Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-17
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر ; (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Abdelwahab Al-Harbi
Home stadium	King Fahd Sports City
FIFA code	KSA
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1985, 1988)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1989)

Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة) also known as Saudi Arabia Under-17 or Saudi Arabia junior team, represents Saudi Arabia in international association football competitions in AFC U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments.

History

The team won the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of December 2023, they also became the only Asian men's football team to win any FIFA tournaments.

Recent result and fixture

Australia 0–2 Saudi Arabia

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mahmoud Al-Burayh	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 18)	Al-Fateh
21	1GK	Abdulrahman Ali Al-Ghamdi	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 18)	Al-Taawoun
22	1GK	Mohammed Ali Jaafari	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18)	Al-Watani

2	2DF	Mohammed Abdullah Muhaysh	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)	Al-Hilal
3	2DF	Muhannad Hussain Al-Harthi	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 18)
4	2DF	Riyadh Eisa Yami	(2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 (age 18)
5	2DF	Yaseen Al-Jaber	(2006-04-30) 30 April 2006 (age 18)
6	2DF	Mohammed Hazazi	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 18)	Al-Nassr
7	2DF	Jathub Al-Dhafiri	(2007-09-09) 9 September 2007 (age 17)
23	2DF	Abdulsalam Barnawi	(2007-02-08) 8 February 2007 (age 17)	Al-Hilal

11	3MF	Faris Salem	(2007-08-25) 25 August 2007 (age 17)
12	3MF	Qasem Begheel	(2006-08-22) 22 August 2006 (age 18)
13	3MF	Mohammed Kamal Al-Muwallad	(2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 18)
14	3MF	Nawaf Al-Janahi	(2006-10-07) 7 October 2006 (age 18)
15	3MF	Bder Abdulaziz Al-Bishy	(2007-05-01) 1 May 2007 (age 17)
16	3MF	Saad Al-Muthary	(2006-12-06) 6 December 2006 (age 18)
17	3MF	Amar Al-Yuhaybi	(2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 18)
18	3MF	Ramez Zaid Al-Attar	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 18)
19	3MF	Yousef Mohammed Al-Tahhan	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)	Al-Nassr
20	3MF	Nawaf Al-Bishri	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)

8	4FW	Farhah Al-Shamrani	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18)
9	4FW	Talal Haji	(2007-09-16) 16 September 2007 (age 17)
10	4FW	Nawaf Al-Jadaani	(2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 18)

Competitions record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	8	4
1987	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	1
1989	Champions	1st	6	2	4	0	8	6
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023	Did not qualify
2025	To be determined
Total	3/20	Best: 1 title	13	5	6	2	18	11

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	5	3	3	2	1	0	3	2
1986	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	3	Qualified as defending champions
1988	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	17	3	5	?	?	?	?	?
1990	withdrew								?	?	?	?	?	?
1992	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	5	Qualified as host
1994	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	8	4	?	?	?	?	?	?
1996	Did not qualify								?	?	?	?	?	?
1998									2	0	0	2	1	4
2000									3	0	2	1	3	5
2002									2	0	1	1	0	1
2004									2	0	0	2	0	2
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	3	2	0	1	8	3	2	2	0	0	8	1
2008	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	1	2	6	6	5	3	0	2	13	7
2010	Did not qualify								4	2	1	1	3	1
2012	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5	3	1	1	1	5	3
2014	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	4	1
2016	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	6	9	2	2	0	0	11	3
2018	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	15	2
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	2	4	4	0	0	19	2
2025	Qualified as host								Qualified as host
Total	12/20	Best: 2 titles	44	20	8	16	75	46	44	21	7	11	85	34

Arab Cup U-17

Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	7
2012	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	5	5
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	10	4
Total	3/3	Best: 1 title	12	8	2	2	32	16

Previous squads

FIFA U-16 World Championship squads

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Winners (1) : 1989

AFC U-16 Championship

Winners (2) : 1985, 1988
Third place (2) : 1986, 1992

Arab Cup U-17

Winners (1) : 2011
Runners-up (1) : 2014

References

^ "The NT U-17 opens its training camp in Dammam in preparation for AFC Asian Cup". Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[1] "The NT U-17 opens its training camp in Dammam in preparation for AFC Asian Cup". Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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v t e National under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-17 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