Maldives national under-23 football team

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 Maldives
Nickname(s)Red Snappers
AssociationFootball Association of Maldives
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachAli Suzain
FIFA codeMDV
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The Maldives national Under-23 football team, also known as Maldives Under-23s or Maldives U23(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Maldives national football team, and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives.

Asian Games[]

2002[]

Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games

This was the Maldives U-23s' first competitive tournament. They were eliminated from the Preliminary Round, after being defeated 4–0 to South Korea, 3–1 to Malaysia and 5–0 to Oman. The only goal for the Maldives was scored by Ibrahim Fazeel.

2006[]

Main article: Football at the 2006 Asian Games

In this year, Maldives were drawn to play in the Group A of the Second Round, alongside India, Hong Kong and Iran. Ashad Ali scored the only goal in the 3–1 loss against Iran. In the match against India, Ali Ashfaq scored the equalizing goal for Maldives, but they couldn't hold India till the end and lost for 2–1 as India scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game. The last match of the group was against Hong Kong. Maldives lost 1–0 to them as Maldives were conceded in the 11th minute of the game.

2010[]

Main article: Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Maldives ended up the competition at the 3rd position of Group F in the 2010 Asian Games held at China. They lost the first match, 3–0 to Oman,[1] but they managed to draw with a score of 0–0 against Pakistan[2] and Thailand.[3]

AFC U-22 Asian Cup[]

2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualification[]

In 2012 it was announced that Maldives U23 would participate in the qualifying round of the inaugural AFC U-22 Asian Cup in June 2012.[4]

Competitive record[]

Recent fixtures and results[]

2012[]

2013[]

2014[]

2015[]

Date Tournament Location Opponent Stadium Score Maldivian Scorers
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Lebanon Lebanon
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–2
Irufaan 4'
25 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Bahrain Bahrain
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–3
27 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Iraq Iraq
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–7
Hamza 27'
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Oman Oman
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–5

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Team Manager Maldives Mohamed Adhuham
Head Coach Maldives Ali Suzain
Assistant Coach Maldives Mohammed Shahid
Assistant Coach Maldives Sabah Mohamed
Goalkeeping Coach Maldives Haseeb Hameed
Team Doctor Maldives Hisham Ali Zaki

Current squad[]

The following players were called up to the squad for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ibrahim Labaan Shareef (1996-01-18) January 18, 1996 (age 26) Maldives Mahibadhoo
2 2DF (1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 29) Maldives Eagles
3 2DF Mohamed Ihsan Maldives Maziya
4 2DF Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf Maldives Maziya
5 3MF (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 (age 29) Maldives Victory
6 3MF Mohamed Irufaan (Captain) (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 (age 27) Maldives Maziya
7 3MF (1993-07-18) July 18, 1993 (age 28) Maldives Maziya
8 3MF Maldives Valencia
9 3MF (1996-02-18) February 18, 1996 (age 26) Maldives Maziya
10 3MF Maldives Maziya
11 4FW Ahmed Rizuvan (1995-06-04) June 4, 1995 (age 26) Maldives Maziya
12 3MF Maldives Maziya
13 2DF (1995-08-22) August 22, 1995 (age 26) Maldives Eagles
14 4FW (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 (age 28) Maldives Eagles
15 2DF (1993-02-05) February 5, 1993 (age 29) Maldives Maziya
16 3MF Ahmed Suhail (1995-06-07) June 7, 1995 (age 26) Maldives New Radiant
17 3MF Hamza Mohamed (1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 27) Maldives New Radiant
18 1GK (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993 (age 28) Maldives Eagles
19 2DF Mohamed Saaif (1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 (age 27) Maldives Maziya
20 3MF (1996-06-07) June 7, 1996 (age 25) Maldives Eagles
22 3MF Hafiz Ahmed Maldives Eagles
23 2DF Maldives Eagles
25 1GK Maldives Maziya

Coaches[]

Name Nat Period
István Urbányi Hungary 2011–2013
Drago Mamić Croatia 2014
Assad Abdul Ghanee[5] Maldives 2015
René Hiddink[6] Netherlands 2021–

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maldives-U23 1-3 Oman-U23". envivo24.com. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Maldives 0 - 0 Pakistan: Maldives loses a golden chance". maldivesoccer.com. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Maldives held Thailand to finish third". maldivesoccer.com. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ "AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw results". the-afc.com. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. ^ Assad to coach u23 side. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)
  6. ^ Rene Hiddink selected as the head coach of u-23 team at Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). access date: 14 June 2021

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