Saudi Arabia national football team

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Saudi Arabia
Nickname(s) ?????? ( al-‘Akh?ar , "The Green One")
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Association Saudi Arabian Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach Herve Renard
Captain Osama Hawsawi
Most caps Mohamed Al-Deayea (178) [1]
Top scorer Majed Abdullah (71)
FIFA code KSA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 49 Increase 2 (22 December 2022) [2]
Highest 21 (July 2004)
Lowest 126 (December 2012)
First international
  Saudi Arabia 1?1 Lebanon  
( Beirut , Lebanon ; 18 January 1957)
Biggest win
  Timor-Leste 0?10 Saudi Arabia  
( Dili , East Timor ; 17 November 2015)
Biggest defeat
  Egypt 13?0 Saudi Arabia  
( Casablanca , Morocco ; 3 September 1961 [3] [4] )
World Cup
Appearances 5 ( first in 1994 )
Best result Round of 16 ( 1994 )
Asian Cup
Appearances 10 ( first in 1984 )
Best result Champions ( 1984 , 1988 , 1996 )
Confederations Cup
Appearances 4 ( first in 1992 )
Best result Runners-up ( 1992 )

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national football team of Saudi Arabia .

References [ change | change source ]

  1. "FIFA Century Club" (PDF) . Fifa.com . Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2016 . Retrieved 10 September 2016 .
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking" . FIFA . 22 December 2022 . Retrieved 22 December 2022 .
  3. "3rd Pan Arab Games, 1961 (Casablanca, Morocco)" . www.rsssf.com .
  4. "Egypt v Saudi Arabia, 03 September 1961" . 11v11.com .
  5. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings" . eloratings.net . 3 March 2019 . Retrieved 3 March 2019 .