Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team

Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team (also known as Saudi Arabia Olympics football team) is the football team representing Saudi Arabia in Olympics, AFC U-23 Championship, GCC U-23 Championship and any other under-23 international football tournaments. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Saudi Arabia Under-23

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Saad Al-Shehri
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1996)
Best result	First Round (1996)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Runners-up (2013, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2014, 2018)

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1908 to 1988	See Saudi Arabia senior team
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad
2000	Did Not Qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	Qualified
Total	Best: Group stage	1/7	3	0	0	3	2	5	-

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC Under-23 Asian Cup record										AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	9	7		5	4	1	0	15	2
2016	Group Stage	12th	3	0	2	1	5	6		4	3	1	0	9	1
2018		13th	3	0	2	1	2	3		3	2	0	1	11	3
2020	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	5	2		3	2	1	0	9	1
Total	Best: Runners-up	4/4	18	8	5	5	21	18		15	11	3	1	44	7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1951 to 1998	See Saudi Arabia senior team
2002	Did Not Enter
2006
2010
2014	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	9	6	Squad
2018		8th	5	2	1	2	8	8	Squad
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	2/4	10	5	1	4	17	14	-

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Gulf Cup under-23

GCC U-23 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2008	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	7	2
2010	Group Stage	5th	2	0	1	1	1	2
2011	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	5
2012	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	9	1
2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2015	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	11	8
2016	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	1
Total	Best: 4 titles	7/7	26	18	4	4	55	22

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019

25 January 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Iraq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Hamdan  15', 33'	Report	Al-Ammari  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium

28 January 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iraq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
15:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Hojaili  30'	Report	Al-Ammari  pen.' Mezher Jabbar	Stadium: Al-Hilal Club Stadium

22 March 2019 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Saudi Arabia	6–0	Maldives	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)	A. Al-Yami  26' Al-Hamdan  27', 67', 73' Ghareeb  49' Al-Khulaif  78'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 122 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

24 March 2019 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Lebanon	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)		Report	A. Al-Yami  30' S. Al-Selouli  90+3'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 262 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

26 March 2019 2020 AFC U-23 Q	Saudi Arabia	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+3)	S. Al-Selouli  64'	Report	Z. Al-Ameri  51'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

7 September 2019 Friendly	Egypt	4–1	Saudi Arabia	Suez, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	Mohamed  3' (pen.) Sobhi  12' (pen.) Abou El Fotouh  25' Mohsen  49'	Report	Al-Amri  29'	Stadium: Suez Stadium

10 September 2019 Friendly	Egypt	1–0	Saudi Arabia	New Cairo, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	Galal  6'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium

11 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Jordan	Chongqing, China
15:00 (UTC+8)	Ghareeb  51'	Report		Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

13 October 2019 Friendly	China PR	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Chongqing, China
19:35 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

15 October 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Indonesia	Chongqing, China
15:00 (UTC+8)	Al-Selouli  10'		15'	Stadium: Wanzhou Sports Center

13 November 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	South Korea	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:15 (UTC+4)		Report	Lee Dong-jun  55' Cho Gue-sung  77'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium

15 November 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:15 (UTC+4)		Report	Al-Hammadi  5', 22'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium

17 November 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Bahrain	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:15 (UTC+4)	Al-Torais  34' Al-Majhad  75'	Report	68'	Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

19 November 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Uzbekistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 (UTC+4)	S. Al-Selouli  3' Al-Najei  18'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

27 December 2019 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Jordan	Shah Alam, Malaysia
16:00 (UTC+8)	Al-Eisa  9'	Report	Alwan  41'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

2020

3 January 2020 Friendly	Thailand	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Nonthaburi, Thailand
17:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Al-Hamdan  43'	Stadium: Nonthaburi Province Stadium

9 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 GS	Japan	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15 (UTC+7)	Meshino  56'	Report	Al-Khulaif  48' Ghareeb  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Attendance: 1,433 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

12 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 GS	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Qatar	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15 (UTC+7)		Report		Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Ma Ning (China)

15 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 GS	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Syria	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15 (UTC+7)	Al-Buraikan  80'	Report		Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

18 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 QF	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Thailand	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15 (UTC+7)	Al-Hamdan  78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Attendance: 14,958 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

22 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 SF	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Uzbekistan	Bangkok, Thailand
17:15 (UTC+7)	Al-Hamdan  87'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

26 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 Final	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia	Bangkok, Thailand
19:30 (UTC+7)	Jeong Tae-wook  114'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

13 October 2020 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Ivory Coast	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

14 November 2020 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	3–2	South Africa	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Najei  45+1' Al-Omran  88' (pen.) Solan  90+2'	Report	Lepasa  42' Lakay  89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

17 November 2020 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	v	South Africa	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
(UTC+3)

