Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-20
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر; (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Marcos Soares
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	KSA
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	15 (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)

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

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

Arab Cup U-20

Winners (3): 1985, 2021, 2022
Runners-up (3): 1983, 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	Did not qualify
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	Did not qualify
2017	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	0	3	4	8
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Did not qualify
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
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	Did not enter
1985	Round-robin	2nd	3	1	2	0	8	5
1986	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	1
1988	Did not enter
1990	Did not enter
1992	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	3
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not enter
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	7th	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~~	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2025	Qualified
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
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	9	4
2012	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	7
2014	Canceled
2020	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4
2021	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	11	7
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
1983	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	0	3	9	6
1985	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	11	1
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	Matsuki 15', 78'	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	Mardikian 18'	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 Al-Jelidan A. Al-Zaid Khalifa Ayash Al-Khaibari		Mardikian Al Rina Al Hussain Dahhan Rihanieh Dali

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 Arab Games.^[1]
Match dates: 2 – 14 July 2023
Opposition: Syria, Mauritania, Palestine, & Algeria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Bilal Al-Dawaa	(2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 20)	Al-Ettifaq
21	1GK	Muhannad Al-Yahya	(2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 20)	Al-Fateh
22	1GK	Hamed Al-Shanqiti	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 19)	Al-Shabab

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

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

9	4FW	Abdulaziz Al-Othman	(2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20)	Al-Qadsiah
24	4FW	Majed Khalifa	(2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20)	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 21)	-	-	Al-Ittihad	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
GK	Turki Baljoush	(2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 21)	-	-	Al-Ettifaq	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
GK	Moayed Al-Karneeb		-	-	Ohod	v. Qatar, 29 March 2022
GK	Mohammed Al-Otaibi		-	-	Al-Nassr	v. United Arab Emirates, 29 January 2022

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

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

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

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

References

^ "أخضر 19 يفتتح معسكره الإعدادي في تونس".

[1] "أخضر 19 يفتتح معسكره الإعدادي في تونس".

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v t e National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-20 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

Honours

Competitions record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-19 Championship

Arab Cup U-20

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Recent results and fixtures

2023

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

See also

References