Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-20
Nickname(s)الصقور الخضر
(The Green Falcons)
AssociationSAFF
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachMarcos Soares
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeKSA
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1973)
Best resultWinners (1986, 1992, 2018)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1985)
Best resultRound of 16 (2011, 2017)

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.

Honours

AFC U-19 Championship
Arab Cup U-20
Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth
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
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 1 1
Chile 1987 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 6
Saudi Arabia 1989 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 3
Portugal 1991 Did not qualify
Australia 1993 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 1 2
Qatar 1995 Did not qualify
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 2 6
Argentina 2001 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2003 Group stage 19th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Netherlands 2005 Did not qualify
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011 Round of 16 10th 4 2 0 2 8 5
Turkey 2013 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 5
Poland 2019 Group stage 20th 3 0 0 3 4 8
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total 9/24 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
Federation of Malaya 1959 Did not enter
Federation of Malaya 1960
Thailand 1961
Thailand 1962
Federation of Malaya 1963
South Vietnam 1964
Japan 1965
Philippines 1966
Thailand 1967
South Korea 1968
Thailand 1969
Philippines 1970
Japan 1971
Thailand 1972
Iran 1973 Semi-finals 4th 6 2 1 3 5 11
Thailand 1974 Did not enter
Kuwait 1975
Thailand 1976
Iran 1977 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 2 0 7 2
Bangladesh 1978 Quarter-finals 5th 5 2 2 1 12 5
Thailand 1980 Did not enter
Thailand 1982
United Arab Emirates 1985 Round-robin 2nd 3 1 2 0 8 5
Saudi Arabia 1986 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 17 1
Qatar 1988 Did not enter
Indonesia 1990
United Arab Emirates 1992 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 13 3
Indonesia 1994 Did not enter
South Korea 1996
Thailand 1998 Semi-finals 3rd 6 4 1 1 10 6
Iran 2000 Did not qualify
Qatar 2002 Semi-finals 3rd 6 4 0 2 18 5
Malaysia 2004 Did not qualify
India 2006 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 1 1 7 4
Saudi Arabia 2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 1 1 7 4
China 2010 Semi-finals 4th 5 3 0 2 5 6
United Arab Emirates 2012 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 6 8
Myanmar 2014 Did not qualify
Bahrain 2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 16 11
Indonesia 2018 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 13 4
Uzbekistan 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Uzbekistan 2023 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Total 15/41 Best: 3 titles 72 43 13 16 146 79
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Cup U-20

Arab Cup U-20 record
Host/Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Morocco 2011 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 0 9 4
Jordan 2012 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 13 7
Qatar 2014 Canceled
Saudi Arabia 2020 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 4
Egypt 2021 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 11 7
Saudi Arabia 2022 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 12 2
Total Best: 2 titles 5 / 5 24 15 6 3 52 24
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth record
Host/Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Morocco 1983 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 0 3 9 6
Algeria 1985 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 11 1
Iraq 1989 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 7 4
Total 3/3 Best: 1 title 19 13 2 4 27 11
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2023

26 January 2023 (2023-01-26) Friendly Saudi Arabia  0–2  Uzbekistan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
16:00 (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
30 January 2023 (2023-01-30) Friendly Saudi Arabia  1–2  Uzbekistan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
16:00 (UTC+3) Joshan 41' Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) Friendly Saudi Arabia  1–2  Vietnam Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
15:45 (UTC+3) Al-Zaid 41' Report Khuất Văn Khang 10'
Nguyễn Quốc Việt 25'
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
23 February 2023 (2023-02-23) Friendly Saudi Arabia  2–1  Qatar Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 (UTC+4) Al-Zubaidi 3', 50' Report 27' Stadium: The Sevens Stadium
26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) Friendly Saudi Arabia  0–1  United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:20 (UTC+4) Report Al Kas 14' Stadium: Dhiyab Awanah Stadium
3 March 2023 (2023-03-03) 2023 Asian Cup GS Saudi Arabia  1–0  Kyrgyzstan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 (UTC+5) Radif 50' (pen.) Report Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 587
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
6 March 2023 (2023-03-06) 2023 Asian Cup GS China  2–0  Saudi Arabia Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 (UTC+5) Iminqari 65'
Xu Bin 72'
Report Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 325
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
9 March 2023 (2023-03-09) 2023 Asian Cup GS Saudi Arabia  1–2  Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 (UTC+5)
  • Jawshan 74'
Report
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 143
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
2 July 2023 (2023-07-02) 2023 Arab Games GS Saudi Arabia  1–1  Syria Constantine, Algeria
17:30 (UTC+1)
  • Al-Zaid 90+6' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) 2023 Arab Games GS Mauritania  1–1  Saudi Arabia Constantine, Algeria
21:00 (UTC+1) Baye 13' Report Al-Zaid 26' (pen.) Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
8 July 2023 (2023-07-08) 2023 Arab Games GS Saudi Arabia  2–1  Palestine Constantine, Algeria
17:30 (UTC+1) Al-Abdulwahed 37'
Al-Hassan 62'
Report Bani Odeh 40' Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
11 July 2023 (2023-07-11) 2023 Arab Games SF Algeria  1–2  Saudi Arabia Annaba, Algeria
17:30 (UTC+1) Temine 49' Report
  • A. Al-Zaid 19'
  • S. Al-Zaid 74'
Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
14 July 2023 (2023-07-14) 2023 Arab Games Final Saudi Arabia  1–1
(5–4 p)
 Syria Annaba, Algeria
21:00 (UTC+1) S. Al-Zaid 11' Report Mardikian 45' Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Penalties
S. Al-Zaid soccer ball with check mark
Al-Jelidan soccer ball with check mark
A. Al-Zaid soccer ball with check mark
Khalifa soccer ball with red X
Ayash soccer ball with check mark
Al-Khaibari soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Mardikian
soccer ball with check mark Al Rina
soccer ball with check mark Al Hussain
soccer ball with check mark Dahhan
soccer ball with red X Rihanieh
soccer ball with red X Dali

