The Bahrain national under-17 football team is the selection of under-17 players who represent the Bahrain Football Association for two years in competition. They have once been finalists in the AFC U-16 Championship and once finished fourth at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Al Ahmar was successful at the FIFA U-17 World Cup way back in 1989 where they topped group A, beating the likes of Cuba and Ghana by 3-0 and 1-0 margins, respectively. They drew with Scotland 1–1 in their final group stage game which helped them top their group. Later in the quarterfinals, they defeated Brazil on penalties and lost to Saudi Arabia in the semifinal hence ending their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup on a high note by finishing 4th. They have played only one more world cup since then (in 1997) where they finished 3rd in their group, winning only one game.
Bahrain enjoyed the success in AFC U-16 competitions as well. Their best result came in 1988 where they finished as runners up losing to Saudi Arabia in final. After failing to qualify in 1990 edition, they qualified for the next 4 editions until 1998, but this time, the best they could achieve was 3rd place in 1996 and 1998 editions.
Since 2010 edition, Bahrain failed to qualify for AFC U-17 Asian Cup until 2025.
Squad Current Squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.
Fixtures and results
2025
Performance at the AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Host nation(s) / YearRound 1985Did not qualify 1986Group stage 1988Finalist 1990Did not qualify 1992Group stage 19944th place 19963rd place 19983rd place 2000Did not qualify 2002Did not qualify 2004Did not qualify 2006Did not qualify 2008Group stage 2010Did not qualify 2012Did not qualify 2014Did not qualify 2016Did not qualify 2018Did not qualify 2020Tournament Cancelled 2023Did not qualify 2025Did not qualify
Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Performance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup recordYearResultPosition1985 – 1987 Did not qualify 19894th622255 1991 – 1995 Did not qualify 199712th3102481999 - 2026 Did not qualifyTotal 2/20 0 Titles 9 3 2 4 9 13
FIFA U-17 World Cup HistoryYearRoundScoreResult1989Round 1 0–3 WinRound 1 0-1 WinRound 1 1–1 Draw1989Quarterfinals 0(4)–0(1) Win1989Semifinal 0–1 Loss1999Round 1 1–3 WinRound 1 5-1 LossRound 1 2–0 Loss
Honours FIFA U-17 World Cup 4th Place: (1989) AFC U-17 Asian Cup Runners up(1) : (1988) Third Place(2) : (1996, 1998) 4th Place(1) : (1994)
Head-to-head record The following table shows Bahrain's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup. In FIFA U-17 World Cup OpponentWin %Total
In AFC U-17 Asian Cup OpponentWin %Total
See also Bahrain national football team AFC U-17 Asian Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup
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