United Arab Emirates national football team

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United Arab Emirates
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Al Abyad (The Whites)
Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed)
AssociationUAE Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachAlberto Zaccheroni
CaptainIsmail Matar
Most capsAdnan Al Talyani (161)
Top scorerAdnan Al Talyani (52)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeUAE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 79 Steady (20 December 2018)[1]
Highest40 (November – December 1998)
Lowest138 (January 2012)
Elo ranking
Current 90 Decrease 19 (18 January 2019)[2]
Highest24 (15 January 2015)
Lowest140 (September 1981)
First international
 United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar 
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 17 March 1972)
Biggest win
 Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(B. S. Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001)
Biggest defeat
 United Arab Emirates 0–8 Brazil 
(Abu Dhabi, UAE; 12 November 2005)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1990)
Best resultGroup stage, 1990
Asian Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup Stage, 1997

The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم‎) represents the 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 and competes in AFC. They were for a time managed by legendary English manager Don Revie.

United Arab Emirates' home ground varies. Most home games have been played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira Stadium and Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain as other venues.

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 United Arab Emirates took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996 as hosts of the tournament. In both tournaments, their final match was lost on penalty kicks. They also won the Arabian Gulf Cup on two occasions; in 2007 when they won the title for the first time in their history, and the second time was in 2013. They finished third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and will be hosting the next AFC Asian Cup in 2019.

History[edit]

Early years[edit]

The first match of the United Arab Emirates national football team was played on 17 March 1972, four months after the union of the United Arab Emirates. They played against Qatar at Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and UAE won 1–0 with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 to nothing.

After participating in four Gulf Cup tournaments since 1972, the United Arab Emirates hosted the 1982 edition. They again finished third, as they did in the two previous tournaments.

First Asian Cup appearances[edit]

In 1980, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time for the AFC Asian Cup, which was held in Kuwait. They were drawn with eventual winners, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar in Group B. They drew 1–1 with Kuwait but lost the three other matches and finished their first appearance at the tournament in fifth place in their group and ninth (out of ten teams) overall.

They also qualified for next two tournaments, 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Qatar and were again eliminated in the group stages in both. Their first victory of the tournament occurred against India on 7 December 1984 under manager Heshmat Mohajerani.

1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy[edit]

In 1984, Mohajerani resigned as UAE head coach and was replaced with former Brazil manager Carlos Alberto Parreira. Parreira led the country at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup and left his position after the tournament. He was succeeded by Brazilian World Cup winning coach Mário Zagallo. Zagallo led the country to the qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. However, Zagallo resigned before the tournament and Parreira returned as head coach to lead the United Arab Emirates at the tournament.

They were drawn at Group D along with eventual winner West Germany, Colombia and Yugoslavia. They lost 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. They finished fourth with no points, scoring two goals and conceding eleven goals. UAE's first goal at the tournament was scored by Khalid Ismaïl against West Germany. After the tournament, Parreira was sacked. Two years later, at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates finished in fourth place, their best finish up to that date.

1996 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

The United Arab Emirates hosted the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. They hired Croatian coach Tomislav Ivić one year before the tournament and were drawn in Group A along with Kuwait, South Korea and Indonesia. They drew 1–1 with South Korea in the opening match, then defeated Kuwait 3–2 and Indonesia 2–0 to qualify as group winners with seven points. In the quarter-finals, they beat Iraq 1–0 with a golden goal scored by Abdulrahman Ibrahim in the 103rd minute in extra time. They again faced Kuwait, this time at the semi-finals and won 1–0 to qualify to the final for the first time. In the final, and after a goalless draw, they lost to Saudi Arabia 2–4 in a penalty shoot-out and finished the tournament as runner-up, which is still their best finish in the AFC Asian Cup.

The tournament was also considered to be one of the best tournaments held since 1956. The tournament had an average 3.08 goals per game with 80 goals scored, 49 goals higher than the previous edition.

