The Maldives national Under-23 football team, also known as Maldives Under-23s or Maldives U23(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Maldives national football team, and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives.
Nickname(s) | Red Snappers | |||
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Association | Football Association of Maldives | |||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | |||
Head coach | Ali Suzain | |||
FIFA code | MDV | |||
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First international | ||||
Maldives 0-4 south korea |
This was the Maldives U-23s' first competitive tournament. They were eliminated from the Preliminary Round, after being defeated 4–0 to South Korea, 3–1 to Malaysia and 5–0 to Oman. The only goal for the Maldives was scored by Ibrahim Fazeel.
In this year, Maldives were drawn to play in the Group A of the Second Round, alongside India, Hong Kong and Iran. Ashad Ali scored the only goal in the 3–1 loss against Iran. In the match against India, Ali Ashfaq scored the equalizing goal for Maldives, but they couldn't hold India till the end and lost for 2–1 as India scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game. The last match of the group was against Hong Kong. Maldives lost 1–0 to them as Maldives were conceded in the 11th minute of the game.
Maldives ended up the competition at the 3rd position of Group F in the 2010 Asian Games held at China. They lost the first match, 3–0 to Oman,[1] but they managed to draw with a score of 0–0 against Pakistan[2] and Thailand.[3]
In 2012 it was announced that Maldives U23 would participate in the qualifying round of the inaugural AFC U-22 Asian Cup in June 2012.[4]
Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Maldivian Scorers |
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3 June 2012 |
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Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
1–1 |
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17 Jun 2012 |
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Rajamangala National Stadium |
5–0 |
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19 Jun 2012 |
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Rajamangala National Stadium |
0–1 |
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23 June 2012 |
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2–0 |
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25 June 2012 |
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2–1 |
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28 June 2012 |
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0–7 |
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1 July 2012 |
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1–2 |
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3 July 2012 |
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0–8 |
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3 December 2012 |
2012 Mahinda Rajapaksa Int'l Trophy |
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Jayathilake Sports Complex |
0–3 |
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5 December 2012 |
2012 Mahinda Rajapaksa Int'l Trophy |
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Jayathilake Sports Complex |
0–1 |
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7 December 2012 |
2012 Mahinda Rajapaksa Int'l Trophy |
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Jayathilake Sports Complex |
1–0 |
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9 December 2012 |
2012 M. Rajapaksa Int'l Trophy Final |
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Jayathilake Sports Complex |
1–2 |
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Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Maldivian Scorers |
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21 November 2013 |
2013 Media Nusantara Citra Cup |
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0–1 |
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22 November 2013 |
2013 Media Nusantara Citra Cup |
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2–1 |
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24 November 2013 |
2013 Media Nusantara Citra Cup |
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2–1 |
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Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Maldivian Scorers |
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15 September 2014 |
2014 Asian Games |
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Goyang Sports Complex |
2–0 |
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18 September 2014 |
2014 Asian Games |
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4–0 |
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22 September 2014 |
2014 Asian Games |
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3–2 |
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Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Maldivian Scorers |
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23 March 2015 |
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25 March 2015 |
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27 March 2015 |
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23 March 2015 |
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Goalkeeping Coach | ![]() |
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The following players were called up to the squad for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Ibrahim Labaan Shareef | (1996-01-18) January 18, 1996 (age 26) | ![]() | ||
2 | 2DF | Ibrahim Hamdhaan | (1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 29) | ![]() | ||
3 | 2DF | Mohamed Ihsan | ![]() | |||
4 | 2DF | Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf | ![]() | |||
5 | 3MF | Hussain Nihaan | (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 (age 29) | ![]() | ||
6 | 3MF | Mohamed Irufaan (Captain) | (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 (age 27) | ![]() | ||
7 | 3MF | Abdul Wahid Ibrahim | (1993-07-18) July 18, 1993 (age 28) | ![]() | ||
8 | 3MF | Ahmed Visam | ![]() | |||
9 | 3MF | Mohamed Sadin Abdul Hannan | (1996-02-18) February 18, 1996 (age 26) | ![]() | ||
10 | 3MF | Ismail Ahmed | ![]() | |||
11 | 4FW | Ahmed Rizuvan | (1995-06-04) June 4, 1995 (age 26) | ![]() | ||
12 | 3MF | Hassan Shius | ![]() | |||
13 | 2DF | Ibrahim Haseeb | (1995-08-22) August 22, 1995 (age 26) | ![]() | ||
14 | 4FW | Mohamed Muslih | (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 (age 28) | ![]() | ||
15 | 2DF | Gasim Samaam | (1993-02-05) February 5, 1993 (age 29) | ![]() | ||
16 | 3MF | Ahmed Suhail | (1995-06-07) June 7, 1995 (age 26) | ![]() | ||
17 | 3MF | Hamza Mohamed | (1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 27) | ![]() | ||
18 | 1GK | Mohamed Jazlaan | (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993 (age 29) | ![]() | ||
19 | 2DF | Mohamed Saaif | (1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 (age 28) | ![]() | ||
20 | 3MF | Mohamed Hamdhoon | (1996-06-07) June 7, 1996 (age 25) | ![]() | ||
22 | 3MF | Hafiz Ahmed | ![]() | |||
23 | 2DF | Ismail Farooq | ![]() | |||
25 | 1GK | Iyaan Abdul Aleen | ![]() |
Name | Nat | Period |
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István Urbányi | ![]() |
2011–2013 |
Drago Mamić | ![]() |
2014 |
Assad Abdul Ghanee[5] | ![]() |
2015 |
René Hiddink[6] | ![]() |
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National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC) | |
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AFC U-23 Asian Cup | |
West Asia (WAFF) | |
Central Asia (CAFA) | |
South Asia (SAFF) | |
East Asia (EAFF) |
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Southeast Asia (AFF) | |
1 Not a member of FIFA |
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