Saudi Arabia national football team

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Saudi Arabia

Nickname(s)

The Green Falcons
الصقور الخضر

Association

Saudi Arabia Football Federation

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Nasser Al-Johar

Captain

Yasser Al-Qahtani

Most caps

Mohamed Al-Deayea (181)

Top scorer

Majed Abdullah (67)

Home stadium

King Fahd International Stadium

FIFA code

KSA

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

21 (July 2004)

Lowest FIFA ranking

81 (July 2006)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

27 (November 1998)

Lowest Elo ranking

112 (1970, 1972)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria

(Lebanon; October 20, 1957)

Biggest win

Saudi Arabia 24 - 0 Macao

(Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)

Biggest defeat

Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia

(Morocco; 6 September 1961)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

7 (First in 1984)

Best result

Winners, 1984, 1988, 1996

Confederations Cup

Appearances

4 (First in 1992)

Best result

2nd, 1992

The Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم‎) (known by its fans as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green") is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. 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, even suffering an 8-0 defeat by Germany in 2002.

Mohamed Al-Deayea, the team's previous goalkeeper, is the world recordholder for the most international appearances by a male football player.

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 Coaches
4 Current Squad
- 4.1 Recent call-up
5 External links
6 Titles

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 2
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Round 1
2010 - TBD

[edit] 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 - Group stage
2007 - Second Place
2011 - qualified

[edit] Coaches

Manager	From	To
Abdul-Rahman Fawzi	1957	1962
Ali Chaouach	1962	1970
George Seknas	1970	1972
Taha Ismail	1972	1974
Abdo Saleh Washash	1974	1974
Ferenc Puskas	1975	1975
Billy McGarry	1976	1977
Danny Allison	1978	1978
David Wallit	1979	1979
Rubens Minelli	1980	1980
Mario Zagallo	1981	1984
Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani	1984	1984
Kosia Tastilo	1986	1986
Osvaldo	1987	1987
Carlos Galletti	1988	1988
Omar Borras	1988	1988
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1988	1990
Paulo Masasa	1990	1990
Caldinho Garcia	1992	1992
Veloso	1992	1992
Jose Candido	1993	1993
Leo Beenhakker	1993	1994
Mohammad Al Kharashi	1994	1994
Ivo Wortmann	1994	1994
Jorge Raul Solari	1994	1994
Mohammad Al Kharashi	1995	1995
Ze Mario	1995	1996
Eduardo Vingada	1996	1997
Otto Pfister	1998	1998
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1998	1998
Mohammad Al Kharashi	1999	1999
Otto Pfister	1999	1999
Milan Macala	2000	2000
Nasser Al Johar	2000	2000
Slobodan Santrac	2001	2001
Nasser Al Johar	2002	2002
Gerard van der Lem	2002	2004
Martin Koopman	2002	2002 *one game only
Nelo Vingada	2004	2006
Marcos Paqueta	2006	2007
Helio dos Anjos	2007	2008
Nasser Al Johar	2008	Present

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Uzbekistan on March 26, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Tisir Al-Naif	February 16, 1974			Al-Ittihad
2	DF	zaid ah- mwalad	1976		0	Al-Shabab
3	DF	Redha Tukar	November 29, 1975			Al-Ittihad
4	DF	Osama Hawsawi	March 31, 1984			Al-hilal
5	DF	Waleed Jahdali	June 1, 1982			Al-Ahli
6	MF	Omar Al-Ghamdi	April 11, 1979			Al-Hilal
7	DF	Kamil Al-Mousa	August 29, 1982			Al-Wahda
8	DF	Nasser Al-Shamrani	January 27, 1986		0	Al-Shabab
9	FW	Malek Mouath	August 10, 1981			Al-Ahli
10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	December 8, 1980			Al-Hilal
11	FW	Saad Al-Harthi	February 3, 1984			Al-Nasr
12	GK	Yasser Al-Mosailem	February 27, 1984			Al-Ahli
13	DF	Zied Al Mowalad	June 1, 1976			Al-Shabab
14	MF	Saud Khariri	July 8, 1980			Al-Ittihad
15	MF	Abdoh Otaif	April 2, 1984	12	1	Al-Shabab
16	MF	Khaled Aziz	July 14, 1981			Al-Hilal
17	MF	Manaf Abushgeer	February 5, 1980			Al-Ittihad
18	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani [C]	October 10, 1982	54	44	Al-Hilal

[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have all recently been called up to the Saudi Arabia squad within this year. Bracket shows last call-up time.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
5	DF	Naif Al-Qadi	April 3, 1979			Al-Shabab
7	FW	Naji Majrashi	February 2, 1984			Al-Shabab
8	FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	November 23, 1983	8	0	Al-Shabab
	MF	Abdulrahman Al Qahtani				Al-Ittihad
	DF	Osama Al-Muwallad				Al-Ittihad
	GK	Waleed Abdullah				Al-Shabab
	DF	Saheb Al Abdullah				Al-Ahli
	DF	Hamad Al-Montashari				Al-Ittihad
	MF	Ahmed Ateef				Al-Shabab

[edit] External links

[edit] 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

AFC Asian Cup Winners

v • d • e

3 titles : Iran (1968, 1972, 1976) Japan (1992, 2000, 2004)
Saudi Arabia (1984, 1988, 1996)
2 titles : Korea Republic (1956, 1960)
1 title : Iraq (2007) Israel (1964) Kuwait (1980)

Arab Nations Cup Winners

v • d • e

4 titles : Iraq (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988)
2 titles : Saudi Arabia (1998, 2002)
1 titles : Egypt (1992) Tunisia (1963)

Gulf Cup of Nations Winners

v • d • e

9 titles : Kuwait (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998)
3 titles : Iraq (1979, 1984, 1988) Saudi Arabia (1994, 2002, 2003)
2 titles : Qatar (1992, 2004)
1 title : United Arab Emirates (2007)