The United Arab Emirates also appeared in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup after being awarded a spot because Asian winners Saudi Arabia was hosting the games. They lost the first match 2–0 to Uruguay. Then, they defeated South Africa 1–0. In their final match, they were defeated 6–1 by Czech Republic and missed their chance to qualify for the next round finishing third in their group.

Fahad Khamees captained UAE in the 1990 FIFA World Cup

2000-2011[edit]

Despite their good performances at the previous Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates missed the qualification for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. They also finished in last place at the 2002 Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia.

They were eliminated in the next three AFC Asian Cup tournaments at the group stage. Their worst performance was in 2011 when they finished the tournament goalless. At this time, many notable coaches managed the United Arab Emirates, including Carlos Queiroz, Roy Hodgson and Dick Advocaat. In 2006, the UAE appointed Senegal's 2002 FIFA World Cup head coach, Bruno Metsu as their new manager. He led the United Arab Emirates to the 2007 Gulf Cup title, the country's first major achievement.

2012-2013[edit]

After hiring many notable European coaches, in 2012, the United Arab Emirates appointed the Olympic team coach Mahdi Ali as the new manager of the national team. Ali previously led the country to their first ever appearance at the Olympic Games.

Ali began creating a young squad for the United Arab Emirates, inviting many players that he had worked with at youth level. He led the United Arab Emirates to their second Gulf Cup title in 2013.

2015 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

The United Arab Emirates's form at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup was a surprise to many. They were drawn in Group C along with Iran, Qatar and Bahrain. They defeated Qatar 4–1 in their first match. At the next match, they defeated Bahrain 2–1 which qualified them for the knockout stage. In the group's final game, the United Arab Emirates lost 1–0 to Iran, in which Iran scored a controversial goal that appeared to be offside. However, the gulf team advanced as group runner-up. They faced the defending champions Japan in the quarter-final and earned a shock victory on penalties to advance to the last four. However, they lost 2–0 to the host country Australia in the semi-finals. In the third place play-off, they beat Iraq 3–2 and finished the tournament in the third place. The United Arab Emirates will be hosting the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification[edit]

The United Arab Emirates qualified for the Second Round of the AFC qualification, where they finished second in Group A behind Saudi Arabia and qualified for the Third Round. In this round, they finished fourth in Group B, thus failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Despite this, one of United Arab Emirates players Ahmed Khalil manage to be the top scorer in the qualification along with two other players.

2019 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

In 2015, It was announced that the United Arab Emirates will host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, this marks the 2nd time United Arab Emirates hosts an AFC Asian Cup, first was in 1996 AFC Asian Cup were UAE finished in second place after losing Saudi Arabia on penalties.

Rivalries[edit]

UAE's main rivals are its nieghbours Saudi Arabia[3], Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran, it also has a rivalry with Uzbekistan.

Qatar[edit]

The rivalry between Qatar and UAE was mostly friendly, however due to Qatar diplomatic crisis the captain of UAE under 19 years youth team refused to shake hands with Qatar's youth captain in AFC U19.[4] As of 2018 Qatar and UAE have played 29 official matches, most of which was held competitively in the Arabian Gulf Cup, it started off with the United Arab Emirates beating Qatar 1–0. They only played 2 friendly games and the last friendly was held in 2011 which ended with an Emirati victory.

Nicknames[edit]

The United Arab Emirates is known by supporters and the media as Al-Abyad, meaning The Whites which reference to their white jersey and also Eyal Zayed which means Zayed's sons.

In October 2012, the Asian Football Confederation official website published an article about the UAE national team's campaign to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, in which the team was referred to as the "Sand Monkeys." This was the indirect result of vandalism of the Wikipedia article on the team, and the AFC was forced to apologise for what was perceived as a racist slur.[5]

Home stadium[edit]

UAE's main national stadium is Sheikh Zayed Stadium, located in capital Abu Dhabi. However, UAE has also used Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium (Al Jazira Stadium) and Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.

