2024 WAFF U-23 Championship squads

The 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Saudi Arabia from 20 to 26 March 2024. It is the fifth edition of the U-23 age group competition organized by the West Asian Football Federation.

The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of at most 26 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 20 March 2024, the first day of the tournament. The nationality of each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface were capped at full international level prior to being called up.

Group A

Jordan

Coach: Abdullah Abu Zema

The squad was announced on 10 March 2024.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmad Al-Juaidi	(2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Wehdat
2	2DF	Laith Abu Rahal	(2001-09-08)8 September 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Ahli
3	2DF	Mo Abualnadi	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 23)	Al-Hussein
4	2DF	Danial Afaneh	(2001-03-24)24 March 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Wehdat
5	2DF	Arafat Al-Haj	(2003-04-17)17 April 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Wehdat
6	4FW	Mohannad Abu Taha	(2003-02-02)2 February 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Wehdat
7	4FW	Saif Al-Bashabsheh	(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Salt
8	2DF	Baha Shamalty	(2001-04-15)15 April 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Ahli
9	3MF	Amer Jamous	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Wehdat
10	3MF	Waseem Al-Riyalat	(2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Hussein
11	3MF	Bashar Al-Diabat	(2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Ramtha
12	1GK	Osama Al-Kawamleh	(2002-08-16)16 August 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Jalil
13	3MF	Omar Salah	(2003-04-18)18 April 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Wakrah
14	3MF	Seif Darwish	(2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Hussein
15	4FW	Ali Al-Azaizeh	(2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Ramtha
16	3MF	Mohammad Abu Hazeem	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Faisaly
17	4FW	Malek Allan	(2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 21)	Ma'an
18	4FW	Aref Al-Haj	(2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Faisaly
19	2DF	Faisal Abu Shanab	(2001-08-09)9 August 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Faisaly
20	4FW	Reziq Bani Hani	(2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (aged 22)	Al-Faisaly
21	4FW	Baker Kalbouneh	(2003-08-14)14 August 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Faisaly
22	1GK	Antoine Awad	(2002-10-03)3 October 2002 (aged 21)	Montreal Concordia
23	1GK	Murad Al-Faluji	(2003-12-27)27 December 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Wehdat
24	3MF	Aon Al-Maharmeh	(2001-01-16)16 January 2001 (aged 23)	Ma'an
25	2DF	Youssef Hassan	(2003-02-02)2 February 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Jalil
26	3MF	Ahmed Al-Salman	(2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Ramtha

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Marcos Soares

The squad was announced on 18 March 2024.^[2] On 19 March 2024, Abu Raseen withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Salman Al-Daajani.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Muhannad Al-Yahya	(2004-09-19)19 September 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Fateh
2	2DF	Ahmed Al-Julaydan	(2004-03-08)8 March 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Fateh
3	2DF	Suwailem Al-Menhali	(2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
4	2DF	Mubarak Al-Rajeh	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Raed
5	2DF	Mohammed Barnawi	(2005-08-07)7 August 2005 (aged 18)	Al-Hilal
6	2DF	Saleh Barnawi	(2007-02-08)8 February 2007 (aged 17)	Al-Hilal
7	3MF	Younes Al-Shanqiti	(2004-01-06)6 January 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Abdullah Al-Zaid	(2004-01-08)8 January 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Hilal
9	4FW	Meshari Al-Nemer	(2003-08-05)5 August 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
10	3MF	Musab Al-Juwayr	(2003-06-20)20 June 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab
11	4FW	Nawaf Al-Sahli	(2003-05-05)5 May 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Raed
12	2DF	Salem Al-Najdi	(2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Fateh
13	2DF	Sulaiman Hazazi	(2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Qaisumah
14	2DF	Abdulaziz Al-Faraj	(2003-06-23)23 June 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
15	3MF	Rakan Al-Ghamdi	(2005-09-06)6 September 2005 (aged 18)	Al-Nassr
16	3MF	Faisal Al-Asmari	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Hilal
17	3MF	Marwan Al-Sahafi	(2004-02-17)17 February 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
18	3MF	Suhayb Al-Zaid	(2004-08-12)12 August 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Hilal
19	4FW	Yazeed Jawshan	(2003-05-04)4 May 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Faisaly
20	3MF	Abdullah Al-Anazi	(2003-01-19)19 January 2003 (aged 21)	Al-Fateh
21	1GK	Osama Al-Mermesh	(2003-07-06)6 July 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
22	1GK	Salman Al-Daajani	(2004-06-18)18 June 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
23	3MF	Abdulkarim Darisi	(2003-04-18)18 April 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli

