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Bahrain national under-17 football team

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The Bahrain national under-17 football team is the selection of under-17 players who represent the Bahrain Football Association for two years in competition. They have once been finalists in the AFC U-16 Championship and once finished fourth at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Bahrain Bahrain national under-17 football team
Nickname(s)Al Ahmar (The Reds)
AssociationBahrain Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
FIFA codeBHR
First colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1989)
Best resultFourth place (1989)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1986)
Best resultRunners-ups (1988)

Al Ahmar was successful at the FIFA U-17 World Cup way back in 1989 where they topped group A, beating the likes of Cuba and Ghana by 3-0 and 1-0 margins, respectively. They drew with Scotland 1–1 in their final group stage game which helped them top their group. Later in the quarterfinals, they defeated Brazil on penalties and lost to Saudi Arabia in the semifinal hence ending their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup on a high note by finishing 4th. They have played only one more world cup since then (in 1997) where they finished 3rd in their group, winning only one game.

Bahrain enjoyed the success in AFC U-16 competitions as well. Their best result came in 1988 where they finished as runners up losing to Saudi Arabia in final. After failing to qualify in 1990 edition, they qualified for the next 4 editions until 1998, but this time, the best they could achieve was 3rd place in 1996 & 1998 editions.

Since 2000 edition until 2018 Bahrain failed to qualify for AFC U-16 Championship, but AFC awarded them hosting rights for 2020 edition of AFC U-16 Championship.

Recent Results & Fixtures

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U-16

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2019 WAFF U-15 Championship

3 July 2019 WAFF U-15 Bahrain  1 - 1  Syria Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
16:00 Referee: Abdullah Jamali(Kuwait)
5 July 2019 WAFF U-15  Lebanon 0 - 1 Bahrain  Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
Referee: Emad Bojeh (Palestine)
7 July 2019 WAFF U-15  Iraq 3 - 1 Bahrain  Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)
11 July 2019 WAFF U-15 Bahrain  1 - 1  Oman Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
Referee: Mohamad Ghabaien (Jordan)

2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

18 September 2019 AFC U16 Q  Uzbekistan 3 - 1 Bahrain  JAR Stadium, Tashkent
16:00 Islamov 18'
Abdurazakov 69'
Turdimurodov 90'
Mahmood 44' Attendance: 550
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
20 September 2019 AFC U16 Q Bahrain  0 - 5 India  Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent
16:00 Nongmeikapam 4,27'
M.Hasan 25' (o.g.)
Shubho Paul 45+1,73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
22 September 2019 AFC U16 Q Bahrain  1 - 2  Turkmenistan Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent
16:00 Humood 11' Annamyradov 79' (pen.) Gurbandurdyýew 90+2' Attendance: 35
Referee: Kim Woo-sung(South Korea)

2020 AFC U-16 Championship


Bahrain vA4

A3v Bahrain

Bahrain vA2

Performance at the AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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Host nation(s) / Year Round
Qatar 1985 Did not qualify
Qatar 1986 Group stage
Thailand 1988 Finalist
United Arab Emirates 1990 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1992 Group stage
Qatar 1994 4th place
Thailand 1996 3rd place
Qatar 1998 3rd place
Vietnam 2000 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2002 Did not qualify
Japan 2004 Did not qualify
Singapore 2006 Did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2008 Group stage
Uzbekistan 2010 Did not qualify
Iran 2012 Did not qualify
Thailand 2014 Did not qualify
India 2016 Did not qualify
Malaysia 2018 Did not qualify
Bahrain 2020 Tournament Cancelled
Thailand 2023 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 2025 Did not qualify
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Performance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup

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Honours

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See also

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