Historical kits[edit]

Prior 2019 Home
Prior 2019 Away
1990 Home
1990 Away
1992 Asian Cup Home
1994 Asian Games Home
1994 Asian Games Away

Coaching staff[edit]

Main article: List of United Arab Emirates national football team managers
Head coach Italy Alberto Zaccheroni
Technical director United Arab Emirates Obaid Al Shamsi
Assistant coach Italy Stefano Agresti
Fitness coach Italy Eugenio Albarella
Goalkeeping coach Italy Maurizio Guido

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

  • The following players were called up for 2019 AFC Asian Cup[6]
  • Match date: 5 January 2019 to 1 February 2019
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ali Khasif (1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 (age 31) 45 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
17 1GK Khalid Eisa (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 29) 21 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
22 1GK Mohammed Al-Shamsi (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 22) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda
3 2DF Walid Abbas (1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 (age 33) 63 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
4 2DF Khalifa Mubarak (1993-10-30) 30 October 1993 (age 25) 1 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr
6 2DF Fares Juma Al Saadi (1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 30) 34 2 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
12 2DF Khalifa Al Hammadi (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 20) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
18 2DF Al Hassan Saleh (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 27) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
19 2DF Ismail Ahmed (1985-07-07) 7 July 1985 (age 33) 26 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
23 2DF Mohamed Ahmed (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 29) 15 2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
2 3MF Ali Salmeen (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 23) 8 1 United Arab Emirates Al Wasl
5 3MF Amer Abdulrahman (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 29) 44 2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
8 3MF Majed Hassan (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 26) 38 1 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
9 3MF Bandar Al-Ahbabi (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 28) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
13 3MF Khamis Esmaeel (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 29) 12 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wasl
15 3MF Ismail Al Hammadi (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 30) 107 14 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
16 3MF Mohamed Abdulrahman (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 29) 33 1 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
20 3MF Saif Rashid (1994-01-25) 25 January 1994 (age 24) 2 1 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
7 4FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 28) 65 46 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
10 4FW Ismail Matar (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 35) 126 36 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda
11 4FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 (age 27) 100 50 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
14 4FW Rayan Yaslam (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 24) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain
21 4FW Khalfan Mubarak (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 23) 12 1 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have also been called up to the United Arab Emirates squad within the last 18 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Hassan Hamza (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 24) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
GK Ahmed Mahmoud (1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 (age 29) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
GK Majed Naser (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 34) 72 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Honduras, 11 October 2018
GK Fahad Al-Dhanhani (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 27) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Baniyas v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF Abdulaziz Haikal (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 28) 27 5 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Gabon, 25 March 2018
DF Abdelaziz Sanqour (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 29) 36 1 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF Salem Sultan (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 25) 3 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF Hamdan Al-Kamali (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 29) 52 5 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF Mohanad Salem (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 (age 33) 57 2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF Khalifa Al Hammadi (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 20) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira v.  Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF Ahmed Rashed (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 22) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda v.  Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF Majed Suroor (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 21) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah v.  Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF Ahmed Al-Yassi (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 30) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF Mohammed Marzooq (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 29) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF Mahmoud Khamees (1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 31) 27 1 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
MF Amer Omar Bazuhair (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 27) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Emirates v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
MF Ahmed Ali (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 28) 8 1 United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
MF Mohamed Al-Shehhi (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 30) 34 7 United Arab Emirates Sharjah v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
MF Tareq Al-Khodaim (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 28) 1 1 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda v.  Laos, 11 September 2018
MF Hassan Ibrahim (1990-10-19) 19 October 1990 (age 28) 4 0 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
MF Habib Al Fardan (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 28) 12 6 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 27) 71 11 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal v.  Bolivia, 16 November 2018
MF Tareq Ahmed (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 (age 30) 6 0 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
MF Ahmed Barman (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 24) 4 0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
FW Ahmed Al Attas (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 23) 5 1 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli Dubai v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
FW Yousif Saeed (1994-09-28) 28 September 1994 (age 24) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
FW Haboush Saleh (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 29) 10 1 United Arab Emirates Baniyas v.  Oman, 5 January 2018
FW Mohamed Al-Akbari (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 22) 6 1 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Gabon, 25 March 2018
FW Ahmed Malallah (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 27) 3 1 United Arab Emirates Emirates v.  Gabon, 25 March 2018
FW Salem Saleh (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 28) 12 5 United Arab Emirates Al Nasr v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
FW Mohammed Fawzi (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 28) 13 2 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira v.  Venezuela, 16 October 2018
FW Ahmed Rabee (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 23) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018
FW Zaid Al-Ameri (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 22) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira v.  Yemen, 20 November 2018