Players

Current squad

• The following 23 players were selected for the Jeddah training camp.[1]
• Match date: 14 & 17 November 2020
• Opposition:  South Africa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Amin Bukhari	2 May 1997			Al-Ain
	GK	Saleh Al-Ohaymid	21 May 1998			Al-Ain
	GK	Abdulbassit Hawsawi	21 December 1996			Al-Raed
	DF	Saud Abdulhamid	18 July 1999			Al-Ittihad
	DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	15 January 1997			Al-Nassr
	DF	Khalifah Al-Dawsari	2 January 1999			Al-Qadsiah
	DF	Fahad Al-Hamad	1 July 1998			Al-Taawoun
	DF	Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti	12 March 1999			Al-Ittihad
	DF	Hamad Al-Yami	17 May 1999			Al-Qadsiah
	DF	Abdullah Al-Yousef	29 October 1997			Al-Fateh
	DF	Abdulbasit Hindi	2 February 1997			Al-Ahli
	MF	Hassan Abo Shararah	3 May 1997			Al-Qadsiah
	MF	Hussain Al-Eisa	29 December 2000			Al-Wehda
	MF	Hamed Al-Ghamdi	2 April 1999			Al-Ettifaq
	MF	Ali Al-Hassan	4 March 1997			Al-Nassr
	MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	22 May 1997			Al-Wehda
	MF	Sami Al-Najei	7 February 1997			Al-Nassr
	MF	Nasser Al Omran	13 July 1997			Al-Shabab
	MF	Saad Al-Selouli	25 May 1998			Al-Ettifaq
	MF	Fawaz Al-Torais	24 April 1997			Al-Hilal
	MF	Mukhtar Ali	30 October 1997			Al-Nassr
	MF	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	31 March 1997			Al-Ahli
	FW	Ramzi Solan	18 April 1998			Damac

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Saudi Arabia under-23 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Zaid Al-Bawardi	26 January 1997			Al-Shabab	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	14 August 1997			Al-Ahli	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
DF	Fahad Al-Harbi	25 February 1997			Al-Fateh	v.  South Africa, 14 November 2020^INJ
DF	Khalid Al-Dubaysh	27 November 1998			Al-Shabab	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
DF	Awn Al-Saluli	2 September 1998			Al-Ittihad	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
DF	Abdullah Hassoun	19 March 1997			Al-Ahli	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
DF	Hassan Tambakti	9 February 1999			Al-Shabab	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
DF	Mohammed Al-Shanqiti	15 May 1999			Al-Tai	2020 AFC U-23 Championship ^PRE
DF	Omar Al-Owdah	28 December 1998			Al-Batin	v.  Uzbekistan, 19 November 2019
DF	Hussain Qasim	21 September 1997			Al-Faisaly	v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
MF	Khalid Al-Ghannam	7 November 2000			Al-Nassr	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
MF	Mohammad Al-Majhad	16 July 1998			Al-Ahli	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
MF	Ayman Yahya	14 May 2001			Al-Nassr	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
MF	Nasser Al-Dawsari	19 December 1998			Al-Hilal	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020^INJ
MF	Yousef Al-Harbi	16 March 1997			Al-Ahli	2020 AFC U-23 Championship
MF	Turki Al-Ammar	23 September 1999			Al-Shabab	v.  Uzbekistan, 19 November 2019
MF	Ali Al-Asmari	12 January 1997			Al-Ahli	v.  Uzbekistan, 19 November 2019
MF	Faraj Al-Ghashayan	28 April 2000			Al-Nassr	v.  Indonesia, 15 October 2019
MF	Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani	5 June 1999			Al-Qadsiah	v.  Indonesia, 15 October 2019
MF	Rakan Al-Shamlan	14 July 1998			Al-Batin	v.  Indonesia, 15 October 2019
MF	Hassan Al-Qeed	13 April 1998			Al-Ahli	v.  Egypt, 10 September 2019
MF	Ayman Al-Hujaili	1 July 1998			Damac	v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
MF	Khaled Al-Sumairi	1 January 1997			Al-Ittihad	v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 March 2019
FW	Haroune Camara	1 January 1998			Al-Ittihad	v.  South Africa, 14 November 2020^INJ
FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	14 May 2000			Al-Nassr	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	12 September 1999			Al-Shabab	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
FW	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	19 June 1997			Al-Ittihad	v.  Ivory Coast, 13 October 2020
FW	Mansour Al-Muwallad	24 January 1997			Al-Taawoun	v.  Egypt, 10 September 2019
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury ^PRE Preliminary squad ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Player suspended

Previous squads

Olympic Games 1996 Summer Olympics squads

Asian Games Football at the 2014 Asian Games squads Football at the 2018 Asian Games squads

AFC U-23 Championship 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads 2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads

See also

• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team

References

1. "الأخضر الأولمبي يفتتح معكسر جدة يوم الاثنين ضمن برنامج الإعداد للأولمبياد".