Mongolia national under-23 football team

Mongolia Under-23
Nickname(s)	The Blue Wolves
Association	MFF
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai
First colours	Second colours

The Mongolia national under-23 football team is a youth football team operated under the auspices of Mongolian Football Federation. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadriennial Olympic Football Tournament. Ichiro Otsuka is the team's current head coach.^[1]

Results and fixtures

2023

6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification	Saudi Arabia	3–1		Abha, Saudi Arabia
18:00	Al-Juwayr 87' Radif 90+9' Marran 90+14'	Report	B. Tsogtbayar 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification	Cambodia	2–1		Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00	Sor 30' Sa Ty 45'	Report	Gerelt-Od 54'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification	Lebanon	1–1		Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00	Haidar 37' (pen.)	Report	A. Chinzorig 33'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 2022 Asian Games	Vietnam	4–2		Hangzhou, China
16:00 UTC+8	Nguyễn Quốc Việt 3', 32' Khuất Văn Khang 43' Võ Nguyên Hoàng 65'	Report	Uuganbat 46' Batmunkh 90+6'	Stadium: Linping Sports Centre Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2022 Asian Games		0–3	Saudi Arabia	Hangzhou, China
16:00 UTC+8		Report	Asiri 18' Maran 50' Masoud 74'	Stadium: Linping Sports Centre Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 2022 Asian Games	Iran	3–0		Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8	Mamizadeh 1' Omri 45+1' Barzegar 57'	Report		Stadium: Shangcheng Sports Centre Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

2025

3 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification	Thailand	v		Pathum Thani, Thailand
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6 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification		v	Malaysia	Pathum Thani, Thailand
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9 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification	Lebanon	v		Pathum Thani, Thailand
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Coaching staff

As of September 2021

Position	Name
Team Manager	Badruul Batbaya
Head coach	Bayasalangiin Garidmagnai
Assistant coach	Sükhnaagiin Otgonbayar Zorigtyn Battulga Tserenjavyn Enkhjargal
Goalkeeper coach	Dorjmoogiin Ganbold
Team Doctor	Samatyn Bakhtiyar
Physiotherapist	Khürelbaataryn Tsakhia
Media Officer	Mönkh-Erdeniin Khaltmaa

Managers

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Competitions
Dovdon Batnasan	2016	3	0	1	2	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification^[3]
Michael Weiß	2017–2020	3	0	1	2	2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification^[1]
Ichiro Otsuka	2018-	3	0	1	2	2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification^[1]
Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai	2024-

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Sereekhua Batmagni	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002	Deren
21	1GK	Ariunbold Batsaikhan*	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990	Khangarid
22	1GK	Enkh-Erdene Gan-Erdene	(2003-08-12) 12 August 2003	Khoromkhon

2	2DF	Khashchuluun Naranbaatar	(2004-08-05) 5 August 2004	Deren
3	2DF	Bayartsengel Purevdorj*	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	Khangarid
4	2DF	Ganbat Dulguun	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004	Deren
7	2DF	Dölgöön Amaraa	(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001	Deren
12	2DF	Mönkh-Orgil Orkhon	(1999-01-30) 30 January 1999	Deren
13	2DF	Oyuntuya Oyunbold	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001	Sham Shui Po
18	2DF	Tumen-Ulzii Sodbilguun	(2005-07-18) 18 July 2005	BCH Lions
20	2DF	Gochoo Bilguun	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000	Khaan Khuns-Erchim
23	2DF	Enkhbold Erkhembayar	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002	Deren

5	3MF	Gan-Erdene Erdenebat	(2005-08-24) 24 August 2005	Deren
6	3MF	Tserenbat Baasanjav	(1999-12-31) 31 December 1999	Deren
8	3MF	Baljinnyam Batmönkh	(1999-12-10) 10 December 1999	Deren
10	3MF	Tsend-Ayuush Khürelbaatar*	(1990-02-22) 22 February 1990	Tuv Buganuud
15	3MF	Togoo Munkhbaatar	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999	Khoromkhon
16	3MF	Ganbat Buyannemekh	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003	Kharaatsai
17	3MF	Tsogtbayar Batbayar	(2001-07-08) 8 July 2001	Rebenland Leutschach

