Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team
| Nickname(s) | الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Luigi Di Biagio | ||
| Home stadium | King Fahd International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | KSA | ||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1984) | ||
| Best result | First Round (1984, 1996, 2020) | ||
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | |||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2014) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2014, 2018, 2022) | ||
| Website | Official Website | ||
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 Asian Cup, GCC U-23 Championship and any other under-23 international football tournaments. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
Coaching staff
- As of
| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | ||
| Assistant coaches | ||
| Goalkeeping coach | ||
| Fitness coach | ||
| Video analyst | ||
| Scout | ||
| Physiotherapist |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament to be played June 2025.[1]
Caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2025, after the match against Denmark
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Turki Baaljawsh | 24 November 2003 | 5 | 0 | |
| 21 | GK | Osama Al-Mermesh | 6 July 2003 | 5 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | Muhannad Al-Yahya | 19 September 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Ahmed Al-Julaydan | 8 March 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Mohammed Al-Dossari | 1 April 2001 | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Khalid Al-Asiri | 27 November 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Mishal Al-Alaeli | 17 June 2004 | 3 | 2 | |
| 15 | DF | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 10 November 2003 | 8 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Abdullah Al-Sabeat | 1 May 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Mohammed Barnawi | 7 August 2005 | 4 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Abdulrahman Obaid Al-Obaid | 2 July 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | Hussain Al-Zarie | 13 December 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29 | DF | Mohammed Abdulrahman | 14 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Abbas Al-Hassan | 22 February 2004 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Rakan Al-Ghamdi | 6 September 2005 | 4 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Bader Al-Omair | 27 September 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Abdulmalik Al-Jaber | 7 January 2004 | 6 | 3 | |
| 24 | MF | Zaid Al-Anazi | 30 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | Younes Al-Shanqeeti | 6 January 2004 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mohammed Sahlouli | 21 November 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW | Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa | 11 February 2004 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Abdullah Radif | 20 January 2003 | 20 | 12 | |
| 10 | FW | Abdullah Al-Zaid | 8 January 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Majed Abdullah | 13 February 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Abdulaziz Al-Othman | 2 January 2004 | 4 | 1 | |
| 20 | FW | Faisal Al-Abdulwahed | 29 December 2004 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | Saif Rajab | 31 October 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||
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 | Ahmed Al Jubaya | 26 October 2001 | 13 | 0 | ||
| GK | Mohammed Al-Absi | 24 September 2002 | 7 | 0 | ||
| DF | Mohammed Aboulshamat | 11 August 2002 | 23 | 1 | ||
| DF | Rayane Hamidou | 13 April 2002 | 18 | 1 | ||
| DF | Marwan Al-Sahafi | 17 February 2004 | 4 | 1 | ||
| DF | Mohammed Bakor | 8 April 2004 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF | Jehad Thakri | 21 July 2001 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MF | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 20 September 2001 | 31 | 7 | ||
| MF | Ziyad Al-Johani | 11 November 2001 | 29 | 5 | ||
| MF | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | 13 August 2001 | 22 | 1 | ||
| MF | Awad Al-Nashri | 15 March 2002 | 21 | 0 | ||
| MF | Saleh Aboulshamat | 11 August 2002 | 12 | 0 | ||
| MF | Abdulelah Hawsawi | 2 June 2001 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MF | Eid Al-Muwallad | 14 December 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||
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Previous squads
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Overage players in Olympic Games
| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (DF) | Fuad Anwar (MF) | Hamzah Idris Falatah (FW) | |
| Yasser Al-Shahrani (DF) | Salman Al-Faraj (MF) | Salem Al-Dawsari (MF) |
Honours
- Arab Games
- Gold medal (1): 2023
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup
- Champions (1): 2022
- GCC U-23 Championship
- WAFF U-23 Championship
- Champions (1): 2022
- Asian Games
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| See Saudi Arabia senior team | ||||||||||
| did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Squad | ||
| did not qualify | ||||||||||
| Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Squad | ||
| did not qualify | ||||||||||
| to be determined | ||||||||||
| Total | Best: Group stage | 2/8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | — | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Group Stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Qualified as host | Qualified as host | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Best: Champions | 6/7 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 11 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Islamic Solidarity Games
| Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| See Saudi Arabia national football team | ||||||||
| Cancelled | ||||||||
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | Best: Silver Medal | 3/3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| See Saudi Arabia senior team | ||||||||||
| did not enter | ||||||||||
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad | ||
| 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | Squad | |||
| 8th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Squad | |||
| Total | Best: Quarter-finals | 3/6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | - | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Gulf Cup under-23
| GCC U-23 Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Group Stage | 5th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Third Place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | Best: 4 titles | 7/7 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 22 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
WAFF U-23 Championship
| WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| Group Stage | 5th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Did not participate | |||||||||
| Hosts | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Champions | 4/5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |
- ***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
See also
- Saudi Arabia national football team
- Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team
- Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team
- Saudi Arabia women's national football team
References
- ^ "الأخضر تحت23 يستعد للمشاركة في بطولة تولون بفرنسا" (in Arabic). الإتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)