Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team

The Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team are a team who play association football for Saudi Arabia at the under-23 level. They play their matches in Saudi Arabia at various grounds. They were one of the first teams to qualify for the AFC U-22 Asian Cup during the 2013 version.[1]

Saudi Arabia Under-23
Nickname(s)الصقور الخضر
(The Green Falcons)
AssociationAFC (Asia)
Head coachSaad Al-Shehri
Home stadiumKing Fahd International Stadium
FIFA codeKSA
First colours
Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1984)
Best resultFirst Round (1984, 1996, 2020)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultSilver medal asia.svg Runners-up (2013, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2014, 2018)

Recent Games

Type of Game Date Home Team Result Away Team
Friendly 27 March 2021 Saudi Arabia   3–2   Liberia
Friendly 30 March 2021 Saudi Arabia   0–0   Liberia
Friendly 8 June 2021 Saudi Arabia   1–1   Mexico
Friendly 11 June 2021 Saudi Arabia   0–2   Argentina
Friendly 2 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   0–0   Uganda
Friendly 5 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   2–0   Uganda
Friendly 10 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   1–1   Romania
Friendly 13 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   0–0   Romania
2020 Summer Olympics 22 July 2021 Ivory Coast   2–1   Saudi Arabia
2020 Summer Olympics 25 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   2–3   Germany
2020 Summer Olympics 28 July 2021 Saudi Arabia   1–3   Brazil
  • Green means that the team won.
  • Yellow means the team had a draw.
  • Red means the team lost.

Tournament Record

Olympic Games Record

Olympic Games Record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
  1992 Did not qualify
  1996 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 5
  2000  2016 Did not qualify
  2020 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 8
Total Best: Group stage 6 0 0 6 6 13

AFC U−22 Asian Cup / AFC U−23 Asian Cup

AFC U−22 Asian Cup/AFC U−23 Asian Cup
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 9 7
2016 Group Stage 12th 3 0 2 1 5 6
2018 Group Stage 13th 3 0 2 1 2 3
2020 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 5 2
Total Best: Runners-up 18 8 5 5 21 18

References

  1. "The AFC". www.the-afc.com.