Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-20
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر; (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Bandar Basraih
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	KSA
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1973)
Best result	Winners (1986, 1992, 2018)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1985)
Best result	Round of 16 (2011, 2017)

Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة) also known as Saudi Arabia Youth team, represents Saudi Arabia in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments.

Honours

AFC U-19 Championship

Winners (3): 1986, 1992, 2018
Runners-up (2): 1985, 2016

Arab Cup U-20

Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012

GCC U-19 Championship

Winners (1): 2016

Competitions record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	1	1
1987	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	6
1989	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	4	3
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	1	2
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Did Not Qualify
1999	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	2	6
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2005	Did Not Qualify
2007
2009
2011	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	5
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	0	3	4	8
2021	To be determined
Total	9/23	Best: R16	29	5	7	17	25	39

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1959	Did not enter
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973	Semi-finals	4th	6	2	1	3	5	11
1974	Did not enter
1975
1976
1977	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	7	2
1978	Quarter-finals	5th	5	2	2	1	12	5
1980	Did not enter
1982	Did not enter
1985	Round-robin	2nd	3	1	2	0	8	5
1986	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	1
1988	Did not enter
1990	Did not enter
1992	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	3
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not enter
1998	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	1	1	10	6
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	0	2	18	5
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2010	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	0	2	5	6
2012	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	6	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	16	11
2018	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	13	4
2020	To be determined
Total	14/40	Best: 3 titles	69	42	13	14	144	75

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Lose

2019

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Senegal	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Diagne Niang	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	v	Senegal	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
12:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Uruguay	Murcia, Spain
17:00 (UTC+1)		Report	Ocampo 51' Ardaiz 62'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

25 March 2019 (2019-03-25) Friendly	Argentina	5–0	Saudi Arabia	Murcia, Spain
15:00 (UTC+1)	Ferreira 7' Álvarez 24' Maroni 38' Garré 75' Colidio 85'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–0	South Africa	Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Qahtani 26'	Report		Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–2	South Africa	Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Ammar 53'	Report	Monyane	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) Friendly	Nigeria	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
16:30 (UTC+2)	Offia 65'	Report	Al-Ghannam 56' Al-Ghamdi 78'	Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Colombia	Kapfenberg, Austria
16:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Carbonero 3', 81' Hernández 37'	Stadium: Bad Waltersdorf

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Mexico	Dravograd, Slovenia
16:00 (UTC+2)	Al-Ammar 12'	Report	67'

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Slovenia	Stubenberg, Austria
16:00 (UTC+2)	Mansour 42' Al-Najei 88'

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Portugal	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
12:30 (UTC+2)	Al-Ghushayan 28'	Report	Queirós 57' Trincão 68' Leão 76'	Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 2019 U20 WC GS	France	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Gdynia, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)	Fofana 43' Gouiri 75'	Report		Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

28 May 2019 (2019-05-28) 2019 U20 WC GS	Saudi Arabia	3–4	Mali	Gdynia, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2)	Al-Buraikan 9' Tambakti 20' (pen.) Al-Ghannam 63'	Report	S. Koïta 36' Koné 54' B. Traoré 70' Camara 90'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 1,707 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) 2019 U20 WC GS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Panama	Gdynia, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)	Al-Buraikan 53'	Report	McKenzie 7' Valanta 78'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Tajikistan	Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Absi 78'	Report	85'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Jordan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Ali 75', 87'	Report	15' 80'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Jordan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Ghamdi 8' Al-Boloushi 23' Al-Soraihi 90'	Report	46' 85'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	5–1	Kyrgyzstan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Absi 18' Al-Soraihi 27' Al-Oufi 34' Al-Assimi 64' Al-Nashri 88'	Report	80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Kyrgyzstan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Marran 20', 58'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 2020 AFC U19 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Afghanistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Ghamdi 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) 2020 AFC U19 Q	India	0–4	Saudi Arabia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)		Report	Marran 2' Al-Bassas 10', 17', 28'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,523 Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 2020 AFC U19 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Uzbekistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)	Al-Sayyali 45' (pen.)	Report	Jaloliddinov 88'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

2020

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) 2020 AC U20 GS	Saudi Arabia	4–0	Palestine	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
14:45 (UTC+3)	Marran 24', 64', 90+4' Hassan Al-Ali 56'			Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)

21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) 2020 AC U20 GS	Egypt	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
14:45 (UTC+3)	Abdelmaguid 8' Faisal 44'		Marran 54' (pen.) Yahya 90'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

24 February 2020 (2020-02-24) 2020 AC U20 GS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Algeria	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
15:30 (UTC+3)	Salem 74'		Zerrouki 67' Bekkouche 79'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan)

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) Friendly	Croatia	4–3	Saudi Arabia	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
20:30 (UTC+2)	Marin 19' (pen.), 70' Brković 57' Brnić 83'		Al-Absi 36' Marran 52' Al-Ghamdi 77'	Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Bulgaria	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
16:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

11 September 2020 (2020-09-11) Friendly	Indonesia	3–3	Saudi Arabia	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
16:30 UTC+2	Jauhari 45+1' Saddam 48' Braif 90+2'	Report	Al Absi 27' (pen.) Marran 33' (pen.) Khaleel 37'	Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

15 October 2020 (2020-10-15) 2020 AFC U19 GS	Saudi Arabia	v	Laos	Namangan, Uzbekistan
15:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 2020 AFC U19 GS	Vietnam	v	Saudi Arabia	Namangan, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium

21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) 2020 AFC U19 GS	Saudi Arabia	v	Australia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up for the 2020 Arab Cup U-20.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Raed Azyabi	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 22)	Al-Nassr
2	2DF	Khaled Daghriri	(2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 22)	Al-Faisaly
3	2DF	Ali Al-Absi		Al-Faisaly
4	2DF	Basil Al-Hudhaif	(2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 (age 22)	Al-Ittihad
5	2DF	Saad Al-Mousa	(2002-12-10) 10 December 2002 (age 21)	Al-Ettifaq
6	2DF	Basil Al-Sayali	(2001-06-22) 22 June 2001 (age 22)	Al-Nassr
7	3MF	Ziyad Al-Johani	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 22)	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Faisal Al-Ghamdi	(2001-08-13) 13 August 2001 (age 22)	Al-Ettifaq
9	4FW	Mohammed Marran	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23)	Al-Nassr
10	3MF	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 23)	Al-Wehda
11	3MF	Haitham Asiri	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 24)	Al-Ahli
12	2DF	Fahad Al-Dossari
13	2DF	Mohammed Al-Oufi	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 21)	Al-Ittihad
14	3MF	Awad Al-Nashri	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22)	Al-Ittihad
15	3MF	Ayman Yahya	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23)	Al-Nassr
16	3MF	Ahmed Bassas	(2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 23)	Al-Ahli
17	4FW	Sultan Al-Soraihi	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)	Al-Ahli
18	3MF	Sultan Al-Anazi	(2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 23)	Al-Nassr
19	4FW	Hassan Al-Ali	(2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 22)	Al-Ahli
20	2DF	Nawaf Al-Mutairi	(2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 23)	Al-Nassr
21	1GK	Mishari Sanyoor	(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22)	Al-Raed
22	1GK	Sultan Al-Qahtani		Al-Faisaly
23	3MF	Mohammed Mahrazi		Al-Ettifaq

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

References

^ "إليكم قائمة 23 لاعبًا تم استدعاؤهم لتمثيل "الأخضر"".

[1] "إليكم قائمة 23 لاعبًا تم استدعاؤهم لتمثيل "الأخضر"".

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AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA