Somalia national under-23 football team

Somalia U23

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Nickname(s)	The Star of the Ocean
Association	Somali Football Federation (SFF)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mababazi
Captain	Unknown
Most caps	Unknown
Top scorer	Abdullahi Omar Egal (39)
Home stadium	Mogadishu Stadium
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The Somalia national u23 football team nicknamed The pirates of the oceans (Arabic: نجوم المحيط), represents Somalia in men's international u23 football. It is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

History

The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. This was seen as the first Somali youth team. To this day, most Somalis see the Somali Youth League (SYL) as the main source of Somali youth footballers. Somalia's national u23 football team is relatively new and they have only played 1 match (against Rwanda u23 for u23 CAF 2017) in which the coach, Mbabazi stated the team was "too weak for Rwanda U23."

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
		Hassan Abdinur Gesey	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abdinasir Yusuf	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Hamsa Mohamed Mukhtar	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Bile Muhudin Burale	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Mohamed Salah Hussein	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Salahudiin Mohamed Nuh	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Ahmed Mohamed Hussein	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Mustaf Khalib Hussein	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abas Amin Mohamed	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Hassan Hussein Mohamed	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Hassan Ibrahim Ali	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Mahad Muhudin Haji	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Hassan Farid Hassan	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Mohamed Ali Ibrahim	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Osman Yusuf Hajow	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abukar Abdikarim Nur	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Ali Hassan Babay	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abdifatah Abdi Osman	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abdulahi Nur Ali	{{>23}}		Unknown
		Abdulahi Abdirahman Jama	{{>23}}		Unknown

Managerial history

• Yousef Adam (2010)