Group B

South Korea

Coach: Myung Jae-yong

The squad was announced on 11 March 2024.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kim Jeong-hoon	(2001-04-20)20 April 2001 (aged 22)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2	2DF	Cho Hyun-taek	(2001-08-02)2 August 2001 (aged 22)	Gimcheon Sangmu
3	2DF	Hwang Jae-won	(2002-08-16)16 August 2002 (aged 21)	Daegu FC
4	2DF	Seo Myung-gwan	(2002-11-23)23 November 2002 (aged 21)	Bucheon FC 1995
5	2DF	Byun Joon-soo	(2001-11-30)30 November 2001 (aged 22)	Gwangju FC
6	4FW	Lee Young-joon	(2003-05-23)23 May 2003 (aged 20)	Gimcheon Sangmu
7	3MF	Hong Si-hoo	(2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 23)	Incheon United
8	3MF	Lee Kang-hee	(2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 22)	Gyeongnam FC
9	4FW	An Jae-jun	(2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 22)	Bucheon FC 1995
10	4FW	Kang Hyun-muk	(2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 22)	Gimcheon Sangmu
11	3MF	Eom Ji-sung	(2002-05-09)9 May 2002 (aged 21)	Gwangju FC
12	1GK	Baek Jong-bum	(2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 23)	FC Seoul
13	3MF	Paik Sang-hoon	(2002-01-07)7 January 2002 (aged 22)	FC Seoul
14	3MF	Lee Jae-uk	(2001-03-09)9 March 2001 (aged 23)	Ulsan HD
15	3MF	Kim Dong-jin	(2003-07-30)30 July 2003 (aged 20)	Pohang Steelers
16	2DF	Jang Si-young	(2002-03-31)31 March 2002 (aged 21)	Ulsan HD
17	3MF	Yang Hyun-jun	(2002-05-25)25 May 2002 (aged 21)	Celtic
18	3MF	Kang Seong-jin	(2003-03-26)26 March 2003 (aged 20)	FC Seoul
19	3MF	Kim Min-woo	(2002-03-16)16 March 2002 (aged 22)	Fortuna Düsseldorf II
20	3MF	Bae Jun-ho	(2003-08-21)21 August 2003 (aged 20)	Stoke City
21	1GK	Shin Song-hoon	(2002-11-07)7 November 2002 (aged 21)	Chungnam Asan
22	2DF	Lee Tae-seok	(2002-07-28)28 July 2002 (aged 21)	FC Seoul
23	2DF	Kim Ji-soo	(2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 19)	Brentford B

