United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team explained

UAE Under-17
Fifa Trigramme:	UAE
Association:	United Arab Emirates Football Association
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Coach:	Majed Al Zaabi
Captain:	Khaled Anbar
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Regional Name:	FIFA U-17 World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:	3
Regional Cup First:	1991
Regional Cup Best:	Round of 16 (2009)
2Ndregional Name:	AFC U-16 Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	7
2Ndregional Cup First:	1990
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Runners-up (1990)
3Rdregional Name:	GCC U-17 Championship
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	10
3Rdregional Cup First:	2003
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Champions (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013)

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.

Competition Records

GCC U-17 Championship Record

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

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

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
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
2019	withdrew
2021	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025	TBD
Total	3/20	10	1	1	8	8	26

AFC U-16 Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	did not qualify
1986
1988
1990	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	1	10
1992	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	5
1994	Group Stage	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
2020	Qualified	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025	TBD
Total	7/20	28	10	8	10	47	47

WAFF Championship

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.

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2024

Individual awards

All Emiratis players who have won many individual awards With the UAE Under-17.

GCC U-17 Championship

width=8%	Year	width=8%	Player	width=8%	Award
width=8%	2009	width=8%	Nasser Abdulla	width=8%	Best Goalkeeper
width=8%	2008	width=8%	Abdullah Essa	width=8%	Top Goalscorers
width=8%	2006	width=8%	Ahmed Khalil	width=8%	Top Goalscorers
width=8%	2003	width=8%	Mohammed Al Shehhi	width=8%	Top Goalscorers

Current Squads

Head coach: Majed Al Zaabi

Source:^[1]

Former squads

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

External links

• United Arab Emirates Football Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: YOUTH TEAM 2008.