2022 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

The 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Saudi Arabia from 3 to 15 November 2022. It is the third edition of the U-23 age group competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.

The six national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of at most 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 3 November 2022, 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

Lebanon

Coach: Youssef Al-Jawhari

The squad was announced on 31 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hadi Kanj	(2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 21)	Ansar
2	2DF	Ali Alrida Ismail	(2003-07-08)8 July 2003 (aged 19)	Nejmeh
3	2DF	Abdul Razzak Dakramanji	(2001-02-22)22 February 2001 (aged 21)	Tripoli
4	2DF	Mohamad Baker El Housseini	(2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 19)	Safa
5	3MF	Jawad Koutharani	(2002-08-17)17 August 2002 (aged 20)	Tadamon Sour
6	3MF	Mohamad Haidar	(2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 21)	Shabab Sahel
7	4FW	Mohamad Omar Sadek	(2003-10-25)25 October 2003 (aged 19)	Bourj
8	3MF	Hasan Srour	(2001-12-18)18 December 2001 (aged 20)	Ahed
9	4FW	Mohammad Nasser	(2001-10-16)16 October 2001 (aged 21)	Ahed
10	4FW	Ali Al Haj	(2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 21)	Ahed
11	4FW	Karim Mekkaoui	(2001-04-19)19 April 2001 (aged 21)	Ayia Napa
12	4FW	Hasan Hawila	(2002-01-13)13 January 2002 (aged 20)	Safa
13	2DF	Maxime Aoun	(2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 21)	Ansar
14	4FW	Said Saad	(2002-05-21)21 May 2002 (aged 20)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
15	3MF	Ali Chaito		Bourj
16	2DF	Hassan Kaafarani	(2001-12-17)17 December 2001 (aged 20)	Tadamon Sour
17	4FW	Mohammad Al Massri	(2001-06-22)22 June 2001 (aged 21)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
18	2DF	Ali Hussein Al Moussa	(2001-08-03)3 August 2001 (aged 21)	Shabab Sahel
19	2DF	Mohamad Al Mahdi Al Moussawi	(2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 19)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
20	2DF	Alex Rattel		Tripoli
21	1GK	Rabih Salha	(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 20)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
22	3MF	Said Al Ali		Tripoli
23	1GK	Hadi Saad	(2001-07-21)21 July 2001 (aged 21)	Shabab Sahel

Oman

Coach: Akram Habrish

The squad was announced on 28 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Maitham Al Ajmi		Al-Ittihad
2	2DF	Moather Al Khalili		Fanja
3	2DF	Al Yaqdhan Al Mushairafi		Al-Seeb
4	2DF	Basel Al Jaberi		Oman
5	2DF	Khaled Al Ghatrafi		Fanja
6	3MF	Saeed Al Salami		Al-Khaburah
7	4FW	Nasser Al Rawahi	(2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Suwaiq
8	3MF	Tarek Al Mashaari		Oman
9	4FW	Abdullah Al Mashrafi		Dhofar
10	3MF	Hussain Al Shahri		Dhofar
11	3MF	Omar Al Salti	(2002-02-17)17 February 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Orouba
12	1GK	Mutee Al Saadi		Al-Suwaiq
13	2DF	Mohammed Al Tarshi	(2001-11-11)11 November 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
14	3MF	Salem Al Abdulsalam		Saham
15	2DF	Fahad Al Rasbi	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
16	4FW	Al Faraj Al Kiyomi		Al-Bashaer
17	2DF	Muntasar Al Zadjali		Al-Rustaq
18	3MF	Mohammed Al Hinai		Al-Nahda
19	2DF	Abdullah Al Habsi		Al-Seeb
20	4FW	Musab Al Lamki		Al-Mussanah
21	2DF	Abdulhafith Al Mukhaini		Al-Orouba
22	1GK	Khaled Al Abadi		Saham
23	3MF	Mulham Al Sunaidi		Muscat

Qatar

Coach: Bruno Pinheiro

The squad was announced on 16 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Yousef Baliadeh	(2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Sadd
2	2DF	Abdalla Sirelkhatem	(2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Gharafa
3	2DF	Diyab Taha	(2001-05-15)15 May 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Duhail
4	2DF	Mohammed Aiash	(2001-02-27)27 February 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Duhail
5	2DF	Mostafa Qadeera	(2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Gharafa
6	3MF	Osamah Al-Tairi	(2002-06-16)16 June 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Rayyan
7	4FW	Hadi Tabasideh	(2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Sailiya
8	3MF	Nabil Irfan	(2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Wakrah
9	4FW	Mekki Tombari	(2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Rayyan
10	3MF	Khalid Ali Sabah	(2001-10-05)5 October 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Rayyan
11	3MF	Abdulla Al-Yazidi	(2002-03-28)28 March 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Sadd
12	3MF	Mohammed Zidan	(2001-06-02)2 June 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Kharaitiyat
13	2DF	Abdulla Al-Ali	(2001-11-14)14 November 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Rayyan
14	3MF	Tameem Al-Abdullah	(2002-10-05)5 October 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Rayyan
15	3MF	Ali Al-Yazidi	(2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 22)	Umm Salal
16	3MF	Faisal Azadi	(2001-01-13)13 January 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Sadd
17	4FW	Lotfi Madjer	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Duhail
18	3MF	Mohammed Al-Ishaq	(2004-12-17)17 December 2004 (aged 17)	Al-Ahli
19	3MF	Ahmed Al-Saeed	(2003-10-31)31 October 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Sadd
20	3MF	Abdulrahman Al-Jassem	(2002-08-31)31 August 2002 (aged 20)	Qatar
21	1GK	Karim Haider	(2004-04-07)7 April 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Sadd
22	1GK	Abdulla Ibrahim	(2003-02-22)22 February 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Sadd
23	2DF	Saifeldeen Fadlalla	(2003-03-31)31 March 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Gharafa

