United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team

United Arab Emirates U-23

Association	U.A.E. Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Denis Silva
Captain	Ahmed Al-Mehrzi
Most caps	Ahmed Khalil
Top scorer	Ahmed Khalil
Home stadium	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan  (South Korea; September 21, 1986)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates (Bani Yas, United Arab Emirates; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait  (Thailand; December 7, 1998)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2012)
Best result	Round 1 (2012)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Silver medalist (2010)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2013)
Best result	Quarter Finals (2013, 2016 and 2020)

The United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم) represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates' home ground is Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Tournament records[]

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020
2024	To Be Determined
2028
Total	Group Stage	1/8	3	0	1	2	3	6

AFC U-23 Championship[]

AFC Under-23 Asian Cup record										AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Quarter–Finals	8th	4	1	2	1	2	2		5	3	2	0	8	4
2016		5th	4	2	1	1	5	5		3	3	0	0	8	0
2018	Did not qualify									3	2	0	1	6	2
2020	Quarter–Finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	6		3	2	1	0	10	2
2022	Qualified									3	2	0	1	4	2
Total	Best: Quarter–Finals	3/4	12	4	5	3	11	13		14	12	3	2	36	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches[]

List of U-23 AFC Asian Cup matches
2013	Group Stage	Syria	1–1	Draw	0–1–0
	Group Stage	Yemen	1–0	Win	1–1–0
	Group Stage	North Korea	0–0	Draw	1–2–0
	Quarter-Final	Jordan	0–1	Loss	1–2–1
2016	Group Stage	Australia	1–0	Win	2–2–1
	Group Stage	Jordan	0–0	Draw	2–3–1
	Group Stage	Vietnam	3–2	Win	3–3–1
	Quarter-Final	Iraq	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Loss	3–3–2
2020	Group Stage	Vietnam	0–0	Draw	3–4–2
	Group Stage	North Korea	2–0	Win	4–4–2
	Group Stage	Jordan	1–1	Draw	4–5–2
	Quarter-Final	Uzbekistan	1–5	Loss	4–5–3

Asian Games[]

Asian Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006		3	0	1	2	3	7
2010	Silver	7	4	2	1	9	2
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	8	3
2018	Bronze	7	1	3	3	9	9
Total	5/5	24	8	7	9	32	25

GCC U-23 Championship[]

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
	Did Not Enter
	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2
	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	4

Recent results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Lose

2021[]

2022[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were selected to compete in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification in October 2021
• Match date: 24 – 30 October 2021
• Opposition:  Kyrgyzstan,  India &  Oman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 20)			Al Jazira
17	1GK	Suhail Abdulla	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 22)			Emirates
22	1GK		(1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 22)			Shabab Al Ahli
2	2DF	Abdulla Idrees	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 22)			Al Jazira
3	2DF		(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 22)			Al Wasl
5	2DF	Omar Saeed	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 22)			Hatta
12	2DF	Ahmed Abdulla	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 23)			Shabab Al Ahli
4	3MF	Ahmed Mahmoud	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 21)			Emirates
6	3MF	Hussain Mahdi	(2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 21)			Al Nasr
8	3MF	Mohammed Abbas	(2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 19)			Al Ain
10	3MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 22)			Al Ain
13	3MF	Faris Khalil	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 21)			Al Wasl
14	3MF		(1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 22)			Emirates
15	3MF	Majid Rashid	(2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 21)			Sharjah
16	3MF	Eid Khamis	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 22)			Shabab Al Ahli
20	3MF		(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21)			Al Ain
21	3MF		(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 22)			Baniyas
7	4FW	Ali Saleh	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 21)			Al Wasl
9	4FW		(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 21)			Khor Fakkan
11	4FW	Rashid Mubarak	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 22)			Hatta
18	4FW	Hareb Abdullah	(2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 (age 19)			Shabab Al Ahli
19	4FW		(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 22)			Khor Fakkan

See also[]

• United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team
• United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

References[]