Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة‎) also known as Saudi Arabia Youth team, represents Saudi Arabia in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments.

Saudi Arabia Under-20

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Bandar Basraih
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1973)
Best result	Winners (1986, 1992, 2018)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1985)
Best result	Round of 16 (2011, 2017)

Honours

AFC U-19 Championship

• Winners (3): 1986, 1992, 2018
• Runners-up (2): 1985, 2016

Arab Cup U-20

• Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012

GCC U-19 Championship

• Winners (1): 2016

Competitions record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	1	1
1987	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	6
1989	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	4	3
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	1	2
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997
1999	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	2	6
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2005	Did Not Qualify
2007
2009
2011	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	5
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015
2017	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	0	3	4	8
2021	To be determined
Total	9/23	Best: R16	29	5	7	17	25	39

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1959	Did not enter
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973	Semi-finals	4th	6	2	1	3	5	11
1974	Did not enter
1975
1976
1977	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	7	2
1978	Quarter-finals	5th	5	2	2	1	12	5
1980	Did not enter
1982
1985	Round-robin	2nd	3	1	2	0	8	5
1986	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	1
1988	Did not enter
1990
1992	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	3
1994	Did not enter
1996
1998	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	1	1	10	6
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	0	2	18	5
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2010	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	0	2	5	6
2012	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	6	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	16	11
2018	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	13	4
2020	To be determined
Total	14/40	Best: 3 titles	69	42	13	14	144	75

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019

19 January 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Senegal	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Diagne Niang	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

21 January 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	v	Senegal	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
12:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

23 March 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Uruguay	Murcia, Spain
17:00 (UTC+1)		Report	Ocampo  51' Ardaiz  62'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

25 March 2019 Friendly	Argentina	5–0	Saudi Arabia	Murcia, Spain
15:00 (UTC+1)	Ferreira  7' Álvarez  24' Maroni  38' Garré  75' Colidio  85'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

23 April 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–0	South Africa	Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Qahtani  26'	Report		Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

26 April 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–2	South Africa	Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Ammar  53'	Report	Monyane	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

5 May 2019 Friendly	Nigeria	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
16:30 (UTC+2)	Offia  65'	Report	Al-Ghannam  56' Al-Ghamdi  78'	Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn

8 May 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Colombia	Kapfenberg, Austria
16:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Carbonero  3', 81' Hernández  37'	Stadium: Bad Waltersdorf

11 May 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Mexico	Dravograd, Slovenia
16:00 (UTC+2)	Al-Ammar  12'	Report	67'

14 May 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Slovenia	Stubenberg, Austria
16:00 (UTC+2)	Mansour  42' Al-Najei  88'

18 May 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Portugal	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
12:30 (UTC+2)	Al-Ghushayan  28'	Report	Queirós  57' Trincão  68' Leão  76'	Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn

25 May 2019 2019 U20 WC GS	France	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Gdynia, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)	Fofana  43' Gouiri  75'	Report		Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

28 May 2019 2019 U20 WC GS	Saudi Arabia	3–4	Mali	Gdynia, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2)	Al-Buraikan  9' Tambakti  20' (pen.) Al-Ghannam  63'	Report	S. Koïta  36' Koné  54' B. Traoré  70' Camara  90'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 1,707 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

31 May 2019 2019 U20 WC GS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Panama	Gdynia, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)	Al-Buraikan  53'	Report	McKenzie  7' Valanta  78'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

26 July 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Tajikistan	Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Absi  78'	Report	85'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium

8 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Jordan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Ali  75', 87'	Report	15'  80'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

10 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Jordan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Ghamdi  8' Al-Boloushi  23' Al-Soraihi  90'	Report	46'  85'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

14 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	5–1	Kyrgyzstan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Absi  18' Al-Soraihi  27' Al-Oufi  34' Al-Assimi  64' Al-Nashri  88'	Report	80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

17 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Kyrgyzstan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Marran  20', 58'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

