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
1985 UAE Team
1996 South Korea Team
2008 Saudi Arabia Team

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Host nation(s) / Year Round
1997Round of 16
2003Quarter-finals
2009Quarter-finals

AFC U-19 Championship
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
1982Fourth Place301227
1985Third Place311194
1986did not qualify––––––
1988Fourth Place512225
1990did not qualify––––––
1992Fourth Place521255
1994did not qualify––––––
1996Third Place62221213
1998did not qualify––––––
2000Group Stage4004612
2002Group Stage411236
2004did not qualify––––––
2006Group Stage300326
2008Champions6600123
2010Quarter–Finals411276
2012Group Stage303022
2014Quarter–Finals412175
2016Group Stage311143
2018Group Stage3201103
2020Cancelled
2023did not qualify––––––
Total14/19561815238380

U-20 Arab Cup
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
2011did not enter
2012
2014Cancelled
2020Group stage311132
2021Group stage3102108
2022Group stage201124
Total3/582241514

Individual awards

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

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Arab Cup United Arab Emirates  8–0  Djibouti Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+2
  • Saeed 16', 81'
  • Al Yammahi 45'
  • Khalfan 59'
  • Adil 76'
  • Al Wafi 78'
  • Ahmed 90+4'
  • Fahad 90+6'
 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
  • Azizboyev 12', 66', 90'
 Report
  • Khalfan 23', 74'
 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
  • Sadik 8', 20'
  • Radid 45', 88'
  • Azrour 70'
 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
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

Source: [1]

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

Former squads

References
  1. "YOUTH TEAM 2001".

See also
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