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 coachAssad Abdul Ghanee
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
 Muscat, Oman Lebanon
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1 – 2
 4' Irufaan
25 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Muscat, Oman Bahrain
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0 – 3
27 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Muscat, Oman Iraq
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
1 – 7
 27' Hamza
23 March 2015
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
 Muscat, Oman Oman
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
0 – 5

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ibrahim Labaan Shareef (1996-01-18) January 18, 1996 Mahibadhoo
2 2DF Ibrahim Hamdhaan (1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 Eagles
3 2DF Mohamed Ihsan Maziya
4 2DF Hussain Sifaau Yoosuf Maziya
5 3MF Hussain Nihaan (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 Victory
6 3MF Mohamed Irufaan (Captain) (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 Maziya
7 3MF Abdul Wahid Ibrahim (1993-07-18) July 18, 1993 Maziya
8 3MF Ahmed Visam Valencia
9 3MF Mohamed Sadin Abdul Hannan (1996-02-18) February 18, 1996 Maziya
10 3MF Ismail Ahmed Maziya
11 4FW Ahmed Rizuvan (1995-06-04) June 4, 1995 Maziya
12 3MF Hassan Shius Maziya
13 2DF Ibrahim Haseeb (1995-08-22) August 22, 1995 Eagles
14 4FW Mohamed Muslih (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 Eagles
15 2DF Gasim Samaam (1993-02-05) February 5, 1993 Maziya
16 3MF Ahmed Suhail (1995-06-07) June 7, 1995 New Radiant
17 3MF Hamza Mohamed (1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 New Radiant
18 1GK Mohamed Jazlaan (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993 Eagles
19 2DF Mohamed Saaif (1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 Maziya
20 3MF Mohamed Hamdhoon (1996-06-07) June 7, 1996 Eagles
22 3MF Hafiz Ahmed Eagles
23 2DF Ismail Farooq Eagles
25 1GK Iyaan Abdul Aleen Maziya

Coaches
Name Nat Period
István Urbányi 2011–2013
Drago Mamić 2014
Assad Abdul Ghanee[5] 2015–

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)
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