2023 Waff U-23 Championship Squads

The 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held in Iraq from 12 to 20 June 2023. It is the fourth edition of the U-23 age group competition organised by the West Asian Football Federation.

The nine national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of at most 25 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 12 June 2023, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for 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

Iraq

Coach: Radhi Shenaishil

On 15 May 2023, Iraq announced a 50-man preliminary squad.^[1] The final 25-man squad was announced on 5 June 2023.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Kumel Al Rekabe	(2004-08-19)19 August 2004 (aged 18)	Red Star
2	2 DF	Mustafa Saleh	(2004-04-27)27 April 2004 (aged 19)	Atalanta U-21
3	2 DF	Ahmed Maknzi	(2001-09-24)24 September 2001 (aged 21)	Erbil
4	2 DF	Zaid Tahseen	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Talaba
5	2 DF	Hussein Amer		Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
6	2 DF	Josef Al-Imam	(2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 18)	Olympic
7	4 FW	Dhulfiqar Younis	(2001-05-27)27 May 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Shorta
8	4 FW	Hussein Abdullah		Al-Talaba
9	4 FW	Blnd Hassan	(2003-08-12)12 August 2003 (aged 19)	De Graafschap
10	4 FW	Nihad Mohammed	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Karkh
11	3 MF	Muntadher Mohammed	(2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Naft
12	1 GK	Ridha Abdulaziz		Al-Diwaniya
13	1 GK	Hassan Abbas	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Qasim
14	3 MF	Karrar Mohammed	(2002-05-28)28 May 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Naft
15	2 DF	Halo Fayaq	(2001-05-23)23 May 2001 (aged 22)	Erbil
16	4 FW	Muntadher Abdul-Amir	(2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 21)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
17	2 DF	Mustafa Saadoun	(1999-09-04)4 September 1999 (aged 23)	Al-Kahrabaa
18	4 FW	Ali Almosawe	(2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (aged 21)	B.93
19	3 MF	Zaid Ismael		Newroz
20	4 FW	Ali Mohammed Hatem	(2002-11-08)8 November 2002 (aged 20)	Las Rozas
21	4 FW	Zidane Abduljabbar	(2000-06-03)3 June 2000 (aged 23)	Karbala
22	1 GK	Mohammed Hasan	(2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Talaba
23	2 DF	Karrar Saad	(2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Karkh
24	4 FW	Salem Ahmad	(2000-12-28)28 December 2000 (aged 22)	Al-Minaa
25	3 MF	Amir Ahmed		Al-Hudood

UAE

Coach: Dennis Silva

Jordan

Coach: Abdullah Abu Zema

The final Jordan squad was announced on 3 June 2023.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ahmad Al-Juaidi	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Shabab Al-Ordon
12	1 GK	Qais Abassi	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)	Al-Jazeera
22	1 GK	Murad Al-Faluji	(2003-12-27) 27 December 2003 (age 20)	Al-Wehdat

2	2 DF	Laith Abu Rahal	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 22)	Al-Ahli
3	2 DF	Mo Abualnadi	(2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 23)	Sporting Kansas City II
4	2 DF	Danial Afaneh ( captain)	(2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23)	Al-Wehdat
5	2 DF	Arafat Al-Haj	(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21)	Al-Wehdat
19	2 DF	Ammar Al-Husari	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)	Al-Jalil
21	2 DF	Baha Shamalty	(2001-04-15) 15 April 2001 (age 23)	Al-Ahli
23	2 DF	Faisal Abu Shanab	(2001-08-09) 9 August 2001 (age 22)	Shabab Al-Ordon

6	3 MF	Mohanad Al-Aramsheh	(2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 22)	Al-Hussein
9	3 MF	Amer Jamous	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22)	Al-Wehdat
10	3 MF	Waseem Al-Riyalat	(2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 (age 23)	Shabab Al-Ordon
11	3 MF	Bashar Al-Diabat	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 22)	Al-Ramtha
14	3 MF	Seif Darwish	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21)	Al-Hussein
16	3 MF	Mohammad Abu Hazeem	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21)	Al-Wehdat
18	3 MF	Mousa Al-Omari	(2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 22)	Al-Salt

7	4 FW	Saif Al-Bashabsheh	(2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 23)	Al-Faisaly
8	4 FW	Mohannad Abu Taha	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 21)	Al-Wehdat
13	4 FW	Aref Al-Haj	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 23)	Jabal Al-Mukaber
15	4 FW	Ali Al-Azaizeh	(2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 20)	Al-Ramtha
17	4 FW	Amin Al-Shanaineh	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 21)	Al-Faisaly
20	4 FW	Reziq Bani Hani	(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 22)	Al-Faisaly