Thailand

Coach: Issara Sritaro

The squad was announced on 12 March 2024.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Soponwit Rakyart	(2001-01-25)25 January 2001 (aged 23)	Muangthong United
2	2DF	Phongsakon Trisat	(2001-03-19)19 March 2001 (aged 23)	Chonburi
3	2DF	Warinthon Jamnongwat	(2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 21)	Chainat Hornbill
4	2DF	Kritsada Nontharat	(2001-02-16)16 February 2001 (aged 23)	Bangkok United
5	2DF	Chonnapat Buaphan	(2004-03-22)22 March 2004 (aged 19)	BG Pathum United
6	2DF	Kittichai Yaidee	(2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 22)	Samut Prakan City
7	4FW	Chitsanupong Choti	(2001-09-29)29 September 2001 (aged 22)	Khonkaen United
8	3MF	Natcha Promsomboon	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 23)	Ayutthaya United
9	4FW	Guntapon Keereeleang	(2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 23)	Bangkok United
10	4FW	Pattara Soimalai	(2001-08-27)27 August 2001 (aged 22)	Chiangmai United
11	4FW	Sitthinan Rungrueang	(2002-08-16)16 August 2002 (aged 21)	Suphanburi
12	2DF	Waris Choolthong	(2004-01-08)8 January 2004 (aged 20)	BG Pathum United
13	3MF	Kittisak Putchan	(2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 23)	Nakhon Pathom United
14	3MF	Phanthamit Praphanth	(2003-09-12)12 September 2003 (aged 20)	DP Kanchanaburi
15	3MF	Thanadol Kaosaart	(2001-08-18)18 August 2001 (aged 22)	Customs United
16	3MF	Seksan Ratree	(2003-03-14)14 March 2003 (aged 21)	Buriram United
17	4FW	Chukid Wanpraphao	(2001-07-02)2 July 2001 (aged 22)	Ayutthaya United
18	3MF	Sittha Boonlha	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19)	Port
19	2DF	Phon-Ek Jensen	(2003-05-30)30 May 2003 (aged 20)	PT Prachuap
20	1GK	Thirawooth Sruanson	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 22)	Kasetsart
21	3MF	Songkhramsamut Namphueng	(2003-11-07)7 November 2003 (aged 20)	Police Tero
22	2DF	Pattarapon Suksakit	(2003-08-19)19 August 2003 (aged 20)	Sukhothai
23	1GK	Natthapat Makthuam	(2005-01-10)10 January 2005 (aged 19)	Police Tero

Group C

Egypt

Coach: Rogério Micale

The squad was announced on 13 March 2024.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hamza Alaa	(2001-03-01)1 March 2001 (aged 23)	Al Ahly
2	2DF	Omar Fayed	(2003-07-04)4 July 2003 (aged 20)	Novi Pazar
3	2DF	Mohamed El Maghrabi	(2001-04-28)28 April 2001 (aged 22)	Smouha
4	2DF	Ahmed Eid	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23)	Al Masry
5	2DF	Hossam Abdelmaguid	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 22)	Zamalek
6	3MF	Mahmoud Gehad	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)	Pharco
7	3MF	Mahmoud Saber	(2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 22)	Pyramids
8	2DF	Ahmed Mahmoud	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 21)	El Gouna
9	4FW	Osama Faisal	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23)	National Bank of Egypt
10	3MF	Ibrahim Adel	(2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (aged 22)	Pyramids
11	3MF	Mohamed Hamdi	(2003-02-26)26 February 2003 (aged 21)	ENPPI
12	4FW	Nader Farag	(2001-04-01)1 April 2001 (aged 22)	Ismaily
13	2DF	Karim El Debes	(2003-06-03)3 June 2003 (aged 20)	Al Ahly
14	3MF	Ahmed Atef	(2002-12-19)19 December 2002 (aged 21)	ZED
15	2DF	Mohamed Tarek	(2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (aged 21)	Al Masry
16	1GK	Ali El Gabry	(2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 23)	Ceramica Cleopatra
17	3MF	Mohamed Shehata	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 23)	Zamalek
18	4FW	Bilal Mazhar	(2003-11-21)21 November 2003 (aged 20)	Panathinaikos B
19	3MF	Moustafa Ashraf	(2004-02-15)15 February 2004 (aged 20)	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
20	3MF	Omar El Saaiy	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 21)	Ismaily
21	3MF	Ahmed Nader Hawash	(2003-03-14)14 March 2003 (aged 21)	ENPPI
22	4FW	Mostafa Saad	(2001-08-22)22 August 2001 (aged 22)	ZED
23	1GK	Mohamed Seha	(2001-05-01)1 May 2001 (aged 22)	Al Mokawloon Al Arab

