Saudi Arabia national football team

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Saudi Arabia

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (The Green Falcons)
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Frank Rijkaard
Captain	Taisir Al-Jassim
Most caps	Mohamed Al-Deayea (178)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (67)
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
FIFA ranking	89
Highest FIFA ranking	21 (July 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	98 (October 2011)
Elo ranking	75
Highest Elo ranking	27 (November 1998)
Lowest Elo ranking	112 (1970, 1972)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Lebanon  (Beirut, Lebanon; January 18, 1957)
Biggest win
Saudi Arabia 8–0 Macau  (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)
Biggest defeat
Saudi Arabia 0–13 United Arab Rep.  (Casablanca, Morocco; September 9, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1994)
Best result	Round of 16; 1994
Asian Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1984)
Best result	Winners; 1984, 1988, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1992)
Best result	Runner-up; 1992

Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم‎) (known by its fans as Al-Saqour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green") is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia has won the Asian three times (1984, 1988, and 1996) and qualified for the World Cup four consecutive times ever since debuting at the 1994 tournament.

In the 1994 World Cup, Saudi Arabia upset seeded Belgium and beat Morocco in the group stage before falling to Sweden in the Round of 16. Saudi Arabia was dismissed in the first round of the next three Cup tournaments.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1974	Did Not Enter
1978 to 1990	Did Not Qualify
1994	Round of 16	12	4	2	0	2	5	6
1998	Group Stage	28	3	0	1	2	2	7
2002	Group Stage	32	3	0	0	3	0	12
2006	Group Stage	28	3	0	1	2	2	7
2010	Did Not Qualify
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022
Total	Round of 16	4/19	13	2	2	9	9	32

Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1972	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Champions	5	3	3	0	7	3
1988	Champions	5	3	3	0	5	1
1992	Second place	5	2	2	1	8	3
1996	Champions	6	3	2	1	11	6
2000	Second place	6	3	1	2	11	8
2004	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	5
2007	Second Place	6	4	1	1	12	6
2011	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8
Total	8/15	39	18	13	10	58	40

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	3	Squad
1995	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	2	Squad
1997	Group Stage	7th	3	1	0	2	1	8	Squad
1999	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	1	3	8	16	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017	To Be Determined
2021
Total	Runners-up	4/9	12	3	1	8	13	31	-

Gulf Cup of Nations

King Fahd International Stadium

3 times Champions (1994, 2002, 2003)

Arab Nations Cup

2 times Champions (1998, 2002)

Arab Nations Cup Record
Year	Round
1963 – 1966	Did not qualify
1985	Third Place
1988	Group Stage
1992	Runner Up
1998	Champion
2002	Champion
2009	Canceled
2012

