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United Arab Emirates
Nickname(s)	; Al Abyad (The Whites); Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed)
Association	UAE Football Association
Confederation	; AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	; WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	; Bert van Marwijk;
Captain	Ismail Matar
Most caps;	Adnan Al Talyani (161)
Top scorer	Adnan Al Talyani (52)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	UAE
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; First colours;	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Second colours;
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FIFA ranking
Current	67 12 (7 February 2019);
Highest	40 (November – December 1998);
Lowest	138 (January 2012);
Elo ranking
Current	87 16 (3 March 2019);
Highest	24 (15 January 2015);
Lowest	140 (September 1981);
First international
	; United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar ; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 17 March 1972)
Biggest win
	; Brunei 0–12 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
Appearances	1 (first in 1990)
Best result	Group stage, 1990;
Asian Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996;
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	Group Stage, 1997;

national association football team

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 hosted 2019 edition which they were eliminated in the semi-finals.

History

Early years

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

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

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. The tournament was later put into a 2016 documentary titled 'Lights of Rome'.^[4] 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

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

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.

2012–2015

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

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

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. Around this time Mahdi Ali (one of the most successful UAE managers) resigned from his position.^[5]

2019 AFC Asian Cup

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. With its desire to win the trophy for the first time, the team had a new coach, and former Asian Cup winning manager Alberto Zaccheroni.

The United Arab Emirates opened their campaign, by obtaining a 1–1 draw to neighbor Bahrain, which was seen as disappointing.^[6] However, the UAE salvaged important three points against India with a 2–0 win before drew Thailand 1–1 to secure its top spot and progress to the round of sixteen.^[7] On the round of sixteen, the UAE had to play a hard-fought match against Kyrgyzstan, and had been equalized twice after 90', but an important penalty from Ali Mabkhout ensured the UAE to enter the quarter-finals against then-defending champions Australia.^[8] In the quarter-finals, the UAE scored its first ever goal against Australia to gain its first ever win against them and eliminated them in process.^[9] The semi-finals was seen as a rivalry between the host UAE and Qatar.^[10] Some Emirati supporters booed Qatari anthem, and threw footwear in the pitch after Qatar scored their second goal. The UAE lost to Qatar 0–4, which marked UAE's first defeat to Qatar since 2001 which ended the chance for the UAE's entry to the final.^[11]

Rivalries

UAE's main rivals are its nieghbours Saudi Arabia,^[12]Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran, it also has a rivalry with Uzbekistan.

Qatar

The rivalry between Qatar and UAE was mostly friendly, however due to Qatar diplomatic crisis, increasing tensions had been witnessed, with the captain of UAE under-19 youth team refused to shake hands with Qatar's youth captain in 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia.^[13] 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. In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by the UAE, Qatar overran the UAE for the first time since 2001 with the result 4–0, with heavy tensions and violence occurred between two and Emirati supporters cheering anti-Qatari chants.^[14] UAE was fined $150,000 US dollars for the incident and has to play their first 2022 and 2023 qualification game in closed doors.^[15]

Saudi Arabia

The rivalry between two is also largely friendly, with the United Arab Emirates supports Saudi Arabia in majority of issues. As for 2017, the UAE only wins eight encounters, draws eight and lost 22 matches against the Saudis.

Nicknames

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.^[16]

Home stadium

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

Prior 2019 Home

Prior 2019 Away

1990 Home

1990 Away

1992 Asian Cup Home

1994 Asian Games Home

1994 Asian Games Away

Coaching & Medical staff

Last Update: March 2019^[17]

Coaching Staff

Head coach	Bert van Marwijk
Assistant coach	Majed Al Zaabi
Fitness coach	Davor Ljesevic
Goalkeeping coach	Yousif Al Zaabi
Technical director	Obaid Al Shamsi

Medical Staff

Doctor	Ertuğrul Karanlık
Physiotherapist	Sofiene Khouja
Physiotherapist	Youcef Sahnoun

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for Saudi Arabia & Syria^[18]

Match date: 21 & 26 March 2019

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Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Khalid Eisa (Captain)	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 29)	22	0	Al Ain
1GK	Adel Al-Hosani	(1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 29)	0	0	Sharjah
1GK	Fahad Al-Dhanhani	(1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 27)	0	0	Baniyas

