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United Arab Emirates national under-20 football 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.

UAE Under-20
Nickname(s)Al Abyad
AssociationUnited Arab Emirates Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachFaisal Al Taheri
Most capsAbdulaziz Hussain
FIFA codeUAE
First colours
Second colours
First international
 United Arab Emirates 1–0 South Yemen 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 7 October 1982)
Biggest win
 United Arab Emirates 8–0 Djibouti 
(Cairo, Egypt; 20 June 2021)
Biggest defeat
 Morocco 5–0 United Arab Emirates 
(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 – third place 1985 UAE Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 South Korea Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saudi Arabia Team

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-20 World Cup edit

Host nation(s) / Year Round
  1997 Round of 16
  2003 Quarter-finals
  2009 Quarter-finals

AFC U-19 Championship edit

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
  1982 Fourth Place 3 0 1 2 2 7
  1985 Third Place 3 1 1 1 9 4
  1986 did not qualify – – – – – –
  1988 Fourth Place 5 1 2 2 2 5
  1990 did not qualify – – – – – –
  1992 Fourth Place 5 2 1 2 5 5
  1994 did not qualify – – – – – –
  1996 Third Place 6 2 2 2 12 13
  1998 did not qualify – – – – – –
  2000 Group Stage 4 0 0 4 6 12
  2002 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 3 6
  2004 did not qualify – – – – – –
  2006 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 6
  2008 Champions 6 6 0 0 12 3
  2010 Quarter–Finals 4 1 1 2 7 6
  2012 Group Stage 3 0 3 0 2 2
  2014 Quarter–Finals 4 1 2 1 7 5
  2016 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 4 3
  2018 Group Stage 3 2 0 1 10 3
  2020 Cancelled
  2023 did not qualify – – – – – –
Total 14/19 56 18 15 23 83 80

U-20 Arab Cup edit

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
  2011 did not enter
  2012
  2014 Cancelled
  2020 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 2
  2021 Group stage 3 1 0 2 10 8
  2022 Group stage 2 0 1 1 2 4
Total 3/5 8 2 2 4 15 14

Individual awards edit

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year Player Award
  2003 Ismail Matar Golden Ball

AFC U-19 Championship

Year Player Award
  2008 Ahmed Khalil Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer

Asian Young Footballer of the Year

Year Player Award
2008 Ahmed Khalil Asian Young Footballer of the Year

Matches edit

Recent results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Lose

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Arab Cup United Arab Emirates   8–0   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   3–2   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   5–0   United Arab Emirates Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
16 January 2023 International friendly United Arab Emirates   1–0   India-U17 Dubai, UAE
Mohamed Ali Khaled   5' Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Coaches edit

Manager From To
  Khalifa Mubarak AlShamsi 2004 2006
  Jacky Bonnevay 2006 2007
  Jumaa Rabea Mubarak 2007 2008
  Khaled Ben Yahia July 2008 October 2008
  Mahdi Redha October 2008 2009
  Ludovic Batelli 2018 2020
  Nikolaos Kolompourdas 2020 2022
  Faisal Al Taheri 2022 present

Current squad edit

Source: [1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Abdulla Al Hammadi (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22)   Al Jazira
1GK Khalid Al Blooshi (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23)   Khor Fakkan
1GK Mubarak Tariq (2002-03-17) 17 March 2002 (age 22)   Al Wasl
2DF Abdulla Raqan (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 21)   Sharjah
2DF Abdulrahman Al Mazami (2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 22)   Sharjah
2DF Abdulrahman Abdulghafoor (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 22)   Shabab Al Ahli
2DF Ali Ibrahim (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)   Al Wasl
2DF Bader Abaelaziz (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)   Shabab Al Ahli
2DF Hasan Khaled (2002-03-04) 4 March 2002 (age 22)   Al Jazira
2DF Khalifa Atiq (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)   Shabab Al Ahli
2DF Mohamed Al Maazmi (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)   Al Nasr
2DF Mohamed Al Dhaheri (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)   Al Dhafra
2DF Muhair Al Ketbi (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 22)   Baniyas
2DF Nawaf Al Harthi (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 21)   Al Jazira
3MF Abdelaziz Al Blooshi (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)   Shabab Al Ahli
3MF Abdulla Al Menhali (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 22)   Al Wahda
3MF Abdulla Al Remeithi (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 22)   Baniyas
3MF Ahmed Al Rashedi (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 22)   Al Dhafra
3MF Amir Ibrahim (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 23)   Al Bataeh
3MF Dhari Fahad (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)   Sharjah
3MF Hamdan Humaid (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21)   Shabab Al Ahli
3MF Mohammed Mubarak (2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 23)   Shabab Al Ahli
3MF Saif Obaid (2001-05-18) 18 May 2001 (age 22)   Kalba
3MF Shehab Lashkari (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22)   Al Wasl
3MF Yaser Al Blooshi (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23)   Kalba
4FW Mansoor Saeed (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003 (age 20)   Al Wahda
4FW Eisa Khalfan (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21)   Al Ain

Former squads edit

References edit

  1. ^ "YOUTH TEAM 2001".

External links edit

See also edit

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