Islamic Solidarity Games Record

• 2005 : Champions

Coaches the greatest legendary Saudi football player Majed Abdullah Frank Rijkaard the current coach of Saudi Arabia national football team Manager From To Abdul-Rahman Fawzi 1957 1962 Ali Chaouach 1962 1970 Mohammed Sheita 1970 1972 Taha Ismail 1972 1974 Abdo Saleh Washash 1974 1974 Ferenc Puskás 1975 1975 Bill McGarry 1976 1977 Danny Allison 1978 1978 David Wallit 1979 1979 Rubens Minelli 1980 1980 Mario Zagallo 1981 1984 Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani 1984 1986 Kosia Tastilo 1986 1986 Osvaldo 1987 1987 Carlos Galletti 1988 1988 Omar Borras 1988 1988 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1988 1990 Metin Türel 1990 1990 Caldinho Garcia 1992 1992 Veloso 1992 1992 Candinho 1993 1993 Leo Beenhakker 1993 1994 Mohammed Al-Kharashy 1994 1994 Ivo Wortmann 1994 1994 Jorge Solari 1994 1994 Mohammed Al-Kharashy 1995 1995 Ze Mario 1995 1996 Eduardo Vingada/Nelo Vingada 1996 1997 Hansel Waldem/Hansel Waldem 1996 1997 Otto Pfister 1998 1998 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1998 1998 Mohammed Al-Kharashy June 1998 June 1998 Otto Pfister 1999 Feb 1999 Milan Máčala May 1999 2000 Nasser Al Johar 2000 2000 Slobodan Santrac Aug 2001 Aug 2001 Nasser Al Johar Aug 2001 July 2002 Gerard van der Lem Aug 2002 Aug 2004 Martin Koopman 2002 2002 Nasser Al Johar Sep 2004 Nov 2004 Gabriel Calderon Nov 2004 Dec 2005 Marcos Paqueta 2006 2007 Helio dos Anjos March 2007 June 2008 Nasser Al Johar June 2008 February 2009 José Peseiro February 2009 January 2011 Nasser Al Johar January 2011 February 2011 Rogério Lourenço June 2011 July 2011 Frank Rijkaard Aug 2011 Present Current squad The following players were named by Frank Rijkaard for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Australia on 29 February. Caps and goals updated as November 15, 2011. 0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Waleed Abdullah (1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 26) 30 0 Al-Shabab 21 GK Yasser Al Mosailem (1984-02-27) February 27, 1984 (age 28) 13 0 Al-Ahli 22 GK Hassan Al-Otaibi (1977-10-15) October 15, 1977 (age 34) 6 0 Al-Hilal 30 GK Ahmed Al-Kassar (1990-08-01) August 1, 1990 (age 21) 0 0 Al-Raed 2 DF Sayyaf Al-Beeshi (1980-06-19) June 19, 1980 (age 31) 0 0 Al-Ettifaq 3 DF Osama Hawsawi (1984-03-31) March 31, 1984 (age 28) 54 3 Al-Hilal 5 DF Mohamed Eed (1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 (age 25) 0 0 Al-Nasr 7 DF Kamel Al-Mousa (1982-08-29) August 29, 1982 (age 29) 22 0 Al-Ahli 23 DF Abdullah Al-Zori (1987-08-12) August 12, 1987 (age 24) 21 0 Al-Hilal 26 DF Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992-05-26) May 26, 1992 (age 20) 0 0 Al-Qadisiyah 13 DF Hassan Mouath (1983-11-02) November 2, 1983 (age 28) 20 2 Al-Shabab 35 DF Kamel Al-Mor (1986-07-18) July 18, 1986 (age 25) 0 0 Al-Ahli 19 MF Salem Al-Dossari (1991-08-19) August 19, 1991 (age 20) 0 0 Al-Hilal 6 MF Ahmed Otaif (1983-04-14) April 14, 1983 (age 29) 33 1 Al-Shabab 8 MF Yahya Al-Shehri (1991-05-08) May 8, 1991 (age 21) 3 0 Al-Ettifaq 19 MF Abdullaziz Al-Dosari (1989-10-11) October 11, 1989 (age 22) 11 0 Al-Hilal 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (1980-12-08) December 8, 1980 (age 31) 79 18 Al-Hilal 13 MF Moataz Al-Musa (1987-04-07) April 7, 1987 (age 25) 0 0 Al-Ahli 14 MF Saud Kariri (1980-06-08) June 8, 1980 (age 31) 77 3 Al-Ittihad 15 MF Ahmed Al-Fraidi (1988-01-29) January 29, 1988 (age 24) 15 3 Al-Hilal 17 MF Taisir Al-Jassim (C) (1984-07-25) July 25, 1984 (age 27) 45 6 Al-Ahli 24 MF Nawaf Al-Abed (1990-01-26) January 26, 1990 (age 22) 10 0 Al-Hilal 11 FW Nasser Al-Shamrani (1983-11-23) November 23, 1983 (age 28) 34 7 Al-Shabab 12 FW Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987-03-01) March 1, 1987 (age 25) 5 2 Al-Nassr 16 FW Yousef Al-Salem (1985-05-04) May 4, 1985 (age 27) 