2DF	Al Hassan Saleh	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 27)	5	0	Sharjah
2DF	Abdullah Ghanem	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 23)	5	0	Sharjah
2DF	Shahin Abdulrahman	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Sharjah
2DF	Mubarak Saeed	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 27)	0	0	Al Nasr
2DF	Mohammed Ibrahim	(1999-05-14) 14 May 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Al Nasr
2DF	Hassan Al-Moharrami	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Baniyas

3MF	Ali Salmeen	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 24)	8	1	Al Wasl
3MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 28)	0	1	Al Ain
3MF	Khamis Esmaeel	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 29)	12	1	Al Wasl
3MF	Saif Rashid	(1994-01-25) 25 January 1994 (age 25)	2	1	Sharjah
3MF	Salem Rashid	(1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 25)	0	0	Al Jazira
3MF	Ahmed Barman	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 25)	4	0	Al Ain
3MF	Habib Al Fardan	(1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 28)	12	6	Al Nasr
3MF	Abdullah Al-Naqbi	(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 25)	0	0	Shabab Al Ahli
3MF	Suhail Al-Mansoori	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 25)	0	0	Al Dhafra
3MF	Mansor Abbas	(1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 28)	0	0	Kalba

4FW	Ali Mabkhout	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 28)	65	49	Al Jazira
4FW	Rayan Yaslam	(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Al Ain
4FW	Khalfan Mubarak	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 23)	12	1	Al Jazira
4FW	Salem Saleh	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 28)	12	5	Al Nasr
4FW	Suhail Al-Noubi	(1996-01-09) 9 January 1996 (age 23)	0	0	Baniyas
4FW	Mohammed Khalvan	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Fujairah

Recent call-ups

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	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
GK	Ahmed Mahmoud	(1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 (age 29)	0	0	Sharjah	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
GK	Ali Khasif	(1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 (age 31)	45	0	Al Jazira	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
GK	Mohammed Al-Shamsi	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 22)	0	0	Al Wahda	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019

DF	Abdulaziz Haikal	(1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 28)	27	5	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Gabon, 25 March 2018
DF	Abdelaziz Sanqour	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 29)	36	1	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF	Salem Sultan	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 25)	3	0	Al Wahda	v. Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF	Hamdan Al-Kamali	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 29)	52	5	Al Wahda	v. Venezuela, 16 October 2018
DF	Khalifa Al Hammadi	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Al Jazira	v. Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF	Ahmed Rashed	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 22)	0	0	Al Wahda	v. Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF	Majed Suroor	(1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Sharjah	v. Bolivia, 16 November 2018
DF	Ahmed Al-Yassi	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 30)	0	0	Al Nasr	v. Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF	Mohammed Marzooq	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 30)	0	0	Al Nasr	v. Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF	Mahmoud Khamees	(1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 31)	27	1	Al Nasr	v. Yemen, 20 November 2018
DF	Ismail Ahmed^SUS	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 35)	26	0	Al Ain	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
DF	Mohamed Ahmed	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 29)	15	2	Al Ain	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
DF	Khalifa Mubarak	(1993-10-30) 30 October 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Al Nasr	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
DF	Fares Juma Al Saadi	(1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 30)	35	2	Al Jazira	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
DF	Khalifa Al Hammadi	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Al Jazira	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
DF	Walid Abbas	(1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 (age 33)	63	0	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019

MF	Amer Omar Bazuhair	(1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 27)	0	0	Emirates	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
MF	Ahmed Ali	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 29)	8	1	Al Dhafra	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
MF	Mohamed Al-Shehhi	(1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 30)	34	7	Sharjah	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
MF	Tareq Al-Khodaim	(1990-05-19) 19 May 1990 (age 28)	1	1	Al Wahda	v. Laos, 11 September 2018
MF	Hassan Ibrahim	(1990-10-19) 19 October 1990 (age 28)	4	0	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Venezuela, 16 October 2018
MF	Omar Abdulrahman	(1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 27)	71	11	Al-Hilal	v. Bolivia, 16 November 2018
MF	Tareq Ahmed	(1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 (age 31)	6	0	Al Nasr	v. Yemen, 20 November 2018
MF	Amer Abdulrahman	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 29)	44	2	Al Ain	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 30)	33	1	Al Ain	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
MF	Majed Hassan	(1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 26)	38	1	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
MF	Ismail Al Hammadi	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 30)	107	14	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019

