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.

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

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	withdrew
2023	did not qualify
2025	qualified
Total	4/20	10	1	1	8	8	26

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

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.

  v  Malaysia

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

Laos  v  

25 October AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	Laos	2–5		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)

Japan  v  

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

  v  Australia

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

Vietnam  v  

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

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

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

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	1GK	Mayed Mohamed	(2008-01-31) 31 January 2008	Al-Wahda
17	1GK	Mohammed Nasser	(2008-02-11) 11 February 2008	Al-Wasl
22	1GK	Saeed Ali	(2009-04-18) 18 April 2009	Sharjah
2	2DF	Houd Saleh	(2008-11-03) 3 November 2008	Al-Jazira
3	2DF	Ahmed Ekramy	(2008-10-11) 11 October 2008	Al-Jazira
5	2DF	Suhail Al-Noubi	(2008-08-10) 10 August 2008	Al-Nasr
12	2DF	Fahad Khalil	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008	Al-Nasr
13	2DF	Salem Esam	(2008-12-02) 2 December 2008	Al-Wasl
14	2DF	Humaid Ibrahim	(2008-01-24) 24 January 2008	Sharjah
4	3MF	Obaid Omran	(2008-01-23) 23 January 2008	Sharjah
6	3MF	Ibrahim Yousuf	(2008-05-27) 27 May 2008	Al-Wasl
7	3MF	Mohammed Gamal	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008	Al-Nasr
8	3MF	Abdulla Rashed	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008	Al-Ain
18	3MF	Ali Hassan	(2008-12-04) 4 December 2008	Shabab Al-Ahli
19	3MF	Mohammad Ahmad	(2008-03-31) 31 March 2008	Shabab Al-Ahli
20	3MF	Mohammad Salem	(2008-09-14) 14 September 2008	Al-Nasr
21	3MF	Abdalla Hatem	(2008-05-19) 19 May 2008	Al-Ahly
23	3MF	Abdullah Mennad	(2008-10-02) 2 October 2008	Sharjah
9	4FW	Mayed Adel	(2008-01-21) 21 January 2008	Al-Nasr
10	4FW	Faysal Mohammed	(2008-09-03) 3 September 2008	Al-Wahda
11	4FW	Mohamed Buti	(2008-01-30) 30 January 2008	Shabab Al-Ahli
15	4FW	Jayden Adetiba	(2009-06-07) 7 June 2009	Arsenal
16	4FW	Hazaa Faisal	(2008-02-10) 10 February 2008	Al-Ain

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

• United Arab Emirates Football Association (in Arabic)

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

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	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
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	10	1	1	8	8	26	−18	010.00

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