2025 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

The 2025 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Oman from 19 to 25 March 2025. It is the sixth edition of the U-23 age group competition organized by the West Asian Football Federation.

The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of at most 26 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 19 March 2025, the first day of the tournament. The nationality of 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.

Group A

Oman

Coach: Badar Al-Maimani

The squad was announced on 6 March 2025. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Abdullah Al-Jabri	(2006-02-11)11 February 2006 (aged 19)	Nizwa
2	3 MF	Samer Al-Hatmi	(2003-01-11)11 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Seeb
3	3 MF	Sultan Al-Marzouq	(2004-10-21)21 October 2004 (aged 20)	Dhofar
4	2 DF	Ziyad Al-Rabsi		Al-Nasr
5	2 DF	Jawad Al-Ezzi	(2005-05-23)23 May 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Seeb
6	3 MF	Ali Al-Balushi	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20)	Oman
7	4 FW	Luqman Al-Jaddidi	(2004-05-13)13 May 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Rustaq
8	4 FW	Abdulaleem Al-Rawahi		Fanja
9	3 MF	Ahed Al-Mashaiki	(2003-05-30)30 May 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Nahda
10	4 FW	Masoud Al-Bahri	(2005-05-22)22 May 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Shabab
11	3 MF	Osama Beit Samir		Al-Nasr
12	1 GK	Rashad Abdulhamid	(2005-12-19)19 December 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Nasr
13	2 DF	Adnan Al-Mushaifri	(2006-05-27)27 May 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Seeb
14	2 DF	Osama Al-Mahrooqi	(2003-03-07)7 March 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Seeb
15	2 DF	Turki Beit Rabie	(2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
16	3 MF	Yaser Al-Balushi	(2006-01-02)2 January 2006 (aged 19)	Sur
17	3 MF	Abdulhadi Al-Manwari	(2006-06-11)11 June 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Mussanah
18	3 MF	Mohammed Al-Subaie	(2004-11-09)9 November 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Rustaq
19	2 DF	Uday Al-Manouri	(2005-06-19)19 June 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Salam
20	4 FW	Nasser Al-Saqri	(2004-02-09)9 February 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Seeb
21	3 MF	Abdulaziz Al-Shaqsi	(2005-12-03)3 December 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Rustaq
22	1 GK	Mazen Saleh	(2003-01-29)29 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Dhafra
23	2 DF	Nayef Faraj	(2002-11-04)4 November 2002 (aged 22)	Dhofar

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Luigi Di Biagio

The squad was announced on 17 March 2025. ^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Turki Baaljawsh	(2003-11-24)24 November 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Ettifaq
2	2 DF	Ahmed Al-Julaydan	(2004-03-08)8 March 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Fateh
3	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Dossari	(2003-03-31)31 March 2003 (aged 21)	Neom
4	3 MF	Mohammed Baker	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 23)	Al-Jabalain
5	2 DF	Khalid Al-Asiri	(2004-11-27)27 November 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Diriyah
6	3 MF	Faisal Al-Subiani	(2003-07-07)7 July 2003 (aged 21)	Damac
7	4 FW	Hammam Al-Hammami	(2004-01-30)30 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Kholood
8	3 MF	Ayman Fallatah	(2003-10-02)2 October 2003 (aged 21)	Damac
9	4 FW	Meshari Al-Nemer	(2003-08-05)5 August 2003 (aged 21)	Damac
10	3 MF	Abdulmalik Al-Jaber	(2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 21)	Željezničar
11	4 FW	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi	(2003-04-26)26 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Okhdood
12	2 DF	Salem Al-Najdi	(2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Nassr
13	2 DF	Sulaiman Hazazi	(2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Zulfi
14	3 MF	Abbas Al-Hassan	(2004-02-22)22 February 2004 (aged 21)	Neom
15	2 DF	Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari	(2003-12-10)10 December 2003 (aged 21)	Neom
16	4 FW	Abdullah Matuq	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Jandal
17	4 FW	Abdulkarim Darisi	(2003-04-18)18 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
18	3 MF	Suhayb Al-Zaid	(2004-08-12)12 August 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Fateh
20	3 MF	Mohammed Yousef	(2003-01-14)14 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Ettifaq
21	1 GK	Osama Al-Mermesh	(2003-07-06)6 July 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Ittihad
23	2 DF	Abdulaziz Al-Faraj	(2003-06-23)23 June 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Tai
24	4 FW	Murad Khadhari	(2003-10-01)1 October 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Wehda
25	2 DF	Mobarak Al-Rajeh	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Raed