FW	Ahmed Al Attas	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 23)	5	1	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
FW	Haboush Saleh	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 29)	10	1	Baniyas	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
FW	Yousif Saeed	(1994-09-28) 28 September 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Sharjah	v. Oman, 5 January 2018
FW	Mohamed Al-Akbari	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 23)	6	1	Al Nasr	v. Gabon, 25 March 2018
FW	Ahmed Malallah	(1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 27)	3	1	Emirates	v. Gabon, 25 March 2018
FW	Mohammed Fawzi	(1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 28)	13	2	Al Jazira	v. Venezuela, 16 October 2018
FW	Ismail Matar^RET	(1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 35)	126	36	Al Wahda	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019
FW	Ahmed Khalil	(1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 (age 27)	101	51	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	v. Qatar, 29 January 2019

^RET Retired from national team.

^SUS Player suspended.

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2018

Andorra

v

United Arab Emirates

18 August 2018 Friendly	Andorra	0–0	United Arab Emirates	Grödig, Austria
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Das.Goldberg Stadion Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

Trinidad and Tobago

v

United Arab Emirates

6 September 2018 Friendly	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	United Arab Emirates	Girona, Spain
18:00 UTC+2	Guerra 37' Lewis 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Montilivi Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

United Arab Emirates

v

Laos

11 September 2018 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Laos	Palamós, Spain
20:00 UTC+2	Mabkhout 24', 26' Abdulrahman 68'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Palamós Costa Brava Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

United Arab Emirates

v

Honduras

11 October 2018 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Honduras	Barcelona, Spain
18:00 UTC+2	Abdulrahman 32'	Report	Quioto 18'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Referee: João Capela (Portugal)

United Arab Emirates

v

Venezuela

16 October 2018 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	0–2	Venezuela	Barcelona, Spain
17:00 UTC+2		Report	Mago 1' Ponce 47'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 300 Referee: Carlos Taborda Xistra (Portugal)

United Arab Emirates

v

Bolivia

16 November 2018 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	0–0	Bolivia	Dubai City, United Arab Emirates
18:25 UTC+4		Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

United Arab Emirates

v

Yemen

20 November 2018 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Yemen	Dubai City, United Arab Emirates
18:25 UTC+4	Rashid 20' Salmeen 66'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh (Saudi Arabia)

2019

United Arab Emirates

v

Bahrain

5 January 2019 2019 Asian Cup	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Bahrain	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4	Khalil 88' (pen.)	Report	Al Romaihi 78'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 33,878 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

India

v

United Arab Emirates

10 January 2019 2019 Asian Cup	India	0–2	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4		Report	Khalf. Mubarak 41' Mabkhout 88'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

United Arab Emirates

v

Thailand

14 January 2019 2019 Asian Cup	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Thailand	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4	Mabkhout 7'	Report	Thitipan 41'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 17,809 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

United Arab Emirates

v

Kyrgyzstan

21 January 2019 2019 Asian Cup	United Arab Emirates	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Kyrgyzstan	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4	Esmaeel 14' Mabkhout 64' Khalil 103' (pen.)	Report	Murzaev 26' Rustamov 90+1'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 17,784 Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)

United Arab Emirates

v

Australia

25 January 2019 2019 Asian Cup	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Australia	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4	Mabkhout 68'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Qatar

v

United Arab Emirates

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 2019 Asian Cup	Qatar	4–0	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4	Khoukhi 22' Ali 37' Al-Haydos 80' Ismail 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 38,646 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

United Arab Emirates

v

Saudi Arabia

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21) Friendly	United Arab Emirates	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
17:45 UTC+4	Al-Ahbabi 54' Mabkhout 63'	Report	Adam 18'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 101 Referee: Mohammed Arafah (Jordan)

Syria

v

United Arab Emirates

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26) Friendly	Syria	v	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi City, United Arab Emirates
				Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

Tournament records

FIFA World Cup record

The United Arab Emirates only appearance at the World Cup was in 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy where they would lose all three of their matches to Yugoslavia, Colombia and West Germany. This lone appearance was put into a 2016 documentary titled 'Lights of Rome'.^[4]