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Marcelo Broli

The squad was announced on 13 March 2024.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Rakan Al-Menhali	(2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 22)	Al Jazira
2	2DF	Mohammed Al-Maazmi	(2001-01-16)16 January 2001 (aged 23)	Hatta
3	2DF	Mayed Al-Teneiji	(2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 21)	Al Nasr
4	3MF	Ahmed Al-Hammadi	(2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23)	Al Jazira
5	2DF	Khamis Al-Mansoori	(2004-01-15)15 January 2004 (aged 20)	Baniyas
6	2DF	Ahmed Malallah	(2003-11-20)20 November 2003 (aged 20)	United
7	3MF	Fahad Bader	(2001-03-09)9 March 2001 (aged 23)	Emirates
8	3MF	Sultan Al Bedwawi	(2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 22)	Hatta
9	3MF	Hamdan Al-Beshr	(2002-11-06)6 November 2002 (aged 21)	Fujairah
10	4FW	Abdulla Abdelaziz	(2002-06-10)10 June 2002 (aged 21)	Ajman
11	4FW	Yaser Al-Blooshi	(2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23)	Ittihad Kalba
12	2DF	Mohammad Atiq	(2001-03-02)2 March 2001 (aged 23)	Shabab Al Ahli
13	2DF	Abdulla Al-Balooshi	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 23)	Al Nasr
14	2DF	Hamdan Al-Ameri	(2002-08-31)31 August 2002 (aged 21)	Hatta
15	2DF	Waleed Rashid	(2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 21)	Ittihad Kalba
16	4FW	Ahmed Fawzi	(2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 22)	Al Jazira
17	1GK	Hamad Al-Meqbali	(2003-07-13)13 July 2003 (aged 20)	Shabab Al Ahli
18	3MF	Mohammed Al-Wafi	(2003-07-01)1 July 2003 (aged 20)	Al Jazira
19	4FW	Mayed Al-Kass	(2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 20)	Sharjah
20	4FW	Mohammed Al-Mansoori	(2006-05-30)30 May 2006 (aged 17)	Shabab Al Ahli
21	3MF	Abdulla Ahmed	(2004-06-13)13 June 2004 (aged 19)	Al Wahda
22	1GK	Saeed Al-Moqadami	(2004-08-21)21 August 2004 (aged 19)	Fujairah
23	3MF	Ali Abdulaziz	(2003-07-16)16 July 2003 (aged 20)	Al Nasr
24	4FW	Khalifa Khamis	(2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 21)	Shabab Al Ahli
25	2DF	Khalid Al-Balooshi	(2002-04-24)24 April 2002 (aged 21)	Al Ain
26	3MF	Mubarak Bani Zamah	(2003-11-29)29 November 2003 (aged 20)	Al Jazira