Group B

Bahrain

Coach: Hicham Dmiai

The squad was announced on 13 March 2025. ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mohamed Arhama	(2003-06-09)9 June 2003 (aged 21)	Hidd
2	2 DF	Ahmed Dheyaa	(2003-08-17)17 August 2003 (aged 21)	East Riffa
3	2 DF	Ali Al-Enezi		Al-Najma
4	2 DF	Ali Sanad	(2005-06-02)2 June 2005 (aged 19)	Manama
5	2 DF	Sayed Al-Moosawi	(2004-03-27)27 March 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
6	3 MF	Hasihim	(2004-07-05)5 July 2004 (aged 20)	Córdoba
7	4 FW	Abdulrahman Al-Khayyat		East Riffa
8	3 MF	Salman Amin	(2004-06-26)26 June 2004 (aged 20)	Hidd
9	4 FW	Abdulla Al-Subaiei	(2004-08-22)22 August 2004 (aged 20)	Hidd
10	4 FW	Ali Al-Dosari	(2003-10-17)17 October 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Najma
11	4 FW	Ali Tarada	(2004-02-03)3 February 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
12	2 DF	Jassim Dawood	(2003-01-31)31 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Hala
13	3 MF	Faisal Al-Saleh	(2003-06-04)4 June 2003 (aged 21)	Sitra
14	3 MF	Mohamed Al-Jishi	(2006-06-30)30 June 2006 (aged 18)	East Riffa
15	3 MF	Saud Mohsin	(2006-01-11)11 January 2006 (aged 19)	East Riffa
16	3 MF	Khaled Al-Khalaf	(2007-01-14)14 January 2007 (aged 18)	Al-Riffa
17	2 DF	Jamal Al-Tairi	(2003-03-24)24 March 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Hala
18	3 MF	Ali Abdulla
19	3 MF	Ramzi Abdulla		Al-Muharraq
20	2 DF	Mahmood Mohamed	(2004-11-11)11 November 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
21	1 GK	Abdullah Al-Ahmad	(2003-04-09)9 April 2003 (aged 21)	Bahrain
22	1 GK	Ashraf Saleh	(2005-03-02)2 March 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Hala
23	3 MF	Ali Sahwan	(2004-12-26)26 December 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
24	3 MF	Bader Al-Asam
26	3 MF	Ahmed Farhan

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Marcelo Broli

The squad was announced on 7 March 2025. ^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Saeed Maqdami
2	2 DF	Mubarak Zamah	(2003-11-29)29 November 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Jazira
3	3 MF	Zayed Khamis	(2004-11-16)16 November 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Jazira
4	2 DF	Hamdan Saeed Basweidan	(2006-12-26)26 December 2006 (aged 18)	Shabab
5	2 DF	Khamis Al-Mansoori	(2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 21)	Baniyas
6	3 MF	Matar Al-Shamsi	(2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 19)	Sharjah
7	4 FW	Saif Salem	(2003-10-07)7 October 2003 (aged 21)	Hatta
8	3 MF	Ali Al-Blooshi
9	4 FW	Eisa Khalfan	(2003-03-12)12 March 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Ain
10	3 MF	Eid Al-Hammadi	(2005-08-31)31 August 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Ain
11	3 MF	Mohammed Al-Hammadi
12	2 DF	Mansour Al-Balushi	(2005-01-19)19 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Ain
13	3 MF	Youssef Al-Marzooqi	(2005-03-07)7 March 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Jazira
14	2 DF	Solomon Sosu	(2005-03-05)5 March 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Ain
16	4 FW	Junior Ndiaye	(2005-03-29)29 March 2005 (aged 19)	Montpellier
17	1 GK	Adli Mohamed	(2005-06-25)25 June 2005 (aged 19)	Southampton
18	4 FW	Mansoor Al-Menhali	(2003-03-29)29 March 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Wahda
19	3 MF	Mayed Al-Awani	(2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 21)	Sharjah
20	3 MF	Saif Al-Menhali	(2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 22)	Baniyas
21	4 FW	Hazem Mohammad	(2005-03-18)18 March 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Ain
23	2 DF	Ghaith Al-Musharrkh	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 18)	Shabab
24	3 MF	Anthony Khayat	(2007-02-13)13 February 2007 (aged 18)	Fursan Hispania
26	4 FW	Yannick Müller	(2007-07-12)12 July 2007 (aged 17)	Karlsruher SC

