Saudi Arabia Under-17

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Home stadium	King Fahd Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions, 1985, 1988
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions, 1989

Saudi Arabia national under-17 football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة) also known as Saudi Arabia Under-17 or Saudi Arabia junior team, represents Saudi Arabia in international association football competitions in AFC U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments.

History

The team won the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of September 2019, they also became the only Asian men's football team to win any FIFA tournaments.

Recent result and fixture

•  Australia 0–2  Saudi Arabia

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mahmoud Al-Burayh	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006	Al-Fateh
21	1GK	Abdulrahman Ali Al-Ghamdi	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006	Al-Taawoun
22	1GK	Mohammed Ali Jaafari	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006	Al-Watani
2	2DF	Mohammed Abdullah Muhaysh	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006	Al-Hilal
3	2DF	Muhannad Hussain Al-Harthi	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006
4	2DF	Riyadh Eisa Yami	(2006-04-13) 13 April 2006
5	2DF	Yaseen Al-Jaber	(2006-04-30) 30 April 2006
6	2DF	Mohammed Hazazi	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006	Al-Nassr
7	2DF	Jathub Al-Dhafiri	(2007-09-09) 9 September 2007
23	2DF	Abdulsalam Barnawi	(2007-02-08) 8 February 2007	Al-Hilal
11	3MF	Faris Salem	(2007-08-25) 25 August 2007
12	3MF	Qasem Begheel	(2006-08-22) 22 August 2006
13	3MF	Mohammed Kamal Al-Muwallad	(2006-02-01) 1 February 2006
14	3MF	Nawaf Al-Janahi	(2006-10-07) 7 October 2006
15	3MF	Bder Abdulaziz Al-Bishy	(2007-05-01) 1 May 2007
16	3MF	Saad Al-Muthary	(2006-12-06) 6 December 2006
17	3MF	Amar Al-Yuhaybi	(2006-03-03) 3 March 2006
18	3MF	Ramez Zaid Al-Attar	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006
19	3MF	Yousef Mohammed Al-Tahhan	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006	Al-Nassr
20	3MF	Nawaf Al-Bishri	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006
8	4FW	Farhah Al-Shamrani	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006
9	4FW	Talal Haji	(2007-09-16) 16 September 2007
10	4FW	Nawaf Al-Jadaani	(2006-01-04) 4 January 2006

Competitions record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	8	4
1987	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	1
1989	Champions	1st	6	2	4	0	8	6
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	Did not qualify
Total	3/19	Best: 1 title	13	5	6	2	18	11

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC Under-16 Asian Cup record										AFC Under-16 Asian Cup qualification record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	5	3		3	2	1	0	3	2
1986	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	3		Qualified as defending champions
1988	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	17	3		5	?	?	?	?	?
1990	withdrew									?	?	?	?	?	?
1992	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	5		Qualified as host
1994	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	8	4		?	?	?	?	?	?
1996	Did not qualify									?	?	?	?	?	?
1998										2	0	0	2	1	4
2000										3	0	2	1	3	5
2002										2	0	1	1	0	1
2004										2	0	0	2	0	2
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	3	2	0	1	8	3		2	2	0	0	8	1
2008	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	1	2	6	6		5	3	0	2	13	7
2010	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	3	1
2012	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5		3	1	1	1	5	3
2014	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	2	3		3	2	1	0	4	1
2016	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	6	9		2	2	0	0	11	3
2018	Did not qualify									4	3	0	1	15	2
2020	Cancelled									3	2	1	0	8	3
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	7	2		4	4	0	0	19	2
Total	11/20	Best: 2 titles	44	20	8	16	75	46		47	23	8	11	93	37

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Cup U-17

Arab Cup U-17 record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2011	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	7
2012	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	5	5
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	10	4
Total	3/3	Best: 1 title	12	8	2	2	32	16

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Previous squads

Honours

FIFA U-17 World Cup

• Winners (1): 1989

AFC U-16 Championship

• Winners (2): 1985, 1988
• Third place (2): 1986, 1992

Arab Cup U-17

• Winners (1): 2011
• Runners-up (1): 2014

See also

• Saudi Arabia national football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team
• Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

References