Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-23

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Saad Al-Shehri
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1996)
Best result	First Round (1996)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Runners-up (2013)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2014, 2018)

Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team (also known as Saudi Arabia Olympics football team) is the football team representing Saudi Arabia in Olympics, AFC U-23 Championship, GCC U-23 Championship and any other under-23 international football tournaments. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1908 to 1988	See Saudi Arabia senior team
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad
2000	Did Not Qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	To Be Determined
Total	Best: Group stage	1/7	3	0	0	3	2	5	-

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	9	7		5	4	1	0	15	2
2016	Group Stage	12th	3	0	2	1	5	6		4	3	1	0	9	1
2018		13th	3	0	2	1	2	3		3	2	0	1	11	3
Total	Best: Runners-up	3/3	12	4	4	4	16	16		12	9	2	1	35	6

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1951 to 1998	See Saudi Arabia senior team
2002	Did Not Enter
2006
2010
2014	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	9	6	Squad
2018		8th	5	2	1	2	8	8	Squad
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	2/4	10	5	1	4	17	14	-

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arabian Gulf Cup under-23

GCC U-23 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2008	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	7	2
2010	Group Stage	5th	2	0	1	1	1	2
2011	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	5
2012	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	9	1
2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2015	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	11	8
Total	Best: 3 titles	6/6	22	14	4	4	45	21

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2018

Jordan v Saudi Arabia

10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 2018 AFC U-23 GS	Jordan	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Changsu, China
19:30 (UTC+8)	Faisal  12', 78'	Live Report Report	Al-Amri  85' Al-Anaze  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Changshu Stadium Attendance: 240 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 2018 AFC U-23 GS	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Iraq	Changsu, China
19:30 (UTC+8)		Live Report Report		Stadium: Changshu Stadium Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Saudi Arabia v Malaysia

16 January 2018 (2018-01-16) 2018 AFC U-23 GS	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Malaysia	Kunshan, China
19:30 (UTC+8)		Live Report Report	Danial  28'	Stadium: Kunshan Stadium Attendance: 482 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Saudi Arabia v Iran

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) 2018 AG GS	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Iran	Cikarang, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7)		Report		Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Referee: Foo Chuan Hui (Singapore)

Myanmar v Saudi Arabia

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 2018 AG GS	Myanmar	0–3	Saudi Arabia	Cikarang, Indonesia
19:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Gharib  15' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Al-Banaqi  89'	Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

North Korea v Saudi Arabia

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 2018 AG GS	North Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia	Cikarang, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7)	Kim Yong-il  2' Kim Yu-song  25', 51'	Report		Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

China PR v Saudi Arabia

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 2018 AG R16	China PR	3–4	Saudi Arabia	Bekasi, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7)	Yao Junsheng  80' Huang Zichang  88' Wei Shihao  90+5'	Report	Camara  16', 33', 60' Al-Selouli  29'	Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia v Japan

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 2018 AG QF	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Japan	Cibinong, Indonesia
16:00 (UTC+7)	Tatsuta  39' (o.g.)	Report	Iwasaki  31', 73'	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

2019

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Iraq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Hamdan  15', 33'	Report	Al-Ammari  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iraq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
15:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Hojaili  30'	Report	Al-Ammari  pen.' Mezher Jabbar	Stadium: Al-Hilal Club Stadium

Saudi Arabia v Maldives

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Saudi Arabia	6–0	Maldives	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Yami  26' Al-Hamdan  27', 67', 73' Ghareeb  49' Al-Khulaif  78'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 122 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

Lebanon v Saudi Arabia

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Lebanon	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)		Report	A. Al-Yami  30' S. Al-Selouli  90+3'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 262 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26) 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)	S. Al-Selouli  64'	Report	Z. Al-Ameri  51'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

Egypt v Saudi Arabia

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) Friendly	Egypt	4–1	Saudi Arabia	Suez, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	Mohamed  3' (pen.) Sobhi  12' (pen.) Abou El Fotouh  25' Mohsen  49'	Report	Al-Amri  29'	Stadium: Suez Stadium

Egypt v Saudi Arabia

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) Friendly	Egypt	1–0	Saudi Arabia	New Cairo, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	Galal  6'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium

Saudi Arabia v Jordan

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Jordan	Chongqing, China
15:00 (UTC+8)	Ghareeb  51'	Report		Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

