United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team

United Arab Emirates U-23

Nickname(s)	Al Abyad
Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Denis Silva
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan (South Korea; 21 September 1986)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates (Bani Yas; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait (Thailand; 7 December 1998)

The United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is administered by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

Recent Fixtures

2023

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship between 12 and 20 June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against South Korea.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Rakaan Almenhali	27 March 2001	5	0	Al Jazira
	GK	Moosa Al-Balooshi	30 November 2003	0	0	Shabab Al Ahli
	GK	Abdulla Al Hammadi	24 April 2002	0	0	Al Jazira
	DF	Zayed Sultan	11 April 2001	4	0	Al Jazira
	DF	Nawaf Dhawi	4 September 2002	1	0	Al Jazira
	DF	Abdul Rahman Adel	24 March 2002	0	0	Shabab Al Ahli
	DF	Abdulla Al Baloosh	1 January 2001	0	0	Al Bataeh
	DF	Mayed Alteneiji	21 June 2002	0	0	Al Nasr
	DF	Waleed Rashid	2 July 2002	0	0	Kalba
	MF	Abdulla Hamad	18 September 2001	9	0	Al Wahda
	MF	Ahmed Mahmoud	6 January 2001	8	0	Al Jazira
	MF	Yaser Al-Blooshi	6 January 2001	5	1	Kalba
	MF	Fahad Bader	9 March 2001	4	0	Emirates
	MF	Ali Abdulaziz	16 July 2003	2	0	Al Nasr
	MF	Sultan Ali Mohamed	16 October 2001	2	0	Shabab Al Ahli
	MF	Abdulla Ahmed	13 June 2004	1	0	Al Wahda
	FW	Harib Abdalla	26 November 2002	2	0	Shabab Al Ahli
	FW	Eisa Khalfan	12 March 2003	4	0	Al Ain
	FW	Ahmed Fawzi	26 November 2001	3	1	Al Jazira
	FW	Abdullah Al-Hammadi	20 March 2001	2	0	Al Dhafra
	FW	Abdulla Abdelaziz	10 June 2002	0	0	Ajman

Overage players in Olympic football

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2012	Ali Khasif (GK)	Ismail Al Hammadi (MF)	Ismail Matar (FW)

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2016	did not qualify
2020
2024	TBD
Total	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6

Matches

List of Olympic matches
2012	Group Stage	Uruguay	1–2	Loss	0–0–1
	Group Stage	Great Britain	1–3	Loss	0–0–2
	Group Stage	Senegal	1–1	Draw	0–1–2

Asian Cup

Final										Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Quarter–finals	8th	4	1	2	1	2	2		5	3	2	0	8	4
2016		5th	4	2	1	1	5	5		3	3	0	0	8	0
2018	did not qualify									3	2	0	1	6	2
2020	Quarter–finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	6		3	2	1	0	10	2
2022	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	4		3	2	0	1	4	2
2024	Qualified									2	1	1	0	3	0
2026	TBD									TBD
Total	Quarter-finals	5th	15	5	5	5	14	17		19	13	4	2	39	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches

List of U-23 AFC Asian Cup matches
2013	Group Stage	Syria	1–1	Draw	0–1–0
	Group Stage	Yemen	1–0	Win	1–1–0
	Group Stage	North Korea	0–0	Draw	1–2–0
	Quarter-Final	Jordan	0–1	Loss	1–2–1
2016	Group Stage	Australia	1–0	Win	2–2–1
	Group Stage	Jordan	0–0	Draw	2–3–1
	Group Stage	Vietnam	3–2	Win	3–3–1
	Quarter-Final	Iraq	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Loss	3–3–2
2020	Group Stage	Vietnam	0–0	Draw	3–4–2
	Group Stage	North Korea	2–0	Win	4–4–2
	Group Stage	Jordan	1–1	Draw	4–5–2
	Quarter-Final	Uzbekistan	1–5	Loss	4–5–3
2022	Group Stage	Japan	1–2	Loss	4–5–4
	Group Stage	Tajikistan	2–0	Win	5–5–4
	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Loss	5–5–5

Asian Games

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006		3	0	1	2	3	7
2010	Silver	7	4	2	1	9	2
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	8	3
2018	Bronze	7	1	3	3	9	9
2022	TBD
Total	Runner-ups	24	8	7	9	32	25

GCC Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	did not enter
2010	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2
2011	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	4