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| Nickname(s) | The Green Falcons الصقور الخضر |
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| Association | Saudi Arabia Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Nasser Al-Johar |
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| Captain | Hussain Abdulghani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Mohamed Al-Deayea (181) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Majed Abdullah (67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | King Fahd International Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | KSA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 21 (July 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 81 (July 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | T39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 27 (November 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 112 (1970, 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria  (Lebanon; October 20, 1957) |
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Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao  (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993) |
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 Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; 6 September 1961) |
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| Appearances | (First in 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 2 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 7 (First in 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1984, 1988, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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
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
Gulf Cup of Nations Record
Best result :3times Champions (1994, 2002, 2003)
Arab Nations Cup Record
Best result :2times Champions (1998, 2002)
Youth National Team Records
FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
- 1977 - 1983 Did not qualify
- 1985 : Round 1
- 1987 : Round 1
- 1989 : Round 1
- 1991 : Did not qualify
- 1993 : Round 1
- 1995 - 1997 : Did not qualify
- 1999 : Round 1
- 2001 : Did not qualify
- 2003 : Round 1
- 2005 - 2007 : Did not qualify
FIFA U-17 World Cup Record
AFC Youth Championship Record
- Best result :2times Champions (1986, 1992)
- 2002 : Third place
- 2004 : Did not qualify
- 2006 : Quarter-finals
- 2008 : Qualified
AFC U-17 Championship Record
- 1985 : Champions
- 1986 : Third Place
- 1988 : Champions
- 1990 : Did not qualify
- 1992 : Third Place
- 1994 : Round 1
- 1996 - 2004 : Did not qualify
- 2006 : Quarter-finals
- 2008 : Quarter-finals
Coaches
Current Squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against UAE on September 10, 2008.
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Recent call-up
The following players have all recently been called up to the Saudi Arabia squad within this year.
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Former players
GK
MF
- [ Nawaf Al-Temyat]
- [ Yussif Al-Thunyan]
- [ Saeed Al-Owieran]
- [ Mohammed Noor]
External links
- Saudi Arabia FA official site
- Saudi Arabia FA English Site
- Saudi Arabia in fifaworldcup.com
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 |
