United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team

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
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
Appearances 11 (first in 1982)
Best result 2008 (Champions)
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances 3 (first in 2020)
Best result Group stage (2020, 2021, 2022)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 1997)
Best result 2003 and 2009 (quarter-finals)
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

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.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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

AFC U-19 Championship

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

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

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 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 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 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:

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

Former squads