Saudi Arabia national football team - Definition and Overview

Saudi Arabia

Saudi_Arabia_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Coach	Nasser Al Abodulaziz
Most caps	Mohamed Al Deayea (166)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (67)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria (Lebanon; October 20, 1957)
Largest win Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)
Worst defeat Egypt 13 - 0 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; September 3, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1994)
Best result	Round 2 1994
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1984)
Best result	Winners, 1984, 1988, 1996

The Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. They are regarded as a comer on the world scene, having made its first World Cup in 1994 and upsetting Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next two Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 walloping by Germany in 2002.

Saudi Arabia won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996. They won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Round 2
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 - Round 1

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1972 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Withdrew
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1984 - Champions
• 1988 - Champions
• 1992 - Second place
• 1996 - Champions
• 2000 - Second place
• 2004 - Round 1