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Sri Lanka national under-23 football team

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The Sri Lanka national under-23 football team is the national team that participates in international football tournaments, such as the Summer Olympics[not verified in body] and the AFC U-23 Championship representing Sri Lanka. The team has won bronze medals at the South Asian Games in 2004 and at the 2014 Lusophony Games. The Sri Lanka National U-23 Team won the silver medal at the 2006 South Asian Games, the first silver medal won by Sri Lanka at an international tournament.

Sri Lanka U-23 Football Team
Nickname(s)සිංහ සිංහයා
siṁha siṁhayā
(Simha Lions)
AssociationFootball Federation of Sri Lanka
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachMohamed Amanulla
CaptainDananju Madushan
Top scorerZarwan Johar
FIFA codeSRI
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Sri Lanka 1–0 Nepal   
(Islamabad, Pakistan; March 29, 2004)
Biggest win
 Sri Lanka 4–0 Bhutan 
(Colombo, Sri Lanka; August 21, 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Palestine 9–0 Sri Lanka 
(Isa Town, Bahrain; March 22, 2019)
 Sri Lanka 0–9 Bahrain 
(Isa Town, Bahrain; March 24, 2019)
South Asian Games
Appearances3
Best result Silver Medal (2006)

Sri Lanka didn't have an official U-23 team.[clarification needed] Before 2013, the Sri Lanka national football team participated in the Summer Olympic qualifications and other international events. Sri Lanka has yet to participate in a Summer Olympic football tournament.

History

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Due to the popularity of cricket in Sri Lanka, football has not been popular. But it has gained popularity with Sri Lanka's youth in recent years, and Sri Lanka's National U-23 Football team was formed as a result. In the 2010s the Sri Lanka national football team competed in international football tournaments. The Sri Lanka U-23 team has won a silver medal and two bronze medals in competitions.[citation needed]

The 10th edition of the South Asian Games was held in Sri Lanka in 2006. In the football tournament, Sri Lanka competed in the group stage against the Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives U-23 football teams. Sri Lanka beat Maldives and Bhutan to qualify for the semi-final stage and beat India in penalties to qualify for the final with Pakistan. Sri Lanka won the silver medal as a result.[citation needed] In the 2004 tournament Sri Lanka had won the bronze medal.[citation needed]

Sri Lanka participated in the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers competition as an inexperienced football team, and failed to win a single match. They achieved a draw against Palestine, scoring their first goal in a major U-23 football tournament. They also tied with Pakistan but lost 4–0 to the powerful and experienced Syria national under-23 football team. Their fifth game was against host Saudi Arabia, and they lost 7–0, their biggest defeat in tournament play. In the last match of the qualifiers, Sri Lanka played against the Kyrgyzstan team and lost 5–0, failing to qualify for the inaugural AFC U-22 Championship tournament.[citation needed]

The Palestine Championship tournament was organized by the Palestinian Football Association, which invited the national U-23 teams of Palestine, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Jordan to compete. Sri Lanka played all three teams and lost each match, failing to score a goal in the tournament.[citation needed]

The Sri Lanka national U-23 football team participated in the 2014 Lusophony Games. The Sri Lanka team advanced to the semi-final stage of the tournament by defeating Macau and drew against São Tomé and Príncipe. In the semi-finals Sri Lanka lost the match against Mozambique 1–0 and won the bronze medal match against Macau 3–0. This was the first time that Sri Lanka U-23 team had placed at a major international tournament.[citation needed]

Sri Lanka entered in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualification stage with the national U-23 teams from United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen and Tajikistan. Sri Lanka lost both opening games against the host UAE and Yemen 4–0 and 5–0. They lost to Tajikistan 5–1 in the last group match. Sri Lanka scored only one goal in the tournament. After losing all three matches, Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Football Tournament.[citation needed]

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games finals Olympic Games qualifications
Hosts/year Result GP W D L GS GA GD GP W D L GS GA
  2016 Did not Qualify 3 0 0 3 1 14
  2020 TBD TBD
Total 0/2 - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 14

