Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	الصقور الخضر; (Green Falcons)
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bert van Marwijk
Captain	Osama Hawsawi
Most caps	Mohamed Al-Deayea (178)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (71)
FIFA code	KSA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	75 5 (7 January 2016)
Highest	21 (July 2004)
Lowest	126 (December 2012)
First international
	Saudi Arabia 1–1 Lebanon ; (Beirut, Lebanon; January 18, 1957)
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-Khodor (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
2018	TBD
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
2019	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
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^[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

2015

4 January 2015 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–2	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
20:03 (UTC+11)		Report	67' (o.g.) Hawsawi 90+1' Lee	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 6,320 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

10 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Saudi Arabia	0–1	China PR	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 (UTC+10)		Report Report (AFC)	81' Yu Hai	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 12,557 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

14 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	North Korea	1–4	Saudi Arabia	Melbourne, Australia
18:00 (UTC+11)	Ryang 12'	Report Report (AFC)	37' Hazazi 52', 54' Al-Sahlawi 76' Al-Abed	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 12,349 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

18 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Uzbekistan	3–1	Saudi Arabia	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 (UTC+11)	Rashidov 2', 78' Shodiev 71'	Report Report (AFC)	60' (pen.) Al-Sahlawi	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 10,871 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

30 March 2015 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Jordan	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Sahlawi 86', 90+6' (pen.)	Report	90' Al-Dardour	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

11 June 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Saudi Arabia	3–2	Palestine	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
21:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Shehri 6' Al-Sahlawi 46', 90+4'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	51' Tamburrini 90+1' Jadue	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,820 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

3 September 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Saudi Arabia	7–0	Timor-Leste	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:40 (UTC+3)	Al-Shehri 2' Al-Sahlawi 23' (pen.), 26', 71' Al-Faraj 30' Al-Jassim 32' Al-Muwallad 73'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: The Jewel Stadium Attendance: 11,093 Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

8 September 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Malaysia	0–3 (awarded)	Saudi Arabia	Shah Alam, Malaysia
20:45 (UTC+8)	Rahim 70'	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	72' Al-Jassim 76' Al-Sahlawi	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

8 October 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Saudi Arabia	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:00 (UTC+3)	Al-Sahlawi 45', 90' (pen.)	Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	18' Khalil	Stadium: The Jewel Stadium Attendance: 32,482 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

9 November 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Palestine	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Amman, Jordan
17:00 (UTC+3)		Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

17 November 2015 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Timor-Leste	0–10	Saudi Arabia	Dili, East Timor
16:00 (UTC+9)		Report Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	29' (pen.), 42', 55' (pen.), 70', 89' Al-Sahlawi 34' Hawsawi 35' Al-Shehri 85' Al-Jassim 90' Hazazi 90+2' Al-Muwallad	Stadium: Dili Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)

2016

24 March 2016 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	Saudi Arabia	v	Malaysia	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

29 March 2016 2018 WCQ 2019 ACQ	United Arab Emirates	v	Saudi Arabia	Abu Dhabi, UAE
				Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Palestine on 9 November, and Timor-Leste on 17 November 2015.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	(1984-02-27) 27 February 1984 (age 40)	21	0	Al-Ahli
1GK	Khalid Sharhili	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 37)	8	0	Al-Hilal
1GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	(1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 32)	0	0	Al-Shabab
1GK	Abdullah Al-Awishir	(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 32)	0	0	Al-Fateh

2DF	Osama Hawsawi (c)	(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40)	112	7	Al-Ahli
2DF	Hassan Muath	(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 38)	56	3	Al-Shabab
2DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	(1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 (age 36)	53	1	Al-Hilal
2DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 31)	18	0	Al-Hilal
2DF	Omar Hawsawi	(1985-09-27) 27 September 1985 (age 38)	15	1	Al-Nassr
2DF	Motaz Hawsawi	(1992-02-17) 17 February 1992 (age 32)	6	0	Al-Ahli
2DF	Yassin Hamza	(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 33)	5	0	Al-Ittihad
2DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 31)	0	0	Al-Hilal

3MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	(1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 (age 39)	106	13	Al-Ahli
3MF	Yahya Al-Shehri	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 33)	35	3	Al-Nassr
3MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)	31	3	Al Hilal
3MF	Salman Al-Faraj	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 34)	20	1	Al-Hilal
3MF	Mustafa Bassas	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 30)	15	0	Al-Ahli
3MF	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38)	15	0	Al-Shabab
3MF	Waleed Bakshween	(1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)	13	0	Al-Ahli
3MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	(1988-01-28) 28 January 1988 (age 36)	6	0	Al-Ahli
3MF	Salman Al-Moasher	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 35)	6	0	Al-Ahli
3MF	Shaye Sharahili	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 33)	4	0	Al-Nassr

4FW	Naif Hazazi	(1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 35)	50	14	Al-Nassr
4FW	Fahad Al-Muwallad	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 29)	29	7	Al-Ittihad
4FW	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37)	22	22	Al-Nassr
4FW	Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Al-Ittihad

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Saudi Arabia squad within the last 3 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Mohamed Eid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 36)	11	0	Al-Nassr	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015
DF	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	(1988-03-28) 28 March 1988 (age 36)	3	0	Al-Nassr	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015
DF	Bader Al-Nakhli	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 35)	2	0	Al-Fateh	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015
DF	Mohammed Jahfali	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33)	0	0	Al-Hilal	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015

MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32)	21	2	Al Hilal	v. United Arab Emirates, 8 October 2015
MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Al-Ittihad	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015
MF	Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen	(1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 34)	1	0	Al-Nassr	v. Malaysia, 8 September 2015
MF	Awadh Khamis	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 35)	1	0	Al-Nassr	v. United Arab Emirates, 8 October 2015

FW	Mukhtar Fallatah	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 36)	7	0	Al-Ittihad	v. United Arab Emirates, 8 October 2015

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Managerial history

Updated 10 August 2015.^[3]^[4]

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	August 2015
Bert van Marwijk	August 2015

Records

As of November 29, 2015

Most Caps^[5]
#	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	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
9	Ahmad Jamil Madani	116	5	1986–1998

Top Goalscorers^[5]
#	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
8	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	24	86	1997–2005
10	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	22	22	2009–

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

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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

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