Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-23 and Olympic Team

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Luigi Di Biagio
Home stadium	King Fahd Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1984)
Best result	First Round (1984, 1996, 2020)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2022)
Asian Games
Appearances	3 (first in 2014)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2014, 2018, 2022)
AGCFF U-23 Gulf Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 2008)
Best result	Champions (2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2025)
Website	Official Website

The Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team, also known as the Saudi Arabia Olympic football team, represents Saudi Arabia in Olympic football, the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, the AGCFF U-23 Gulf Cup, and other under-23 international competitions. The team is governed by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Coaching staff

As of

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Luigi Di Biagio
Assistant coaches	Fabrizio Piccareta
	Ledian Memushaj
Goalkeeping coach	Abdulrahman Al-Juraisan
Fitness coach	Daniele Nervi
Video analyst	Jibril Al-Omairi
Scout	Ayman Al-Faraj
	Thamer Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Mohand Mohamed Sulaimani

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, to be played in January 2026.

Caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2025, after the match against Denmark.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Turki Ba'al Jawsh	(2003-11-24) 24 November 2003	5	0	Al-Ettifaq
21	1GK	Muhannad Al-Yahya	(2004-09-19) 19 September 2004	0	0	Al-Kholood
22	1GK	Hamed Al-Shanqiti	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005	5	0	Al-Ittihad
2	2DF	Mohammed Abdulrahman	(2003-01-14) 14 January 2003	3	0	Al-Ahli
3	2DF	Mohammed Al-Dossari	(2003-03-31) 31 March 2003	10	0	Al-Raed
4	2DF	Mohammed Barnawi	(2005-08-07) 7 August 2005	4	0	Al-Ittihad
5	2DF	Khalid Asiri	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004	4	0	Al-Diriyah
12	2DF	Salem Al-Najdi	(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003	9	0	Al-Nassr
13	2DF	Sulaiman Hazazi	(2003-02-01) 1 February 2003	6	0	Al-Riyadh
14	2DF	Awad Dahal	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005	0	0	Al-Ettifaq
23	2DF	Abdulrahman Al-Obaid	(2004-07-02) 2 July 2004	2	0	Al-Ittihad
6	3MF	Faisal Al-Subiani	(2003-07-07) 7 July 2003	2	0	Al Shabab
7	3MF	Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa	(2004-02-11) 11 February 2004	6	0	Al-Kholood
8	3MF	Faris Al-Ghamdi	(2003-07-05) 5 July 2003	0	0	Al-Ettifaq
10	3MF	Musab Al-Juwayr	(2003-06-20) 20 June 2003	12	1	Al-Qadsiah
15	3MF	Bassam Hazzazi	(2005-03-29) 29 March 2005	0	0	Al-Nassr
16	3MF	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi	(2003-04-26) 26 April 2003	8	0	Al-Ahli
18	3MF	Rakan Al-Ghamdi	(2005-09-06) 6 September 2005	4	0	Al-Nassr
20	3MF	Hammam Al-Hammami	(2004-01-30) 30 January 2004	7	0	Al Shabab
9	4FW	Abdullah Radif	(2003-01-20) 20 January 2003	20	12	Al-Hilal
11	4FW	Thamer Al-Khaibari	(2005-12-03) 3 December 2005	0	0	Neom
17	4FW	Abdulrahaman Sufyani	(2008-04-15) 15 April 2008	0	0	Al-Nassr
19	4FW	Majed Abdullah	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006	2	0	Al Shabab

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Saudi Arabia under-23 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Mubarak Al-Rajeh	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003	5	0	Al Shabab
DF	Mishal Al-Alaeli	(2004-06-17) 17 June 2004	3	2	Al-Taawoun
MF	Farhah Al-Shamrani	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006	0	0	Al-Riyadh
MF	Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003	8	0	Neom
MF	Abdulmalik Al-Jaber	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004	7	3	Al-Nassr
FW	Abdullah Matuq	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003	3	1	Al Shabab
FW	Talal Haji	(2007-09-16) 16 September 2007	3	0	Al-Riyadh
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury PRE Preliminary squad SEN Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team SUS Player suspended

Previous squads

Olympic Games

• 1996 Summer Olympics squads
• 2020 Summer Olympics squads

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

• 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads
• 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads
• 2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads
• 2020 AFC U-23 Championship squads
• 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup squads

Asian Games

• Football at the 2014 Asian Games squads
• Football at the 2018 Asian Games squads

WAFF U-23 Championship

• 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
• 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship squads
• 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1996	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (DF)	Fuad Anwar (MF)	Hamzah Idris Falatah (FW)
2020	Yasser Al-Shahrani (DF)	Salman Al-Faraj (MF)	Salem Al-Dawsari (MF)

Honours

• Arab Games
  • Gold medal (1): 2023
• AFC U-23 Asian Cup
  • Champions (1): 2022
• AGCFF U-23 Gulf Cup
  • Champions (5, record): 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2025
• WAFF U-23 Championship
  • Champions (1): 2022
• Asian Games
  • Quarter-finals 2014, 2018, 2022

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1988	See Saudi Arabia senior team
1992	did not qualify
1996	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad
2000	did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	4	8	Squad
2024	did not qualify
2028	to be determined
2032
Total	Best: Group stage	2/8	6	0	0	6	6	13	—

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	9	7		5	4	1	0	15	2
2016	Group Stage	12th	3	0	2	1	5	6		4	3	1	0	9	1
2018		13th	3	0	2	1	2	3		3	2	0	1	11	3
2020	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	5	2		3	2	1	0	9	1
2022	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	13	0		2	1	0	1	4	2
2024	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	10	6		3	3	0	0	12	2
2026	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	4		Qualified as host
Total	Best: Champions	7/7	31	16	6	9	47	28		20	15	3	2	60	11

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Islamic Solidarity Games

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	See Saudi Arabia national football team
2010	Cancelled
2013	Fourth place	4th	5	0	3	2	5	7
2017	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	6
2021	Silver Medal	2nd	5	4	0	1	8	2
Total	Best: Silver Medal	3/3	13	4	3	6	13	15

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951 to 1998	See Saudi Arabia senior team
2002	did not enter
2006
2010
2014	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	9	6	Squad
2018		8th	5	2	1	2	8	8	Squad
2022		8th	5	3	1	1	9	3	Squad
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	3/6	15	8	2	5	26	17	-

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Gulf Cup under-23

GCC U-23 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2008	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	7	2
2010	Group Stage	5th	2	0	1	1	1	2
2011	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	5
2012	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	9	1
2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2015	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	11	8
2016	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	1
Total	Best: 4 titles	7/7	26	18	4	4	55	22

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2015	Group Stage	5th	2	1	1	0	5	4
2021	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	7	3
2022	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	8	4
2023	Did not participate
2024	Hosts
Total	Best: Champions	4/5	10	7	1	2	20	11

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

See also

• Sport in Saudi Arabia
  • Football in Saudi Arabia
    • Women's football in Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team
• Saudi Arabia women's national football team

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)