United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team

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UAE Under-20
Nickname(s) Al Abyad
Association United Arab Emirates Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Faisal Al Taheri
Most caps Abdulaziz Hussain
FIFA code UAE
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1–0 South Yemen  Flag of South Yemen.svg
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 7 October 1982)
Biggest win
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 8–0 Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg
(Cairo, Egypt; 20 June 2021)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 5–0 United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
(Cairo, Egypt; 26 June 2021)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (2008)
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances3 (first in 2020)
Best resultGroup stage (2020, 2021, 2022)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultQuarter-final (2003, 2009)
United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 AFC Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 UAE Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 South Korea Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Saudi Arabia Team

The United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team is the national football youth team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

Contents

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Host nation(s) / YearRound
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1997 Round of 16
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2003 Quarter-finals
Flag of Egypt.svg 2009 Quarter-finals

AFC U-19 Championship

YearResultPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Thailand.svg 1982 Fourth Place301227
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1985 Third Place311194
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1986 did not qualify
Flag of Qatar.svg 1988 Fourth Place512225
Flag of Indonesia.svg 1990 did not qualify
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1992 Fourth Place521255
Flag of Indonesia.svg 1994 did not qualify
Flag of South Korea.svg 1996 Third Place62221213
Flag of Thailand.svg 1998 did not qualify
Flag of Iran.svg 2000 Group Stage4004612
Flag of Qatar.svg 2002 Group Stage411236
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2004 did not qualify
Flag of India.svg 2006 Group Stage300326
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2008 Champions6600123
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010 Quarter–Finals411276
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2012 Group Stage303022
Flag of Myanmar.svg 2014 Quarter–Finals412175
Flag of Bahrain.svg 2016 Group Stage311143
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2018 Group Stage3201103
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2020 Cancelled
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2023 did not qualify
Total14/19561815238380

U-20 Arab Cup

YearResultPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Morocco.svg 2011 did not enter
Flag of Jordan.svg 2012
Flag of Qatar.svg 2014 Cancelled
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2020 Group stage311132
Flag of Egypt.svg 2021 Group stage3102108
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2022 Group stage201124
Total3/582241514

Individual awards

All Emiratis players who have won many individual awards With the UAE Under-20.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

YearPlayerAward
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2003 Ismail Matar Golden Ball

AFC U-19 Championship

YearPlayerAward
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2008 Ahmed Khalil Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer

Asian Young Footballer of the Year

YearPlayerAward
2008 Ahmed Khalil Asian Young Footballer of the Year

Matches

Recent results and fixtures

  Win  Draw  Lose

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Arab Cup United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg8–0Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Cairo, Egypt
19:00  UTC+2
Report Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)
23 June 2021 (2021-06-23) Arab Cup Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg3–2Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Cairo, Egypt
19:00  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
26 June 2021 (2021-06-26) Arab Cup Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg5–0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Cairo, Egypt
19:00  UTC+2
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
16 January 2023International friendly United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–0Flag of India.svg  India-U17 Dubai, UAE
Mohamed Ali Khaled Soccerball shade.svg5'Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Coaches

ManagerFromTo
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalifa Mubarak AlShamsi 20042006
Flag of France.svg Jacky Bonnevay 20062007
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Jumaa Rabea Mubarak 20072008
Flag of Tunisia.svg Khaled Ben Yahia July 2008October 2008
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mahdi Redha October 20082009
Flag of France.svg Ludovic Batelli 20182020
Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Kolompourdas 20202022
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Faisal Al Taheri 2022present

Current squad

Source: [1]

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 GK Abdulla Al Hammadi (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Jazira
1 GK Khalid Al Blooshi (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khor Fakkan
1 GK Mubarak Tariq (2002-03-17) 17 March 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wasl

2 DF Abdulla Raqan (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 21) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah
2 DF Abdulrahman Al Mazami (2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah
2 DF Abdulrahman Abdulghafoor (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
2 DF Ali Ibrahim (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wasl
2 DF Bader Abaelaziz (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
2 DF Hasan Khaled (2002-03-04) 4 March 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Jazira
2 DF Khalifa Atiq (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
2 DF Mohamed Al Maazmi (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Nasr
2 DF Mohamed Al Dhaheri (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Dhafra
2 DF Muhair Al Ketbi (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Baniyas
2 DF Nawaf Al Harthi (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 21) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Jazira

3 MF Abdelaziz Al Blooshi (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
3 MF Abdulla Al Menhali (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wahda
3 MF Abdulla Al Remeithi (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Baniyas
3 MF Ahmed Al Rashedi (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Dhafra
3 MF Amir Ibrahim (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Bataeh
3 MF Dhari Fahad (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah
3 MF Hamdan Humaid (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
3 MF Mohammed Mubarak (2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Shabab Al Ahli
3 MF Saif Obaid (2001-05-18) 18 May 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Kalba
3 MF Shehab Lashkari (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wasl
3 MF Yaser Al Blooshi (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Kalba

4 FW Mansoor Saeed (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 20) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Wahda
4 FW Eisa Khalfan (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain

Former squads

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References

  1. "YOUTH TEAM 2001".

See also