Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia

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Nickname(s)	Sons of the Desert The Green Falcons
Association	Saudi Arabia Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hélio dos Anjos
Captain	Sami Al-Jaber
Most caps	Mohamed Al-Deayea (181)
Top scorer	Majed Abdullah (67)
Home stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
FIFA code	KSA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	62
Highest	21 (July 2004)
Lowest	81 (July 2006)
First international
Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria (Lebanon; October 20, 1957)
Biggest win
Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)
Biggest defeat
Egypt 13 - 0 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; September 3, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1994)
Best result	Round 2 1994
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (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 (Template:Lang-ar) (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. It is one of Asia's most successful national teams. They are regarded as a newcomer on the world scene, having made their first World Cup in 1994. They have qualified for every World Cup since then.

In 1994, they upset Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next three Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 defeat by Germany in 2002.

Saudi Arabia has won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996. They won the World Under-17 Championship in 1989.

On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh.

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

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

FIFA U-17 World Championship

• 1985 - Round 2
• 1987 - Round 1
• 1989 - Champions

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

Famous players

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• Majed Abdullah
• Saeed Al-Owairan
• Sami Al-Jaber
• Yousuf Al-Thunayan
• Mohamed Al-Deayea
• Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
• Nawaf Al Temyat
• Saleh Al-Noaema

Gulf Cup 2007 Squad

1- Mohamed Khojah

4- Hamad Al-Montashri

5- Naif Al-Qadi

6- Omar Al-Ghamdi

7- Mohamed Amin

8- Saleh Basher

9- Malek Moath

10- Mohamed Al-Shalhoub

11- Saad Al-Harthi

12- Hassan Moath

13- Yousif Al-Salem

14- Sauood Kariri

15- Abdullrahman Al-Qahtani

16- Khaled Aziz

18- Abdu Ateef

19- Saleh Al-Saqry

20- Yasser Al-Qahtani

22- Yasser Al-Meselem

23- Tiser Al-Natif

24- Hussain Al-Sulaimani

25- Osamah Hosauoi

26- Kamil Al-Musa

27- Mohamed Mesaed

28- Bader Al-Hgbani

External links

• Saudi Arabia FA official site
• Saudi Arabia FA English Site
• Saudi Arabia in fifaworldcup.com