Equatorial Guinea national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Equatorial Guinea women's national under-20 football team.

Equatorial Guinea U-20

Nickname(s)	Nzalang Nacional (National Thunder)
Association	Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	Óscar Eyang Mvondo Nsang
Most caps	Alejandro Nza Ekang Owono
Top scorer	Héctor Mbarga Obiang Nguema
Home stadium	Estadio de Malabo
FIFA code	EQG
First colours Second colours
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 1981)
Best result	Round 2 (1981)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	None

The Equatorial Guinea national under-20 football team, nicknamed the National Thunder, represents Equatorial Guinea 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 is the top competitions for this age group.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification (Central Zone Group A) matches against Congo and DR Congo on 26 and 28 September 2024, respectively.

Caps and goals updated as of 28 September 2024 after the match against DR Congo.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Melchor Krohnert	(2008-07-01) 1 July 2008	0	0	Cano Sport
13	1GK	Federico Ndong		2	0	Bata City Sport
2	2DF	Genaro Ndong		2	0	EDSA
3	2DF	Baldomero Nsue		2	0	Sporting Academy GE
4	2DF	Rafael Nguema (captain)	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006	2	0	Deportivo Mongomo
5	2DF	José Daniel Ondo	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005	2	0	Cano Sport
8	2DF	Fernando Edu		2	0	Real Teka
12	2DF	Feliciano Ondo		0	0	EDSA
7	3MF	Bonifacio Edu	(2006-06-19) 19 June 2006	2	0	Cano Sport
14	3MF	Luciano Ndong		1	0	Bata City Sport
15	3MF	Leoncio Edjang	(2005-06-27) 27 June 2005	2	0	15 de Agosto
16	3MF	Wenceslao Nguema		2	0	Fundación Bata
18	3MF	Daniel Ekobo		0	0	Atlético Semu
19	3MF	Benjamín Owono		1	0	Academia Bata City
6	4FW	Enrique Iyanga	(2008-01-10) 10 January 2008	2	0	Cano Sport
9	4FW	Justo Eworo	(2006-12-27) 27 December 2006	2	1	Cano Sport
10	4FW	Juan Carlos Muendji	(2005-08-11) 11 August 2005	1	0	Deportivo Ebenezer
11	4FW	Antonio Esimi	(2005-12-08) 8 December 2005	2	0	Cano Sport
17	4FW	Cedrigo Abogo	(2006-07-14) 14 July 2006	2	0	Malabo United
20	4FW	Antonio Melchor Ndong		2	0	EDSA

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	To be determined
Total	0/23	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Equatorial Guinea national football team
• Equatorial Guinea national under-17 football team