Recent and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

Main article: United Arab Emirates national football team results

2018[edit]

2019[edit]

Tournament records[edit]

FIFA World Cup record[edit]

Main article: United Arab Emirates at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to West Germany 1974 Not eligible to enter - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina 1978 Did not enter - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 1982 Did not enter - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 2 1 1 5 4
Italy 1990 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 2 11 9 4 4 1 16 7
United States 1994 to Russia 2018 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 83 36 15 33 142 100
Qatar 2022 To be determined - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 2 11 96 42 20 35 163 111
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Asian Cup record[edit]

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 to Iran 1976 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 1980 Group stage 9th 4 0 1 3 3 9 3 1 2 0 2 0
Singapore1984 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 3 8 4 3 0 1 24 2
Qatar 1988 Group stage 8th 4 1 0 3 2 4 5 4 1 0 12 1
Japan 1992 Fourth place 4th 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 3
United Arab Emirates 1996 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 8 3 - - - - - -
Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 12 2
China 2004 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 5 6 4 1 1 13 5
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 3 6 6 4 1 1 11 6
Qatar 2011 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 3 0 1 7 1
Australia 2015 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 5 1 0 18 3
United Arab Emirates 2019 Qualified – 3 1 2 0 4 2 8 5 2 1 27 4
Total Runners-up 10/17 39 13 10 16 36 50 48 34 8 6 132 27

FIFA Confederations Cup record[edit]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 8
Mexico 1999 Did not qualify
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Total Group stage 1/10 3 1 0 2 2 8

Asian Games record[edit]

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
See also: United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team
Asian Games record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA
India 1951 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 1954 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 1958 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia 1962 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1966 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1970 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iran 1974 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1978 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 1982 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1986 5th place 5 3 2 0 7 4
China 1990 Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 1994 8th place 4 1 2 1 6 5
Thailand 1998 15th place 4 1 1 2 5 10
2002–present See United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team
Total 3/13 13 5 5 3 18 19

Gulf Cup record[edit]

Arabian Gulf Cup record
Year Host Country Place Pld W D* L GF GA
1970  Bahrain Did not enter 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972  Saudi Arabia Third place 3 1 0 2 1 11
1974  Kuwait Fourth place 4 1 1 2 5 9
1976  Qatar Fifth Place 6 0 2 4 4 13
1979  Iraq Sixth place 6 1 0 5 5 18
1982  UAE Third place 5 3 0 2 7 6
1984  Oman Fourth place 6 2 3 1 5 4
1986  Bahrain Runners-up 6 3 2 1 10 7
1988  Saudi Arabia Runners-up 6 3 2 1 7 4
1990  Kuwait Fifth place 4 0 2 2 2 8
1992  Qatar Fourth place 5 3 0 2 4 3
1994  UAE Runners-up 5 3 2 0 7 1
1996  Oman Fourth place 5 1 3 1 5 5
1998  Bahrain Third place 5 2 1 2 5 7
2002  Saudi Arabia Sixth place 5 1 0 4 3 7
2003  Kuwait Fifth place 6 2 1 3 6 7
2004  Qatar Group Stage 3 0 2 1 4 5
2007  UAE Champions 5 4 0 1 8 1
2009  Oman Group Stage 3 1 1 1 3 4
2010  Yemen Semi-finals 5 1 2 1 3 2
2013  Bahrain Champions 5 5 0 0 10 3
2014  Saudi Arabia Third place 5 2 2 1 7 5
2017  Kuwait Runners-up 5 1 4 0 1 0
2019  Qatar
Total 22/24 Champions 108 40 28 37 112 129