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Bilal Al-Dawaa (2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
21 1GK Muhannad Al-Yahya (2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
22 1GK Hamed Al-Shanqiti (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 18) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

2 2DF Ahmed Al-Julaydan (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
3 2DF Saleh Barnawi (2007-02-08) 8 February 2007 (age 17) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
4 2DF Mohammed Sulaiman (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
5 2DF Mohammed Barnawi (2005-08-07) 7 August 2005 (age 18) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
6 2DF Waleed Ayash (2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
14 2DF Meshal Al-Alaeli (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
2DF Khaled Asiri (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

7 3MF Ziyad Al-Ghamdi (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
8 3MF Abdullah Al-Zaid (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
10 3MF Suhayb Al-Zaid (2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
15 3MF Ahmed Al-Baddah (2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
16 3MF Abbas Al-Hassan (2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
17 3MF Ammar Al-Khaibari (2004-09-03) 3 September 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
18 3MF Mohammed Al-Zaid (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
19 3MF Younes Al-Shanqiti (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
20 3MF Faisal Al-Abdulwahed (2004-12-29) 29 December 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
23 3MF Marwan Al-Sahafi (2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
26 3MF Abdullah Al-Dawsari (2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq

9 4FW Abdulaziz Al-Othman (2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20) Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah
24 4FW Majed Khalifa (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 19) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli

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 Osama Al-Mermesh (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
GK Turki Baljoush (2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
GK Moayed Al-Karneeb - - Saudi Arabia Ohod v.  Qatar, 29 March 2022
GK Mohammed Al-Otaibi - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr v.  United Arab Emirates, 29 January 2022

DF Mohammed Al-Dossari (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
DF Salem Al-Najdi (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
DF Mubarak Al-Rajeh (2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
DF Ahmed Al-Omaisi - - Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023
DF Khaled Al-Tomaihi - - Saudi Arabia Al-Fayha v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023
DF Suwailem Al-Manhali (2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 19) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad v.  Slovakia, 22 November 2022
DF Sulaiman Hazazi (2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 (age 21) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun v.  Slovakia, 22 November 2022
DF Hassan Rabee (2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun v.  Slovakia, 22 November 2022
DF Abdulmajeed Al-Enezi (2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab v.  China, 18 September 2022
DF Abdulaziz Al-Faraj (2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2022 Arab Cup U-20
DF Ali Al-Nakhli - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ansar v.  Qatar, 29 March 2022

MF Badr Al-Omair - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2023 Arab GamesPRE
MF Abdulaziz Al-Elewai (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
MF Musab Al-Juwayr (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
MF Faisal Al-Sibyani (2003-07-07) 7 July 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
MF Yaseen Al-Zubaidi (2003-04-26) 26 April 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
MF Mohammed Al-Marri (2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah 2023 AFC U-20 Asian CupINJ
MF Abdullah Al-Anazi (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023
MF Muhannad Al Saeed - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023
MF Hassan Al-Shamrani - - Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023
MF Thamer Al-Shahrani (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21) - - Saudi Arabia Damac v.  Slovakia, 22 November 2022
MF Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari (2003-12-10) 10 December 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun v.  China, 18 September 2022
MF Abdulmalik Al-Jaber - - Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Maurice Revello Tournament
MF Othman Al-Othman (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh Maurice Revello Tournament
MF Khaled Majrashi (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Maurice Revello Tournament
MF Hassan Sufyani (2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Maurice Revello Tournament
MF Zaid Al-Enezi - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli v.  Qatar, 29 March 2022
MF Yazeed Al-Ghamdi - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli v.  Qatar, 29 March 2022
MF Baraa Softah - - Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad v.  Qatar, 29 March 2022

FW Ali Al-Masoud (2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 2023 Arab GamesPRE
FW Mohammed Sahlouli (2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 19) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2023 Arab GamesPRE
FW Meshari Al-Nemer (2003-08-05) 5 August 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
FW Yazeed Joshan (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
FW Abdullah Radif (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
FW Saleh Al-Rahmani (2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 20) - - Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly v.  United Arab Emirates, 26 February 2023

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

See also

References

  1. ^ "أخضر 19 يفتتح معسكره الإعدادي في تونس".
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