Maldives national under-23 football team

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Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Nickname(s) Red Snappers
Association Football Association of Maldives
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach Ali Suzain
FIFA code MDV
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The Maldives national Under-23 football team, also known as Maldives Under-23s or Maldives U23(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Maldives national football team, and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives.

Contents

Asian Games

2002

This was the Maldives U-23s' first competitive tournament. They were eliminated from the preliminary round, after being defeated 4–0 to South Korea, 3–1 to Malaysia and 5–0 to Oman. The only goal for the Maldives was scored by Ibrahim Fazeel.

2006

In this year, Maldives were drawn to play in the Group A of the second round, alongside India, Hong Kong and Iran. Ashad Ali scored the only goal in the 3–1 loss against Iran. In the match against India, Ali Ashfaq scored the equalizing goal for Maldives, but they couldn't hold India till the end and lost for 2–1 as India scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game. The last match of the group was against Hong Kong. Maldives lost 1–0 to them as Maldives were conceded in the 11th minute of the game.

2010

Maldives ended up the competition at the 3rd position of Group F in the 2010 Asian Games held at China. They lost the first match, 3–0 to Oman, [1] but they managed to draw with a score of 0–0 against Pakistan [2] and Thailand. [3]

AFC U-22 Asian Cup

2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualification

In 2012 it was announced that Maldives U23 would participate in the qualifying round of the inaugural AFC U-22 Asian Cup in June 2012. [4]

Competitive record

Recent fixtures and results

2012

2013

2014

2015

DateTournamentLocationOpponentStadiumScoreMaldivian Scorers
23 March 2015
Flag of Oman.svg Muscat, Oman Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
25 March 2015
Flag of Oman.svg Muscat, Oman Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
27 March 2015
Flag of Oman.svg Muscat, Oman Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Hamza Soccerball shade.svg27'
23 March 2015
Flag of Oman.svg Muscat, Oman Flag of Oman.svg Oman

Coaching staff

PositionName
Team Manager Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Adhuham
Head coach Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Suzain
Assistant coach Flag of Maldives.svg Mohammed Shahid
Assistant coach Flag of Maldives.svg Sabah Mohamed
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Maldives.svg Haseeb Hameed
Team Doctor Flag of Maldives.svg Hisham Ali Zaki

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Ali Naajih (1999-12-08) December 8, 1999 (age 23)2 Flag of Maldives.svg United Victory
21 GK Hassan Aleef Ahmed (2000-10-01) October 1, 2000 (age 22) Flag of Maldives.svg Eagles
32 DF Ali Ajfan Amjad Flag of Maldives.svg Eydhafushi
42 DF Hassan Nahwaash (2000-03-28) March 28, 2000 (age 22)1 Flag of Maldives.svg Maziya
53 MF Moosa Azeem Hassan 2 Flag of Maldives.svg United Victory
62 DF Ishaq Rasheedh 1 Flag of Maldives.svg Green Streets
72 DF Husain Faisal (1999-05-15) May 15, 1999 (age 23)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Valencia
82 DF Hassan Eanaaz 2 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
92 DF Hamdhoon Abdhul Latheef 1 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
102 DF Ahnaf Rasheed (2001-11-23) November 23, 2001 (age 21)1 Flag of Maldives.svg Super United
112 DF Ahmed Naahil Ibrahim (2002-07-03) July 3, 2002 (age 20) Flag of Maldives.svg Green Streets
122 DF Haisham Hassan (1999-07-21) July 21, 1999 (age 23)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Maziya
133 MF Shaifulla Ibrahim (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 (age 23) Flag of Maldives.svg Eagles
143 MF Hussain Ahusam Moosa (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001 (age 21)2 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
153 MF Abdulla Yaameen (2001-12-30) December 30, 2001 (age 21)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Valencia
163 MF Zain Zafar (2003-04-20) April 20, 2003 (age 19)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Eagles
173 MF Ismail Zaan Amir (2000-10-11) October 11, 2000 (age 22)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Valencia
184 FW Zayaan Naseer 2 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
194 FW Haisham Rasheed 1 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
204 FW Ahmad Bassam (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 22)2 Flag of Maldives.svg United Victory
224 FW Nishaam Mohamed Rasheed (1999-01-31) January 31, 1999 (age 24)2 Flag of Maldives.svg TC
234 FW Mohamed Jailam (1999-10-13) October 13, 1999 (age 23)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Green Streets
254 FW Hassan Nazeem (2001-05-24) May 24, 2001 (age 21)2 Flag of Maldives.svg Maziya

Coaches

NameNatPeriod
István Urbányi Flag of Hungary.svg 2011–2013
Drago Mamić Flag of Croatia.svg 2014
Assad Abdul Ghanee [5] Flag of Maldives.svg 2015
René Hiddink [6] Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2021–

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