6 November 2019 2020 AFC U19 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Afghanistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Ghamdi  50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

8 November 2019 2020 AFC U19 Q	India	0–4	Saudi Arabia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)		Report	Marran  2' Al-Bassas  10', 17', 28'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,523 Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

10 November 2019 2020 AFC U19 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Uzbekistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:05 (UTC+3)	Al-Sayyali  45' (pen.)	Report	Jaloliddinov  88'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

2020

18 February 2020 2020 AC U20 GS	Saudi Arabia	4–0	Palestine	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
14:45 (UTC+3)	Marran  24', 64', 90+4' Hassan Al-Ali  56'			Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)

21 February 2020 2020 AC U20 GS	Egypt	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
14:45 (UTC+3)	Abdelmaguid  8' Faisal  44'		Marran  54' (pen.) Yahya  90'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

24 February 2020 2020 AC U20 GS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Algeria	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
15:30 (UTC+3)	Salem  74'		Zerrouki  67' Bekkouche  79'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan)

5 September 2020 Friendly	Croatia	4–3	Saudi Arabia	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
20:30 (UTC+2)	Marin  19' (pen.), 70' Brković  57' Brnić  83'		Al-Absi  36' Marran  52' Al-Ghamdi  77'	Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

8 September 2020 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Bulgaria	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
16:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

11 September 2020 Friendly	Indonesia	3–3	Saudi Arabia	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
16:30 UTC+2	Jauhari  45+1' Saddam  48' Braif  90+2'	Report	Al Absi  27' (pen.) Marran  33' (pen.) Khaleel  37'	Stadium: Igraliste NK Polet Stadium

15 October 2020 2020 AFC U19 GS	Saudi Arabia	v	Laos	Namangan, Uzbekistan
15:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium

18 October 2020 2020 AFC U19 GS	Vietnam	v	Saudi Arabia	Namangan, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium

21 October 2020 2020 AFC U19 GS	Saudi Arabia	v	Australia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

Players

Current squad

• The following 23 players are called up for the 2020 Arab Cup U-20.[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Raed Azyabi	22 September 2001	Al-Nassr
2	DF	Khaled Daghriri	14 August 2001	Al-Faisaly
3	DF	Ali Al-Absi		Al-Faisaly
4	DF	Basil Al-Hudhaif	8 June 2001	Al-Ittihad
5	DF	Saad Al-Mousa	10 December 2002	Al-Ettifaq
6	DF	Basil Al-Sayali	22 June 2001	Al-Nassr
7	MF	Ziyad Al-Johani	11 November 2001	Al-Ahli
8	MF	Faisal Al-Ghamdi	13 August 2001	Al-Ettifaq
9	FW	Mohammed Marran	15 February 2001	Al-Nassr
10	MF	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi	11 January 2001	Al-Wehda
11	MF	Haitham Asiri	23 January 2000	Al-Ahli
12	DF	Fahad Al-Dossari
13	DF	Mohammed Al-Oufi	8 August 2002	Al-Ittihad
14	MF	Awad Al-Nashri	15 March 2002	Al-Ittihad
15	MF	Ayman Yahya	14 May 2001	Al-Nassr
16	MF	Ahmed Bassas	22 March 2001	Al-Ahli
17	FW	Sultan Al-Soraihi	8 January 2001	Al-Ahli
18	MF	Sultan Al-Anazi	26 April 2001	Al-Nassr
19	FW	Hassan Al-Ali	10 February 2002	Al-Ahli
20	DF	Nawaf Al-Mutairi	7 March 2001	Al-Nassr
21	GK	Mishari Sanyoor	5 December 2001	Al-Raed
22	GK	Sultan Al-Qahtani		Al-Faisaly
23	MF	Mohammed Mahrazi		Al-Ettifaq

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

• 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
• 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
• 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

See also

• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team

References

1. "إليكم قائمة 23 لاعبًا تم استدعاؤهم لتمثيل "الأخضر"".