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of the United Kingdom								Part of the United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Not eligible to enter								Not eligible to enter
1978	Did not participate								Did not participate
1982	Did not participate								Did not participate
1986	Did not qualify								4	2	1	1	5	4
1990	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	2	11	9	4	4	1	16	7
1994	Did not qualify								8	6	1	1	19	4
1998									12	5	4	3	16	13
2002									14	7	2	5	31	20
2006									6	3	1	2	6	6
2010									16	4	3	9	19	24
2014									8	2	1	5	14	16
2018									18	9	3	6	37	17
2022	To be determined								0	0	0	0	0	0
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

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record									AFC Asian Cup qualifications record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter								Did not enter
1960									Did not enter
1964									Did not enter
1968									Did not enter
1972									Did not enter
1976									Did not enter
1980	Group stage	9th	4	0	1	3	3	9	3	1	2	0	2	0
1984	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	3	8	4	3	0	1	24	2
1988	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	2	4	5	4	1	0	12	1
1992	Fourth place	4th	3	1	2	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	6	3
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	8	3	Automatic qualification as hosts
2000	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	12	2
2004	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5	6	4	1	1	13	5
2007	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	3	6	6	4	1	1	11	6
2011	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	0	4	4	3	0	1	7	1
2015	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	10	8	6	5	1	0	18	3
2019	Semifinals	-	6	3	2	1	8	8	8	5	2	1	27	4
or 2023	TBD	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Runners-up	10/17	42	15	10	17	40	56	48	34	8	6	132	27

FIFA Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	8
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	2	8

Asian Games record

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Quarter-finals	5	3	2	0	7	4
1990	Did not enter
1994	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	6	5
1998	Group stage	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

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

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953
1957
1961
1965
1976
1985
1997
1999
2007
2011
Total	4/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

Palestine Cup of Nations

Head to head against other countries

As of 21 March 2019^[19]

  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	6	1	2	3	1	5	−4
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
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
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	30	10	8	12	33	36	−3
Romania	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Russia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Saudi Arabia	38	8	8	22	26	55	−29
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	571	223	147	201	767	697	+67

Records

Active players are shown in bold. As of 29 January 2019.

Most Caps^[20]
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Adnan Al Talyani	161	52	1983–1997
2	Ismail Matar	136	36	2003–2019
3	Subait Khater	120	1	1999–2011
4	Abdulrahim Jumaa	116	13	1998–2009
5	Zuhair Bakheet	112	27	1988–2002
5	Abdulsalam Jumaa	112	7	1997–2010
7	Ismail Al Hammadi	110	14	2007–
8	Muhsin Musabah	106	0	1988–1999
9	Mohammed Omar	102	28	1996–2009
10	Ahmed Khalil	101	51	2008–

Top Goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Adnan Al Talyani	52	161	1983–1997
2	Ahmed Khalil	51	101	2008–
3	Ali Mabkhout	49	79	2009–
4	Ismail Matar	36	136	2003–2019
5	Mohammad Omar	28	102	1996–2009
6	Zuhair Bakheet	27	112	1988–2002
7	Saeed Al Kass	15	60	1998–2013
8	Ismail Al Hammadi	14	110	2007–
9	Abdulrahim Jumaa	13	115	1998–2009
10	Omar Abdulrahman	11	71	2011–

Honors

Major competitions

AFC Asian Cup

Runner-up (1): 1996

Third place (1): 2015

Fourth place (2): 1992, 2019

Arabian Gulf Cup

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

Kirin Cup

Winners (1): 2005

OSN Cup

Winners (1): 2013

References

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^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

^ ^a^b "UAE's 1990 World Cup journey now a documentary". Gulf News. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

^ "Mahdi Ali resigns as UAE's World Cup ends with a defeat". The National. 28 March 2018.

^ http://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=522431

^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/uae-thailand-make-asian-cup-last-16-heartbreak-for-india/2019/01/14/5b90b9f2-182d-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html

^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/hosts-uae-reach-asian-cup-last-eight-with-extra-time-penalty-11150542

^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/25/asian-cup-report-australia-uae-south-korea-qatar-son-heung-min-spurs

^ https://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/football/AFC-Asian-Cup:-UAE-Qatar-match-tickets-sell-like-hot-cakes

^ https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/2184193/asian-cup-uae-fans-pelt-qatar-players-shoes-hosts-are-thrashed-4-0

^ Prashant, N. D. "UAE take on Saudi Arabia in clash of titans". gulfnews.com.

