Maldives national under-23 football team

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.

 Maldives
Nickname(s)Red Snappers
AssociationFootball Association of Maldives
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachAli Suzain
FIFA codeMDV
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
Maldives 0-4 south korea

Asian Games

2002
Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games

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
Main article: Football at the 2006 Asian Games

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
Main article: Football at the 2010 Asian Games

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
Date Tournament Location Opponent Stadium Score Maldivian Scorers
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Lebanon Lebanon
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–2
Irufaan 4'
25 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Bahrain Bahrain
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–3
27 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Iraq Iraq
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1–7
Hamza 27'
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Oman Muscat, Oman Oman Oman
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0–5

Coaching staff
Position Name
Team Manager Maldives Mohamed Adhuham
Head coach Maldives Ali Suzain
Assistant coach Maldives Mohammed Shahid
Assistant coach Maldives Sabah Mohamed
Goalkeeping coach Maldives Haseeb Hameed
Team Doctor Maldives Hisham Ali Zaki

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ali Naajih (1999-12-08) December 8, 1999 2 Maldives United Victory
2 1GK Hassan Aleef Ahmed (2000-10-01) October 1, 2000 Maldives Eagles
3 2DF Ali Ajfan Amjad Maldives Eydhafushi
4 2DF Hassan Nahwaash (2000-03-28) March 28, 2000 1 Maldives Maziya
5 3MF Moosa Azeem Hassan 2 Maldives United Victory
6 2DF Ishaq Rasheedh 1 Maldives Green Streets
7 2DF Husain Faisal (1999-05-15) May 15, 1999 2 Maldives Valencia
8 2DF Hassan Eanaaz 2 Maldives TC
9 2DF Hamdhoon Abdhul Latheef 1 Maldives TC
10 2DF Ahnaf Rasheed (2001-11-23) November 23, 2001 1 Maldives Super United
11 2DF Ahmed Naahil Ibrahim (2002-07-03) July 3, 2002 Maldives Green Streets
12 2DF Haisham Hassan (1999-07-21) July 21, 1999 2 Maldives Maziya
13 3MF Shaifulla Ibrahim (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 Maldives Eagles
14 3MF Hussain Ahusam Moosa (2001-03-20) March 20, 2001 2 Maldives TC
15 3MF Abdulla Yaameen (2001-12-30) December 30, 2001 2 Maldives Valencia
16 3MF Zain Zafar (2003-04-20) April 20, 2003 2 Maldives Eagles
17 3MF Ismail Zaan Amir (2000-10-11) October 11, 2000 2 Maldives Valencia
18 4FW Zayaan Naseer 2 Maldives TC
19 4FW Haisham Rasheed 1 Maldives TC
20 4FW Ahmad Bassam (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 2 Maldives United Victory
22 4FW Nishaam Mohamed Rasheed (1999-01-31) January 31, 1999 2 Maldives TC
23 4FW Mohamed Jailam (1999-10-13) October 13, 1999 2 Maldives Green Streets
25 4FW Hassan Nazeem (2001-05-24) May 24, 2001 2 Maldives Maziya

Coaches
Name Nat Period
István Urbányi Hungary 2011–2013
Drago Mamić Croatia 2014
Assad Abdul Ghanee[5] Maldives 2015
René Hiddink[6] Netherlands 2021–

See also

References
  1. "Maldives-U23 1-3 Oman-U23". envivo24.com. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "Maldives 0 - 0 Pakistan: Maldives loses a golden chance". maldivesoccer.com. 10 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. "Asian Games: Maldives held Thailand to finish third". maldivesoccer.com. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. "AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw results". the-afc.com. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. Assad to coach u23 side. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)
  6. Rene Hiddink selected as the head coach of u-23 team at Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). access date: 14 June 2021
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