Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر; (The Green Falcons)
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Juan Ramón López Caro
Captain	Saud Kariri
Most caps	Mohamed Al-Deayea (178)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (67)
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
FIFA ranking	108
Highest FIFA ranking	21 (July 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	126 (December 2012)
Elo ranking	87
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
	Saudi Arabia 0–13 UAR ; (Casablanca, Morocco; September 9, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1994)
Best result	Round of 16; 1994
Asian Cup
Appearances	8 (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". 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. On 12 January 2013 Saudi Arabia got eliminated for the GCC cup by Kuwait.

Honors [edit]

International [edit]

FIFA Confederations Cup:

Runner-Up (1): 1992

Fourth Place (1): 1999

Continental [edit]

AFC Asian Cup:

Winner (3): 1984, 1988, 1996.

Runner-Up (3): 1992, 2000, 2007.

Asian Games

Silver Medalists (1): 1986

Regional [edit]

Gulf Cup of Nations:

Winner (3):1994, 2002, 2003.

Runner-Up (5):1972, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010.

Arab Nations Cup:

Winner (2):1998, 2002.

Runner-Up (1): 1992.

Other [edit]

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 [edit]

FIFA World Cup record [edit]

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	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total	Round of 16	4/19	13	2	2	9	9	32

Asian Cup record [edit]

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
2015	TBD
Total	8/15	39	18	13	10	58	40

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit]

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

Gulf Cup of Nations record [edit]

Gulf Cup of Nations Record
Year	Round
1970	Third Place
1972	Runner-Up
1974	Runner-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	Runner Up
2002	Champions
2003	Champions
2004	Round 1
2007	Third Place
2009	Runner Up
2010	Runner Up
2013	Round 1

Arab Nations Cup [edit]

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

King Fahd International Stadium

West Asian Football Federation Championship record [edit]

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
Total	-	3	1	1	1	1	1

Coaches [edit]

Majed Abdullah

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 Woodfield	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	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	present

Forthcoming matches [edit]

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2013
15 October 2013	2015 ACQ	Stadium TBC, TBC	Iraq
15 November 2013	2015 ACQ	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Iraq
19 November 2013	2015 ACQ	Stadium TBC, TBC	China PR
2014
5 March 2014	2015 ACQ	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh	Indonesia

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

The following 25 players were called up for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against China PR. Caps and goals updated as February 6, 2013.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Waleed Abdullah	(1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 27)	45	0	Al-Shabab
22	1GK	Abdullah Al-Sudairy	(1992-02-02) February 2, 1992 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Hilal
24	1GK	Fahad Al-Thunayyan	(1984-09-10) September 10, 1984 (age 28)	0	0	Al-Taawon

5	2DF	Omar Hawsawi	(1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Nasr
12	2DF	Hassan Mouath	(1986-02-27) February 27, 1986 (age 27)	22	2	Al-Shabab
20	2DF	Ali Al-Zubaidi	(1993-01-04) January 4, 1993 (age 20)	3	0	Al-Ittifaq
4	2DF	Ahmed Assiri	(1991-11-14) November 14, 1991 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Ittihad
3	2DF	Osama Hawsawi	(1984-03-31) March 31, 1984 (age 29)	57	5	Al-Ahli
7	2DF	Kamel Al-Mousa	(1982-08-29) August 29, 1982 (age 30)	27	0	Al-Ahli
2	2DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	(1987-04-07) April 7, 1987 (age 26)	10	1	Al-Ahli
19	2DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	(1992-05-26) May 26, 1992 (age 20)	3	0	Al-Hilal
13	2DF	Sultan Al-Bishi	(1990-01-28) January 28, 1990 (age 23)	6	0	Al-Hilal

6	3MF	Abdullah Otayf	(1992-08-03) August 3, 1992 (age 20)	3	1	Louletano
14	3MF	Saud Kariri (C)	(1980-06-08) June 8, 1980 (age 32)	77	3	Al-Ittihad
8	3MF	Yahya Al-Shehri	(1991-05-08) May 8, 1991 (age 22)	12	0	Al-Ettifaq
17	3MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	(1984-07-25) July 25, 1984 (age 28)	61	7	Al-Ahli
18	3MF	Mustafa Al-Bassas	(1993-06-02) June 2, 1993 (age 19)	1	0	Al-Ahli
23	3MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	(1988-01-29) January 29, 1988 (age 25)	4	0	Al-Fateh
15	3MF	Salman Al-Faraj	(1989-08-01) August 1, 1989 (age 23)	2	0	Al-Hilal

