# United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team

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.

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup between 15 April and 3 May 2024.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Rakan Al-Menhali | (2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 23) | Al Jazira |
| 2 | 2DF | Mohammed Al-Maazmi | (2001-01-16)16 January 2001 (aged 23) | Hatta |
| 3 | 2DF | Mayed Al-Teneiji | (2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 21) | Al Nasr |
| 4 | 3MF | Ahmed Al-Hammadi | (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23) | Al Jazira |
| 5 | 2DF | Khamis Al-Mansoori | (2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 20) | Baniyas |
| 6 | 3MF | Ali Abdulaziz | (2003-07-16)16 July 2003 (aged 20) | Al Nasr |
| 7 | 4FW | Harib Abdalla | (2002-11-26)26 November 2002 (aged 21) | Shabab Al Ahli |
| 8 | 3MF | Sultan Al Bedwawi | (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 22) | Hatta |
| 9 | 4FW | Mohamed Ibrahim | (2002-12-15)15 December 2002 (aged 21) | Ittihad Kalba |
| 10 | 4FW | Abdulla Abdelaziz | (2002-06-10)10 June 2002 (aged 21) | Ajman |
| 11 | 4FW | Yaser Al-Blooshi | (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23) | Ittihad Kalba |
| 12 | 3MF | Abdulla Hamad | (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 (aged 22) | Al Wahda |
| 13 | 2DF | Abdulla Al-Balooshi | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23) | Al Nasr |
| 14 | 2DF | Mohammad Atiq | (2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 23) | Shabab Al Ahli |
| 15 | 4FW | Abdulla Ahmed | (2004-06-13)13 June 2004 (aged 19) | Al Wahda |
| 16 | 4FW | Ahmed Fawzi | (2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 22) | Al Jazira |
| 17 | 1GK | Hamad Al-Meqbali | (2003-07-13)13 July 2003 (aged 20) | Shabab Al Ahli |
| 18 | 2DF | Mubarak Zamah | (2003-11-29)29 November 2003 (aged 20) | Al Jazira |
| 19 | 4FW | Abdullah Al-Hammadi | (2003-03-20)20 March 2003 (aged 21) | Al Dhafra |
| 20 | 4FW | Fahad Bader | (2001-03-09)9 March 2001 (aged 23) | Emirates |
| 21 | 4FW | Sultan Adil | (2004-05-04)4 May 2004 (aged 19) | Ittihad Kalba |
| 22 | 1GK | Khaled Tawhid | (2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 20) | Sharjah |
| 23 | 2DF | Zayed Sultan | (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 23) | Al Jazira |

### Overage players in Olympic football

| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 2012 | Ali Khasif (GK) | Ismail Al Hammadi (MF) | Ismail Matar (FW) |

## Tournament records
### Olympic Games

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1992 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | Group Stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |

### Matches

List of Olympic matches :
| 2012 | Group Stage | Uruguay | 1–2 | Loss | 0–0–1 |
| 2012 | Group Stage | Great Britain | 1–3 | Loss | 0–0–2 |
| 2012 | Group Stage | Senegal | 1–1 | Draw | 0–1–2 |

### AFC U-23 Asian Cup

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | 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 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 |
| 2024 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 5th | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 10 |

### Matches

List of U-23 AFC Asian Cup matches :
| 2013 | Group Stage | Syria | 1–1 | Draw | 0–1–0 |
| 2013 | Group Stage | Yemen | 1–0 | Win | 1–1–0 |
| 2013 | Group Stage | North Korea | 0–0 | Draw | 1–2–0 |
| 2013 | Quarter-Final | Jordan | 0–1 | Loss | 1–2–1 |
| 2016 | Group Stage | Australia | 1–0 | Win | 2–2–1 |
| 2016 | Group Stage | Jordan | 0–0 | Draw | 2–3–1 |
| 2016 | Group Stage | Vietnam | 3–2 | Win | 3–3–1 |
| 2016 | Quarter-Final | Iraq | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Loss | 3–3–2 |
| 2020 | Group Stage | Vietnam | 0–0 | Draw | 3–4–2 |
| 2020 | Group Stage | North Korea | 2–0 | Win | 4–4–2 |
| 2020 | Group Stage | Jordan | 1–1 | Draw | 4–5–2 |
| 2020 | Quarter-Final | Uzbekistan | 1–5 | Loss | 4–5–3 |
| 2022 | Group Stage | Japan | 1–2 | Loss | 4–5–4 |
| 2022 | Group Stage | Tajikistan | 2–0 | Win | 5–5–4 |
| 2022 | Group Stage | Saudi Arabia | 0–2 | Loss | 5–5–5 |
| 2024 | Group Stage | South Korea | 0–1 | Loss | 5–5–6 |
| 2024 | Group Stage | Japan | 0–2 | Loss | 5–5–7 |
| 2024 | Group Stage | China | 1–2 | Loss | 5–5–8 |

### Asian Games

| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2002 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | Group stage | 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 |
| 2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | Runner-ups | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 |

### GCC Championship

| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2008 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2010 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |

### WAFF Championship

| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2015 | Group stage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2023 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Group stage | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 |