Group C

Lebanon

Coach: Jamal Taha

The squad was announced on 16 March 2025. ^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Shareef Azaki	(2004-01-13)13 January 2004 (aged 21)	Mabarra
2	2 DF	Ali Alrida Ismail	(2003-07-08)8 July 2003 (aged 21)	Nejmeh
3	2 DF	Mohamad Al Mahdi Al Moussawi	(2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 21)	Ansar
4	2 DF	Hasan Farhat	(2004-09-21)21 September 2004 (aged 20)	Ahed
5	2 DF	Saad Chweiki	(2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 21)	Tripoli
6	3 MF	Mohamad Ghamlouch	(2003-05-19)19 May 2003 (aged 21)	Racing Beirut
7	3 MF	Mahmoud Zbib (captain)	(2004-02-29)29 February 2004 (aged 21)	Ahed
8	3 MF	Ali El Fadl	(2003-03-29)29 March 2003 (aged 21)	Safa
9	4 FW	Hassan Bazzi	(2004-11-06)6 November 2004 (aged 20)	Tadamon Sour
10	4 FW	Mohamad Omar Sadek	(2003-10-25)25 October 2003 (aged 21)	Nejmeh
11	4 FW	Khaled Al Hajjar	(2004-09-22)22 September 2004 (aged 20)	Nejmeh
12	2 DF	Hussein Kaawar	(2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 21)	Chabab Ghazieh
13	2 DF	Hsein Reda	(2004-04-07)7 April 2004 (aged 20)	Ahed
14	4 FW	Mohamad Dana	(2006-01-14)14 January 2006 (aged 19)	Örebro SK
15	4 FW	Hasan Dana	(2007-03-13)13 March 2007 (aged 18)	Örebro SK
16	2 DF	Abbas Ballout	(2003-04-20)20 April 2003 (aged 21)	Ansar
17	3 MF	Ali Alakbar Mannaa	(2003-06-23)23 June 2003 (aged 21)	Ahed
18	3 MF	Yasser Dimachek	(2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 22)	Shabab Baalbek
19	2 DF	Ibrahim Chami	(2003-12-13)13 December 2003 (aged 21)	Valour FC
20	4 FW	Omar Bahlawan	(2004-12-20)20 December 2004 (aged 20)	Ansar
21	3 MF	Mohamad Bou Saleh	(2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 22)	Ansar
22	1 GK	Mohammad Hojeij	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 21)	Shabab Sahel
23	1 GK	Zaher El Amin	(2003-05-15)15 May 2003 (aged 21)	Tadamon Sour

Syria

Coach: Emad Khankan

The squad was announced on 15 March 2025. ^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Maksim Sarraf	(2005-03-15)15 March 2005 (aged 20)	CSKA
2	3 MF	Yaser Kourdoghli	(2003-02-14)14 February 2003 (aged 22)	Tishreen
3	2 DF	Mohamed Tadmory	(2004-01-20)20 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Karamah
4	2 DF	Khaled Al-Hage	(2004-05-22)22 May 2004 (aged 20)	Hutteen
5	3 MF	Ammar Haded		Al-Karamah
6	3 MF	Abdullah Zakreet	(2003-01-03)3 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Karamah
7	3 MF	Hasan Dahan	(2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Ahli
8	3 MF	Can Moustfa	(2004-11-19)19 November 2004 (aged 20)	Rot Weiss Ahlen
9	4 FW	Mohammad Al-Mustafa	(2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Wathba
10	3 MF	Mahmoud Nayef	(2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
11	4 FW	Anas Dahhan	(2006-01-31)31 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
12	3 MF	Aland Abdi	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19)	Roda
13	4 FW	Amen Rahal
14	4 FW	Mahmoud Al-Omar	(2005-05-15)15 May 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
15	2 DF	Mohammad Othman	(2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Wathba
16	4 FW	Mohanad Fadel	(2003-04-29)29 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Karamah
17	4 FW	Qais Al-Hassan		Al-Wathba
18	4 FW	Hozan Osman	(2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 21)	NEC
19	3 MF	Ahmed Al-Hussein		Al-Wathba
20	2 DF	Abdulrahman Al-Arjah	(2006-01-10)10 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Karamah
21	2 DF	Mohammed Saraqbi	(2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Karamah
22	1 GK	Mohamad Hassouni	(2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
23	1 GK	Yamen Motlaq	(2003-01-10)10 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Jaish

