| Sri Lanka | |
| Fifa Trigramme: | SRI |
| Nick Name: | ල০කා සි০හයෝ, Lankan Lions |
| Association: | Football Federation of Sri Lanka |
| Confederation: | AFC(Asia) |
| Sub-Confederation: | SAFF(South Asia) |
| Coach: | Sumith Walpola |
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| Regional Name: | AFC U-19 Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 8 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1959 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Quarter Finals (1967) |
| First Game: | 0-12 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 18 April 1959) |
The Sri Lanka national under-20 football team represents Sri Lanka in International Youth Football tournaments. Sri Lanka U-20 football team has a long history dating back to the 1960s. The Sri Lanka U-20 football team has yet to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The team has qualified for the Quarter Finals of the 1967 AFC Youth Championship.
Sri Lanka U-20 football team has a long history back to late 1960s. Sri Lanka U-20 Team was a competitor in the first AFC Youth Championship. Sri Lanka qualified for the Quarter Finals in 1967 AFC Youth Championship.
| World Cup finals | World Cup qualifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | width=30px | GP | width=30px | W | width=30px | D | width=30px | L | width=30px | GS | width=30px | GA | width=30px | GP | width=30px | W | width=30px | D* | width=30px | L | width=30px | GS | width=30px | GA |
| 1977 to 2007 | Did not Qualify | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 to 2015 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 to 2023 | Did not Qualify | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Championship finals | Championship qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 7/10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | No Qualify Round | |||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 11/12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | No Qualify Round | |||||||
| Did not Enter | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 9/12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| Quarter Finals | 8/14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| Did not Enter | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 12/15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Did not Enter | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| Did not Enter | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 18/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
| Did not Qualify | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 8/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Did not Qualify | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Did not Qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Did not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 10 year | Quarter Final | 36 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 152 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 60 | |
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
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| 2015 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Group-stage | 6/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
 2022 | Round-robin | 5/5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 2023 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2/5 | 0 Titles | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | ||||||