United Arab Emirates U-23
Nickname(s)Al Abyad
AssociationUAEFA
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachDenis Silva
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeUAE
First colours
Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan 
(South Korea; 21 September 1986)
Biggest win
 Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(Bani Yas; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 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

22 March 2023 (2023-03-22) Friendly Qatar  0–1  United Arab Emirates Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 Report
  • Fawzi 17'
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
25 March 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly United Arab Emirates  4–0  Vietnam Doha, Qatar
20:30 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Friendly United Arab Emirates  0–3  South Korea Doha, Qatar
21:30 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) WAFF Championship United Arab Emirates  1–2  Jordan Baghdad, Iraq
18:30 UTC+3
Report
  • Abushanab 82'
  • Dhawi 90+1' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
16 June 2023 (2023-06-16) WAFF Championship Iraq  3–0  United Arab Emirates Baghdad, Iraq
21:30 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) Asian Cup Qualifiers Maldives  Cancelled  United Arab Emirates Dalian, China
TBD Report Stadium: Dalian Sports Centre Stadium
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) Asian Cup Qualifiers United Arab Emirates  3–0  India Dalian, China
16:00 UTC+8
  • Al Baloushi 26'
  • Al Ameeri 33'
  • Khalfan 64'
Report Stadium: Dalian Sports Centre Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship between 12 and 20 June 2023.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against South Korea.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Rakaan Almenhali (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 5 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
1GK Moosa Al-Balooshi (2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 0 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli
1GK Abdulla Al Hammadi (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira

2DF Zayed Sultan (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 4 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
2DF Nawaf Dhawi (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 1 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
2DF Abdul Rahman Adel (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 0 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli
2DF Abdulla Al Baloosh (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh
2DF Mayed Alteneiji (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr
2DF Waleed Rashid (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 0 0 United Arab Emirates Kalba

3MF Abdulla Hamad (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 9 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda
3MF Ahmed Mahmoud (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 8 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
3MF Yaser Al-Blooshi (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 5 1 United Arab Emirates Kalba
3MF Fahad Bader (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 4 0 United Arab Emirates Emirates
3MF Ali Abdulaziz (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr
3MF Sultan Ali Mohamed (2001-10-16) 16 October 2001 2 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli
3MF Abdulla Ahmed (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 1 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda

4FW Harib Abdalla (2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 2 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli
4FW Eisa Khalfan (2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 4 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
4FW Ahmed Fawzi (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 3 1 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
4FW Abdullah Al-Hammadi (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra
4FW Abdulla Abdelaziz (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 0 0 United Arab Emirates Ajman

Overage players in Olympic football

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

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012Group stage15th301236
Brazil 2016 did not qualify
Japan 2020
France 2024 TBD
TotalGroup Stage15th301236

Matches

Asian Cup

Final Qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Oman 2013Quarter–finals 8th 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 2 0 8 4
Qatar 2016 5th 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 3 0 0 8 0
China 2018 did not qualify 3 2 0 1 6 2
Thailand 2020 Quarter–finals 6th 4 1 2 1 4 6 3 2 1 0 10 2
Uzbekistan 2022 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 4 2
Qatar 2024 Qualified 2 1 1 0 3 0
Saudi Arabia 2026 TBD TBD
Total Quarter-finals 5th 15 5 5 5 14 17 19 13 4 2 39 10
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches

Asian Games

Year Round GP W D L GF GA
South Korea 2002Group stage311134
Qatar 2006301237
China 2010 Silver742192
South Korea 2014Quarter-finals420283
Indonesia 2018 Bronze713399
China 2022TBD
TotalRunner-ups248793225

GCC Championship

Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 2008did not enter
Qatar 2010Champions431062
Qatar 2011Runners-up421194

References

  1. "الأبيض الأولمبي يستعد لمواجهة منتخب الأردن في بطولة غرب آسيا" (in Arabic). الاتحاد الاماراتي لكرة القدم. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

See also

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