Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia

Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر (Green Falcons)
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Faisal Al Baden
Captain	Osama Hawsawi
Most caps	Mohamed Al-Deayea (172)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (71)
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
FIFA ranking	95 4 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	21 (July 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	126 (December 2012)
Elo ranking	89 (11 January 2015)
Highest Elo ranking	27 (November 1998)
Lowest Elo ranking	112 (1970, 1972)
First colours Second 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
UAR 13–0 Saudi Arabia (Casablanca, Morocco; September 9, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1994)
Best result	Round of 16; 1994
Asian Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1984)
Best result	Winners: 1984, 1988, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1992)
Best result	Runner-up: 1992

The Saudi Arabia National Football Team (Arabic: منتخب المملكة العربية السعودية لكرة القدم‎) represents Saudi Arabia in association football. It is known by its fans as Al-Saqour (The Falcons), Al-Akhdar (The Green). Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia has won the Asian Cup 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.

Honors

International

• FIFA Confederations Cup:

Runner-up (1): 1992

Fourth Place (1): 1999

Continental

• AFC Asian Cup:

Winner (3): 1984, 1988, 1996

Runner-up (3): 1992, 2000, 2007

• Asian Games

Silver Medalists (1): 1986

Regional

• Gulf Cup of Nations:

Winner (3): 1994, 2002, 2003

Runner-up (6): 1972, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014

• Arab Nations Cup:

Winner (2): 1998, 2002

Runner-up (1): 1992

Other

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations:

Runner-up (2): 1985, 1997

• Pan Arab Games

Silver Medalists (1): 1976

• 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2005

Competition records

FIFA 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 to 2014 Did Not Qualify Total Round of 16 4/20 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 withdrew - - - - - - 1984 Champions 6 3 3 0 7 3 1988 Champions 6 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 2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 5 5 Total 9/16 44 19 13 12 63 45

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 2021 To Be Determined Total Runners-up 4/9 12 3 1 8 13 31 -

Gulf Cup of Nations record Gulf Cup of Nations Record Year Round 1970 Third Place 1972 Runners-up 1974 Runners-up 1976 Fifth Place 1979 Third Place 1982 Fourth Place 1984 Third Place 1986 Third Place 1988 Third Place 1990 Withdrew[1] 1992 Third Place 1994 Champions 1996 Third Place 1998 Runners-up 2002 Champions 2003 Champions 2004 Round 1 2007 Third Place 2009 Runners-up 2010 Runners-up 2013 Round 1 2014 Runners-up

Arab Nations Cup 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 4th Place

West Asian Football Federation Championship record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not enter
2004	Did not enter
2007	Did not enter
2008	Did not enter
2010	Did not enter
2012	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	1	1
2014	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	1	4
Total	-	5	1	2	2	2	5

Recent results and Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2014
5 March 2014	2015 ACQ	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Indonesia	1–0	Al-Muwallad  87'
24 May 2014	International friendly	Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Xerez	Moldova	0–4
29 May 2014	International friendly	Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Xerez	Georgia	0–2
8 September 2014	International friendly	Craven Cottage, London	Australia	2–3	Fallatah  71' Al-Jassim  84'
10 October 2014	International friendly	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah	Uruguay	1–1	Hazazi  90'
14 October 2014	International friendly	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah	Lebanon	1–1	Hawsawi  15'
6 November 2014	International friendly	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Palestine	2–0	Hazazi  34' Al-Muwallad  55'
13 November 2014	2014 Gulf Cup of Nations	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Qatar	1–1	Al-Muwallad  37'
16 November 2014	2014 Gulf Cup of Nations	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Bahrain	3–0	Al-Shamrani  26' Al-Haza'a  54' (o.g.) Husain  70' (o.g.)
19 November 2014	2014 Gulf Cup of Nations	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Yemen	1–0	Al Abed  28'
23 November 2014	2014 Gulf Cup of Nations	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	United Arab Emirates	3–2	Al-Shamrani  19' Al Abed  22' Al-Dawsari  86'
26 November 2014	2014 Gulf Cup of Nations	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Qatar	1–2	Kariri  16'
30 December 2014	International friendly	Simonds Stadium, Victoria	Bahrain	1–4	Hazazi  47'
4 January 2015	International friendly	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney	South Korea	0–2
10 January 2015	2015 AFC Asian Cup	Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane	China PR	0–1
14 January 2015	2015 AFC Asian Cup	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne	North Korea	4–1	Hazazi  37' Al-Sahlawi  52', 54' Al Abed  76'
18 January 2015	2015 AFC Asian Cup	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne	Uzbekistan	1–3	Al-Sahlawi  55'