Group B

Palestine

Coach: Ihab Abu Jazar

Palestine announced their final squad on 11 June 2023.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Anwar Al-Aqraa	(2002-06-30)30 June 2002 (aged 20)	Islami Qalqilya
2	2 DF	Josef El-Subaihi	(2003-06-15)15 June 2003 (aged 19)	Free agent
3	3 MF	Ahmad Kallab	(2001-11-08)8 November 2001 (aged 21)	Ittihad Khanyounis
4	2 DF	Ali Rabei	(2001-10-09)9 October 2001 (aged 21)	Ahli Al-Khaleel
5	2 DF	Ibrahim Abu Umair	(2002-10-18)18 October 2002 (aged 20)	Markaz Balata
6	3 MF	Qais Taha	(2003-07-23)23 July 2003 (aged 19)	Thaqafi Tulkarem
7	4 FW	Khaled Al-Nabris	(2003-03-27)27 March 2003 (aged 20)	Ittihad Khanyounis
8	3 MF	Muhannad Hassanein	(2003-05-14)14 May 2003 (aged 20)	Khadamat Rafah
9	3 MF	Zaid Qanbar	(2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 20)	Jabal Al-Mukaber
10	3 MF	Anas Bani Odeh	(2001-09-07)7 September 2001 (aged 21)	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
11	4 FW	Samer Zubaida	(2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 22)	Hilal Al-Quds
12	2 DF	Omar Kayed	(2001-07-18)18 July 2001 (aged 21)	AC Tripoli
13	3 MF	Sadeq Obaid	(2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 21)	Hilal Al-Quds
14	3 MF	Jehad Abou El Aynain	(2003-08-10)10 August 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Ahed
15	2 DF	Wajdi Nabhan	(2001-07-27)27 July 2001 (aged 21)	Shabab Al-Bireh Institute
16	1 GK	Mahdi Assi	(2004-12-24)24 December 2004 (aged 18)	Shabab Al-Bireh Institute
17	3 MF	Yahya Abu Farah	(2002-04-01)1 April 2002 (aged 21)	Shabab Beit Fajjar
18	3 MF	Khaled Al Ghoul	(2002-09-08)8 September 2002 (aged 20)	NK Jarun
19	3 MF	Hamza Hussein	(2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 21)	Al Ansar
20	4 FW	Gibrán Haj Yousef	(2001-01-27)27 January 2001 (aged 22)	Mineros de Guayana
21	2 DF	Muhammad Abu Awwad	(2001-03-24)24 March 2001 (aged 22)	Shabab Al-Samu
22	1 GK	Abdul Hadi Yassin	(2004-05-11)11 May 2004 (aged 19)	Bnei Sakhnin
23	2 DF	Amr Rizk	(2003-04-23)23 April 2003 (aged 20)	Gaza Sports Club

Iran

Coach: Reza Enayati

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mohammadreza Khaled Abadi	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 22)	Havadar
2	2 DF	Saman Touranian	(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 21)	Sanat Mes Kerman
3	2 DF	Hossein Goudarzi	(2001-05-04)4 May 2001 (aged 22)	Naft Masjed Soleyman
4	2 DF	Saman Fallah	(2001-05-12)12 May 2001 (aged 22)	Paykan
5	2 DF	Amin Hazbavi	(2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 20)	Al Sadd
6	3 MF	Alireza Bavieh	(2002-08-21)21 August 2002 (aged 20)	Foolad
7	4 FW	Amirali Sadeghi	(2001-02-09)9 February 2001 (aged 22)	Esteghlal
8	3 MF	Mohammad Hossein Zavari	(2001-01-11)11 January 2001 (aged 22)	Esteghlal
9	4 FW	Ahmad Shariatzadeh	(2001-07-01)1 July 2001 (aged 21)	Naft Abadan
10	3 MF	Yasin Salmani ( captain)	(2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 21)	Sepahan
11	3 MF	Aria Barzegar	(2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 20)	Naft Masjed Soleyman
12	1 GK	Mohammad Javad Kia	(2001-08-29)29 August 2001 (aged 21)	Aluminium Arak
13	2 DF	Aria Yousefi	(2002-04-22)22 April 2002 (aged 21)	Sepahan
14	3 MF	Amir Hassan Jafari	(1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 23)	Gol Gohar Sirjan
15	2 DF	Saeed Irankhah	(2001-02-12)12 February 2001 (aged 22)	Fajr Sepasi
16	3 MF	Mohammad Ghorbani	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 22)	Sepahan
17	2 DF	Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi	(2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 22)	Persepolis
18	4 FW	Mohammadhossein Eslami	(2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 22)	Zob Ahan
19	3 MF	mojtaba Fakhriam		Aluminium Arak
20	4 FW	Mehdi Hashemnejad	(2001-10-27)27 October 2001 (aged 21)	Tractor
21	4 FW	Mohammadreza Bordbar		Malavan
22	1 GK	Sina Bakhtiari		Naft Masjed Soleyman
23	4 FW	Behzad Salami	(2002-03-23)23 March 2002 (aged 21)	Tractor