3 0 Al-Ettifaq 9 FW Naif Hazazi (1989-01-11) January 11, 1989 (age 23) 20 4 Al-Ittihad 20 FW Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982-10-10) October 10, 1982 (age 29) 75 28 Al-Ain Recent call-ups Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Hussain Shae'an (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 24) 0 0 Al-Shabab Preliminary World Cup qualifiers, 17 August 2011 GK Mabrouk Zaid (1979-02-11) February 11, 1979 (age 33) 36 0 Al-Ittihad 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011 DF Abdullah Shuhail (1985-01-22) January 22, 1985 (age 27) 29 1 Al-Shabab v.  Thailand, October 11, 2011 DF Majed Al-Marshedi (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 28) 8 0 Al-Hilal v.  Thailand, October 11, 2011 DF Mohamed Al-Bishi (1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 (age 25) 0 0 Al-Nassr v.  Thailand, October 11, 2011 DF Mishaal Al-Saeed (1983-07-18) July 18, 1983 (age 28) 6 0 Al-Ittihad v.  Australia, September 6, 2011 MF Saud Hamood (1990-07-01) July 1, 1990 (age 21) 0 0 Al-Nassr Preliminary World Cup qualifiers, 17 August 2011 MF Abdoh Otaif (1984-04-02) April 2, 1984 (age 28) 50 4 Al-Shabab 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011 MF Manaf Abushgeer (1980-02-05) February 5, 1980 (age 32) 4 0 Al-Ittihad 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011 MF Mohammad Massad (1983-02-17) February 17, 1983 (age 29) 0 0 Al-Ahli 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011 FW Mohannad Asseri (1989-01-08) January 8, 1989 (age 23) 16 0 Al-Wehda 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011 Records Most Caps[2] # Player Caps Goals Career 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea 178 0 1993–2006 2 Sami Al-Jaber 158 44 1992–2006 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi 143 ?? 1990–2001 4 Majed Abdullah 139 67 1978–1994 5 Abdullah Zubromawi 122 ?? 1993–2002 6 Hussein Sulaimani 108 3 1996–2009 Kit Providers Admiral (1970's-early 80's) Adidas (1984) Michel Platini 1988 Adidas (1992) Shammel (1993–2000) Adidas (2001–2003) Puma (2003–2011) Nike (2011–present) References ↑ Manama Journal; Atop High Horses, Neighbors Again Cross Swords, The New York Times ↑ Roberto Mamrud; Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/century.html. Retrieved 2011-02-11.  Titles Preceded by 1980 Kuwait  Asian Champions 1984 (First title) 1988 (Second title) Succeeded by 1992 Japan  Preceded by 1992 Japan  Asian Champions 1996 (Third title) Succeeded by 2000 Japan  External links An Archive of Tournaments played by Saudi Arabia's National Soccer Team Saudi Arabia FA official website Saudi Arabia FA English Site Saudi Arabia Football Team on Super Arabic Site Saudi Arabia in fifaworldcup.com   Saudi Arabia AFC Asian Cup finalists v t 1988 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Saudi Arabia Runners-Up South Korea Third Place Iran Fourth Place China PR Eliminated in Group Stage Bahrain Japan Kuwait Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates v t 1992 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Japan Runners-Up Saudi Arabia Third Place China PR Fourth Place United Arab Emirates Eliminated in Group Stage Iran North Korea Qatar Thailand v t 1996 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Saudi Arabia Runners-Up United Arab Emirates Third Place Iran Fourth Place Kuwait Eliminated in Quarterfinals China PR Iraq Japan South Korea Eliminated in Group Stage Indonesia Syria Thailand Uzbekistan v t 2000 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Japan Runners-Up Saudi Arabia Third Place South Korea Fourth Place China PR Eliminated in Quarterfinals Iran Iraq Kuwait Qatar Eliminated in Group Stage Indonesia Lebanon Thailand Uzbekistan v t 2004 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Japan Runners-Up China PR Thhird Place Iran Fourth Place