2023 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
The 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Iraq from 12 to 20 June 2023. It is the fourth edition of the U-23 age group competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.
The nine national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of at most 25 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 12 June 2023, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface were capped at full international level prior to being called up.
Group A
[edit]Iraq
[edit]Coach: Radhi Shenaishil
On 15 May 2023, Iraq announced a 50-man preliminary squad.[1] The final 25-man squad was announced on 5 June 2023.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Kumel Al Rekabe | 19 August 2004 (aged 18) |  Red Star
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| 2 | DF | Mustafa Saleh | 27 April 2004 (aged 19) |  Atalanta U-21
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| 3 | DF | Ahmed Maknzi | 24 September 2001 (aged 21) |  Erbil
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| 4 | DF | Zaid Tahseen | 29 January 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Talaba
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| 5 | DF | Hussein Amer | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
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| 6 | DF | Josef Al-Imam | 27 July 2004 (aged 18) |  Olympic
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| 7 | FW | Dhulfiqar Younis | 27 May 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Shorta
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| 8 | FW | Hussein Abdullah | Al-Talaba
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| 9 | FW | Blnd Hassan | 12 August 2003 (aged 19) |  De Graafschap
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| 10 | FW | Nihad Mohammed | 1 January 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Karkh
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| 11 | MF | Muntadher Mohammed | 5 June 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Naft
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| 12 | GK | Ridha Abdulaziz | Al-Diwaniya
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| 13 | GK | Hassan Abbas | 1 January 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Qasim
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| 14 | MF | Karrar Mohammed | 28 May 2002 (aged 21) | Al-Naft
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| 15 | DF | Halo Fayaq | 23 May 2001 (aged 22) | Erbil
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| 16 | FW | Montader Abdel Amir | 6 October 2001 (aged 21) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| 17 | DF | Mustafa Saadoun | 4 September 1999 (aged 23) | Al-Kahrabaa
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| 18 | FW | Ali Almosawe | 28 January 2002 (aged 21) |  B.93
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| 19 | MF | Zaid Ismael | Newroz
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| 20 | FW | Ali Mohammed Hatem | 8 November 2002 (aged 20) |  Las Rozas
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| 21 | FW | Zidane Abduljabbar | 3 June 2000 (aged 23) | Karbala
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| 22 | GK | Mohammed Hasan | 30 July 2002 (aged 20) | Al-Talaba
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| 23 | DF | Karrar Saad | 7 March 2001 (aged 22) | Al-Karkh
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| 24 | FW | Salem Ahmad | 28 December 2000 (aged 22) | Al-Minaa
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| 25 | MF | Amir Ahmed | Al-Hudood
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UAE
[edit]Coach: Dennis Silva
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Jordan
[edit]Coach: Abdullah Abu Zema
The final Jordan squad was announced on 3 June 2023.[3]
Group B
[edit]Palestine
[edit]Coach: Ihab Abu Jazar
Palestine announced their final squad on 11 June 2023.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Anwar Al-Aqraa | 30 June 2002 (aged 20) |  Islami Qalqilya
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| 2 | DF | Josef El-Subaihi | 15 June 2003 (aged 19) | Free agent |
| 3 | MF | Ahmad Kallab | 8 November 2001 (aged 21) | Ittihad Khanyounis
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| 4 | DF | Ali Rabei | 9 October 2001 (aged 21) | Ahli Al-Khaleel
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| 5 | DF | Ibrahim Abu Umair | 18 October 2002 (aged 20) | Markaz Balata
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| 6 | MF | Qais Taha | 23 July 2003 (aged 19) | Thaqafi Tulkarem
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| 7 | FW | Khaled Al-Nabris | 27 March 2003 (aged 20) | Ittihad Khanyounis
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| 8 | MF | Muhannad Hassanein | 14 May 2003 (aged 20) | Khadamat Rafah
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| 9 | MF | Zaid Qanbar | 4 September 2002 (aged 20) | Jabal Al-Mukaber
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| 10 | MF | Anas Bani Odeh | 7 September 2001 (aged 21) | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
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| 11 | FW | Samer Zubaida | 26 April 2001 (aged 22) | Hilal Al-Quds
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| 12 | DF | Omar Kayed | 18 July 2001 (aged 21) |  AC Tripoli
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| 13 | MF | Sadeq Obaid | 26 April 2002 (aged 21) | Hilal Al-Quds
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| 14 | MF | Jehad Abou El Aynain | 10 August 2003 (aged 19) | Al-Ahed
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| 15 | DF | Wajdi Nabhan | 27 July 2001 (aged 21) | Shabab Al-Bireh Institute
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| 16 | GK | Mahdi Assi | 24 December 2004 (aged 18) | Shabab Al-Bireh Institute
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| 17 | MF | Yahya Abu Farah | 1 April 2002 (aged 21) | Shabab Beit Fajjar
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| 18 | MF | Khaled Al Ghoul | 8 September 2002 (aged 20) |  NK Jarun
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| 19 | MF | Hamza Hussein | 2 May 2002 (aged 21) | Al Ansar
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| 20 | FW | Gibrán Haj Yousef | 27 January 2001 (aged 22) |  Mineros de Guayana
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| 21 | DF | Muhammad Abu Awwad | 24 March 2001 (aged 22) | Shabab Al-Samu
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| 22 | GK | Abdul Hadi Yassin | 11 May 2004 (aged 19) |  Bnei Sakhnin
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| 23 | DF | Amr Rizk | 23 April 2003 (aged 20) | Gaza Sports Club
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Iran
[edit]Coach:
Reza Enayati
Syria
[edit]Coach: Mark Wotte
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Group C
[edit]Lebanon
[edit]Coach: 
Miguel Moreira
Lebanon announced the final 25-man squad on 2 June 2023.[5]
Yemen
[edit]Coach:
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Oman
[edit]Coach: Dario Bašić
Oman announced their final squad on 10 June 2023.[6]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mutie Al-Saadi | 0 | 0 |  Al-Suwaiq
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| 22 | GK | Mazen Saleh | 28 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Muscat
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| 2 | DF | Ayman Al-Nabhani | 27 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | Al-Hamra
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| 3 | DF | Mohammed Al-Hatmi | 27 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | Al-Seeb
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| 4 | DF | Abdullah Al-Mukhaini | 1 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 13 | DF | Abdullah Al-Fleti | 2 | 0 | Al-Shabab
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| 20 | DF | Majeed Al-Balushi | 0 | 0 | Oman
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| 6 | MF | Saeed Al-Salami | 1 | 0 | Muscat
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| 7 | MF | Nasser Al-Rawahi | 26 June 2001 | 2 | 0 | Al-Suwaiq
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| 8 | MF | Mohammed Beit Subei | 9 November 2004 | 1 | 0 | Al-Nasr
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| 18 | MF | Mohammed Al-Hinai | 1 | Al-Nahda
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| 19 | MF | Abdullah Al-Habsi | 25 February 2001 | 0 | 0 | Al-Seeb
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| 21 | MF | Abdul Hafez Al-Mukhaini | 2 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 9 | FW | Nibras Al-Maashari | 1 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | Muscat
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| 10 | FW | Asad Al-Balushi | 1 | 0 | Ahli Sidab
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| 11 | FW | Omar Al-Salti | 17 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 14 | FW | Salem Al-Abdulsalam | 2 | 0 | Dhofar
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| 17 | FW | Yusuf Al-Ghaliani | 2 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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References
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