Syria

Coach: Mark Wotte

Group C

Lebanon

Coach: Miguel Moreira

Lebanon announced the final 25-man squad on 2 June 2023.^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Hadi Kanj	(2001-09-14)14 September 2001 (aged 21)	Ansar
1 GK	Rami Mjalli	(2003-10-15)15 October 2003 (aged 19)	Chênois
1 GK	Anthony Alexander Maasri		Free agent

2 DF	Mohamed Al-Mahdi Al-Moussawi	(2003-10-03)3 October 2003 (aged 19)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
2 DF	Alex El Rattel	(2002-05-17)17 May 2002 (aged 21)	Ansar
2 DF	Hussein Ezzeddine		Racing Beirut
2 DF	Ali Ismail	(2003-07-08)8 July 2003 (aged 19)	Nejmeh
2 DF	Ibrahim Chami	(2003-12-12)12 December 2003 (aged 19)	FC Laval
2 DF	Ali Hakim		Akhaa Ahli Aley

3 MF	Samuel Harb	(2002-04-18)18 April 2002 (aged 21)	Alverca
3 MF	Mohammed Haidar		Shabab Sahel
3 MF	Sajid Amhaz	(2003-06-13)13 June 2003 (aged 19)	Safa
3 MF	Hussein Saleh		Racing Beirut
3 MF	Mohamad Ghamlouch	(2003-05-19)19 May 2003 (aged 20)	Nejmeh
3 MF	Ahmed Zein El-Din		Sagesse
3 MF	Hassan Farhat		Ahed
3 MF	Mohamad Safwan	(2003-03-10)10 March 2003 (aged 20)	Bourj

4 FW	Ali Chaito	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 21)	Bourj
4 FW	Mohammad Al-Massri	(2001-06-22)22 June 2001 (aged 21)	Akhaa Ahli Aley
4 FW	Mohamed Sabbah	(2002-05-20)20 May 2002 (aged 21)	Free agent
4 FW	Mohamad Omar Sadek	(2003-10-25)25 October 2003 (aged 19)	Bourj
4 FW	Ali Kassas	(2003-05-25)25 May 2003 (aged 20)	Nejmeh
4 FW	Omar Bahlawan	(2004-12-20)20 December 2004 (aged 18)	Ansar
4 FW	Ali Haidar		Free agent
4 FW	Jawad Koutharani	(2002-08-17)17 August 2002 (aged 20)	Tadamon Sour

Yemen

Coach:

Oman

Coach: Dario Bašić

Oman announced their final squad on 10 June 2023.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Mutie Al-Saadi		0	0	Al-Suwaiq
22	1 GK	Mazen Saleh	(2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Muscat

2	2 DF	Ayman Al-Nabhani	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Al-Hamra
3	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Hatmi	(2001-10-27) 27 October 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Al-Seeb
4	2 DF	Abdullah Al-Mukhaini		1	0	Al-Orouba
13	2 DF	Abdullah Al-Fleti		2	0	Al-Shabab
20	2 DF	Majeed Al-Balushi		0	0	Oman

6	3 MF	Saeed Al-Salami		1	0	Muscat
7	3 MF	Nasser Al-Rawahi	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Al-Suwaiq
8	3 MF	Mohammed Beit Subei	(2004-11-09) 9 November 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Al-Nasr
18	3 MF	Mohammed Al-Hinai		1		Al-Nahda
19	3 MF	Abdullah Al-Habsi	(2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Seeb
21	3 MF	Abdul Hafez Al-Mukhaini		2	0	Al-Orouba

9	4 FW	Nibras Al-Maashari	(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Muscat
10	4 FW	Asad Al-Balushi		1	0	Ahli Sidab
11	4 FW	Omar Al-Salti	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Al-Orouba
14	4 FW	Salem Al-Abdulsalam		2	0	Dhofar
17	4 FW	Yusuf Al-Ghaliani		2	0	Al-Orouba

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