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Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team

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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.

Saudi Arabia Under-17
Nickname(s)الصقور الخضر
(The Green Falcons)
AssociationSAFF
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Home stadiumKing Fahd Stadium
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

History edit

The team won the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of September 2019, they also became the only Asian men's football team to win any FIFA tournaments.

Recent result and fixture edit

Current squad edit

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 17)   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 17)
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 17)
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 16)
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 16)
12 3MF Qasem Begheel (2006-08-22) 22 August 2006 (age 17)
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 17)
15 3MF Bder Abdulaziz Al-Bishy (2007-05-01) 1 May 2007 (age 16)
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)   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 16)
10 4FW Nawaf Al-Jadaani (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 18)

Competitions record edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
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
  2021 Cancelled
  2023 Did not qualify
  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-16 Championship edit

AFC Under-16 Asian Cup record AFC Under-16 Asian Cup qualification record
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
  2020 Cancelled 3 2 1 0 8 3
  2023 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 2 4 4 0 0 19 2
Total 11/20 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 edit

Arab Cup U-17 record
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
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Previous squads edit

FIFA U-16 World Championship squads edit

Honours edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup
AFC U-16 Championship
Arab Cup U-17

See also edit

References edit

  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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