Pan Arab Games record[edit]

Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1953
Lebanon 1957
Morocco 1961
United Arab Republic 1965
Syria 1976
Morocco 1985
Lebanon 1997
Jordan 1999
Egypt 2007
Qatar 2011
Total /10 0 0 0 0 0 0

Palestine Cup of Nations[edit]

Palestine Cup of Nations

Head to head against other countries[edit]

As of 13 January 2019[7]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Algeria 7 2 2 3 5 5 0
 Andorra 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Angola 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Armenia 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1
 Australia 5 0 2 3 0 5 −5
 Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 3 3 0
 Bangladesh 5 5 0 0 21 1 +20
 Belarus 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
 Benin 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
 Bolivia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 8 −8
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 16 0 +16
 Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 4 14 −10
 Bahrain 31 13 6 12 54 45 +9
 Chile 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 China PR 11 2 5 4 7 17 −10
 Colombia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Czech Republic 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5
 Denmark 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Egypt 9 1 4 4 6 10 −4
 Estonia 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
 Finland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Gabon 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Germany 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11
 Haiti 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Honduras 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1
 Hong Kong 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8
 Hungary 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5
 Iceland 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1
 India 13 9 2 2 26 7 +19
 Indonesia 4 2 1 1 8 8 0
 Iran 16 1 3 12 4 24 −20
 Iraq 32 8 13 11 32 47 −15
 Japan 19 4 9 6 17 22 −5
 Jordan 17 10 4 3 25 14 +11
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4
 Kenya 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Kuwait 42 16 8 18 49 76 −27
 Laos 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9
 Lebanon 11 7 3 1 23 13 +10
 Libya 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3
 Lithuania 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Malaysia 10 8 0 2 26 6 +20
 Malta 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
 Mexico 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Moldova 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
 Morocco 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1
 Myanmar 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
   Nepal 1 1 0 0 11 0 +11
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
 North Korea 11 3 4 4 8 11 −3
 Norway 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3
 Oman 33 15 12 6 45 24 +21
 Pakistan 5 5 0 0 17 4 +13
 Palestine 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4
 Paraguay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Peru 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Poland 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
 Qatar 29 10 8 11 33 32 +1
 Romania 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Russia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Saudi Arabia 37 7 8 22 24 54 −30
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3
 Senegal 4 1 2 1 7 8 −1
 Singapore 6 5 1 0 16 5 +11
 Slovakia 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3
 Slovenia 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 South Korea 21 2 6 13 16 41 −25
 Sri Lanka 7 7 0 0 30 2 +28
 Sudan 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
 Sweden 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1
  Switzerland 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3
 Syria 20 11 6 3 32 16 +16
 Thailand 10 6 3 1 15 9 +6
 Timor-Leste 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9
 Togo 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2
 Tunisia 5 0 0 5 2 11 −9
 Turkmenistan 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5
 Ukraine 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Uzbekistan 16 9 4 3 24 17 +7
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Vietnam 5 4 0 1 13 3 +3
 Yemen 12 9 0 3 26 13 +13
Total 567 220 147 200 761 691 +70

Records[edit]

Active players are shown in bold. As of 14 January 2019.

Honors[edit]

Major competitions

Runner-up (1): 1996
Third place (1): 2015
Fourth place (1): 1992
Winners (2): 2007, 2013
Runner-up (4): 1986, 1988, 1994, 2017
Third place (5): 1972, 1976, 1982, 1998, 2014
Fourth place (5): 1974, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2010

Minor competitions

Winners (1): 2005
  • OSN Cup
Winners (1): 2013

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-take-on-saudi-arabia-in-clash-of-titans-1.2146303
  4. ^ "Political tension spills on the pitch between UAE and Qatar in AFC U19". 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ Yahoo! Sports: Asian Football Confederation apologize for calling UAE national team ‘Sand Monkeys’
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