Bahrain Eliminated in Quarterfinals Iraq Jordan South Korea Uzbekistan Eliminated in Group Stage Indonesia Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates v t 2007 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Iraq Runners-Up Saudi Arabia Third Place South Korea Fourth Place Japan Eliminated in Quarterfinals Australia Iran Uzbekistan Vietnam Eliminated in Group Stage Bahrain China PR Indonesia Malaysia Oman Qatar Thailand United Arab Emirates v t 2011 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Japan Runners-Up Australia Third Place South Korea Fourth Place Uzbekistan Eliminated in Quarterfinals Iran Iraq Jordan Qatar Eliminated in Group Stage Bahrain China PR India Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates   Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup squads v t Saudi Arabia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Al‑Deayea 2 Al‑Dosari 3 Al‑Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Amin 7 Al‑Ghesheyan 8 Al‑Bishi 9 Abdullah 10 Al‑Owairan 11 Al‑Mehallel 12 Al‑Jaber 13 Al‑Jawad 14 Al‑Muwallid 15 Al‑Dawod 16 Jebreen 17 Al‑Taifi 18 Al‑Anazi 19 Saleh 20 Idris 21 Al‑Sadiq 22 Al‑Helwah Coach: Solari v t Saudi Arabia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Al-Deayea 2 Al-Jahani 3 Al-Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Amin (c) 7 Al-Shahrani 8 Al-Dosari 9 Al-Jaber 10 S. Al-Owairan 11 Al-Mehallel 12 Al-Harbi 13 Sulaimani 14 Al-Muwallid 15 Al-Thunayan 16 K. Al-Dosari 17 Dokhi 18 Al-Temyat 19 Al-Janoubi 20 Saleh 21 Al-Sadiq 22 Al-Antaif Coach: Parreira & Al-Kharashy v t Saudi Arabia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Al-Deayea 2 Al-Jahani 3 Tukar 4 Zubromawi 5 Harthi 6 Al-Shehri 7 Suwayed 8 Noor 9 Al-Jaber (c) 10 Al-Shalhoub 11 O. Al-Dosari 12 Dokhi 13 Sulaimani 14 Khathran 15 A. Al-Dosari 16 K. Al-Dosari 17 Al-Waked 18 Al-Temyat 19 Al-Ghamdi 20 Al-Yami 21 Zaid 22 Al-Khojali 23 Al-Thagafi Coach: Al-Johar v t Saudi Arabia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Al-Deayea 2 Dokhi 3 Tukar 4 Al-Montashari 5 Al-Qadi 6 Al-Ghamdi 7 Ameen 8 Noor 9 Al‑Jaber (c) 10 Al-Shalhoub 11 Al-Harthi 12 Khathran 13 Sulaimani 14 Kariri 15 Al-Bahri 16 Aziz 17 Al-Bishi 18 Al-Temyat 19 Massad 20 Al-Qahtani 21 Zaid 22 Khouja 23 Mouath Coach: Paquetá v t Football in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Football Federation National teams Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's League competitions Professional League First Division Second Division Cup competitions King Cup of Champions Crown Prince Cup Prince Faisal Cup List of clubs and league structure List of venues v t International association football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Minor 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Gulf Club Cup Related Competitions UNAF U-23 Tournament  · U-20 Tournament  · U-17 Tournament  · Women's Tournament UNAF Nessma Cup  · Women's Club Tournament CECAFA CECAFA Cup  · U-20 Championship  · U-17 Championship Kagame Inter-Club Cup WAGF / WAFF WAFF Championship  · West Asian Games ANOCA, OCA / CAF, AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations  · Afro-Asian Games Afro-Asian Club Championship ISSF Islamic Solidarity Games IMGC Mediterranean Games National Teams Algeria  · Bahrain  · Comoros  · Djibouti  · Egypt  · Iraq  · Jordan  · Kuwait  · Lebanon  · Libya  · Mauritania  · Morocco  · Oman  · Palestine  · Qatar  · Saudi Arabia  · Somalia  · Sudan  · Syria  · Tunisia  · United Arab Emirates  · Yemen uafaonline.com v t 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Italy Runners-up France Third place Germany Fourth place Portugal Eliminated in the quarter-finals Argentina Brazil England Ukraine Eliminated in the round of 16 Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland Eliminated 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