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Maldives national under-23 football team

The Maldives national Under-23 football team, also known as Maldives Under-23s or Maldives U23(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Maldives national football team, and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives.

 Maldives
Nickname(s)Red Snappers
AssociationFootball Association of Maldives
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachAli Suzain
FIFA codeMDV
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
Maldives 0-4 south korea

Asian Games edit

2002 edit

Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games

This was the Maldives U-23s' first competitive tournament. They were eliminated from the preliminary round, after being defeated 4–0 to South Korea, 3–1 to Malaysia and 5–0 to Oman. The only goal for the Maldives was scored by Ibrahim Fazeel.

2006 edit

Main article: Football at the 2006 Asian Games

In this year, Maldives were drawn to play in the Group A of the second round, alongside India, Hong Kong and Iran. Ashad Ali scored the only goal in the 3–1 loss against Iran. In the match against India, Ali Ashfaq scored the equalizing goal for Maldives, but they couldn't hold India till the end and lost for 2–1 as India scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game. The last match of the group was against Hong Kong. Maldives lost 1–0 to them as Maldives were conceded in the 11th minute of the game.

2010 edit

Main article: Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Maldives ended up the competition at the 3rd position of Group F in the 2010 Asian Games held at China. They lost the first match, 3–0 to Oman,[1] but they managed to draw with a score of 0–0 against Pakistan[2] and Thailand.[3]

AFC U-22 Asian Cup edit

2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualification edit

In 2012 it was announced that Maldives U23 would participate in the qualifying round of the inaugural AFC U-22 Asian Cup in June 2012.[4]

Competitive record edit

Recent fixtures and results edit

2012 edit

2013 edit

2014 edit

2015 edit

Date Tournament Location Opponent Stadium Score Maldivian Scorers
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
   Muscat, Oman   Lebanon
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–2
Irufaan   4'
25 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
   Muscat, Oman   Bahrain
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–3
27 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
   Muscat, Oman   Iraq
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–7
Hamza   27'
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
   Muscat, Oman   Oman
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–5

Coaching staff edit

Position Name
Team Manager   Mohamed Adhuham
Head coach   Ali Suzain
Assistant coach   Mohammed Shahid
Assistant coach   Sabah Mohamed
Goalkeeping coach   Haseeb Hameed
Team Doctor   Hisham Ali Zaki

Current squad edit

The following players were called up to the squad for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ali Naajih (1999-12-08) December 8, 1999 (age 24) 2   United Victory
2 1GK Hassan Aleef Ahmed (2000-10-01) October 1, 2000 (age 23)   Eagles
3 2DF Ali Ajfan Amjad   Eydhafushi
4 2DF Hassan Nahwaash (2000-03-28) March 28, 2000 (age 24) 1   Maziya
5 3MF Moosa Azeem Hassan 2   United Victory
6 2DF Ishaq Rasheedh 1   Green Streets
7 2DF Husain Faisal (1999-05-15) May 15, 1999 (age 24) 2   Valencia
8 2DF Hassan Eanaaz 2   TC
9 2DF Hamdhoon Abdhul Latheef 1   TC
10 2DF Ahnaf Rasheed (2001-11-23) November 23, 2001 (age 22) 1   Super United
11 2DF Ahmed Naahil Ibrahim (2002-07-03) July 3, 2002 (age 21)   Green Streets
12 2DF Haisham Hassan (1999-07-21) July 21, 1999 (age 24) 2   Maziya
13 3MF Shaifulla Ibrahim (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 (age 24)   Eagles
14 3MF Hussain Ahusam Moosa (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001 (age 23) 2   TC
15 3MF Abdulla Yaameen (2001-12-30) December 30, 2001 (age 22) 2   Valencia
16 3MF Zain Zafar (2003-04-20) April 20, 2003 (age 21) 2   Eagles
17 3MF Ismail Zaan Amir (2000-10-11) October 11, 2000 (age 23) 2   Valencia
18 4FW Zayaan Naseer 2   TC
19 4FW Haisham Rasheed 1   TC
20 4FW Ahmad Bassam (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 23) 2   United Victory
22 4FW Nishaam Mohamed Rasheed (1999-01-31) January 31, 1999 (age 25) 2   TC
23 4FW Mohamed Jailam (1999-10-13) October 13, 1999 (age 24) 2   Green Streets
25 4FW Hassan Nazeem (2001-05-24) May 24, 2001 (age 22) 2   Maziya

Coaches edit

Name Nat Period
István Urbányi   2011–2013
Drago Mamić   2014
Assad Abdul Ghanee[5]   2015
René Hiddink[6]   2021–

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Maldives-U23 1-3 Oman-U23". envivo24.com. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Maldives 0 - 0 Pakistan: Maldives loses a golden chance". maldivesoccer.com. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Maldives held Thailand to finish third". maldivesoccer.com. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ "AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw results". the-afc.com. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. ^ Assad to coach u23 side. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)
  6. ^ Rene Hiddink selected as the head coach of u-23 team at Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). access date: 14 June 2021

External links edit

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