United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team

United Arab Emirates U-23

Nickname(s)	Al Abyad
Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Marcelo Broli
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan  (South Korea; 21 September 1986)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates (Bani Yas; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait  (Thailand; 7 December 1998)

The United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is administered by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

Recent Fixtures

2023

2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup between 15 April and 3 May 2024.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Rakan Al-Menhali	(2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 23)	Al Jazira
2	2DF	Mohammed Al-Maazmi	(2001-01-16)16 January 2001 (aged 23)	Hatta
3	2DF	Mayed Al-Teneiji	(2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 21)	Al Nasr
4	3MF	Ahmed Al-Hammadi	(2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23)	Al Jazira
5	2DF	Khamis Al-Mansoori	(2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 20)	Baniyas
6	3MF	Ali Abdulaziz	(2003-07-16)16 July 2003 (aged 20)	Al Nasr
7	4FW	Harib Abdalla	(2002-11-26)26 November 2002 (aged 21)	Shabab Al Ahli
8	3MF	Sultan Al Bedwawi	(2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 22)	Hatta
9	4FW	Mohamed Ibrahim	(2002-12-15)15 December 2002 (aged 21)	Ittihad Kalba
10	4FW	Abdulla Abdelaziz	(2002-06-10)10 June 2002 (aged 21)	Ajman
11	4FW	Yaser Al-Blooshi	(2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23)	Ittihad Kalba
12	3MF	Abdulla Hamad	(2001-09-18)18 September 2001 (aged 22)	Al Wahda
13	2DF	Abdulla Al-Balooshi	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23)	Al Nasr
14	2DF	Mohammad Atiq	(2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 23)	Shabab Al Ahli
15	4FW	Abdulla Ahmed	(2004-06-13)13 June 2004 (aged 19)	Al Wahda
16	4FW	Ahmed Fawzi	(2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 22)	Al Jazira
17	1GK	Hamad Al-Meqbali	(2003-07-13)13 July 2003 (aged 20)	Shabab Al Ahli
18	2DF	Mubarak Zamah	(2003-11-29)29 November 2003 (aged 20)	Al Jazira
19	4FW	Abdullah Al-Hammadi	(2003-03-20)20 March 2003 (aged 21)	Al Dhafra
20	4FW	Fahad Bader	(2001-03-09)9 March 2001 (aged 23)	Emirates
21	4FW	Sultan Adil	(2004-05-04)4 May 2004 (aged 19)	Ittihad Kalba
22	1GK	Khaled Tawhid	(2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 20)	Sharjah
23	2DF	Zayed Sultan	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 23)	Al Jazira

Overage players in Olympic football

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2012	Ali Khasif (GK)	Ismail Al Hammadi (MF)	Ismail Matar (FW)

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year	Round	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
Total	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6

Matches

List of Olympic matches
2012	Group Stage	Uruguay	1–2	Loss	0–0–1
	Group Stage	Great Britain	1–3	Loss	0–0–2
	Group Stage	Senegal	1–1	Draw	0–1–2

Asian Cup

Final										Qualification
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	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	4		3	2	0	1	4	2
2024	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5		2	1	1	0	3	0
2026	TBD									TBD
Total	Quarter-finals	5th	18	5	5	8	15	22		19	13	4	2	39	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
2022	Group Stage	Japan	1–2	Loss	4–5–4
	Group Stage	Tajikistan	2–0	Win	5–5–4
	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Loss	5–5–5

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
2022	TBD
Total	Runner-ups	24	8	7	9	32	25

GCC Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	did not enter
2010	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2
2011	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	4

WAFF Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Group stage	2	1	0	1	5	5
2021		3	1	0	2	3	3
2022	Did not participate
2023	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	5
2024	Ongoing	2	0	1	1	1	2
Total	Group stage	7	2	0	5	9	13

References

See also

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