Saudi Arabia national football team




This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Saudi Arabia women's national football team.









































































































Saudi Arabia
Nickname(s) الأخضر (al-‘Akhḍar, "The Green One")
الصقور الخضر (aṣ-Ṣuqūr al-‘Akhḍar, "The Green Falcons") صقور نجد والحجاز (Falcons of Najd and Hejaz)
Association Saudi Arabian Football Federation
Confederation
AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation
WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach Juan Antonio Pizzi
Captain Osama Hawsawi
Most caps
Mohamed Al-Deayea (178)[1]
Top scorer
Majed Abdullah (71)
FIFA code KSA

















First colours













Second colours


FIFA ranking
Current 69 Steady(20 December 2018)[2]
Highest 21 (July 2004)
Lowest 126 (December 2012)
Elo ranking
Current 62 Increase 5 (18 January 2019)[3]
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

 Egypt 13–0 Saudi Arabia 
(Casablanca, Morocco; 3 September 1961[4][5])
World Cup
Appearances 5 (first in 1994)
Best result Round of 16 (1994)
Asian Cup
Appearances 10 (first in 1984)
Best result Champions (1984, 1988, 1996)
Confederations Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1992)
Best result Runners-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 (1984, 1988, and 1996), reached a joint record six Asian Cup finals and have qualified for the World Cup on five occasions 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. Thus Saudi Arabia became the second Arab national football team in history to reach the Round of 16 in a World Cup, after Morocco's Round of 16 elimination in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and one of the few Asian national football teams to accomplish such a feat to date.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Honors


    • 2.1 International


    • 2.2 Continental


    • 2.3 Regional


    • 2.4 Other




  • 3 Kits and crests


    • 3.1 Kit suppliers




  • 4 Competitive record


    • 4.1 FIFA World Cup


    • 4.2 AFC Asian Cup


    • 4.3 FIFA Confederations Cup


    • 4.4 Persian Gulf Cup record


    • 4.5 Asian Games


    • 4.6 Arab Nations Cup


    • 4.7 Pan Arab Games


    • 4.8 West Asian Football Federation Championship record




  • 5 All Time Results


  • 6 Recent results and forthcoming matches


    • 6.1 2017


    • 6.2 2018


    • 6.3 2019




  • 7 Players


    • 7.1 Current squad


    • 7.2 Recent call-ups




  • 8 Managerial history


  • 9 Records


  • 10 References


  • 11 Titles


  • 12 External links





History


Though their football federation was established in 1956, the Saudi Arabia national team did not participate in a tournament until they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup in 1984, which they won. They subsequently became one of Asia's most successful national teams, reaching the next four consecutive Asian Cup finals and winning two of them (1988 and 1996). They have qualified for every Asian Cup since, but their best performance in that period was reaching the final in 2007.


Saudi Arabia qualified for their first FIFA World Cup in 1994. Under the leadership of Jorge Solari and with talents like Saeed Al-Owairan and Sami Al-Jaber, reinforced by national veteran Majed Abdullah as team captain, Saudi Arabia beat both Belgium and Morocco in the group stage before falling to Sweden in the Round of 16. Saudi Arabia qualified for the next three World Cups, but did not win a group stage match in any of them. They failed to qualify for the 2010 and 2014 tournaments.


Saudi Arabia secured qualification for the 2018 tournament,[6] ahead of Australia. However, they started on a sour note by letting host Russia rout them 0–5 on the opening match,[7] making this the second largest victory of any host nation at the FIFA World Cup.[8] The record of the host's largest opening victory is still by Italy, beating the United States 7–1, in 1934.[9] Once again, Saudi Arabia failed to reach the next round, after suffering another defeat, this time, losing 0–1 to Uruguay.[10] Saudi Arabia's performance in the tournament was deemed to be their worst performance since 2002 World Cup, where they were beaten 8-0 by Germany in their opening game and finished 32nd and bottom in the final rankings. Although they were eliminated,[11] they managed to salvage some pride by winning their final group stage match (and their first win at a World Cup since 1994) against Red Sea neighbours Egypt.[12]



Honors



International



  • FIFA Confederations Cup:



Runner-up: 1992


Fourth Place: 1999



Continental



  • AFC Asian Cup:



Winner: 1984, 1988, 1996


Runner-up: 1992, 2000, 2007


  • Asian Games



Silver Medalists: 1986


Bronze Medalists: 1982



Regional



  • Arabian Gulf Cup:



Winner: 1994, 2002, 2003


Runner-up: 1972, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014


Third Place: 1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996



  • Arab Nations Cup:



Winner: 1998, 2002


Runner-up: 1992


Third Place: 1985


  • Pan Arab Games



Silver Medalists: 1976


Bronze Medalists: 2007



Other



  • Afro-Asian Cup of Nations:


Runner-up: 1985, 1997

  • 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games


Gold Medalists: 2005


Kits and crests






The Saudi Arabia national football team's first kit are traditionally white and the second kit are green (flag colors).[13]



Kit suppliers











































Kit supplier
 Period

United Kingdom Admiral
 1976–1980

West Germany Puma
 1980–1984

Saudi Arabia Faison
 1984–1990

Germany Adidas
 1990–1993

Saudi Arabia Shammel
 1994–2001

Germany Adidas
 2001–2003

France Le Coq Sportif
 2004–2005

Germany Puma
 2005–2010

United States Nike
 2011–present


Competitive record


*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.


FIFA World Cup


Main article: Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup



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




Saudi Arabia players before the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening fixture, against hosts Russia in Group A.
























































































































































































































































































World Cup record

World Cup Qualification record
Hosts / year
 Result
 Position
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
GP
W
D
L
GS
GA

Uruguay 1930
Not a FIFA member
 – – – – – –

Italy 1934
 – – – – – –

France 1938
 – – – – – –

Brazil 1950
 – – – – – –

Switzerland 1954
 – – – – – –

Sweden 1958
Did not enter
 – – – – – –

Chile 1962
 – – – – – –

England 1966
 – – – – – –

Mexico 1970
 – – – – – –

West Germany 1974
 – – – – – –

Argentina 1978
Did not qualify
 4 1 0 3 3 7

Spain 1982
 10 4 1 5 9 16

Mexico 1986
 2 0 1 1 0 1

Italy 1990
 9 4 3 2 11 9

United States 1994
 Round of 16 12th 4 2 0 2 5 6
 11 6 5 0 28 7

France 1998
 Group stage 28th 3 0 1 2 2 7
 14 9 3 2 26 7

South Korea Japan 2002
 32nd 3 0 0 3 0 12
 14 11 2 1 47 8

Germany 2006
 28th 3 0 1 2 2 7
 12 10 2 0 24 2

South Africa 2010
Did not qualify
 15 8 4 3 25 15

Brazil 2014
 8 3 3 2 14 7

Russia 2018
 Group stage 26th 3 1 0 2 2 7
 18 12 3 3 45 14

Qatar 2022
To be determined
To be determined

Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Round of 16 5/23 16 3 2 11 11 39 117 68 27 22 232 93


AFC Asian Cup














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