Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-23
Nickname(s) الصقور الخضر
(The Green Falcons)
Association AFC (Asia)
Head coach Adrie Koster
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 2 (first in 2013)
Best result Runners-up (2013)
Asian Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2014)
Best result Quarter-final (2014)

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, Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 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
United Kingdom 1908 to South Korea 1988See Saudi Arabia senior team
Spain 1992Did Not Qualify
United States 1996 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 5 Squad
Australia 2000Did Not Qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020To Be Determined
TotalBest: Group stage1/7300325-
*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
Oman 2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 9 7 5 4 1 0 15 2
Qatar 2016 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 3 1 0 9 1
2018To Be Determined
Total Best: Runners-up 2/2 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 7 2 0 24 3
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
India 1951 to Thailand 1998See Saudi Arabia senior team
South Korea 2002Did Not Enter
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014 Quarter-final 6th 5 3 0 2 9 6 Squad
TotalBest: Quarter-final1/4530296-
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23

Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Saudi Arabia 2008 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 7 2
Qatar 2010 Group Stage 5th 2 0 1 1 1 2
Qatar 2011 Third Place 3rd 4 3 0 1 11 5
Qatar 2012 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 9 1
Bahrain 2013 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 6 3
Bahrain 2015 Champions 1st 4 2 1 1 11 8
TotalBest: 3 titles6/62214444521
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mansor Joher (1995-03-19) March 19, 1995 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
21 1GK Ahmed Al-Ruhaili (1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
22 1GK Faisel Masrahi (1993-01-24) January 24, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah

2 2DF Ali Al-Zubaidi (1993-01-04) January 4, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
3 2DF Abdullah Madu (1993-07-15) July 15, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
4 2DF Ahmed Sharahili (1994-05-08) May 8, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
5 2DF Talal Al-Absi (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawon
12 2DF Yassin Barnawi (1993-10-01) October 1, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
13 2DF Abdurahman Al-Obaid (1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
14 2DF Mohammed Qassem (1995-01-19) January 19, 1995 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
18 2DF Saeed Al-Robeai (1994-06-04) June 4, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq

6 3MF Majed Al-Najrani (1993-01-25) January 25, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
7 3MF Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem (1994-05-15) May 15, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
8 3MF Mustafa Al-Bassas (1993-06-02) June 2, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
10 3MF Fahad Al-Muwallad (1994-09-14) September 14, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
11 3MF Ali Hazazi (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
15 3MF Ahmed Al-Nadhri (1993-02-07) February 7, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
16 3MF Mohamed Kanno (1994-09-22) September 22, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
20 3MF Rayan Al-Harbi (1994-04-06) April 6, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
23 3MF Abdulfattah Asiri (1994-02-26) February 26, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad

9 4FW Abdurahman Al-Ghamdi (1994-11-01) November 1, 1994 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
17 4FW Mohammed Al-Saiari (1993-05-02) May 2, 1993 Saudi Arabia Hajer
19 4FW Saleh Al-Amri (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli

See also

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