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Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team

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Saudi Arabia Under-17
Nickname(s)الصقور الخضر
(The Green Falcons)
AssociationSAFF
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAbdelwahab Al-Harbi
Home stadiumKing Fahd Sports City
FIFA codeKSA
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1985, 1988)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (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

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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

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Current squad

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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) Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
21 1GK Abdulrahman Ali Al-Ghamdi (2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 18) Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun
22 1GK Mohammed Ali Jaafari (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18) Saudi Arabia Al-Watani
2 2DF Mohammed Abdullah Muhaysh (2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18) Saudi Arabia 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) Saudi Arabia 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) Saudi Arabia 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 17)
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) Saudi Arabia 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

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

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FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Host/Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1985 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 8 4
Canada 1987 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 2 1
Scotland 1989 Champions 1st 6 2 4 0 8 6
Italy 1991 Did not qualify
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005
South Korea 2007
Nigeria 2009
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017
Brazil 2019
Peru 2021 Cancelled
Indonesia 2023 Did not qualify
Qatar 2025 To be determined
Total 3/20 Best: 1 title 13 5 6 2 18 11
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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AFC Under-17 Asian Cup record AFC Under-17 Asian Cup qualification record
Host/Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Qatar 1985 Champions 1st 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 2 1 0 3 2
Qatar 1986 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 3 Qualified as defending champions
Thailand 1988 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 17 3 5 ? ? ? ? ?
United Arab Emirates 1990 withdrew ? ? ? ? ? ?
Saudi Arabia 1992 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 7 5 Qualified as host
Qatar 1994 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 8 4 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Thailand 1996 Did not qualify ? ? ? ? ? ?
Qatar 1998 2 0 0 2 1 4
Vietnam 2000 3 0 2 1 3 5
United Arab Emirates 2002 2 0 1 1 0 1
Japan 2004 2 0 0 2 0 2
Singapore 2006 Quarter-finals 6th 3 2 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 8 1
Uzbekistan 2008 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 1 2 6 6 5 3 0 2 13 7
Uzbekistan 2010 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 3 1
Iran 2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 1 1 1 5 3
Thailand 2014 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 4 1
India 2016 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 6 9 2 2 0 0 11 3
Malaysia 2018 Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 15 2
Bahrain 2020 Cancelled 3 2 1 0 8 3
Thailand 2023 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 2 4 4 0 0 19 2
Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualified as host Qualified as host
Total 12/21 Best: 2 titles 44 20 8 16 75 46 47 23 8 11 93 37
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Cup U-17

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Arab Cup U-17 record
Host/Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 2011 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 17 7
Tunisia 2012 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 5 5
Qatar 2014 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 10 4
Total 3/3 Best: 1 title 12 8 2 2 32 16
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Previous squads

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FIFA U-16 World Championship squads

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Honours

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FIFA U-17 World Cup
AFC U-16 Championship
Arab Cup U-17
  • Winners (1) : 2011
  • Runners-up (1) : 2014

See also

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References

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  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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