United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

UAE Under-17

Association	United Arab Emirates Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Majed Al Zaabi
Captain	Khaled Anbar
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1991 )
Best result	Round of 16 (2009)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1990 )
Best result	Runners-up (1990)
GCC U-17 Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 2003)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013)

United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

Medal record
GCC U-17 Championship
	2006 Saudi Arabia	Team
	2009 UAE	Team
	2010 Kuwait	Team
	2013 Qatar	Team
	2008 Saudi Arabia	Team
	2003 Qatar	Team
	2011 Qatar	Team
	2012 Kuwait	Team
	2016 Qatar	Team

United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

Medal record
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
	1990 UAE	Team

United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

Medal record
WAFF U-16 Championship
	2019 Palestine	Team

The United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team represents the United Arab Emirates in international under-17 football competitions and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.

Competition Records

GCC U-17 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2001	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Third place	5	3	0	2	17	8
2006	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	1
2008	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	6	3
2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1
2010	Champions	4	2	1	1	8	7
2011	Third place	4	1	3	0	4	2
2012	Third place	4	2	0	2	8	5
2013	Champions	4	2	2	0	9	5
2015	Group stage	2	1	0	1	2	5
2016	Third place	4	1	2	1	2	2
Total	10/12	39	22	9	8	79	39

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	10
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	3	6
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	10
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2023
2025	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	9
2026	To be determined
2027
2028
2029
Total	4/24	13	1	2	10	9	35

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	did not qualify
1986
1988
1990	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	3
1992	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	5
1994		4	1	2	1	10	9
1996	did not qualify
1998
2000
2002	Quarter-Finals	4	1	1	2	5	7
2004	did not qualify
2006
2008	Semi-Finals	4	2	0	2	7	13
2010	Quarter-Finals	4	1	2	1	5	5
2012	did not qualify
2014
2016	Quarter-Finals	4	2	1	1	7	5
2018	withdrew
2023	did not qualify
2025	qualified
2026	qualified
Total	7/20	28	10	8	10	47	47

WAFF Championship

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2019	Runner-ups	4	1	3	0	4	2
2021	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
Total	2/2	7	1	4	2	5	6

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2024

United Arab Emirates   v   Malaysia

23 October AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	United Arab Emirates	2-0	Malaysia	Vientiane, Laos
19:00  UTC+7		Report		Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Al-Sbaih (Kuwait)

Laos   v   United Arab Emirates

25 October AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	Laos	2–5	United Arab Emirates	Vientiane, Laos
16:00  UTC+7	Phayak 51', 56' (pen.)		Khamis 12' Al-Breiki 29' Al-Marar 52' Al-Suwaidi 89' Ki 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Referee: Chotrawee Tongduang (Thailand)

2025

Japan   v   United Arab Emirates

4 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Japan	4–1	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia
--:--  UTC+3

United Arab Emirates   v   Australia

7 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	United Arab Emirates	2-0	Australia	Saudi Arabia
--:--  UTC+3

Vietnam   v   United Arab Emirates

10 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Vietnam	v	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia
--:--  UTC+3

Individual awards

All Emiratis players who have won many individual awards With the UAE Under-17.

GCC U-17 Championship

Year	Player	Award
2009	Nasser Abdulla	Best Goalkeeper
2008	Abdullah Essa	Top Goalscorers
2006	Ahmed Khalil	Top Goalscorers
2003	Mohammed Al Shehhi	Top Goalscorers

Current staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Majed Al Zaabi
Assistant coach	Nawaf Aldarmaki
	Sulaiman Haji Alblooshi
Goalkeeping coach	Yousif Al-Zaabi
Fitness coach	Bogdan Paravan
Scouting / Logistics Officer	Tharik abdul-Raheem
Team administrator	Esam Binsalmin
Doctor	Djamel Senoussi
Physiotherapist	Esam Al-Ali
Performance Analyst	Abdulla Al-Muqahwi

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. ^[1]

Head coach: Majed Al-Zaabi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mayed Mohamed	(2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 17)	Al-Wahda
17	1 GK	Mohammed Nasser	(2008-02-11) 11 February 2008 (age 17)	Al-Wasl
22	1 GK	Saeed Ali	(2009-04-18) 18 April 2009 (age 16)	Sharjah
2	2 DF	Houd Saleh	(2008-11-03) 3 November 2008 (age 17)	Al-Jazira
3	2 DF	Ahmed Ekramy	(2008-10-11) 11 October 2008 (age 17)	Al-Jazira
5	2 DF	Suhail Al-Noubi	(2008-08-10) 10 August 2008 (age 17)	Al-Nasr
12	2 DF	Fahad Khalil	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 17)	Al-Nasr
13	2 DF	Salem Esam	(2008-12-02) 2 December 2008 (age 16)	Al-Wasl
14	2 DF	Humaid Ibrahim	(2008-01-24) 24 January 2008 (age 17)	Sharjah
4	3 MF	Obaid Omran	(2008-01-23) 23 January 2008 (age 17)	Sharjah
6	3 MF	Ibrahim Yousuf	(2008-05-27) 27 May 2008 (age 17)	Al-Wasl
7	3 MF	Mohammed Gamal	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008 (age 17)	Al-Nasr
8	3 MF	Abdulla Rashed	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 17)	Al-Ain
18	3 MF	Ali Hassan	(2008-12-04) 4 December 2008 (age 16)	Shabab Al-Ahli
19	3 MF	Mohammad Ahmad	(2008-03-31) 31 March 2008 (age 17)	Shabab Al-Ahli
20	3 MF	Mohammad Salem	(2008-09-14) 14 September 2008 (age 17)	Al-Nasr
21	3 MF	Abdalla Hatem	(2008-05-19) 19 May 2008 (age 17)	Al-Ahly
23	3 MF	Abdullah Mennad	(2008-10-02) 2 October 2008 (age 17)	Sharjah
9	4 FW	Mayed Adel	(2008-01-21) 21 January 2008 (age 17)	Al-Nasr
10	4 FW	Faysal Mohammed	(2008-09-03) 3 September 2008 (age 17)	Al-Wahda
11	4 FW	Mohamed Buti	(2008-01-30) 30 January 2008 (age 17)	Shabab Al-Ahli
15	4 FW	Jayden Adetiba	(2009-06-07) 7 June 2009 (age 16)	Arsenal
16	4 FW	Hazaa Faisal	(2008-02-10) 10 February 2008 (age 17)	Al-Ain

Former squads

• 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads – UAE
• 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – UAE
• 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – UAE

References

1. "بعثة منتخبنا للناشئين تُغادر إلى الطائف للمشاركة في كأس آسيا" [Our U-17 National Team Departs for Taif to Participate in the Asian Cup] (in Arabic). United Arab Emirates Football Association. 27 March 2025.

External links

• United Arab Emirates Football Association (in Arabic)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows United Arab Emirates' head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

In FIFA U-17 World Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	000.00
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Germany	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Honduras	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Malawi	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Senegal	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Sudan	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	13	1	2	10	9	35	−26	007.69

In AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
China	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	000.00
India	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Iran	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Iraq	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	050.00
Japan	4	1	0	3	7	13	−6	025.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Qatar	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
South Korea	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Thailand	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Uzbekistan	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	32	11	9	12	52	55	−3	034.38