Football at the 2023 Arab Games

The men's football tournament at the 2023 Arab Games was held from 2 to 14 July 2023 in Algeria, following an 11-year hiatus. Matches will be played in Annaba and Constantine. For the first time, teams are restricted to under-23 players, and a maximum of three over-aged players.

Bahrain were the defending champions, having beat Jordan in the final of the 2011 edition.

Participating countries
Eight teams are participating in the tournament, all under-23 with the exception of Saudi Arabia who are participating with their under-19 team.

Draw
The draw took place on 19 June 2023. Host Algeria was automatically seeded in Pot 1. The remaining teams were seeded based on the FIFA ranking.

Officiating

 * Referees
 * Nabil Boukhalfa
 * Abdemoumene Touabti
 * Mohamed Khaled
 * Zaid Thamer Mohammed
 * Ammar Ashkanani
 * Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh
 * Muath Owfi
 * Mohammad Qanah
 * Mehrez Melki


 * Assistant referees
 * Hamza Bouzit
 * Amro Ajaj
 * Yahya Nouali
 * Ali Fakih
 * Basem Saef El Naser
 * Hamooh Al Shuaibi
 * Kinan Al-Baajawi
 * Ibrahim Al-Dakheel
 * Mowlid Rage Ali
 * Mohamed Bakir

Group stage
All times are local, AST (UTC+1).