China PR v Saudi Arabia

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13) Friendly	China PR	v	Saudi Arabia	Chongqing, China
19:35 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

Saudi Arabia v Indonesia

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	v	Indonesia	Chongqing, China
15:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

Players

Current squad

• The following 26 players were selected for the friendly tournament held in China.
• Match date: 7 – 15 October 2019
• Opposition: China PR, Jordan & Indonesia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Zaid Al-Bawardi	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997			Al-Nassr
	1GK	Saleh Al-Ohaymid	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998			Al-Nassr
	1GK	Mohammed Al-Rubaie	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997			Al-Ahli
	2DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997			Al-Nassr
	2DF	Fahad Al-Harbi	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997			Al-Bukayriyah
	2DF	Omar Al-Owdah	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998			Al-Batin
	2DF	Awn Al-Selouli (captain)	(1998-09-02) 2 September 1998			Al-Fayha
	2DF	Mohammed Al-Shanqiti	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999			Al-Taawoun
	2DF	Abdullah Al-Yousef	(1997-10-29) 29 October 1997			Al-Fateh
	2DF	Abdullah Hassoun	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997			Al-Ahli
	2DF	Abdulbassit Hindi	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997			Al-Ahli
	3MF	Turki Al-Ammar	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999			Al-Shabab
	3MF	Ali Al-Asmari	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997			Al-Ahli
	3MF	Hamed Al-Ghamdi	(1999-04-02) 2 April 1999			Al-Ettifaq
	3MF	Khalid Al-Ghannam	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000			Al-Qadsiah
	3MF	Faraj Al-Ghashayan	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000			Al-Nassr
	3MF	Yousef Al-Harbi	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997			Al-Ahli
	3MF	Ali Al-Hassan	(1997-03-04) 4 March 1997			Al-Fateh
	3MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	(1997-05-22) 22 May 1997			Al-Wehda
	3MF	Sami Al-Najei	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997			Damac
	3MF	Nasser Al-Omran	(1997-07-13) 13 July 1997			Al-Shabab
	3MF	Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani	(1999-06-05) 5 June 1999			Al-Qadsiah
	3MF	Saad Al-Selouli	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998			Al-Ettifaq
	3MF	Rakan Al-Shamlan	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998			Al-Wehda
	3MF	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	(1997-03-31) 31 March 1997			Al-Ahli
	4FW	Ramzi Solan	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998			Al-Faisaly

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Saudi Arabia under-23 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ameen Bokhari	(1997-05-02) 2 May 1997			Al-Ittihad	v. Egypt, 10 September 2019
DF	Hassan Tombakti	(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999			Al-Wehda	v. Egypt, 10 September 2019
DF	Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999			Al-Ittihad	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
DF	Hussein Qassem	(1997-09-21) 21 September 1997			Al-Ettifaq	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
DF	Abdullah Al-Khaibari				Al-Suqoor	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
DF	Muteb Al-Mutlaq	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997			Al-Raed	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
DF	Abdullah Al-Shenqeeti				Al-Ansar	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
DF	Faisal Darisi	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997			Al-Raed	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
DF	Munif Doshi				Hetten	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
MF	Mohammad Al-Majhad	(1998-07-16) 16 July 1998			Al-Ahli	v. Egypt, 10 September 2019
MF	Hassan Al-Qeed	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998			Al-Shabab	v. Egypt, 10 September 2019
MF	Hussain Al-Hajoj	(1996-11-22) 22 November 1996			Al-Adalah	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
MF	Ayman Al-Hojaili	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998			Damac	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
MF	Khaled Al-Sumairi	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997			Al-Ittihad	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
MF	Hassan Abo Shararah	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997			Al-Qadsiah	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
MF	Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999			Al-Khaleej	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
MF	Haitham Al-Khulaif				Hajer	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
MF	Abdullah Majrashi	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997			Al-Raed	v. Iraq, 28 January 2019
FW	Mansour Al-Muwallad	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997			Al-Taawoun	v. Egypt, 10 September 2019
FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999			Al-Shabab	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
FW	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	(1997-06-19) 19 June 1997			Al-Hazem	v. United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019

Previous squads

Olympic Games

• 1996 Summer Olympics squads

Asian Games

• Football at the 2014 Asian Games squads
• Football at the 2018 Asian Games squads

AFC U-23 Championship

• 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads
• 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads
• 2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads

See also

• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team