Group D

Australia

Coach: Tony Vidmar

The squad was announced on 8 March 2024.^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Steven Hall	(2005-01-16)16 January 2005 (aged 19)	Brighton & Hove Albion
2	2DF	Jacob Italiano	(2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 22)	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2DF	Franco Lino	(2005-08-26)26 August 2005 (aged 18)	Viking
4	2DF	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	(2002-11-06)6 November 2002 (aged 21)	Sydney FC
5	2DF	Lucas Mauragis	(2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (aged 22)	Newcastle Jets
6	2DF	Giuseppe Bovalina	(2004-11-11)11 November 2004 (aged 19)	Adelaide United
7	4FW	Lachlan Brook	(2001-02-08)8 February 2001 (aged 23)	Western Sydney Wanderers
8	3MF	Louis D'Arrigo	(2001-09-23)23 September 2001 (aged 22)	Lechia Gdańsk
9	4FW	Alou Kuol	(2001-07-05)5 July 2001 (aged 22)	Central Coast Mariners
10	3MF	Jake Hollman	(2001-08-26)26 August 2001 (aged 22)	Macarthur FC
11	4FW	Nishan Velupillay	(2001-05-07)7 May 2001 (aged 22)	Melbourne Victory
12	1GK	Cameron Cook	(2001-08-16)16 August 2001 (aged 22)	Perth Glory
13	2DF	Alexandar Popovic	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 21)	Gwangju FC
14	4FW	Jahce Novello	(2004-04-18)18 April 2004 (aged 19)	Cosenza
15	2DF	Hosine Bility	(2001-05-10)10 May 2001 (aged 22)	Mafra
16	3MF	Paul Okon-Engstler	(2005-01-24)24 January 2005 (aged 19)	Benfica
17	3MF	Jordi Valadon	(2003-03-04)4 March 2003 (aged 21)	Melbourne Victory
18	1GK	Patrick Beach	(2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 20)	Melbourne City
19	3MF	Rhys Youlley	(2005-02-13)13 February 2005 (aged 19)	Westerlo
20	2DF	Mark Natta	(2002-11-28)28 November 2002 (aged 21)	Newcastle Jets
21	4FW	Adrian Segecic	(2004-06-01)1 June 2004 (aged 19)	Dordrecht
22	4FW	Garang Kuol	(2004-09-15)15 September 2004 (aged 19)	Volendam
23	4FW	Nicolas Milanovic	(2001-11-14)14 November 2001 (aged 22)	Western Sydney Wanderers
24	3MF	Corey Hollman	(2003-09-25)25 September 2003 (aged 20)	Sydney FC
25	2DF	Jake Girdwood-Reich	(2004-05-26)26 May 2004 (aged 19)	Sydney FC
26	4FW	Thomas Waddingham	(2005-04-05)5 April 2005 (aged 18)	Brisbane Roar

Iraq

Coach: Ehsan Atiyah

The squad was announced on 11 March 2024.^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Layth Qasim		Al-Shorta
2	2DF	Mohammed Ghaleb		Al-Minaa
3	2DF	Mousa Alaa		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4	2DF	Kadhim Raad Hatem		Al-Zawraa
5	3MF	Abbas Majed		Al-Talaba
6	2DF	Adam Rasheed	(2006-07-10)10 July 2006 (aged 17)	AaB
7	3MF	Halgurd Jaafar		Peshmerga Hawler
8	3MF	Amoori Mutshar	(2005-05-01)1 May 2005 (aged 18)	Al-Kahrabaa
9	4FW	Mustafa Qabeel	(2005-01-08)8 January 2005 (aged 19)	Erbil
10	4FW	Ali Akbar	(2006-12-30)30 December 2006 (aged 17)	Al-Shorta
11	4FW	Ali Haydar	(2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (aged 18)	Stoke City U18
12	1GK	Wisam Ali		Naft Al-Wasat
13	2DF	Hussein Fahim		Al-Talaba
14	2DF	Sajjad Fadhil	(2004-05-05)5 May 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Zawraa
15	3MF	Ali Mokhalad		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
16	4FW	Ahmed Jasim		Al-Naft
17	2DF	Muslim Fayyadh		Al-Minaa
18	3MF	Ali Sadiq		Al-Zawraa
19	2DF	Sajjad Mahdi		Naft Maysan
20	4FW	Karrar Jaafar		Al-Minaa
21	3MF	Hayder Abdulkareem	(2004-08-07)7 August 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Zawraa
22	1GK	Sajjad Mohammed		Amanat Baghdad
23	3MF	Moamel Mahmoud		Naft Al-Wasat
24	2DF	Ali Kareem
25	3MF	Laith Deaa		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
26	3MF	Mustafa Nawaf	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 18)	Al-Amwaj