9	4FW	Naif Hazazi	(1989-01-11) January 11, 1989 (age 24)	26	8	Al-Ittihad
10	4FW	Fahad Al-Muwallad	(1994-09-14) September 14, 1994 (age 18)	3	1	Al-Ittihad
11	4FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	(1983-11-23) November 23, 1983 (age 29)	40	13	Al-Shabab
16	4FW	Yousef Al-Salem	(1985-05-04) May 4, 1985 (age 28)	6	1	Al-Ettifaq

Recent call-ups [edit]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Hussain Shae'an	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 25)	0	0	Al-Shabab	Preliminary World Cup qualifiers, 17 August 2011
GK	Mabrouk Zaid	(1979-02-11) February 11, 1979 (age 34)	0	0	Al-Ittihad	2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011
GK	Khaled Sharaheli	(1987-02-03) February 3, 1987 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Hilal	{{{latest}}}
GK	Ahmed Al-Kassar	(1990-08-01) August 1, 1990 (age 22)	0	0	Al-Raed	{{{latest}}}

DF	Ageel Balghath	(1987-03-15) March 15, 1987 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Ahli	{{{latest}}}
DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	(1987-08-12) August 12, 1987 (age 25)	0	0	Al-Hilal	{{{latest}}}
DF	Kamel Al-Mor	(1986-07-18) July 18, 1986 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Ahli	{{{latest}}}
DF	Abdullah Shuhail	(1985-01-22) January 22, 1985 (age 28)	0	0	Al-Shabab	v. Thailand, October 11, 2011
DF	Majed Al-Marshedi	(1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 29)	0	0	Al-Hilal	v. Thailand, October 11, 2011
DF	Mohamed Al-Bishi	(1987-05-03) May 3, 1987 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Nassr	v. Thailand, October 11, 2011
DF	Mishaal Al-Saeed	(1983-07-18) July 18, 1983 (age 29)	0	0	Al-Ittihad	v. Australia, September 6, 2011

MF	Salem Al-Dossari	(1991-08-19) August 19, 1991 (age 21)	5	1	Al-Hilal	Training
MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	(1990-01-26) January 26, 1990 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Hilal	{{{latest}}}
MF	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	(1988-01-29) January 29, 1988 (age 25)	0	0	Al-Hilal	{{{latest}}}
MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	(1980-12-08) December 8, 1980 (age 32)	0	0	Al-Hilal	{{{latest}}}
MF	Ahmed Abdulla	(1991-11-12) November 12, 1991 (age 21)	0	0	Barnet	Preliminary World Cup qualifiers, 17 August 2011
MF	Manaf Abushgeer	(1980-02-05) February 5, 1980 (age 33)	0	0	Al-Ittihad	2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011
MF	Mohammad Massad	(1983-02-17) February 17, 1983 (age 30)	0	0	Al-Ahli	2011 AFC Asian Cup, 17 January 2011

FW	Hamed Al-Hamed	(1989-08-26) August 26, 1989 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Ettifaq	{{{latest}}}
FW	Mohannad Asseri	(1989-01-08) January 8, 1989 (age 24)	0	0	Al-Wehda	{{{latest}}}
FW	Salman Al-Moasher	(1988-05-10) May 10, 1988 (age 25)	0	0	Al-Wehda	{{{latest}}}
FW	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	(1987-03-01) March 1, 1987 (age 26)	0	0	Al-Nassr	{{{latest}}}

Records [edit]

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	1	1990–2001
4	Majed Abdullah	139	67	1978–1994
5	Abdullah Zubromawi	122	4	1993–2002
6	Yasser Al-Qahtani	114	42	2002–2013
7	Hussein Sulaimani	108	3	1996–2009

Kit Providers [edit]

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 [edit]

^ 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. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

Titles [edit]

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 [edit]

[1] Manama Journal; Atop High Horses, Neighbors Again Cross Swords, The New York Times

[2] Roberto Mamrud; Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

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Saudi Arabia national football team

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Honors [edit]

International [edit]

Continental [edit]

Regional [edit]

Other [edit]

Competition records [edit]

FIFA World Cup record [edit]

Asian Cup record [edit]

FIFA Confederations Cup [edit]

Gulf Cup of Nations record [edit]

Arab Nations Cup [edit]

West Asian Football Federation Championship record [edit]

Coaches [edit]

Forthcoming matches [edit]

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

Recent call-ups [edit]

Records [edit]

Kit Providers [edit]

References [edit]

Titles [edit]

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