AFC U-23 Championship

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AFC U-22 finals AFC U-22 Championship qualification
Hosts/Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD GP W D L GS GA
  2013 Did not Qualify 5 0 2 3 1 17
  2016 3 0 0 3 1 14
  2018 Withdrew Withdrew
  2020 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 0 20
  2022 3 0 0 3 0 13
  2024 Suspended Suspended
  2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/7 - - - - - - - 8 0 2 6 2 31

South Asian Games

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Year Host Pos. P W D L GF GA
2004   Pakistan 3/7 4 3 0 1 2 0
2006   Sri Lanka 2/8 5 4 0 1 6 3
2010   Bangladesh 5/8 3 1 1 1 1 2
2016   India 5/6 2 1 0 1 2 3
Total 14 9 1 4 11 8

Fixtures and results

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  Win   Draw   Lose

Main article: Sri Lanka national u-23 football team results and fixtures

2016

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6 February 2016 SA Games India   0–1   Sri Lanka Guwahati, India
14:15 Report Rifnas   14' Stadium: Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Attendance: 8,000
8 February 2016 SA Games Maldives   3–1   Sri Lanka Guwahati, India
17:00 Nashid   10'
Ansar   28' ,   58'		 Report Rifnas   61' Stadium: Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

2017

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19 July 2017 AFC U-23 Q. Iran   Withdrew   Sri Lanka
21 July 2017 AFC U-23 Q. Sri Lanka   Withdrew   Oman
23 July 2017 AFC U-23 Q. Kyrgyzstan   Withdrew   Sri Lanka

2019

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22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Group B Palestine   9–0   Sri Lanka Isa Town, Bahrain
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 1,162
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Group B Sri Lanka   0–9   Bahrain Riffa, Bahrain
22:30 UTC+5:30 Report
Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
26 March 2019 (2019-03-26) 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Group B Bangladesh   2–0   Sri Lanka Isa Town, Bahrain
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 2,789
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

2021

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27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A Syria   5–0   Sri Lanka Doha, Qatar
20:00 Malta   1'
Bashmani   25', 85'
Al-Hallak   42'
Basith   70' (.o.g)		 Report Stadium: TBC
29 October 2021 (2021-10-29) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A Sri Lanka   0–5   Qatar Doha, Qatar
Stadium: TBC
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A Yemen   3–0   Sri Lanka Doha, Qatar
Stadium: TBC

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head coach   Mohamed Amanulla
Assistant coach   Ratnam Weerasak Justmin
Goalkeeping coach   Saman Dayawansa
Trainer   Marcus Ferreira

Squad

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Prabath Arunasiri 2 0  
12 1GK Dhanushka Rajapaksha 2 0  
22 1GK Mohamed Uzman 0 0  
3 2DF Asikumar Rahuman (1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 30) 7 0   Pelicans SC
17 2DF Sunil Roshan 2 0  
21 2DF Shanaka Wijesingha (1992-12-26) December 26, 1992 (age 31) 1 0  
2 2DF Oshad Perera 0 0  
6 2DF Chameera De Silva 1 0  
13 2DF Mohamed Nifras 2 0  
7 2DF Chaturanga Madushan (1993-11-16) November 16, 1993 (age 30) 8 0   Army
18 2DF Tharindu Lakmal 2 0  
20 2DF Chameera Sajith 2 0  
4 3MF Sahayam Godwin (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 (age 29) 3 0  
5 3MF Mohamed Rizkhan 2 0  
7 3MF Mohamed Cassim 3 0  
10 3MF Dhananju Madushan (C) 3 0  
14 3MF Mohamed Rilwan 3 0  
15 3MF Mohamed Fazlan F 3 0  
21 3MF Shanaka Wijesena 1 0  
9 3MF Zarwan Johar (1996-02-15) February 15, 1996 (age 28) 8 4   Renown
8 4FW Udara Gamage 1 0  
9 4FW Pradeep Rodrigo 1 0  
11 4FW Iqbal Humaid 0 0  
19 4FW Janith Pumal 1 0  

Honors

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See also

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References

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