United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team

United Arab Emirates U-23

Association	U.A.E. Football Association
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Abdullah Mesfer
Captain	Sultan Bargash
Most caps	Ahmed Khalil
Top scorer	Ahmed Khalil
Home stadium	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan  (South Korea; September 21, 1986)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates (Bani Yas, United Arab Emirates; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait  (Thailand; December 7, 1998)
Appearances	(First in 1986)
Best result	Silver Medal 2010

The United Arab Emirates national football team Under 23 (Arabic: الامارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم تحت ال23‎) represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates' home ground is Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Tournament Records

Football at the Olympics

Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1900 to 1976	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
2016	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	3	0	1	2	3	6

Football at the Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951 to 1982	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Quarter-finals	8	3	2	0	7	4
1990	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	6	5
1998	Round 2	4	1	1	2	5	10
2002	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2010	Silver Medal	7	4	2	1	9	2
Total	6/16	29	10	9	7	33	32

Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23

Gulf Cup of Nations
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2
2011	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	4

Current National Team

• Squad for the 2012 Olympic football tournament

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 22 1GK Ahmed Mahmoud (1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 0 0 Al-Shabab 17 1GK Saif Yousuf (1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 0 0 Al-Ahli 4 2DF Mohammed Marzooq (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 2 0 Al-Shabab 2 2DF Saoud Saeed (1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 1 0 Al-Wasl 23 2DF Mohammad Jamal (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 2 0 Al-Wasl 13 2DF Mohamed Ahmed (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 3 1 Al-Shabab 16 2DF Mohammed Fayez (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 4 0 Al-Ain 19 2DF Saad Surour (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 4 0 Al-Ahli 20 2DF Abdulaziz Hussain (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 4 0 Al-Nasr 8 2DF Hamdan Al Kamali (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 26 3 Lyon 12 3MF Habib Al Fardan (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 5 0 Al-Nasr 14 3MF Abdelaziz Sanqour (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 3 0 Al-Sharjah 5 3MF Amer Abdulrahman (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 5 0 Bani Yas 13 3MF Mohamed Fawzi (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 6 0 Baniyas 21 3MF Sultan Bargash (1989-01-18) January 18, 1989 4 0 Al-Jazeera 6 3MF Mohamed Jaber 0 0 Bani Yas 27 3MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 3 0 Al Ain 7 4FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 4 0 Baniyas 14 4FW Hboush Saleh (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 1 Bani Yas Club 9 4FW Ahmed Ali (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 4 1 Baniyas 11 4FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 29 9 Al-Ahli 10 4FW Ismail Matar (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 89 27 Al Wahda

See also

• United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team
• United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

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