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The United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is administered by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

United Arab Emirates U-23

Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Denis Silva
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Pakistan  (South Korea; 21 September 1986)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 1–7 United Arab Emirates (Bani Yas; 8 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–5 Kuwait  (Thailand; 7 December 1998)

Recent Fixtures

Current squad

• The following players were selected to compete in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in June 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Eisa Ahmed	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Ittihad Kalba
17	1GK	Suhail Abdulla	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Emirates
22	1GK	Rakaan Waleed	(2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Al-Jazira
2	2DF	Abdulla Idrees	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 23)	7	2	Al-Jazira
3	2DF	Yousif Al-Mheiri	(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 22)	3	0	Al-Wasl
5	2DF	Saeed Suleiman	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Ajman
6	2DF	Eid Khamis	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Shabab Al-Ahli
12	2DF	Ahmed Abdulla	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 23)	5	1	Shabab Al-Ahli
13	2DF	Faris Khalil	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Emirates
18	2DF	Zayed Sultan	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Jazira
20	2DF	Mohamed Abdelrahman	(2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Nasr
4	3MF	Ahmed Mahmoud	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Emirates
8	3MF	Abdelaziz Al-Bloushi	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Shabab Al-Ahli
16	3MF	Hussain Mahdi	(2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Al-Nasr
21	3MF	Abdallah Sultan	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 23)	4	0	Baniyas
23	3MF	Sultan Ali	(2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Shabab Al-Ahli
7	4FW	Rashid Mubarak	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Al-Nasr
9	4FW	Abdulla Abdulrahman	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Khor Fakkan
10	4FW	Saeed Al-Kaabi	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 23)	3	2	Emirates
11	4FW	Yaser Hassan	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 21)	1	1	Al-Ittihad Kalba
14	4FW	Fahad Bader	(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Emirates
15	4FW	Mansoor Saeed	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Al-Wahda
19	4FW	Eisa Khalfan	(2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Al-Ain

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2016	Did not qualify
2020
Total			3	0	1	2	3	6

Asian Cup

Final										Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Quarter–finals	8th	4	1	2	1	2	2		5	3	2	0	8	4
2016		5th	4	2	1	1	5	5		3	3	0	0	8	0
2018	Did not qualify									3	2	0	1	6	2
2020	Quarter–finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	6		3	2	1	0	10	2
2022	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	4		3	2	0	1	4	2
Total	Quarter-finals	5th	15	5	5	5	14	17		14	12	3	2	36	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Matches

List of U-23 AFC Asian Cup matches
2013	Group Stage	Syria	1–1	Draw	0–1–0
	Group Stage	Yemen	1–0	Win	1–1–0
	Group Stage	North Korea	0–0	Draw	1–2–0
	Quarter-Final	Jordan	0–1	Loss	1–2–1
2016	Group Stage	Australia	1–0	Win	2–2–1
	Group Stage	Jordan	0–0	Draw	2–3–1
	Group Stage	Vietnam	3–2	Win	3–3–1
	Quarter-Final	Iraq	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Loss	3–3–2
2020	Group Stage	Vietnam	0–0	Draw	3–4–2
	Group Stage	North Korea	2–0	Win	4–4–2
	Group Stage	Jordan	1–1	Draw	4–5–2
	Quarter-Final	Uzbekistan	1–5	Loss	4–5–3
2022	Group Stage	Japan	1–2	Loss	4–5–4
	Group Stage	Tajikistan	2–0	Win	5–5–4
	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Loss	5–5–5

Asian Games

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006		3	0	1	2	3	7
2010	Silver	7	4	2	1	9	2
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	8	3
2018	Bronze	7	1	3	3	9	9
Total		24	8	7	9	32	25

GCC Championship

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

Reference

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