9	4FW	Temulen Uuganbat	(2005-05-07) 7 May 2005	Bayanzürkh Sporting Ilch
11	4FW	Ankhbayar Sodmunkh	(2004-08-07) 7 August 2004	Bayanzürkh Sporting Ilch
14	4FW	Zayat Temuulen	(2003-12-10) 10 December 2003	Khangarid
19	4FW	Nergui Sainbuyan		Kharaatsai

^* Over-aged player.

Recently call ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Filip Andersen Chinzorig	(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003	-	-	Slavia Karlovy Vary.	2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
DF	Bat-Orgil Gerelt-Od	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002	-	-	Ulaanbaatar	2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Competitive history

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-22/U-23 Championship Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify	Qualifying	3	0	1	2	2	14
2018	Did not qualify	Qualifying	3	0	1	2	1	10
2020	Did not qualify	Qualifying	3	0	0	3	1	5
2022	Did not qualify	Qualifying	3	1	2	3	0	5
2024	Did not qualify	Qualifying	3	0	1	2	3	6
2026	to be determined	Qualifying	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/7	Qualifying	15	1	5	12	7	40

AFC U-22/U-23 Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result	Scorer(s)
2016	Qualifying	0 – 5 China	Loss
		0 – 7 Laos	Loss
		2 – 2 Singapore	Draw	M. Tsogtbaatar, P. Erdenebat
2018	Qualifying	1 – 1 Thailand	Draw	T. Munkh-Erdene
		0 – 7 Indonesia	Loss
		0– 2 Malaysia	Loss
2020	Qualifying	0– 1 North Korea	Loss
		0– 1 Hong Kong	Loss
		1– 3 Singapore	Loss	B. Khash-Erdene
2022	Qualifying	1 – 1 Thailand	Draw	B. Batbold
		0 – 1 Malaysia	Loss
		2 –3 Laos	Loss	O. Oyuntuya
2024	Qualifying	1 – 3 Saudi Arabia	Loss	B. Tsogtbayar
		1 – 2 Cambodia	Loss	B. Gerelt-Od
		1 – 1 Lebanon	Draw	A. Chinzorig
Qualifying	align="left"Thailand –
	align="left" – Malaysia
	align="left" Lebanon –

Source(s):^[4]

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
2024
2028
2032	to be determined

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA
Senior National Team
1951 – 1998	See Mongolia national football team
Under-23 National Team
2002	withdraw	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	withdraw	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	withdraw	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	withdraw	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Group Stage	21/21	3	0	0	3	2	10
2026
Total	1/1	-	3	0	0	3	2	10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "ЗАЛУУЧУУДЫН ШИГШЭЭ БАГИЙН СОНГОН ШАЛГАРУУЛАЛТ БОЛНО". Mongolian Football Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
^ Lim, Miakka. "Azkals now in Mongolia, tired but in high spirits". GMA Network. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "China PR 5 Mongolia 0". The AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
^ Zlotkowski, Andre. "Asian U-23 Championship 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

External links

MFF Official website

[ЗАЛУУЧУУДЫН_ШИГШЭЭ-1] "ЗАЛУУЧУУДЫН ШИГШЭЭ БАГИЙН СОНГОН ШАЛГАРУУЛАЛТ БОЛНО". Mongolian Football Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[Azkals_now_in_Mongolia-2] Lim, Miakka. "Azkals now in Mongolia, tired but in high spirits". GMA Network. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[China_PR_5_Mongolia_0-3] "China PR 5 Mongolia 0". The AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[AFC_2016-4] Zlotkowski, Andre. "Asian U-23 Championship 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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