^ "Political tension spills on the pitch between UAE and Qatar in AFC U19". foxnews. 18 October 2018.

^ "UAE fans throw shoes and bottles at "Qatari" players". 27 January 2019.

^ "UAE fined $150K for fans targeting Qatar". Washington Post. 11 March 2019.

^ Yahoo! Sports: Asian Football Confederation apologize for calling UAE national team ‘Sand Monkeys’

^ "UAE National Team staff". uaefa.com.

^ "25 لاعباً في قائمة منتخبنا الوطني لمعسكر أبوظبي". ueafa (in Arabic). UAEFA. 16 March 2019.

^ "World Football Elo Ratings: United Arab Emirates". Eloratings.net. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

^ Roberto Mamrud; Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

Notes

External links

UAE Football Association official website (in Arabic)

[1] "Bert van Marwijk confirmed as new UAE boss". Arab News. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[Doc90-4] "UAE's 1990 World Cup journey now a documentary". Gulf News. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[5] "Mahdi Ali resigns as UAE's World Cup ends with a defeat". The National. 28 March 2018.

[6] ttp://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=522431

[7] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/uae-thailand-make-asian-cup-last-16-heartbreak-for-india/2019/01/14/5b90b9f2-182d-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html

[8] ttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/hosts-uae-reach-asian-cup-last-eight-with-extra-time-penalty-11150542

[9] ttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/25/asian-cup-report-australia-uae-south-korea-qatar-son-heung-min-spurs

[10] ttps://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/football/AFC-Asian-Cup:-UAE-Qatar-match-tickets-sell-like-hot-cakes

[11] ttps://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/2184193/asian-cup-uae-fans-pelt-qatar-players-shoes-hosts-are-thrashed-4-0

[12] Prashant, N. D. "UAE take on Saudi Arabia in clash of titans". gulfnews.com.

[13] "Political tension spills on the pitch between UAE and Qatar in AFC U19". foxnews. 18 October 2018.

[14] "UAE fans throw shoes and bottles at "Qatari" players". 27 January 2019.

[15] "UAE fined $150K for fans targeting Qatar". Washington Post. 11 March 2019.

[16] Yahoo! Sports: Asian Football Confederation apologize for calling UAE national team ‘Sand Monkeys’

[17] "UAE National Team staff". uaefa.com.

[18] "25 لاعباً في قائمة منتخبنا الوطني لمعسكر أبوظبي". ueafa (in Arabic). UAEFA. 16 March 2019.

[19] "World Football Elo Ratings: United Arab Emirates". Eloratings.net. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[20] Roberto Mamrud; Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

v t e Football in the United Arab Emirates
UAEFA UFL PLC
National teams	Men's national team U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's national team Men's Futsal Beach Soccer
League System	Pro-League Reserve League U21 League (defunct) UAE Division One
Domestic cups	President's Cup League Cup Super Cup Federation Cup (defunct) Vice Presidents Cup (defunct) FA Cup (defunct)
International Competitions	AFC Champions League Gulf Club Champions Cup Arab Champions League
Rivalries & Derbies (International)	Southern Gulf Derby Saudi Arabia Iran Oman Bahrain Kuwait Uzbekistan
Rivalries & Derbies (Clubs)	Abu Dhabi City Derby Bur Dubai Derby Fujairah Derby
Clubs Records

v t e United Arab Emirates national football team
General	United Arab Emirates Football Association History Managers
Statistics	Results and fixtures International tournaments Head to head
Team	Players International players
Tournaments	World Cup Asian Cup Asian Games WAFF Championship
World Finals	1990
Rivalries	Bahrain Iran Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan
Culture	Disaster of Hanoi (2007)
Other teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's Futsal Beach soccer

v t e National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

United Arab Emirates national football team

Contents

History

Early years

First Asian Cup appearances

1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy

1996 AFC Asian Cup

2000–2011

2012–2015

2015 AFC Asian Cup

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Rivalries

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Nicknames

Home stadium

Historical kits

Coaching & Medical staff

Coaching Staff

Medical Staff

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2018

2019

Tournament records

FIFA World Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Asian Games record

Gulf Cup record

Pan Arab Games record

Palestine Cup of Nations

Head to head against other countries

Records

Honors

See also

References

Notes

External links

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