Group B

Bahrain

Coach: Dario Bašić

The squad was announced on 31 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hassan Taha		Al-Malkiya
2	2DF	Abdulla Al-Khalasi	(2003-09-02)2 September 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Muharraq
3	4FW	Vincent Emmanuel		Sitra
4	2DF	Salem Husain		Al-Shabab
5	3MF	Ahmed Rabeah		Al-Muharraq
6	3MF	Hussain Al-Ekri		Al-Shabab
7	3MF	Ali Humood		Al-Najma
8	3MF	Ali Kamel		Al-Najma
9	4FW	Husain Abdulkarim		Isa Town
10	3MF	Ammar Mirza		Al-Ittihad
11	3MF	Sayed Jawad Haidar	(2002-01-07)7 January 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
12	2DF	Ahmed Abdulhameed		Sitra
13	2DF	Khalifa Al-Lafi	(2001-12-26)26 December 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Manama
14	2DF	Mohammed Abdul Qayoom	(2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Riffa
15	2DF	Ahmed Kamil		Al-Hala
16	3MF	Hassan Abdulnabi		Al-Shabab
17	3MF	Mostafa Al-Salem		Al-Manama
18	4FW	Saleh Al-Zubaidi		Al-Muharraq
19	3MF	Bashir Fouad		Al-Budaiya
20	3MF	Ali Mohammed Redha		Al-Shabab
21	1GK	Abdullah Fraih	(2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Riffa
22	1GK	Abdulrahman Al-Kohaji		Al-Hala
23	4FW	Adel Al-Romaihi	(2001-08-31)31 August 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Najma

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Saad Al-Shehri

The squad was announced on 1 November 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi	(2001-02-03)3 February 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
2	2DF	Nawaf Al-Mutairi	(2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Orobah
3	2DF	Hamad Al-Sayyaf	(2002-01-18)18 January 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Ettifaq
4	2DF	Rayane Hamidou	(2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
5	2DF	Mohammed Eisa	(2002-04-02)2 April 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
6	3MF	Naif Masoud	(2001-03-08)8 March 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Qadsiah
7	3MF	Ziyad Al-Johani	(2001-11-11)11 November 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Faisal Al-Ghamdi	(2001-08-13)13 August 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Ettifaq
9	4FW	Turki Al-Mutairi	(2001-05-31)31 May 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Taawoun
10	3MF	Saad Al-Nasser	(2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Taawoun
11	3MF	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi	(2001-09-20)20 September 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Ettifaq
12	3MF	Mohammed Aboulshamat	(2002-08-11)11 August 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Qadsiah
13	2DF	Hussain Al-Sibyani	(2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Shabab
14	3MF	Awad Al-Nashri	(2002-03-15)15 March 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
15	3MF	Mohammed Al-Qahtani	(2002-07-23)23 July 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Hilal
16	4FW	Mohammed Maran	(2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Nassr
17	4FW	Rayan Al-Bloushi	(2001-02-27)27 February 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Ettifaq
18	2DF	Bandar Darwish	(2001-10-04)4 October 2001 (aged 21)	PAOK B
19	2DF	Meshal Al-Sebyani	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Faisaly
20	3MF	Khalil Al-Absi	(2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Tai
21	1GK	Mohammed Al-Absi	(2002-09-24)24 September 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
22	1GK	Raed Azybi	(2001-09-22)22 September 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Faisaly
23	3MF	Musab Al-Juwayr	(2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Hilal

Syria

Coach: Mark Wotte

The squad was announced on 25 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Waseem Ayoub		Al-Majd
2	2DF	Jihad Ghawi		Al-Hurriya
3	2DF	Omar Mohamed		Al-Shorta
4	2DF	Mostafa Safrani	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Nawair
5	3MF	Amer Fayad		Al-Ittihad
6	3MF	Ahmad Dali	(2002-03-21)21 March 2002 (aged 20)	Tishreen
7	3MF	Fawaz Bawadekji		Al-Ittihad
8	3MF	Mohamed Nour El Din Khamis		Al-Taliya
9	4FW	Abdulrahman Al Hussain		Al-Fotuwa
10	3MF	Mohamad Rihanieh	(2001-12-26)26 December 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
11	3MF	Omar Nanoua		Jableh
12	2DF	Ali Al Rina		Al-Ittihad
13	2DF	Khaled Al Hejjeh		Hutteen
14	2DF	Al Mekdad Ahmad	(2004-01-12)12 January 2004 (aged 18)	Jableh
15	2DF	Haitham Al Louz	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Karamah
16	3MF	Malek Janeer		Al-Fotuwa
17	4FW	Zakaria Ramadan		Al-Ittihad
18	3MF	Hozan Osman	(2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19)	De Graafschap
19	3MF	Mahmoud Nayef	(2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Ittihad
20	4FW	Oliver Kass Kawo	(2001-12-03)3 December 2001 (aged 20)	Helsingør
21	4FW	Mahmoud Al Aswad		Al-Karamah
22	1GK	Mohamed Yamen Motlak	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Jaish
23	1GK	Mohamed Hassouni	(2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Ittihad