Saudi arabia national football team

The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Win Draw Lose Fixtures. The following players have previously been called up to the Saudi Arabia under squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible. Contents move to sidebar hide.

Only Australia and Japan managed to repeat this feat in and respectively, though Australia achieved it when they were a member of the OFC. However, Saudi Arabia then lost the following matches against Poland and Mexico , and were knocked out 4th in the group stage of the World Cup. It will be the first time that the nation has ever hosted an Asian Cup. By then, the idea of a national select team to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was already in full flow, and in the first-ever Saudi team traveled to play friendly matches abroad. The same year, a Saudi team traveled to Damascus to play friendly matches as part of then-Crown Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz 's visit to the country in April. Abdulmajeed Kayal scored for the Saudis while Levon Altonian netted for the home side. Though their football federation was established in , the Saudi Arabia national team did not participate in a tournament until they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup in , and became the champions for the first time.

Saudi arabia national football team

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Saudi arabia national football team

Only Australia and Japan managed to repeat this feat in and respectively, though Australia achieved it when they were a member of the OFC. However, Saudi Arabia then lost the following matches against Poland and Mexico , and were knocked out 4th in the group stage of the World Cup. It will be the first time that the nation has ever hosted an Asian Cup. By then, the idea of a national select team to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was already in full flow, and in the first-ever Saudi team traveled to play friendly matches abroad. The same year, a Saudi team traveled to Damascus to play friendly matches as part of then-Crown Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz 's visit to the country in April. Abdulmajeed Kayal scored for the Saudis while Levon Altonian netted for the home side. Though their football federation was established in , the Saudi Arabia national team did not participate in a tournament until they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup in , and became the champions for the first time. Wins against Belgium and Morocco in the group stage led to a match-up against Sweden in the round of 16, a 3—1 loss.

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Saudi Arabia squad — King Fahd Cup. Iheanacho 81'. Brazil Russia Sweden Uruguay. RET Retired from the national team. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. On 15 October , Saudi Arabia played its first-ever game with Palestine in the West Bank ; the game marked a change in policy for Saudi Arabia, which has previously played matches against the Palestinian team in third-party countries. Majed Abdullah 72 [2]. Qatar , 1 February Kyrgyzstan , 17 October United Arab Emirates. Saad Al-Shehri. SUS Player is serving a suspension.

Football is the most popular sport in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Zaid 17' Al-Khaibari 59' , 68'. Archived from the original on 21 February Wikimedia Commons. The following table shows Saudi Arabia's all-time international record, correct as of 15 Jan Still, as Argentina subsequently walked on to eventually claim the FIFA World Cup title, the shock win Saudi Arabia gained against Argentina, the only team of the tournament to have beaten the Albiceleste , was a major consolation for the country's early World Cup exit. Al Wakrah , Qatar. Download as PDF Printable version. The visit was condemned by some Palestinian activists, who considered the game as a start of normalizing the relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but it was viewed by the Palestinian National Authority as a support for their sovereignty over the West Bank. Archived from the original on 23 May Maran 83' pen. Ghareeb 21' pen.