The 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Iraq from 12 to 20 June 2023. It is the fourth edition of the U-23 age group competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.
The nine national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of at most 25 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 12 June 2023, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface were capped at full international level prior to being called up.
Group A
Iraq
Coach: Radhi Shenaishil
On 15 May 2023, Iraq announced a 50-man preliminary squad.[1] The final 25-man squad was announced on 5 June 2023.[2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Kumel Al Rekabe | 19 August 2004 (aged 18) | ![]() |
2 | DF | Mustafa Saleh | 27 April 2004 (aged 19) | ![]() |
3 | DF | Ahmed Maknzi | 24 September 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
4 | DF | Zaid Tahseen | 29 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
5 | DF | Hussein Amer | ![]() | |
6 | DF | Josef Al-Imam | 27 July 2004 (aged 18) | ![]() |
7 | FW | Dhulfiqar Younis | 27 May 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
8 | FW | Hussein Abdullah | ![]() | |
9 | FW | Blnd Hassan | 12 August 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
10 | FW | Nihad Mohammed | 1 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
11 | MF | Muntadher Mohammed | 5 June 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
12 | GK | Ridha Abdulaziz | ![]() | |
13 | GK | Hassan Abbas | 1 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
14 | MF | Karrar Mohammed | 28 May 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
15 | DF | Halo Fayaq | 23 May 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
16 | FW | Muntadher Abdul-Amir | 6 October 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
17 | DF | Mustafa Saadoun | 4 September 1999 (aged 23) | ![]() |
18 | FW | Ali Almosawe | 28 January 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
19 | MF | Zaid Ismael | ![]() | |
20 | FW | Ali Mohammed Hatem | 8 November 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
21 | FW | Zidane Abduljabbar | 3 June 2000 (aged 23) | ![]() |
22 | GK | Mohammed Hasan | 30 July 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
23 | DF | Karrar Saad | 7 March 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
24 | FW | Salem Ahmad | 28 December 2000 (aged 22) | ![]() |
25 | MF | Amir Ahmed | ![]() |
UAE
Coach: Dennis Silva
Jordan
Coach: Abdullah Abu Zema
The final Jordan squad was announced on 3 June 2023.[3]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Ahmad Al-Juaidi | 9 April 2001 | ![]() | ||
12 | GK | Qais Abassi | 24 May 2001 | ![]() | ||
22 | GK | Murad Al-Faluji | 27 December 2003 | ![]() | ||
2 | DF | Laith Abu Rahal | 8 September 2001 | ![]() | ||
3 | DF | Mo Abualnadi | 8 February 2001 | ![]() | ||
4 | DF | Danial Afaneh (captain) | 24 March 2001 | ![]() | ||
5 | DF | Arafat Al-Haj | 17 April 2003 | ![]() | ||
19 | DF | Ammar Al-Husari | 28 February 2002 | ![]() | ||
21 | DF | Baha Shamalty | 15 April 2001 | ![]() | ||
23 | DF | Faisal Abu Shanab | 9 August 2001 | ![]() | ||
6 | MF | Mohanad Al-Aramsheh | 23 October 2001 | ![]() | ||
9 | MF | Amer Jamous | 3 July 2002 | ![]() | ||
10 | MF | Waseem Al-Riyalat | 25 June 2001 | ![]() | ||
11 | MF | Bashar Al-Diabat | 23 July 2001 | ![]() | ||
14 | MF | Seif Darwish | 5 May 2003 | ![]() | ||
16 | MF | Mohammad Abu Hazeem | 2 April 2003 | ![]() | ||
18 | MF | Mousa Al-Omari | 9 December 2001 | ![]() | ||
7 | FW | Saif Al-Bashabsheh | 23 June 2001 | ![]() | ||
8 | FW | Mohannad Abu Taha | 2 February 2003 | ![]() | ||
13 | FW | Aref Al-Haj | 28 May 2001 | ![]() | ||
15 | FW | Ali Al-Azaizeh | 13 April 2004 | ![]() | ||
17 | FW | Amin Al-Shanaineh | 7 April 2003 | ![]() | ||
20 | FW | Reziq Bani Hani | 28 January 2002 | ![]() |
Group B
Palestine
Coach: Ihab Abu Jazar
Palestine announced their final squad on 11 June 2023.[4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Anwar Al-Aqraa | 30 June 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
2 | DF | Josef El-Subaihi | 15 June 2003 (aged 19) | Free agent |
3 | MF | Ahmad Kallab | 8 November 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
4 | DF | Ali Rabei | 9 October 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
5 | DF | Ibrahim Abu Umair | 18 October 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
6 | MF | Qais Taha | 23 July 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
7 | FW | Khaled Al-Nabris | 27 March 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() |
8 | MF | Muhannad Hassanein | 14 May 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() |
9 | MF | Zaid Qanbar | 4 September 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
10 | MF | Anas Bani Odeh | 7 September 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
11 | FW | Samer Zubaida | 26 April 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
12 | DF | Omar Kayed | 18 July 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
13 | MF | Sadeq Obaid | 26 April 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
14 | MF | Jehad Abou El Aynain | 10 August 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() |
15 | DF | Wajdi Nabhan | 27 July 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
16 | GK | Mahdi Assi | 24 December 2004 (aged 18) | ![]() |
17 | MF | Yahya Abu Farah | 1 April 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
18 | MF | Khaled Al Ghoul | 8 September 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
19 | MF | Hamza Hussein | 2 May 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
20 | FW | Gibrán Haj Yousef | 27 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
21 | DF | Muhammad Abu Awwad | 24 March 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
22 | GK | Abdul Hadi Yassin | 11 May 2004 (aged 19) | ![]() |
23 | DF | Amr Rizk | 23 April 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() |
Iran
Coach: Reza Enayati
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Mohammadreza Khaled Abadi | 30 April 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
2 | DF | Saman Touranian | 12 December 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
