United Arab Emirates national football team

United Arab Emirates
Nickname(s) Al Abyad (The white)
Association U.A.E. Football Association
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Abdullah Masfar
Captain Subait Khater
Most caps Adnan Al Talyani (164)
Top scorer Adnan Al Talyani (53)
Home stadium Sheikh Zayed Stadium
FIFA code UAE
FIFA ranking 130
Highest FIFA ranking 42 (November 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking 130 (December 2011)
Elo ranking 106
Highest Elo ranking 41 (September 1997)
Lowest Elo ranking 151 (September 1981)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar 
(Saudi Arabia; March 17, 1972)
Biggest win
 Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates
(B. S. Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–8 Brazil 
(Abu Dhabi, UAE; November 12, 2005)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1990)
Best result Round 1, 1990
Asian Cup
Appearances 7 (First in 1980)
Best result Runner-up, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1997)
Best result 1st round 1997

The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: الامارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم‎) represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates' home ground is Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

It has made one World Cup appearance, in 1990 in Italy, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. Two years later the UAE took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1–0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history.

Contents

FIFA World Cup record

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 to 1974 Did not enter - - - - - - -
1978 Withdrew - - - - - - -
1982 Did not enter - - - - - - -
1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
1990 Round 1 24/24 3 0 0 3 2 11
1994 to 2014 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Total 1/19 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 11
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Asian Cup record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1956 to 1976 Did not enter - - - - - -
1980 Round 1 4 0 1 3 3 9
1984 Round 1 4 2 0 2 3 8
1988 Round 1 4 1 0 3 2 4
1992 Fourth place 3 1 2 0 2 1
1996 Runners-Up 6 4 2 0 8 3
2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
2004 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 5
2007 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 6
2011 Round 1 3 0 1 2 0 4
Total 8/15 30 9 7 14 22 40

Gulf Cup of Nations record

Winner of the 2007 edition

Year Host Country Place
1970  Bahrain Did not enter
1972  Saudi Arabia Third place
1974  Kuwait 4th place
1976  Qatar Third place
1979  Iraq 6th place
1982  UAE Third place
1984  Oman 4th place
1986  Bahrain Runner-up
1988  Saudi Arabia Runner-up
1990  Kuwait 5th place
1992  Qatar 4th place
1994  UAE Runner-up
1996  Oman 4th place
1998  Bahrain Third place
2002  Saudi Arabia 6th place
2003  Kuwait 5th place
2004  Qatar Group Stage
2007  UAE Champion
2009  Oman Group Stage
2010  Yemen Semi-Final
2013  Iraq

Achievements

Coaches

Manager From To
Mohammed Sheita 1972 1973
Jumaa Gharib 1973 1973
Mohammed Sheita 1973 1974
Mimi El-Sherbini 1975 1975
Jumaa Gharib 1975 1976
Dimitri Tadić 1976 1976
Don Revie 1977 1980
Heshmat Mohajerani 1980 1984
Carlos Alberto Parreira 1984 1988
Mario Zagallo 1988 1990
Bernhard Blaut 1990 1990
Valery Lobanovsky 1990 1992
Antoni Piechniczek 1992 1995
Tomislav Ivić 1995 1996
Lori Sandri 1997 1997
Milan Máčala 1997 1997
Lori Sandri 1998 1998
Carlos Queiroz 1998 Sept 1999
Srećko Juričić 1999 1999
Abdullah Masfar 2000 2000
Henri Michel 2000 2001
Abdullah Saqr 2001 2001
Tini Ruijs 2001 2001
Jo Bonfrere Nov 2001 Jan 2002 (Gulf Cup campaign)
Roy Hodgson Apr 2002 Jan 2004
Aad De Mos 2004 2005
Dick Advocaat Aug 2005 Sep 2005 (clause in contract allowing him to leave)
Bruno Metsu 2006 September 2008
Dominique Bathenay September 2008 June 2009
Srečko Katanec June 2009 September 2011
Abdullah Masfar September 2011

Current squad

Caps and goals updated as January 19, 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Majed Naser April 1, 1984 (1984-04-01) (age 27) 56 0 Al-Wasl
17 GK Khalid Eisa September 15, 1989 (1989-09-15) (age 22) 0 0 Al Jazira
22 GK Ali Al Hosani May 26, 1988 (1988-05-26) (age 23) 0 0 Al Wahda
3 DF Walid Abbas 11 June 1985 (aged 25) 31 0 Al Shabab Al Arabi
6 DF Fares Juma Al Saadi 30 December 1988 (aged 22) 31 2 Al Ain
11 DF Hamdan Al Kamali 2 May 1989 (aged 21) 26 3 Al Wahda
12 DF Bashir Saeed 28 June 1981 (aged 30) 55 3 Al Wahda
14 DF Yousif Jaber 25 February 1985 (aged 25) 38 2 Baniyas
18 DF Abdullah Mousa 23 February 1987 (aged 24) 6 0 Al-Jazira
19 DF Mohamed Ahmad Juma 16 April 1989 (aged 22) 5 0 Al Shabab Al Arabi
2 MF Mahmoud Khamees 28 October 1987 (aged 23) 21 2 Al-Wahda
4 MF Subait Khater 27 February 1980 (aged 30) 97 9 Al-Jazira
5 MF Ali Abbas Yasin 10 December 1979 (aged 31) 25 1 Al-Nasr
7 MF Ali Al-Wehaibi 27 October 1983 (aged 27) 44 1 Al Ain
8 MF Khalid Jalal 4 May 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Al Wahda
13 MF Mohamed Fawzi 22 February 1990 (aged 20) 6 0 Baniyas
21 MF Eisa Ahmed 13 January 1987 (aged 24) 2 0 Al-Wahda
9 FW Essa Obaid 10 April 1984 (aged 27) 1 0 Al Shabab Al Arabi
10 FW Ismail Matar 7 April 1983 (aged 27) 87 25 Al Wahda
15 FW Ismail Al Hammadi 1 July 1988 (aged 22) 39 6 Al-Ahli
16 FW Ahmed Khalil 8 June 1991 (aged 19) 29 9 Al-Ahli
20 FW Saeed Al Kathiri 28 March 1988 (aged 22) 7 2 Al Wahda
23 FW Abdullah Qasem 11 August 1986 (aged 25) 1 0 Al Jazira

See also

National teams
Men's · U-23 · U-20 · U-17 · Women's
League System
Pro-League · Challenge League · Division 1 Group A · Division 1 Group B
Domestic cups
International Competitions
International association football
Asia
Africa
North,
Central America
and Caribbean
South America
Oceania
Europe
Non-FIFA
Games
See also International women's football.
National football teams of Asia (AFC)
Southeast Asia (ASEAN)
Central and South Asia (CSAFF)
East Asia (EAFF)
West Asia (WAFF)
Bahrain · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kuwait · Lebanon · Oman · Palestine · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Syria · United Arab Emirates · Yemen
Defunct
Former
Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) · New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966) · Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002).

1 Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

2FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.
International Competitions
Club Competitions
Youth Competitions
Women's Competitions
Sub-competitions
Gulf
Related Competitions
WAGF / WAFF
ISSF
IMGC
National Teams
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