Players

Current squad

• Match date: January 9 to 18, 2015
• Opposition:  China PR,  North Korea and  Uzbekistan
• Competition: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Caps and goals updated as of January 18, 2015 after the game against Uzbekistan.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Waleed Abdullah (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 69 0 Al-Shabab 21 1GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 1 0 Al-Hilal 22 1GK Abdullah Al-Enezi (1990-09-20) 20 September 1990 3 0 Al-Nassr 2 2DF Saeed Al Mowalad (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 8 0 Al-Ahli 3 2DF Osama Hawsawi (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 107 6 Al-Ahli 4 2DF Abdullah Al-Zori (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 46 1 Al-Hilal 5 2DF Omar Hawsawi (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 14 1 Al-Nassr 12 2DF Hassan Muath Fallatah (1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 53 3 Al-Shabab 13 2DF Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 15 0 Al-Hilal 16 2DF Motaz Hawsawi (1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 5 0 Al-Ahli 23 2DF Majed Al-Marshedi (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 20 0 Al-Shabab 6 3MF Mustafa Al-Bassas (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 16 0 Al-Ahli 7 3MF Salman Al-Faraj (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 15 0 Al-Hilal 8 3MF Yahya Al-Shehri (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 29 0 Al-Nassr 11 3MF Waleed Bakshween (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 13 0 Al-Ahli 14 3MF Saud Kariri (c) RET (1980-06-08) 8 June 1980 134 7 Al-Hilal 15 3MF Ibrahim Ghaleb (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 17 0 Al-Nassr 17 3MF Taisir Al-Jassim (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 99 10 Al-Ahli 18 3MF Salem Al-Dawsari (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 22 2 Al-Hilal 19 3MF Fahad Al-Muwallad (1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 26 5 Al-Ittihad 20 3MF Nawaf Al Abed (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 28 3 Al-Hilal 9 4FW Naif Hazazi (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 48 13 Al-Shabab 10 4FW Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 15 7 Al-Nassr

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Ahmed Al-Kassar (1991-05-08) May 8, 1991 0 0 Al-Ra'ed v.  Georgia, May 29, 2014 GK Fahad Al-Thunayyan (1986-08-30) August 30, 1986 0 0 Al-Hilal v.  Georgia, May 29, 2014 DF Mohamed Al-Bishi (1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 11 0 Al-Nassr v.  Georgia, May 29, 2014 DF Ali Al-Zubaidi (1993-01-04) January 4, 1993 4 0 Al-Ettifaq v.  Georgia, May 29, 2014 MF Awad Khamees (1988-07-15) July 15, 1988 1 0 Al-Nassr 2015 AFC Asian Cup (preliminary) MF Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (1986-05-13) May 13, 1986 9 0 Al-Shabab 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations MF Abdulfattah Asiri (1994-02-26) February 26, 1994 3 0 Al-Ittihad 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations FW Nasser Al-Shamrani (1983-11-23) 23 November 1983 71 15 Al-Hilal 2015 AFC Asian Cup (preliminary) FW Abdurahman Al-Ghamdi (1994-11-01) November 1, 1994 0 0 Al-Ittihad 2015 AFC Asian Cup (preliminary) FW Mukhtar Fallatah (1987-10-15) October 15, 1987 5 0 Al-Ittihad 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations

