Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia

Nickname(s)

الصقور الخضر
(Green Falcons)

Association

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Sub-confederation

WAFF (West Asia)

Head coach

Bert van Marwijk

Captain

Osama Hawsawi

Most caps

Mohamed Al-Deayea (178)^[1]

Top scorer

Majed Abdullah (71)

FIFA code

KSA

First colors

Second colors

FIFA ranking

Current

2 (10 August 2017)

Highest

21 (July 2004)

Lowest

126 (December 2012)

Elo ranking

Current

(30 April 2017)

Highest

27 (November 1998)

Lowest

112 (1970, 1972)

First international

Saudi Arabia 1–1 Lebanon

(Beirut, Lebanon; 18 January 1957)

Biggest win

Timor-Leste 0–10 Saudi Arabia

(Dili, East Timor; 17 November 2015)

Biggest defeat

Morocco 13–0 Saudi Arabia

(Casablanca, Morocco; 3 September 1961

World Cup

Appearances

4 (first in 1994)

Best result

Round of 16, 1994

Asian Cup

Appearances

9 (first in 1984)

Best result

Champions, 1984, 1988 and 1996

Confederations Cup

Appearances

4 (first in 1992)

Best result

Runner-up, 1992

The Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: المنتخب العربي السعودي لكرة القدم‎‎) represents Saudi Arabia in international football. The team's colours are green, and white. Saudi Arabia are known as Al-Suqour (The Falcons), and Al-Akhdhar (The Green).

Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia have won the Asian Cup three times on (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 under the leadership of Jorge Solari, Saudi Arabia beat both Belgium and 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

Saudi players warm-up before their match against Ukraine during the 2006 FIFA World Cup (19 June 2006)

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

Bronze Medalists (1): 1982

Regional

Gulf Cup of Nations:

Winner (3): 1994, 2002, 2003

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

Third Place (7): 1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996

Arab Nations Cup:

Winner (2): 1998, 2002

Runner-up (1): 1992

Third Place (1): 1985

Other

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations:

Runner-up (2): 1985, 1997

Pan Arab Games

Silver Medalists (1): 1976

Bronze Medalists (1): 2007

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
2018	TBD
Total	Round of 16	4/22	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
2019	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	4	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	4/11	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^[2]
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

2016

24 August 2016 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	4–0	Laos	Doha, Qatar
19:30 UTC+3	Al-Jassim 26' Al-Sahlawi 48' Awagi 66' Al-Mogahwi 70'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

1 September 2016 2018 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Thailand	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Abed 84' (pen.)	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Addurra Stadium Attendance: 40,983 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

6 September 2016 2018 WCQ	Iraq	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Shah Alam, Malaysia
19:00 UTC+8	Abdul-Raheem 18'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Abed 81' (pen.), 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

6 October 2016 2018 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Australia	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Al-Jassim 5' Al-Shamrani 79'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sainsbury 45' Juric 71'	Stadium: The Jewel Stadium Attendance: 51,616 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

11 October 2016 2018 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	3–0	United Arab Emirates	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Al-Muwallad 73' Al Abed 79' Al-Shehri 90+2'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: The Jewel Stadium Attendance: 60,102 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

15 November 2016 2018 WCQ	Japan	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Kiyotake 45' (pen.) Haraguchi 80'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Omar Othman Hawsawi 90'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,420 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

2017

10 January 2017 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Slovenia B	Abu Dhabi, UAE
18:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Ammar Al Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

14 January 2017 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	7–2	Cambodia	Abu Dhabi, UAE
19:00 UTC+3	Al-Shamrani 23' (pen.), 28', 37' Al-Sahlawi 49' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Al-Mogahwi 63' Al-Ruwaili 80'	Report	Khoun 19' Keo 38'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

23 March 2017 2018 WCQ	Thailand	0–3	Saudi Arabia	Bangkok, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7		Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Sahlawi 25' Tanaboon 84' (o.g.) Al-Moasher 90+2'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 41,613 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

28 March 2017 2018 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Al-Shehri 53'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 60,153 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

8 June 2017^{[note 1]} 2018 WCQ	Australia	3–2	Saudi Arabia	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 UTC+9:30	Juric 7', 36' Rogic 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Dawsari 23' Al-Sahlawi 45+2'	Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 29,785 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

31 August 2017 2018 WCQ	United Arab Emirates	v	Saudi Arabia	Abu Dhabi, UAE
--:-- UTC+4				Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

5 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	v	Japan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification:^[4]
Match date: 8 June 2017
Opposition: Australia
Caps and goals are correct as of 8 June 2017, after the match against Australia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Waleed Abdullah	(1986-04-19) 19 April 1986	70	0	Al-Nassr
21	1GK	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987	3	0	Al-Hilal
22	1GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	(1984-02-27) 27 February 1984	30	0	Al-Ahli

2	2DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	(1987-10-19) 19 October 1987	30	1	Al-Ahli
3	2DF	Osama Hawsawi	(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984	123	7	Al-Hilal
4	2DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	(1987-08-13) 13 August 1987	56	1	Al-Hilal
5	2DF	Omar Hawsawi	(1985-09-27) 27 September 1985	27	2	Al-Nassr
6	2DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992	4	0	Al-Hilal
12	2DF	Saeed Al-Mowalad	(1991-03-09) 9 March 1991	7	0	Al-Ahli
13	2DF	Mohammed Al-Fatil	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992	6	0	Al-Ahli
23	2DF	Abdullah Al-Hafith	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992	0	0	Al-Hilal

