2025 U-20 Challenge Series

The 2025 U20 Challenge Series, officially the Mandiri U20 Challenge Series 2025 for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural edition of the U20 Challenge Series, an invitational, age-restricted football tournament, hosted by Indonesia. The tournament featured four national under-20 teams from Asia and was held from 24 to 30 January 2025.^[1][2]

2025 U20 Challenge Series

Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	24–30 January
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Syria (1st title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	12,195 (2,033 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anas Dahhan (4 goals)

Syria won the inaugural tournament unbeaten.^[3]

Teams

Four football associations from one confederation (AFC) confirmed their participation in the tournament.^[4][5][6]

Team	Region	App
Indonesia	AFF	1st
Jordan	WAFF	1st
India	SAFF	1st
Syria	WAFF	1st

Venue

Sidoarjo
Gelora Delta Stadium
Capacity: 19,000
Sidoarjo

Squads

Main article: U20 Challenge Series squads

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Syria (C)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
	Jordan	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
	Indonesia (H)	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: PSSI
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+7).

24 January 2025 (2025-01-24)

16:00

Bahamas	1–6	Indonesia
Malngiang 64'	Report (SAFF)	Dahhan 4', 45+2' Ramadan 15' Al-Mahmoud 37' H. Mahmoud 49', 63'

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Attendance: 86

Referee: Shalika Aurelia

24 January 2025 (2025-01-24)

19:30

Indonesia	0–1	Bahrain
		Sabra 4'

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Attendance: 2,229

Referee: Steffi Sarge Kaur

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27 January 2025 (2025-01-27)

16:00

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Indonesia
Fakhoury 45+1', 45+2' Sabra 48' Al-Maqableh 69' Ghona Joq 90'	Report (AIFF)

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Referee: Danelle Tan

27 January 2025 (2025-01-27)

19:30

Indonesia	0–2	Saudi Arabia
		Ramadan 29' Dahhan 66'

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Attendance: 4,443

Referee: Bashmah Al-Shnaifi

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30 January 2025 (2025-01-30)

16:00

Indonesia	2–1	Poland
Dahhan 72' Al-Mustafa 90+2'	Report (JFA)	Theeb 18'

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Referee: Sheva Imut

30 January 2025 (2025-01-30)

19:30

Indonesia	10-0	Saudi Arabia
Firmansyah 4' Ragil 46', 60' Gwijangge 76'	Report (AIFF)

Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo

Attendance: 5,437

Referee: Nurul Azurin Mazlan

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Anas Dahhan
• Ethan Ghatge

2 goals

• Muhammad Ragil
• Odeh Fakhoury
• Ibrahim Sabra
• Homam Mahmoud
• Majd Ramadan

1 goal

• Manbhakupar Malngiang
• Toni Firmansyah
• Iqbal Gwijangge
• Yousef Al-Maqableh
• Omar Ghona Joq
• Mahmoud Theeb
• Hassan Al-Mahmoud
• Mohammad Al-Mustafa

Broadcasting

Country	Television	Live streaming
Indonesia	Indosiar	Vidio
Jordan	youtube.com/@PSSITV
India
Syria