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Saudi Arabia national football team

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Saudi Arabia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Sons of the Desert
The Green Falcons
AssociationSaudi Arabia Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachBrazil Hélio dos Anjos
CaptainSami Al-Jaber
Most capsMohamed Al-Deayea (181)
Top scorerMajed Abdullah (67)
Home stadiumKing Fahd International Stadium
FIFA codeKSA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current62
Highest21 (July 2004)
Lowest81 (July 2006)
First international
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria Syria
(Lebanon; October 20, 1957)
Biggest win
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao Macau
(Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)
Biggest defeat
Egypt Egypt 13 - 0 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
(Morocco; September 3, 1961)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1994)
Best resultRound 2 1994
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1984)
Best resultWinners, 1984, 1988, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1992)
Best result2nd, 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


FIFA U-17 World Championship




Asian Cup record

Famous players

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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

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