7	3MF	Salman Al-Faraj	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989	32	1	Al-Hilal
8	3MF	Yahya Al-Shehri	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990	46	5	Al-Nassr
9	3MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994	6	0	Al-Ahli
11	3MF	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986	28	0	Al-Hilal
14	3MF	Abdullah Otayf	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992	4	1	Al-Hilal
16	3MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	(1988-01-28) 28 January 1988	10	2	Al-Ahli
17	3MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	(1984-07-25) 25 July 1984	119	17	Al-Ahli
18	3MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991	22	3	Al-Hilal
19	3MF	Salman Al-Moasher	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988	14	1	Al-Ahli
20	3MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili	(1986-08-28) 28 August 1986	11	2	Al-Fayha

10	4FW	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987	31	28	Al-Nassr
15	4FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	(1983-11-23) 23 November 1983	76	19	Al-Hilal

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Assaf Al-Qarni	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984	8	0	Al-Ittihad	v. Cambodia, 14 January 2017
GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	(1991-10-10) 10 October 1991	2	0	Al-Ahli	v. Cambodia, 14 January 2017
GK	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991	0	0	Al-Fateh	v. Iraq, 6 September 2016

DF	Motaz Hawsawi	(1992-02-17) 17 February 1992	10	0	Al-Ahli	v. Australia, 8 June 2017 ^INJ
DF	Hassan Muath	(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986	63	3	Al-Fayha	v. Iraq, 28 March 2017
DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992	24	0	Al-Hilal	v. Iraq, 28 March 2017
DF	Hassan Kadesh	(1992-09-06) 6 September 1992	1	0	Al-Hilal	v. Iraq, 28 March 2017
DF	Ahmed Assiri	(1991-11-14) 14 November 1991	10	0	Al-Ittihad	v. Cambodia, 14 January 2017
DF	Mohammed Jahfali	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990	0	0	Al-Hilal	v. Japan, 15 November 2016
DF	Abdurahman Al-Obaid	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993	1	0	Al-Qadsiah	v. Iraq, 6 September 2016

MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990	41	7	Al-Hilal	v. Iraq, 28 March 2017
MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994	37	8	Al-Ittihad	v. Thailand, 23 March 2017 ^INJ
MF	Abdurahman Al-Dossari	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997	1	0	Al-Nassr	v. Cambodia, 14 January 2017
MF	Sami Al-Najei	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997	1	0	Al-Nassr	v. Cambodia, 14 January 2017
MF	Shaye Ali Sharahili	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990	4	0	Al-Nassr	v. Japan, 15 November 2016
MF	Awadh Khamis	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988	1	0	Al-Nassr	v. Japan, 15 November 2016
MF	Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen	(1990-04-19) 19 April 1990	4	0	Al-Nassr	v. United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2016 ^INJ
MF	Ali Awagi	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989	1	1	Al-Ahli	v. United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2016

FW	Naif Hazazi	(1988-07-27) 27 July 1988	56	14	Al-Nassr	v. Iraq, 28 March 2017
FW	Muhannad Assiri	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986	13	3	Al-Ahli	v. Iraq, 6 September 2016

Notes:

^SUS Player suspended
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^RET Retired from the national team

Managerial history

Updated 10 August 2015.^[5]^[6]

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
Ronnie Allen	1978	1978
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
Carlos Galletti	1988	1988
Omar Borras	1988	1988
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1988	1990
Metin Türel	1990	1990
Claudinho Garcia	1990	1992
Veloso	1992	1992
Nélson Rosa	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	August 2015
Bert van Marwijk	August 2015	Present

Records

As of 23 March 2017

Most Caps^[7]
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Mohamed Al-Deayea	178^[1]	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	Hussein Sulaimani	134	5	1992–2009
6	Saud Kariri	133	7	2001–2015
7	Osama Hawsawi	121	7	2006–
7	Mohamed Al-Jawad	121	7	1981–1994
9	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	117	19	2000–2012
9	Taisir Al-Jassim	117	17	2004–

Top Goalscorers^[7]
#	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	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	27	29	2009–
8	Fahad Al-Mehallel	25	87	1992–1999
9	Saeed Al-Owairan	24	75	1992–1998
9	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	24	86	1997–2005

Kit providers

Kit provider	Period
Admiral	1970–early 80
Adidas	1984
Adidas	1992
Shammel	1993–2000
Adidas	2001–2005
Puma	2005–2011
Nike	2011–present

References

1 2 "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). Fifa.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
↑ Manama Journal; Atop High Horses, Neighbors Again Cross Swords, The New York Times
↑ "Australia, Japan to go head-to-head following Asian draw". FIFA.com. 12 April 2016.
↑ "إعلان قائمة الأخضر لمباراة استراليا". thesaff. SAFF.
↑ "Overview of coaches". ksa-team.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Saudi Arabia National Team Coaches". rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
1 2 Naeim Albakr. "Saudi Arabia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

↑ The Australia v Saudi Arabia match was brought forward from 13 June 2017 due to Australia's participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[3]

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

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

Eliminated in Group stage

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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 Abd 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 Abdulghani 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 Abdulghani 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 Abdulghani 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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Arabic teams not part of the UAFA (Chad)

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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 in the group stage	Angola Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Czech Republic Iran Japan South Korea Paraguay Poland Saudi Arabia Serbia and Montenegro Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States
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