Group D

Jordan

Coach: Omar Najhi

The squad was announced on 16 March 2025. ^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Murad Al-Faluji	(2003-12-27)27 December 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Hussein
2	2 DF	Ja'far Samara	(2004-06-08)8 June 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Ramtha
3	2 DF	Ayham Al-Samamreh	(2006-05-09)9 May 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Wehdat
4	2 DF	Arafat Al-Haj	(2003-04-17)17 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Wehdat
5	2 DF	Ahmed Ayman	(2004-11-28)28 November 2004 (aged 20)	Shabab Al-Ordon
6	3 MF	Mohammad Abu Hazeem	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Faisaly
7	4 FW	Ali Al-Azaizeh	(2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Khaldiya
8	3 MF	Hashem Al-Mubaidin	(2003-12-24)24 December 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Jazeera
9	4 FW	Baker Kalbouneh	(2003-08-14)14 August 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Faisaly
10	4 FW	Ayham Hisham	(2004-08-14)14 August 2004 (aged 20)	Shabab Al-Ordon
11	4 FW	Seif Darwish	(2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Sareeh
13	3 MF	Mohammad Taha	(2005-07-13)13 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shabab Al-Ordon
14	3 MF	Qutaiba Al-Ajalin	(2006-07-12)12 July 2006 (aged 18)	Shabab Al-Aqaba
15	3 MF	Hussein Al-Rushdan	(2003-06-09)9 June 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Ramtha
16	3 MF	Saif Suleiman	(2004-09-22)22 September 2004 (aged 20)	Shabab Al-Ordon
17	2 DF	Zakaria Amro	(2003-06-26)26 June 2003 (aged 21)	Wright State Raiders
18	3 MF	Mahmoud Yazan	(2004-11-15)15 November 2004 (aged 20)	Ajman
19	4 FW	Odeh Al-Fakhouri	(2005-11-20)20 November 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Hussein
20	4 FW	Anas Al-Khob	(2006-02-01)1 February 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Faisaly
21	3 MF	Qusay Al-Mansoori	(2004-05-06)6 May 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Faisaly
22	1 GK	Abdel Al-Talalga	(2003-04-12)12 April 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Faisaly
23	2 DF	Ibrahim Al-Jedi	(2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Salt
24	4 FW	Abdulrahman Al-Zaghaiba	(2007-04-10)10 April 2007 (aged 17)	Shabab Al-Aqaba
26	4 FW	Ahmad Al-Harahsha	(2003-05-12)12 May 2003 (aged 21)	Moghayer Al-Sarhan

Kuwait

Coach: Dario Bašić

The squad was announced on 10 March 2025. ^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Abdulrahman Al-Harbi	(2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Tadamon
3	3 MF	Salem Al-Khatlan
4	2 DF	Saleh Faisal	(2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 21)	Kazma
5	2 DF	Omar Al-Azemi	(2007-01-28)28 January 2007 (aged 18)	Kazma
6	3 MF	Montaser Al-Abdulsalam	(2005-05-17)17 May 2005 (aged 19)	Kazma
7	4 FW	Fahad Saud	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 22)	Al-Arabi
8	3 MF	Humoud Al-Sanousi	(2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21)	Kuwait
9	4 FW	Abdulrahman Al-Rashidi	(2004-01-12)12 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Nasr
10	3 MF	Omar Al-Saleem	(2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 22)	Kazma
11	4 FW	Eid Al-Ruqbah		Al-Nasr
12	2 DF	Mohsen Ghareeb	(2004-11-11)11 November 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Yarmouk
13	2 DF	Saad Al-Ajjmi		Al-Sahel
14	2 DF	Abdullah Essa	(2005-04-08)8 April 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Arabi
15	4 FW	Abdullah Al-Awadhi	(2003-03-20)20 March 2003 (aged 21)	Qadsia
16	4 FW	Omar Al-Matar		Kuwait
17	3 MF	Jarah Al-Heleeli	(2004-02-29)29 February 2004 (aged 21)	Kazma
18	3 MF	Abdullah Al-Ghaniman		Qadsia
19	4 FW	Ahmad Boodai	(2006-05-31)31 May 2006 (aged 18)	Qadsia
20	2 DF	Mohammad Al-Suraiei		Al-Salmiya
21	2 DF	Bandar Al-Barazi	(2005-01-24)24 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Nasr
22	1 GK	Abdulredha Shehab	(2004-01-17)17 January 2004 (aged 21)	Al-Arabi
23	1 GK	Dhari Al-Mesri		Al-Sahel
24	4 FW	Khaled Al-Kharqawi	(2006-09-12)12 September 2006 (aged 18)	Kuwait
25	2 DF	Nasser Al-Enezi	(2003-10-14)14 October 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Nasr
26	3 MF	Ali Qitaami		Al-Nasr

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8. "قائمة منتخب الكويت للشباب استعدادا لانطلاق التدريبات غداً على أن يغادر منتخب الشباب يوم 15 مارس الحالي إلى معسكره الخارجي في قطر والذي سيخوض من خلاله 3 مباريات ودية مع أكاديمية اسباير (مباراتين) ومع المنتخب التايلندي". Kuwait Football Association (Facebook) (in Arabic). 10 March 2025.