2015	Third place	7	3	2	2	11	7
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Quarter-finals	5	1	2	2	11	13
2023	Did not qualify
2025
Total	7/24	31	10	7	14	45	61

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

• Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
  • Champions: 2019
  • Runners-up: 1989
  • Third place: 2003
• FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Third place: 1999, 2015

The following table shows Mali's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	5	4	+1	100.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
East Germany	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
France	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	000.00
Germany	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Mexico	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Panama	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
Senegal	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	000.00
Spain	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	066.67
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Total	31	10	7	14	45	61	−16	032.26

• Mali national football team
• Mali national under-17 football team

• Mali U-20 profile - eurosport.fr