United Arab Emirates national football team

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United Arab Emirates

Nickname

AL MKHANEETH (THE PIGS)

Association

U.A.E. Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Bruno Metsu, (2006-)

Most caps

Adnan Al Talyani (164)

Top scorer

Adnan Al Talyani (53)

Home stadium

Jeque Zayed Stadium

FIFA code

UAE

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

42 (November 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

111 (Oc5tober 2003)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

UAE 1 - 0 Qatar

(Saudi Arabia; March 17, 1972)

Biggest win

Brunei 0 - 12 UAE

(Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 8 - 0 UAE

(Abu Dhabi, UAE; November 12, 2005)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1990)

Best result

Round 1, 1990

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1980)

Best result

Runners-up, 1996

Confederations Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1997)

Best result

1st round 1997

The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It made one World Cup appearance, in 1990, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. The side rebounded to take fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2005 the UAE football team jointly won the Kirin Cup along with the Peruvian team. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1-0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history.

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 Achievements
4 West Asian Football Federation Championship record
5 Current National Team

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 - Withdrew
1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 1
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1976 - Did not enter
1980 - Round 1
1984 - Round 1
1988 - Round 2
1992 - Fourth place
1996 - Second place
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Round 1

[edit] Achievements

Qaulification to1990 World Cup finals
Second Place in The 1996 Asian Cup
Reached the Quarter Finals of The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
Kirin Cup Winner in 2005
GCC Under-17 Tournament winner in 2006
Winners of 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations

[edit] West Asian Football Federation Championship record

2000 to 2004- Did not enter
2006 - Qualified

[edit] Current National Team

The following players named for the Gulf Cup 18.

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
2	MF	Abdulrahim Jumaa	Al-Wahda FC
6	DF	Rashid Abdulrahman Al-Hawsani	Al Jazeera Club
7	FW	Mohamed Omer	Al Jazeera Club
8	MF	Haider Alo Ali	Al-Wahda FC
9	FW	Nawaf Mubarak	Sharjah FC
10	FW	Ismail Matar	Al Wahda FC
11	FW	Faisal Khalil	Al-Ahli
12	GK	Waleed Salim	Al-Ain FC
13	DF	Adel Abdulaziz	Al-Ahli
14	DF	Basheer Saeed	Al Wahda FC
15	MF	Fahad Masood	Al Wahda FC
16	MF	Hasan Ali Ibrahim	Al-Ahli
17	DF	Salih Abdullah Obaid	Al Jazeera Club
20	MF	Hilal Saeed	Al-Ain FC
21	DF	Humaid Fakher	Al-Ain FC
22	GK	Majed Nasir	Al-Wasl FC
23	FW	Salim Saad	Al-Shabbab
24	MF	Subait Khater	Al-Ain FC
25	DF	Mohammed Qassim	Al-Ahli
26	MF	Salim Khamis	Al-Ahli
28	MF	Khalid Darweesh	Al-Wasl FC
30	FW	Mohammed Rashid Suroor	Al-Ahli