Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team
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| Nickname(s) |
الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons) | ||
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| Association | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Adrie Koster | ||
| Home stadium | King Fahd International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | KSA | ||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | First Round (1996) | ||
| AFC U-23 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2013) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2014) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-final (2014) | ||
Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team (also known as Saudi Arabia Olympics football team) is the football team representing Saudi Arabia in Olympics, AFC U-23 Championship, Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 and any other under-23 international football tournaments. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympic record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | 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 | To Be Determined | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Group stage | 1/7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-23 Championship
| AFC Under-23 Asian Cup record | AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | To Be Determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Best: Runners-up | 2/2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Asian Games
| Asian Games Record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad | |
 1951 to  1998 | See Saudi Arabia senior team | |||||||||
| 2002 | Did Not Enter | |||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||
| 2014 |
Quarter-final | 6th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad | |
| Total | Best: Quarter-final | 1/4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23
| Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | 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 | |
| Total | Best: 3 titles | 6/6 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 21 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Mansor Joher | March 19, 1995 | Al-Shabab
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| 21 | GK | Ahmed Al-Ruhaili | October 6, 1994 | Al-Ahli
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| 22 | GK | Faisel Masrahi | January 24, 1993 | Al-Qadisiyah | ||
| 2 | DF | Ali Al-Zubaidi | January 4, 1993 | Al-Ahli
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| 3 | DF | Abdullah Madu | July 15, 1993 | Al-Nassr
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| 4 | DF | Ahmed Sharahili | May 8, 1994 | Al-Hilal
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| 5 | DF | Talal Al-Absi | February 22, 1993 | Al-Taawon
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| 12 | DF | Yassin Barnawi | October 1, 1993 | Al-Qadisiyah
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| 13 | DF | Abdurahman Al-Obaid | April 30, 1993 | Al-Qadisiyah
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| 14 | DF | Mohammed Qassem | January 19, 1995 | Al-Ittihad
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| 18 | DF | Saeed Al-Robeai | June 4, 1994 | Al-Ettifaq | ||
| 6 | MF | Majed Al-Najrani | January 25, 1993 | Al-Qadisiyah
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| 7 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | May 15, 1994 | Al-Shabab
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| 8 | MF | Mustafa Al-Bassas | June 2, 1993 | Al-Ahli
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| 10 | MF | Fahad Al-Muwallad | September 14, 1994 | Al-Ittihad
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| 11 | MF | Ali Hazazi | February 18, 1994 | Al-Qadisiyah
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| 15 | MF | Ahmed Al-Nadhri | February 7, 1993 | Al-Ittihad
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| 16 | MF | Mohamed Kanno | September 22, 1994 | Al-Ettifaq
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| 20 | MF | Rayan Al-Harbi | April 6, 1994 | Al-Ahli
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| 23 | MF | Abdulfattah Asiri | February 26, 1994 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 9 | FW | Abdurahman Al-Ghamdi | November 1, 1994 | Al-Ittihad
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| 17 | FW | Mohammed Al-Saiari | May 2, 1993 | Hajer
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| 19 | FW | Saleh Al-Amri | October 14, 1993 | Al-Ahli | ||
See also
- Saudi Arabia national football team
- Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team
- Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team
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