Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team

Saudi Arabia Under-20
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر; (The Green Falcons)
Association	SAFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Marcos Soares
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	KSA
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1973)
Best result	Winners (1986, 1992, 2018)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1985)
Best result	Round of 16 (2011, 2017)

Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team (Arabic: المنتخب السعودي لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة) also known as Saudi Arabia Youth team, represents Saudi Arabia in international football competitions in AFC U-20 Asian Cup and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments.

Honours

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Winners (3): 1986, 1992, 2018
Runners-up (3): 1985, 2016, 2025

Arab Cup U-20

Winners (3): 1985, 2021, 2022
Runners-up (3): 1983, 2011, 2012

AGCFF U-20 Gulf Cup

Winners (2): 2016, 2025

Competitions record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	1	1
1987		16th	3	0	0	3	0	6
1989		10th	3	1	0	2	4	3
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	1	2
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	2	6
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	8	5
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	0	3	4	8
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Group stage	18th	3	0	1	2	3	5
2027	To be determined
Total	10/25	Best: R16	32	5	6	19	28	44

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Did not enter
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973	Semi-finals	4th	6	2	1	3	5	11
1974	Did not enter
1975
1976
1977	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	7	2
1978	Quarter-finals	5th	5	2	2	1	12	5
1980	Did not enter
1982	Did not enter
1985	Round-robin	2nd	3	1	2	0	8	5
1986	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	17	1
1988	Did not enter
1990	Did not enter
1992	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	3
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not enter
1998	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	1	1	10	6
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	0	2	18	5
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2010	Semi-finals	4th	5	3	0	2	5	6
2012	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	6	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	16	11
2018	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	13	4
2023	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2025	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	5	3
Total	16/42	Best: 3 titles	78	46	15	17	151	82

Arab Cup U-20

Arab Cup U-20 record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	9	4
2012	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	7
2014	Canceled
2020	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	4
2021	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	11	7
2022	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	12	2
2026	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	Best: 2 titles	5 / 5	24	15	6	3	52	24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth record
Host/Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1983	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	0	3	9	6
1985	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	11	1
1989	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	7	4
Total	3/3	Best: 1 title	19	13	2	4	27	11

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 24 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

13 February 2025 (2025-02-13) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group stage	Jordan	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen
19:30		Report	Haqawi 46'	Attendance: 472 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

16 February 2025 (2025-02-16) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group stage	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Iraq	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen
19:30		Report	Faisal 25'	Attendance: 827 Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group stage	Saudi Arabia	2–1	North Korea	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen
15:00	Haqawi 51' Al-Khaibri 85'	Report	Han Jae-yong 28'	Attendance: 412 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Quarter-finals	Saudi Arabia	1–0	China	Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
16:15	Al-Yuhaybi 90+5'	Report		Referee: Alex King (Australia)

26 February 2025 (2025-02-26) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Semi-finals	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	South Korea	Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
16:15

1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Final	Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Saudi Arabia	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen
19:30		Report		Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
	Penalties
	Jovanovic Badolato Pearman Yull Kikianis		Al-Khaibri Al-Shamrani Al-Mahdawi Barnawi Hazazi

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hamed Al-Shanqiti	(2005-04-26)26 April 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
2	2DF	Saud Al-Tumbukti	(2005-01-28)28 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Riyadh
3	2DF	Abdullah Al-Sahli	(2005-05-17)17 May 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Batin
4	2DF	Saud Harun	(2005-07-19)19 July 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Hilal
5	2DF	Mohammed Barnawi	(2005-08-07)7 August 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
6	2DF	Saleh Barnawi	(2007-02-08)8 February 2007 (aged 18)	Al-Hilal
7	3MF	Amar Al-Yuhaybi	(2006-03-03)3 March 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Rakan Al-Ghamdi	(2005-09-06)6 September 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Nassr
9	4FW	Talal Haji	(2007-09-16)16 September 2007 (aged 17)	Al-Riyadh
10	3MF	Ziyad Al-Ghamdi	(2005-02-16)16 February 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Ettifaq
11	4FW	Saad Haqawi	(2005-10-08)8 October 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Nassr
12	2DF	Nawaf Al-Ghulaimish	(2005-05-02)2 May 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Shabab
13	3MF	Bassam Hazazi	(2005-03-29)29 March 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Nassr
14	3MF	Farhah Al-Shamrani	(2006-02-27)27 February 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Riyadh
15	3MF	Eyad Housa	(2006-11-21)21 November 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Qadsiah
16	1GK	Mahmoud Al-Burayh	(2006-02-14)14 February 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Fateh
17	3MF	Abdulmalik Al-Marwani	(2005-06-19)19 June 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Taawoun
18	3MF	Ramez Al-Attar	(2006-01-17)17 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
19	2DF	Awad Aman	(2005-01-16)16 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
20	4FW	Thamer Al-Khaibari	(2005-12-03)3 December 2005 (aged 19)	Neom
21	1GK	Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi	(2006-02-13)13 February 2006 (aged 18)	Al-Taawoun

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Saudi Arabia under-23 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Abdulelah Al-Ghamdi	(2006-08-14) 14 August 2006	-	-	Al-Hilal	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

DF	Sultan Al-Essa	(2005-06-30) 30 June 2005	-	-	Al-Hazem	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
DF	Turki Al-Madani	(2007-11-05) 5 November 2007	-	-	Al-Ettifaq	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

MF	Hussain A-Raqwani	(2005-09-27) 27 September 2005	-	-	Al-Riyadh	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

FW	Ali Al-Mahdawi	(2005-04-22) 22 April 2005	-	-	Al-Hilal	2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

References

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Saudi Arabia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and AFC U-20 Asian Cup.

In FIFA U-20 World Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Brazil	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Croatia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
France	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Mali	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	000.00
Norway	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Panama	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Portugal	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	033.33
Senegal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Spain	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
United States	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	31	5	7	19	27	43	−16	016.13

In AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	4	1	2	1	5	5	+0	025.00
Bahrain	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	033.33
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
China	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	050.00
India	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	100.00
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Iran	2	2	0	0	8	6	+2	100.00
Iraq	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	000.00
Japan	9	1	3	5	9	15	−6	011.11
Jordan	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Malaysia	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Myanmar	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
North Korea	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Qatar	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	066.67
South Korea	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	050.00
Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Syria	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	050.00
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Thailand	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10	080.00
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Yemen	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Total	78	46	15	17	151	82	+69	058.97

National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

Honours

Competitions record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Arab Cup U-20

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Results and fixtures

2025

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

See also

References

Head-to-head record

In FIFA U-20 World Cup

In AFC U-20 Asian Cup