The United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team is the national Association football youth team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association.
Competitive record FIFA U-20 World Cup Host nation(s) / YearRound 1997Round of 16 2003Quarter-finals 2009Quarter-finals
AFC U-20 Asian Cup Year ResultPldWDLGFGA 1982 Fourth Place 301227 1985 Third Place 311194 1986 did not qualify 1988 Fourth Place 512225 1990 did not qualify 1992 Fourth Place 521255 1994 did not qualify 1996 Third Place 62221213 1998 did not qualify 2000 Group Stage 4004612 2002 Group Stage 411236 2004 did not qualify 2006 Group Stage 300326 2008 Champions 6600123 2010 Quarter–Finals 411276 2012 Group Stage 303022 2014 Quarter–Finals 412175 2016 Group Stage 311143 2018 Group Stage 3201103 2020Cancelled 2023did not qualify 2025 2027Total 14/20 56 18 15 23 83 80
Arab Cup U-20 Year ResultPldWDLGFGA 2011did not enter 2012 2014Cancelled 2020Group stage311132 2021Group stage3102108 2022Group stage201124 2026To be determined 2028Total 3/5 8 2 2 4 15 14
Individual awards All Emiratis players who have won many individual awards With the UAE Under-20.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
YearPlayerAward 2003Ismail MatarGolden Ball
AFC U-19 Championship
YearPlayerAward 2008Ahmed KhalilMost Valuable PlayerTop Scorer
Asian Young Footballer of the Year
YearPlayerAward2008Ahmed KhalilAsian Young Footballer of the Year
Matches Recent results and fixtures
2024
2026
Current staff
Position Name Head coach Saleem Ayoun Assistant coach Noel Kaseke John Metgod Goalkeeping coach Ali Ashoor Fitness coach Bogdan Paravan Scouting / Logistics officer Fathi Mannaa Doctor Zoran Stankovic Masseur Edimar da Silva Team manager Ahmed Almarzooqi Performance analyst Eduardo Oliveira
Coaches ManagerFromTo Khalifa Mubarak AlShamsi20042006 Jacky Bonnevay20062007 Jumaa Rabea Mubarak20072008 Khaled Ben Yahia July 2008 October 2008 Mahdi Redha October 2008 2009 Ludovic Batelli 2018 2020 Nikolaos Kolompourdas 2020 2022 Faisal Al Taheri 2022 present
Current squad Source:
Former squads 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 2003 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - UAE 1997 FIFA under-20 World Cup squads - UAE
References
External links United Arab Emirates Football Association (Arabic) UAE U20 Official Site (English)
See also United Arab Emirates national football team United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team
Head-to-head record The following table shows United Arab Emirates' head-to-head record in FIFA U-20 World Cup and AFC U-20 Asian Cup. In FIFA U-20 World Cup OpponentWin %Total In AFC U-20 Asian Cup OpponentWin %Total