Kuwait national football team - Definition

Kuwait

Kuwait_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Kuwait Football Association
Coach	Slobodan Pavkovic
Most caps	Wail Sulaiman Al Habashi (109)
Top scorer	Jassem Al Houwaidi (63)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Kuwait 2 - 2 Libya (Morocco; September 3, 1961)
Largest win Kuwait 20 - 0 Bhutan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 14, 2000)
Worst defeat Egypt 8 - 0 Kuwait (Morocco; September 4, 1961) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; November 19, 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1, 1982
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1980

The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one World Cup, in 1982, tying Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France.

Kuwait won the Asian Cup in 1980.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Round 1
• 1986 to 2002 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Round 1
• 1976 - Second place
• 1980 - Champions
• 1984 - Third place
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Round 1

Famous players

• Jasem Yacob
• Fathi Kamel
• Ahmed Al Tarabilsi
• Bader Haji
• Abdulah Wabran
• Fasil Al Dikel