Kuwait national under-23 football team

• GCC U-23 Championship

:Runners-up (2): 2010, 2015

• 2018 Olympic Return Cup

Kuwait’s first-ever qualification to the Olympic games was in the 1980 Olympic Games which Kuwait were eliminated in the quarter-finals of that Olympic games. Kuwait missed the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1988 Olympic Games. Kuwait came back to the Olympic Games in 1992 after missing two events being eliminated in the quarter-final of that event. Kuwait did not qualify until the 2000 Olympic Games and that was the last time Kuwait qualified for the Olympic games. Kuwait did not qualify to the Olympic Games in 2004 after being eliminated in the qualifying Preliminary round 3 of the Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Qualifiers at the third position of the 3rd group. Kuwait was unqualified from Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualifier, with 2 being 4 goals less than Qatar due to that, Kuwait missed the 2008 Olympic Games. Kuwait also failed to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games after losing Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualifiers, within losing the first leg to Japan 3-1 but then Kuwait defeated Japan 2-1, Japan won on the aggregate.

Kuwait does not have a good record at GCC U-23 Championship after finishing 5th in the final group of the 2008 GCC U-23 Championship.

Kuwait was at the bottom of the table at that time. In 2010 Kuwait was the runner-up of their group. Kuwait was qualified for the semi-finals, Kuwait defeated Oman 5-4 on penalties. But lost to UAE. In the 2011 and 2012 GCC U-23 Championship, Kuwait was unfortunately eliminated in the first round with 0 points losing all three games.

{{Main|Kuwait at the Olympics}}

:From 2002 Asian Games, at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format.

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|round = 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

|date = {{Start date|2024|4|17|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

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|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|KUW}}

|goals1 =

• Nguyễn Văn Tùng {{goal|45+1}}
• Bùi Vĩ Hào {{goal|47||76}}

|goals2 =

• Al-Awadi {{goal|45+9|pen.}}

|stadium = Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

|attendance =

|referee = Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

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|result = L

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|round = 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

|date = {{Start date|2024|4|20|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

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|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbu|23|UZB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Davronov {{goal|32}}
• Khamraliev {{goal|49}}
• Erkinov {{goal|55}}
• Kholmatov {{goal|86|pen.}}
• Norchaev {{goal|90+6}}

|stadium = Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

|attendance =

|referee = Hanna Hattab (Syria)

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|result = L

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|date = {{Start date|2024|4|23|df=y}}

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|team2 = {{fbu|23|MAS}}

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|attendance =

|referee = Alex King (Australia)

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• The following 25 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.{{cite web |title=قائمة لاعبي منتخبنا الوطني الأولمبي لنهائيات كأس آسيا تحت 23 في قطر|trans-title=List of players of our Olympic national team for the AFC U-23 Cup finals in Qatar|url=https://twitter.com/KuwaitFA/status/1775989323487166550|website=Twitter|publisher=Kuwait Football Association|date=4 April 2024|language=ar}}

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name=Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli|age={{birth date and age|2001|3|23|df=yes}}|club=Al-Salmiya|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name=Abdulrahman Kameel|age={{birth date and age|2001|3|8|df=yes}}|club=Al-Kuwait|clubnat=KUW}}

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Abdulrahman Al-Daihani|age={{birth date and age|2001|1|21|df=yes}}|club=Al-Qadsia|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Khaled Al-Fadhli|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2002|2|23}}|club=Al-Qadsia|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Saleh Faisal|age={{birth date and age|2003|9|18|df=yes}}|club=Kazma|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Sultan Al-Faraj|age={{birth date and age|2001|6|16|df=yes}}|club=Al-Kuwait|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Mohsen Ghareeb|age={{birth date and age|2004|11|11|df=yes}}|club=Al-Kuwait|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Youssef Al-Haqqan|age={{birth date and age|2002|2|5|df=yes}}|club=Al-Qadsia|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Abdulrahman Karam|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2001|3|15}}|club=Al-Arabi|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name=Faisal Al-Shatti|age={{birth date and age|2002|5|19|df=yes}}|club=Al-Qadsia|clubnat=KUW}}

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Hussain Ashkanani|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|26|df=yes}}|club=Al-Arabi|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Abdullah Al-Awadi|age={{birth date and age|2001|9|17|df=y}}|club=Al-Qadsia|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Mahdi Dashti|age={{birth date and age|2001|10|26|df=y}}|club=Al-Salmiya|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Fahad Al-Fadhli|age={{birth date and age|2001|2|4|df=yes}}|caps=|goals=|club=Kazma|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Bader Al-Mutairi|age={{birth date and age|2003|9|26|df=yes}}|club=Al-Arabi|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name=Montaser Suleiman|age={{birth date and age|2005|5|17|df=y}}|club=Kazma|clubnat=KUW}}

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Abdulaziz Asaad|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|28|df=y}}|club=Al-Jahra|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Salman Al-Awadi|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2001|5|21}}|club=Al-Arabi|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Muath Al-Enezi|age={{birth date and age|2001|10|26|df=y}}|club=Al-Salmiya|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Jarah Al-Hilali|age={{birth date and age|2004|2|29|df=y}}|club=Kazma|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Ibrahim Kameel|age={{birth date and age|2002|6|10|df=yes}}|club=Al-Kuwait|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Talal Al-Qaissi|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2002|6|21}}|caps=|goals=|club=Kazma|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Abdulrahman Al-Rashidi|age={{birth date and age|df=y|2004|1|12}}|caps=|goals=|club=Al-Nasr|clubnat=KUW}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name=Hamad Al-Taweel|age={{birth date and age|2001|7|26|df=yes}}|club=Khaitan|clubnat=KUW}}

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• Kuwait national football team
• Kuwait national under-20 football team
• Kuwait national under-17 football team
• Kuwait women's national football team

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