 | This articledoes notcite anysources. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. Find sources: "Bahrain national under-17 football team" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(July 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 | The topic of this articlemay not meet Wikipedia'sgeneral notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citingreliable secondary sources that areindependent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to bemerged,redirected, ordeleted. Find sources: "Bahrain national under-17 football team" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
TheBahrain national under-17 football team is the selection of under-17 players who represent theBahrain Football Association for two years in competition. They have once been finalists in theAFC U-16 Championship and once finished fourth at theFIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Nickname | Al Ahmar (The Reds) | |
|---|---|---|
| Association | Bahrain Football Association | |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | |
| FIFA code | BHR | |
| ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | ||
| Appearances | 2 (first in1989) | |
| Best result | Fourth place (1989) | |
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup | ||
| Appearances | 7 (first in1986) | |
| Best result | Runners-ups (1988) | |
Al Ahmar was successful at theFIFA U-17 World Cup way back in1989 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 maidenFIFA U-17 World Cup on a high note by finishing 4th. They have played only one more world cup since then (in1997) 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 forAFC U-17 Asian Cup until 2025.
| Host nation(s) / Year | Round |
|---|---|
 1985 | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | Group stage |
 1988 | Finalist |
 1990 | Did not qualify |
 1992 | Group stage |
| 1994 | 4th place |
| 1996 | 3rd place |
| 1998 | 3rd place |
 2000 | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | Did not qualify |
 2004 | Did not qualify |
 2006 | Did not qualify |
 2008 | Group stage |
| 2010 | Did not qualify |
 2012 | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify |
 2016 | Did not qualify |
 2018 | Did not qualify |
 2020 | Tournament Cancelled |
| 2023 | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Did not qualify |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National teams |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League system |
| ||||
| Domestic cups |
| ||||
The following table shows Bahrain's head-to-head record in theFIFA U-17 World Cup andAFC U-17 Asian Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
 Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Ghana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 050.00 |
 Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00 |
 China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 050.00 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
 Iraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
 Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
 North Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
 Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 000.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 039.39 |