3 | DF | Hossein Goudarzi | 4 May 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
4 | DF | Saman Fallah | 12 May 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
5 | DF | Amin Hazbavi | 6 May 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() |
6 | MF | Alireza Bavieh | 21 August 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
7 | FW | Amirali Sadeghi | 9 February 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
8 | MF | Mohammad Hossein Zavari | 11 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
9 | FW | Ahmad Shariatzadeh | 1 July 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
10 | MF | Yasin Salmani (captain) | 20 December 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
11 | MF | Aria Barzegar | 10 November 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
12 | GK | Mohammad Javad Kia | 29 August 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
13 | DF | Aria Yousefi | 22 April 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
14 | MF | Amir Hassan Jafari | 20 August 1999 (aged 23) | ![]() |
15 | DF | Saeed Irankhah | 12 February 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
16 | MF | Mohammad Ghorbani | 21 May 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
17 | DF | Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi | 10 January 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
18 | FW | Mohammadhossein Eslami | 13 April 2001 (aged 22) | ![]() |
19 | MF | mojtaba Fakhriam | ![]() | |
20 | FW | Mehdi Hashemnejad | 27 October 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() |
21 | FW | Mohammadreza Bordbar | ![]() | |
22 | GK | Sina Bakhtiari | ![]() | |
23 | FW | Behzad Salami | 23 March 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() |
Syria
Coach: Mark Wotte
Group C
Lebanon
Coach: Miguel Moreira
Lebanon announced the final 25-man squad on 2 June 2023.[5]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Hadi Kanj | 14 September 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
GK | Rami Mjalli | 15 October 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
GK | Anthony Alexander Maasri | Free agent | ||||
DF | Mohamed Al-Mahdi Al-Moussawi | 3 October 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
DF | Alex El Rattel | 17 May 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
DF | Hussein Ezzeddine | ![]() | ||||
DF | Ali Ismail | 8 July 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
DF | Ibrahim Chami | 12 December 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
DF | Ali Hakim | ![]() | ||||
MF | Samuel Harb | 18 April 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
MF | Mohammed Haidar | ![]() | ||||
MF | Sajid Amhaz | 13 June 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
MF | Hussein Saleh | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mohamad Ghamlouch | 19 May 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
MF | Ahmed Zein El-Din | ![]() | ||||
MF | Hassan Farhat | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mohamad Safwan | 10 March 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | Ali Chaito | 1 January 2002 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Mohammad Al-Massri | 22 June 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Mohamed Sabbah | 20 May 2002 (aged 21) | Free agent | |||
FW | Mohamad Omar Sadek | 25 October 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
FW | Ali Kassas | 25 May 2003 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | Omar Bahlawan | 20 December 2004 (aged 18) | ![]() | |||
FW | Ali Haidar | Free agent | ||||
FW | Jawad Koutharani | 17 August 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() |
Yemen
Coach:
Oman
Coach: Dario Bašić
Oman announced their final squad on 10 June 2023.[6]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Mutie Al-Saadi | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
22 | GK | Mazen Saleh | 28 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Ayman Al-Nabhani | 27 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Mohammed Al-Hatmi | 27 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Abdullah Al-Mukhaini | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
13 | DF | Abdullah Al-Fleti | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
20 | DF | Majeed Al-Balushi | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
6 | MF | Saeed Al-Salami | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
7 | MF | Nasser Al-Rawahi | 26 June 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Mohammed Beit Subei | 9 November 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Mohammed Al-Hinai | 1 | ![]() | ||
19 | MF | Abdullah Al-Habsi | 25 February 2001 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | MF | Abdul Hafez Al-Mukhaini | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
9 | FW | Nibras Al-Maashari | 1 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Asad Al-Balushi | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
11 | FW | Omar Al-Salti | 17 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | FW | Salem Al-Abdulsalam | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
17 | FW | Yusuf Al-Ghaliani | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
References
- ↑ "أعلن المديرُ الفنيّ للمنتخبِ الأولمبي "راضي شنيشل" قائمته الأوليّة التي ضمت (50) لاعباً استعداداً لبُطولةِ غرب آسيا". Twitter.
- ↑ "أعلن الجهازُ الفنيّ للمنتخبِ الأولمبيّ القائمةَ المستدعاة لبطولةِ غرب آسيا التي من المزمع انطلاقها للفترة من 12 حتى 20 حزيران الحالي في العراق، حيث يلعب المنتخب الاولمبي في المجموعة الاولى إلى جانب كل من الاردن والامارات". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ↑ "المنتخب الوطني ت23 يعلن قائمته الأولية لبطولة غرب آسيا" (in Arabic). الاتحاد الأردني لكرة القدم. 3 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ لبنان يواجه سوريا وديًّا استعدادًا لغرب آسيا تحت 23 عامًا (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 2 June 2023. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ↑ "قائمة "الأحمر" الأولمبي في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا - العراق ٢٠٢٣". Twitter (in Arabic). الاتحاد العماني لكرة القدم. Retrieved 11 June 2023.