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

Burkina Faso U-20

Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 2003)
Best result	Fourth place (2003)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Round of 16 (2003)

The Burkina Faso national under-20 football team is the under-20 youth team for national football in Burkina Faso. The team is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation.

The team participated at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the United Arab Emirates. They did very well in the group stage and finished first. In the round of 16 they were eliminated by Canada 1–0. That tournament was their first ever U-20 World Cup.

The team won the gold medal in the men's tournament at the 2019 African Games held in Morocco. This was the first time the team won gold at the African Games. Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not enter
1979
1981
1983
1985	Withdrew before qualification
1987	Did not enter
1989
1991	Withdrew before qualification
1993	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999	Withdrew before qualification
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	2	1
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
2027	To be determined
Total	1/24	4	1	2	1	2	1

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1979	Did not enter
1981
1983
1985	Withdrew before qualification
1987	Did not enter
1989
1991	Withdrew before qualification
1993	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999	Withdrew before qualification
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Fourth place	4th	5	1	4	0	4	3
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Group Stage	7th	3	1	0	2	2	3
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	8
2021	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	2	0	4	1
2023	Did not qualify
2025
2027	TBD
Total	Fourth place	5/26	15	4	6	5	11	15

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*There was no third place match from 1979-1989.

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Sidi Diawara	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 19)	AS Douanes
2	2DF	Gaoussou Sanou	(2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 19)	Royal
3	2DF	Eric Chardey	(2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 17)	Majestic
4	2DF	Yashir Moustapha Ouedraogo	(2001-12-31)31 December 2001 (aged 19)	ASFA
5	2DF	Yacouba Nasser Djiga	(2002-11-15)15 November 2002 (aged 18)	FC Basel
6	3MF	Roland Sanou	(2002-05-10)10 May 2002 (aged 18)	Royal
7	4FW	Kouamé Botué	(2002-08-07)7 August 2002 (aged 18)	USFA
8	3MF	Yael Tiendrebeogo	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 19)	Gaz Metan Târgu Mureș
9	4FW	Alassane Zeba	(2003-07-24)24 July 2003 (aged 17)	Academie Football Tenakourou
10	3MF	Irahim Bance	(2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 20)	ASEC Mimosas
11	4FW	Pierre Landry Kabore	(2001-07-05)5 July 2001 (aged 19)	Salitas
12	3MF	Faad Sana	(2003-04-15)15 April 2003 (aged 17)	WAFA
13	4FW	Nathanio Jr. Kompaore	(2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 19)	Anderlecht
14	3MF	Clovis Ouedraogo	(2002-07-24)24 July 2002 (aged 18)	ÉF Ouagadougou
15	3MF	Drissa Banao	(2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 19)	KOZAF
16	1GK	Ladji Sanou	(2003-04-21)21 April 2003 (aged 17)	Salitas
17	3MF	Blakiss Ouattara	(2001-12-16)16 December 2001 (aged 19)	RC Bobo Dioulasso
18	3MF	Ousmane Diane	(2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 20)	ASFA
19	4FW	Urbain Convolbo	(2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (aged 18)	AS Douanes
20	3MF	Raouf Memel Dao	(2003-09-05)5 September 2003 (aged 17)	US Ouagadougou
21	4FW	Joffrey Bazie	(2003-10-27)27 October 2003 (aged 17)	Salitas
22	2DF	Karamoko Bamba	(2003-12-02)2 December 2003 (aged 17)	RC Bobo Dioulasso
23	1GK	Sebastien Koula Tou	(2004-12-01)1 December 2004 (aged 16)	Football Broug
24	3MF	Aboubacar Belem	(2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 19)	Majestic
25	2DF	Mohamed Congo	(2003-10-08)8 October 2003 (aged 17)	Majestic
26	3MF	Noufou Zagre	(2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (aged 16)	ASF Bobo Dioulasso
27	4FW	Moubarack Compaore	(2002-09-24)24 September 2002 (aged 18)	Oslo Football Académie de Dakar
28	4FW	Daouda Beleme	(2001-01-05)5 January 2001 (aged 20)	St. Pauli
29	2DF	Gilbert Bilgo	(2001-05-02)2 May 2001 (aged 19)	US Ouagadougou
30	1GK	Moussa Traore	(2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 20)	Rahimo
31	2DF	Brahima Dao	(2003-04-12)12 April 2003 (aged 17)	Rahimo