The Maldives national Under-23 football team, also known as
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
Under-23s or Maldives U23(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the
Maldives national football team
The Maldives national football team (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. It is a member of the Asi ...
, and is controlled by the
Football Association of Maldives
The Football Association of Maldives (FAM), founded in 1982, is the governing body of football in the Maldives. The association under the guidance of the Ministry of Youth & Sports is responsible for all regulatory aspects of the sport in the Ma ...
.
Asian Games
2002
This was the Maldives U-23s' first competitive tournament. They were eliminated from the preliminary round, after being defeated 4–0 to
South Korea
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, 3–1 to
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
and 5–0 to
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
. The only goal for the Maldives was scored by
Ibrahim Fazeel.
2006
In this year, Maldives were drawn to play in the Group A of the second round, alongside
India
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,
Hong Kong
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and
Iran
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.
Ashad Ali
Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Valencia. He was a member of the Maldives national football team.
Club career
Ashad started his career at Victory Sport ...
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
Maldives ended up the competition at the 3rd position of Group F in the 2010 Asian Games held at
China
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. They lost the first match, 3–0 to
Oman
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, but they managed to draw with a score of 0–0 against
Pakistan
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and
Thailand
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.
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
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 n ...
in June 2012.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
Asian Games
:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
AFC U-22 Asian Cup
:''*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
2013
2014
2015
Coaching staff
Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for
2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Uzb ...
Coaches
See also
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Maldives national football team
The Maldives national football team (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. It is a member of the Asi ...
References
External links
Football Association of Maldives- Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maldives National Under-23 Football Team
Asian national under-23 association football teams
under-23