Maldives national under-23 football team explained
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| Fifa Trigramme: | MDV |
| Nickname: | Red Snappers |
| Association: | Football Association of Maldives |
| Sub-Confederation: | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Manager: | Mohamed Adhuham |
| Coach: | Ali Suzain |
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| First Game: | Maldives 0-4 south korea |
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.
Asian Games
2002
See 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
See 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
See 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
Olympic Games
- Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Asian Games
| Asian Games Record |
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| Host nation / Year | Result | Position | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | |
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 2002 | Round 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
 2006 | Round 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
 2010 | Round 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | Round 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | - | 4/4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 29 | |
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- Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-22 Asian Cup
| AFC U-22 Asian Cup |
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| Host nation / Year | Result | Position | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | |
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 2014 | did not qualify |
| 2016 |
| Total | - | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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- Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa U-23 International Football Trophy
- Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Recent fixtures and results
2012
| Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Maldivian Scorers |
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| |  Malé, Maldives |  Sri Lanka | | | |
| |  Bangkok, Thailand | Vietnam | | | |
| | Bangkok, Thailand |  Myanmar | | | |
| |  Malacca, Malaysia | Qatar | | | |
| | Malacca, Malaysia |  Tajikistan | | | |
| | Malacca, Malaysia | Iran | | | |
| | Malacca, Malaysia |  Bahrain | | | |
| | Malacca, Malaysia |  Kuwait | | | |
| | Nawalapitiya, SL | Sri Lanka | | | |
| | Nawalapitiya, SL |  Pakistan | | | |
| | Nawalapitiya, SL |  Bangladesh | | | |
| | Nawalapitiya, SL | Pakistan | | | | |
2013
2014
2015
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Team Manager | Mohamed Adhuham |
| Head coach | Ali Suzain |
| Assistant coach | Mohammed Shahid |
| Assistant coach | Sabah Mohamed |
| Goalkeeping coach | Haseeb Hameed |
| Team Doctor | Hisham Ali Zaki |
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Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
Coaches
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Maldives-U23 1-3 Oman-U23 . envivo24.com . 7 November 2010 . 20 June 2012.
- Web site: Maldives 0 - 0 Pakistan: Maldives loses a golden chance . maldivesoccer.com . 10 November 2010 . 20 June 2012 . https://archive.today/20130222030930/http://www.maldivesoccer.net/v4/print.php?id=3412 . 22 February 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Asian Games: Maldives held Thailand to finish third . maldivesoccer.com . 11 November 2010 . 20 June 2012 . https://archive.today/20130221192926/http://www.maldivesoccer.net/v4/print.php?id=3415 . 21 February 2013 . dead .
- Web site: AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw results . the-afc.com . 14 February 2012 . 20 June 2012.
- https://www.vaguthu.mv/sport/233737/ Assad to coach u23 side. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)
- https://mihaaru.com/local_sports/86827 Rene Hiddink selected as the head coach of u-23 team
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