Managerial history

Updated 10 January 2014.^[2][3]

Manager	From	To
Abdul-Rahman Fawzi	1957	1961
Ali Chaouach	1967	1969
George Skinner	1970	1970
Mohammed Sheita	1970	1972
Taha Ismail	1972	1974
Abdo Saleh El Wahsh	1974	1974
Ferenc Puskás	1975	1975
Bill McGarry	1976	1977
Danny Allison	1978	1978
David Woodfield	1979	1979
Rubens Minelli	1980	1980
Mario Zagallo	1981	1984
Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani	1984	1986
Castilho	1986	1986
Osvaldo	1987	1987
Ronnie Allen	1988	1988
Carlos Galletti	1988	1988
Omar Borras	1988	1988
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1988	1990
Metin Türel	1990	1990
Claudinho Garcia	1990	1992
Veloso	1992	1992
Nelsinho	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
Nelo Vingada	1996	1997
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	August 2011	January 2013
Juan Ramón López Caro	January 2013	December 2014
Cosmin Olăroiu	December 2014	January 2015
Faisal Al Baden	March 2015

Records

As of January 18, 2015

Most Caps[4] # Player Caps Goals Career 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea 172 0 1993–2006 2 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi 163 3 1992–2001 3 Sami Al-Jaber 156 46 1992–2006 4 Abdullah Zubromawi 142 3 1993–2002 5 Saud Kariri 134 7 2001–2015 6 Hussein Sulaimani 132 5 1992–2009 7 Mohamed Al-Jawad 121 7 1981–1994 8 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 117 19 2000–2012 9 Majed Abdullah 116 71 1978–1994 Ahmad Jamil Madani 116 5 1986–1998

Top Goalscorers[4] # Player Goals Caps Career 1 Majed Abdullah 71 116 1978–1994 2 Sami Al-Jaber 46 156 1992–2006 3 Yasser Al-Qahtani 42 112 2002–2013 4 Obeid Al-Dosari 41 94 1994–2002 5 Talal Al-Meshal 32 60 1998–2006 6 Khaled Al-Muwallid 28 114 1988–1998 7 Fahad Al-Mehallel 25 87 1992–1999 8 Saeed Al-Owairan 24 75 1992–1998 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani 24 86 1997–2005 10 Yousuf Al-Thunayan 20 81 1986–1998

Kit Providers

• Admiral (1970's-early 80's)
• Adidas (1984)
• Michel Platini 1988
• Adidas (1992)
• Shammel (1993–2000)
• Adidas (2001–2005)
• Puma (2005–2011)
• Nike (2011–present)

References

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 national football team Official Website "Arabic Language"
• Saudi Arabia FA English Site
• Saudi Arabia Football Team on Super Arabic Site
• Saudi Arabia in fifaworldcup.com

AFC Asian Cup Champions     1956:  South Korea 1960:  South Korea 1964:  Israel 1968:  Iran 1972:  Iran 1976:  Iran 1980:  Kuwait 1984:  Saudi Arabia 1988:  Saudi Arabia 1992:  Japan 1996:  Saudi Arabia 2000:  Japan 2004:  Japan 2007:  Iraq 2011:  Japan 2015:  Australia

Saudi Arabia AFC Asian Cup finalists 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 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 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 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 2004 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Japan Runners-Up China PR Third 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 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 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 2015 AFC Asian Cup finalists Champions Australia Runners-Up South Korea Third Place United Arab Emirates Fourth Place Iraq Eliminated in Quarter-finals China PR Iran Japan Uzbekistan Eliminated in Group stage Bahrain Jordan Kuwait North Korea Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup squads Saudi Arabia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Al-Deayea 2 Al-Dosari 3 Al-Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Anwar 7 Al-Ghesheyan 8 Al-Bishi 9 Abdullah (c) 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 Saudi Arabia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Al-Deayea 2 Al-Jahani 3 Al-Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Anwar (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 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 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

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