Bahrain national under-23 football team

Bahrain
Nickname(s)	Al-Ahmar (The Red)
Association	Bahrain Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Dario Bašić
FIFA code	BHR
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	Group stage (2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	4 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-Finals (2002)

The Bahrain national under-23 football team (also known as Bahrain under-23 or Bahrain Olympics team) represents Bahrain in international football competitions, GCC U-23 Championship, Football at the Summer Olympics, as well as other under-23 international football tournaments.

Tournament records

Summer Olympics record

Since 1992, football at the Summer Olympics has changed into an under-23 tournament.

Olympics Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020

Asian Games record

Since 2002, football at the Asian Games has changed into an under-23 tournament.

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Quarter-Finals	4	2	0	2	10	6
2006	Group Stage	3	2	0	1	7	3
2010	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	5
2014	did not enter
2018	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	5	11
Total	4/5	14	5	2	7	24	25

AFC U-23 Championship record

AFC U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	did not qualify
2016
2018
2020	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	3	8
2022	did not qualify
2024	did not qualify
2026	to be determined
Total	1/7	3	0	2	1	3	8

GCC U-23 Championship record

GCC U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2008	Final	Runner-up	4	2	1	1	6	4
2010	Group Stage	6/6	3	0	2	1	0	2
2011	Group Stage	5/6	3	1	1	1	2	5
2012	Final	Runner-up	5	3	0	2	4	7
2013	Final	Champions	4	4	0	0	7	2
2015	Group Stage	5/6	3	1	1	1	4	3
Total	6/6	Best: Champions	22	11	5	6	23	23

Recent fixtures and results

Win Draw Lose

2020

3 January 2020 Friendly

Vietnam

1–2

Bahrain

Samut Prakan, Thailand

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Group A	Thailand	5–0	Bahrain	Bangkok, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7	Suphanat 12', 79' Supachok 47' Jaroensak 89', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 7,076 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Group A	Bahrain	2–2	Iraq	Rangsit, Thailand
17:15 UTC+7	Isa 44' Marhoon 86'	Report	Al-Ammari 65' Nassif 90+2'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Attendance: 112 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Group A	Australia	1–1	Bahrain	Rangsit, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7	Najjarine 34'	Report	Marhoon 45+3'	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

2023

14 June 2023 2023 Panda Cup	Bahrain	v	China	Chengdu, China
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

16 June 2023 2023 Panda Cup	Vietnam	v	Bahrain	Chengdu, China
15:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

18 June 2023 2023 Panda Cup	Bahrain	v	Uzbekistan	Chengdu, China
15:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
21	1GK	Abdullah Al-Ahmad	(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 21)	Al-Riffa
22	1GK	Salman Adel	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 23)	Isa Town
25	1GK	Khalil Ebrahim	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 23)	Al-Tadamon

2	2DF	Ahmed Dheyaa	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 21)	East Riffa
3	2DF	Abdullah Al-Khalasi	(2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 21)	Al-Muharraq
4	2DF	Hani Taha	(2001-12-18) 18 December 2001 (age 22)	Al-Hidd
6	2DF	Hasan Isa	(2001-10-14) 14 October 2001 (age 23)	Al-Malkiya
8	2DF	Mahmood Mohamed	(2004-11-11) 11 November 2004 (age 20)	Al-Shabab
12	2DF	Ahmed Abdulhameed	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)	Sitra
16	2DF	Sayed Mohamed Adnan*	(1983-02-05) 5 February 1983 (age 41)	Al-Hidd
17	2DF	Mohammed Qayoom	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 23)	Al-Riffa
20	2DF	Ali Mohamed Redha	(2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22)	Al-Shabab

5	3MF	Ali Adnan Al-Banna*	(1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 30)	Al-Muharraq
7	3MF	Hasan Abdulnabi	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23)	Al-Shabab
10	3MF	Mubarak Mohamed	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)	Al-Muharraq
11	3MF	Sayed Jawad Haider	(2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22)	Al-Shabab
15	3MF	Husain Haroona	(2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 23)	Al-Malkiya
19	3MF	Salman Abdulla	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22)	Al-Riffa

9	4FW	Husain Abdulkarim	(2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 22)	Isa Town
13	4FW	Abdulla Al-Subaie	(2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 20)	Al-Hidd
18	4FW	Abdullah Nemer	(2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 22)	Al-Najma

* Over-aged player.

Current staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Dario Bašić
Assistant coach	Dinko Jeličić
	Isa Al Alawi
	Khalid Abdulghafour
	Salman Sharida
Goalkeeper coach	Sayed Khamis
Youth coach	Sulaiman Al Bulaihi
Analyst	Ahmed Kamal

References

v t e National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA