United Arab Emirates national football team

The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم‎) represents the United Arab Emirates in men's international association football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see United Arab Emirates women's national football team.

United Arab Emirates
Nickname(s)Al Abyad (The Whites)
Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed)
AssociationUAE Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachJorge Luis Pinto
CaptainVarious
Most capsAdnan Al Talyani (161)
Top scorerAli Mabkhout (60)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeUAE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 71 (16 July 2020)[1]
Highest40 (November – December 1998)
Lowest138 (January 2012)
First international
 United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar 
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 17 March 1972)
Biggest win
 Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates
(B. S. Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001)
Biggest defeat
 United Arab Emirates 0–8 Brazil 
(Abu Dhabi, UAE; 12 November 2005)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1990)
Best resultGroup stage (1990)
Asian Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up, 1996
WAFF Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2021)
Best resultqualify (2021)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup Stage, 1997

Under a vast amount of time it was instructed by foreign managers as for instance, the English Don Revie.

United Arab Emirates's home ground varies. Most games have been played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira Stadium and Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain as other venues.

It has made one World Cup appearance, in 1990 in Italy, but lost all three of its games to Colombia, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Two years later, the United Arab Emirates took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996 as hosts of the tournament. In both tournaments, their final match was lost on penalty kicks. They also won the Arabian Gulf Cup on two occasions; in 2007 when they won the title for the first time in their history, and the second time was in 2013. They finished third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and hosted 2019 edition which they were eliminated in the semi-finals.

History

The first match of the national football team was played on 17 March 1972, four months after the union of the United Arab Emirates, against Qatar at Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and won with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 to nothing.

After participating in four Gulf Cup tournaments since 1972, the United Arab Emirates hosted the 1982 edition. They again finished third, as did in the two previous tournaments.

First Asian Cup appearances

In 1980, the United Arab Emirates first-time qualified for the AFC Asian Cup, which was held in Kuwait. They were drawn with eventual winners, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar in Group B. They drew 1–1 with Kuwait but lost the three other matches and finished in fifth place in the group and ninth (out of ten teams) overall.

They also qualified for next two tournaments, 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Qatar and were again eliminated in the group stages in both. Their first victory of the tournament occurred against India on 7 December 1984 under manager Heshmat Mohajerani.

1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy

In 1984, Mohajerani resigned as UAE head coach and was replaced with former Brazil manager Carlos Alberto Parreira. Parreira led the country at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup and left his position after the tournament. He was succeeded by Brazilian World Cup winning coach Mário Zagallo. Zagallo led the country to the qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. However, Zagallo resigned before the tournament and Parreira returned as head coach to lead the United Arab Emirates at the tournament.

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 5 3 2 0 5 1 +4 8
 United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 4 3 +1 6
 Qatar 5 1 3 1 4 5 −1 5
China 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 4
 Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
 North Korea 5 1 1 3 2 4 −2 3
Source:

They were drawn at Group D along with eventual winner West Germany, Colombia and Yugoslavia. They lost 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. They finished fourth with no points, scoring two goals and conceding eleven goals. UAE's first goal at the tournament was scored by Khalid Ismaïl against West Germany. The tournament was later put into a 2016 documentary titled 'Lights of Rome'.[2] After the tournament, Parreira was sacked. Two years later, at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates finished in fourth place, their best finish up to that date.

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

1996 AFC Asian Cup

The United Arab Emirates hosted the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. They hired Croatian coach Tomislav Ivić one year before the tournament and were drawn in Group A along with Kuwait, South Korea and Indonesia. They drew with South Korea then defeated Kuwait and Indonesia to advance as group winners. In the quarter-finals, they beat Iraq 1–0 with a golden goal scored by Abdulrahman Ibrahim in the 103rd minute in extra time. They again faced Kuwait, this time at the semi-finals and won 1–0 to qualify to the final for the first time. After a goalless draw, they lost to Saudi Arabia 2–4 in a penalty shoot-out and finished the tournament as runner-up, which is still their best in the AFC Asian Cup.

The United Arab Emirates also appeared in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup after being awarded a spot because Asian winners Saudi Arabia was hosting the games. They lost the first match 2–0 to Uruguay. Then, they defeated South Africa 1–0. In their final match, they were defeated 6–1 by Czech Republic and missed their chance to qualify for the next round finishing third in their group.

Fahad Khamees captained UAE in the 1990 FIFA World Cup

2000–2011 (dark years)

The United Arab Emirates missed the qualification for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. They also finished in last place at the 2002 Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia.

They were eliminated in the next three AFC Asian Cup tournaments at the group stage. In 2004 and 2007 editions, the UAE were all eliminated by surprise to the hand to debutants Jordan and Vietnam. Their worst performance was in 2011 when they finished the tournament goalless. At this time, many notable coaches managed the Emirates, including Carlos Queiroz, Roy Hodgson and Dick Advocaat. In 2006, the UAE appointed Senegal's 2002 FIFA World Cup head coach, Bruno Metsu as their new manager. He led the Emirates to the 2007 Gulf Cup title, the country's first major achievement.

2012–2015 (return to success)

After hiring many European coaches, in 2012, United Arab Emirates appointed the Olympic team coach Mahdi Ali as the new manager of the national team. Ali began creating a young squad for the United Arab Emirates, inviting many players that he had worked with at youth level. He led the Emirates to their second Gulf Cup title in 2013.

United Arab Emirates's form at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup was a surprise to some. Drawn in Group C, they defeated Qatar 4–1 and Bahrain 2–1 and lost to Iran only by a controversial goal that appeared to be offside. As group runner-up, they faced the defending champions Japan in the quarter-final and earned a victory on penalties to advance to the last four. They lost 2–0 to the host Australia in the semi-finals. In the third place play-off, they beat Iraq 3–2.

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

The United Arab Emirates qualified for the Second Round of the AFC qualification, where they finished second in Group A behind Saudi Arabia and qualified for the Third Round. In this round, they finished fourth in Group B, thus failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Despite this, one of United Arab Emirates players Ahmed Khalil manage to be the top scorer in the qualification along with two other players. Around this time Mahdi Ali (one of the most successful UAE managers) resigned from his position.[3]

2019 AFC Asian Cup

In 2015, it was announced that the Emirates will host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, this marks the 2nd time they hosts an AFC Asian Cup. With its desire to win the trophy for the first time, the team had a new coach, the former Asian Cup winning manager Alberto Zaccheroni.

The opening 1–1 draw to neighbor Bahrain was seen as disappointing.[4] However, they salvaged three points against India before drawing Thailand to secure top spot and progress to the round of sixteen.[5] UAE had a tight-fought match against Kyrgyzstan, and had been equalized twice after 90', but a penalty from Ali Mabkhout ensured his team to enter the quarter-finals against then-defending champions Australia.[6] In the quarter-finals, UAE scored its first ever goal against Australia to gain its first ever win against this opponent and eliminated them in process.[7] The semi-finals was seen as a rivalry between the host and Qatar.[8] Some Emirati supporters booed Qatari anthem, and threw footwear in the pitch after Qatar scored their second goal. UAE lost 0–4 marking its first defeat to Qatar since 2001 and ending the chance of seeking entry to the final.[9]

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification

The United Arab Emirates joined the second round of 2022 World Cup qualifiers and was placed with all-out Southeast Asian opponents: Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The team had already appointed the Dutch guider Bert van Marwijk. Thing didn't come as planned and Bert was sacked due to his poor start suffering two away losses to Thailand and Vietnam in the qualifiers along his early group stage exist in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup. By the time of his sacking, UAE was 4th in the group but still has the chance to advance.[10]

Previous Al Nasr manager Ivan Jovanović was hired so as to change fortune. Furthermore, the Emirates decided to naturalize Argentine Sebastián Tagliabúe, Brazilian Caio Canedo Corrêa and Fábio Virginio de Lima, the three South American players, having never done so since the foundation of the national team.[11]

Rivalries

UAE's common rivals are its neighbours Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.[12] It also has a rivalry with Uzbekistan.

Qatar

The rivalry with Qatar is a competitive one in the Arabian Gulf Cup meeting in multiple occasions, due to Qatar diplomatic crisis, increasing tensions had been witnessed, with the captain of UAE under-19 youth team refused to shake hands with Qatar's youth captain in 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia; in this tournament, the UAE beat Qatar 2–1 but still crashed out from the group stage while Qatar would recover to qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] As of 2020, Qatar and UAE have played 31 official matches, most of which was held competitively in the Arabian Gulf Cup, it started off with the United Arab Emirates beating Qatar 1–0. They only played 2 friendly games and the last friendly was held in 2011 which ended with an Emirati victory. In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by the UAE, Qatar overran the UAE for the first time since 2001 with the result 4–0, with heavy tensions and violence occurred between two and Emirati supporters cheering anti-Qatari chants.[14] UAE was fined $150,000 US dollars for the incident and had to play their first 2022 and 2023 qualification game in closed doors.[15] However, on 21 September, AFC has lifted the ban just a few weeks before the match has begun.[16]

Saudi Arabia

Another major rival the UAE took on Arabian Gulf Cup many times, the two teams have met in the AFC Asian Cup twice, first in the semi finals of the 1992 edition which ended in a Saudi victory and second in the final of the 1996 edition in which UAE hosted, the game ended in a goalless draw which meant the game had to be decided in penalties, the game ended with Saudi Arabia taking home their 3rd title with the penalty scoreline being 4–2, this remains the only time the Emirates qualified for the final meanwhile this would also be the last time the Saudis would win an Asian Cup as they would lose the next two finals they qualified for in 2000 and 2007. When the two countries meet in the World Cup or Asian Cup qualifiers, it's generally been nicknamed "Clash of Titans" as the two countries, alongside Kuwait and Qatar, are seen as the titans of the Gulf states.[17]

Nicknames

The United Arab Emirates is known by supporters and the media as Al-Abyad, meaning The Whites which reference to their white jersey and also Eyal Zayed which means Zayed's sons.

In October 2012, the Asian Football Confederation official website published an article about the UAE national team's campaign to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, in which the team was referred to as the "Sand Monkeys." This was the indirect result of vandalism of the Wikipedia article on the team, and the AFC was forced to apologise for what was perceived as a racist slur.[18][19]

Home stadium

As of 2019, the UAE has played in 8 home stadiums.

United Arab Emirates national football team home stadiums
Image Stadium Capacity Location Last match
Zayed Sports City Stadium 43,206 Abu Dhabi City, Abu Dhabi v   Kyrgyzstan
(21 January 2019; 2019 AFC Asian Cup)
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium 42,056 Abu Dhabi City, Abu Dhabi v   Syria
(26 March 2019; Friendly)
Al Nahyan Stadium 12,201 Abu Dhabi City, Abu Dhabi v   Saudi Arabia
(21 March 2019; Friendly)
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium 25,053 Al Ain, Abu Dhabi v   Australia
(25 January 2019; 2019 AFC Asian Cup)
Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium 15,000 Al Ain, Abu Dhabi v   Iraq
(18 November 2009; 2009 UAE International Cup)
Zabeel Stadium 8,439 Dubai City, Dubai v   Yemen
(20 November 2018; Friendly)
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium 12,000 Dubai City, Dubai v   Bolivia
(16 November 2018; Friendly)
Al Maktoum Stadium 15,058 Dubai City, Dubai v   Indonesia
(10 October 2019; 2022 World Cup qualifiers)

Historical kits
Prior 2019 Home
Prior 2019 Away
1990 Home
1990 Away
1992 Asian Cup Home
1994 Asian Games Home
1994 Asian Games Away

Kit suppliers
Period Kit Provider
1976–1984 Umbro
1984–1988 Admiral
1988–1996 Adidas
1996–1998 Puma
1998–2000 Kelme
2000–2004 Umbro
2004–2010 Adidas
2010–2014 Erreà
2014–present Adidas

Coaching staff
Main article: List of United Arab Emirates national football team managers

Last Update: June 2020[20]

Coaching Staff
Head coach Jorge Luis Pinto
Assistant coach Mahmoud Fayez
Assistant coach Jerry Tamashiro
Fitness coach Gilberto Arenas
Goalkeeping coach Eduardo Niño

Medical Staff
Doctor Sultan Al-Ghul
Physiotherapist Khalil Muftah
Physiotherapist Rashid Hameed

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were called up for 24th Arabian Gulf Cup
  • Match date: 26 November 2019 — 2 December 2019
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ali Khasif (1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 45 0 Al Jazira
17 1GK Khalid Eisa (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 45 0 Al Ain
22 1GK Adel Al-Hosani (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 0 0 Sharjah
24 1GK Mohammed Al-Shamsi (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 0 0 Al Wahda
3 2DF Mohammed Marzooq (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 0 0 Shabab Al Ahli
5 2DF Mohammed Al Attas (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 1 1 Al Jazira
6 2DF Yousif Jaber (1985-02-25) 25 February 1985 39 2 Shabab Al Ahli
8 2DF Hamdan Al-Kamali (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 52 5 Al Wahda
12 2DF Khalifa Al Hammadi (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998 0 0 Al Jazira
16 2DF Al Hassan Saleh (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 5 0 Sharjah
26 2DF Majed Suroor (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 0 0 Sharjah
27 2DF Shahin Abdulrahman (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 0 0 Sharjah
2 3MF Khalil Ibrahim (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 2 3 Al Wahda
4 3MF Waleed Hussain (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 0 0 Shabab Al Ahli
25 3MF Abdullah Ramadan (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 0 0 Al Jazira
9 3MF Bandar Al-Ahbabi (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 15 2 Al Ain
10 3MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 74 11 Al Jazira
15 3MF Ismail Al Hammadi (Captain) (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 114 13 Shabab Al Ahli
18 3MF Tareq Ahmed (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 6 1 Al Nasr
19 3MF Ahmed Barman (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 4 0 Al Ain
23 3MF Salem Rashid (1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 0 0 Al Jazira
11 4FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 104 48 Shabab Al Ahli
13 4FW Jassem Yaqoub (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 0 0 Al Nasr
14 4FW Zaid Al-Ameri (1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 0 0 Al Jazira
20 4FW Ali Saleh (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 0 0 Al Wasl
21 4FW Khalfan Mubarak (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 12 1 Al Jazira
7 4FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 83 60 Al Jazira

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the United Arab Emirates squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Mohammed Barqesh (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 0 0 Al Wahda v.  Vietnam, 14 November 2019
DF Mohammed Ali Shaker (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 0 0 Al Ain v.  Vietnam, 14 November 2019
DF Walid Abbas (1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 64 0 Shabab Al Ahli v.  Vietnam, 14 November 2019
DF Hassan Al-Moharrami (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 0 0 Baniyas v.  Malaysia, 10 September 2019
MF Ali Salmeen (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 8 1 Al Wasl v.  Vietnam, 14 November 2019
MF Habib Al Fardan (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 12 6 Al Nasr v.  Vietnam, 14 November 2019
FW Mohamed Al-Akbari (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 6 1 Al Nasr v.  Dominican Republic, 30 August 2019

List of UAE squads

Results and fixtures
Main article: United Arab Emirates national football team results

2019
10 September 2019 2022 WCQ R2Malaysia 1–2 United Arab EmiratesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8 Syafiq  1' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Mabkhout  43', 75' Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Attendance: 43,200
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
10 October 2019 2022 WCQ R2United Arab Emirates 5–0 IndonesiaDubai City, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4 Ibrahim  40'
Mabkhout  51', 63' (pen.), 72'
Tariq  90+3'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 6,768
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
15 October 2019 2022 WCQ R2Thailand 2–1 United Arab EmiratesPathum Thani, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7 Teerasil  26'
Ekanit  51'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Mabkhout  45+2' Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 16,057
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
14 November 2019 2022 WCQ R2Vietnam 1–0 United Arab EmiratesHanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7 Nguyễn Tiến Linh  44' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 37,989
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
26 November 2019 2019 Gulf CupUnited Arab Emirates 3–0 YemenDoha, Qatar
22:30 UTC+3 Mabkhout  21', 38', 54' Report Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Attendance: 1,437
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
29 November 2019 2019 Gulf CupUnited Arab Emirates 0–2 IraqDoha, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3 Report Abbas  6'
Abdul-Zahra  37'		 Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 17,437
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
2 December 2019 2019 Gulf CupQatar 4–2 United Arab EmiratesDoha, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2020
8 October 2020 2022 WCQ R2United Arab Emirates v MalaysiaDubai City, United Arab Emirates
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
13 October 2020 2022 WCQ R2Indonesia v United Arab EmiratesCikarang, Indonesia
Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
12 November 2020 2022 WCQ R2United Arab Emirates v ThailandUnited Arab Emirates
Stadium: TBD
17 November 2020 2022 WCQ R2United Arab Emirates v VietnamUnited Arab Emirates
Stadium: TBD

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup record
Main article: United Arab Emirates at the FIFA World Cup

The United Arab Emirates only appearance at the World Cup was in 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy where they would lose all three of their matches to Yugoslavia, Colombia and West Germany. This lone appearance was put into a 2016 documentary titled 'Lights of Rome'.[2]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
1930 to 1974Not eligible to enter Not eligible to enter
1978Did not participate Did not participate
1982
1986Did not qualify 421154
1990Group stage24th3003211 9441167
1994Did not qualify 8611194
1998 125431613
2002147253120
2006631266
2010164391924
201482151416
2018189363717
2022To be determined 420284
2026000000
Total Group stage 1/23 3 0 0 3 2 11 100 44 20 37 171 115

AFC Asian Cup record
AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualifications record
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
1956 to 1976Did not enter Did not enter
1980Group stage9th401339 312020
1984Group stage6th420238 4301242
1988Group stage8th410324 5410121
1992Fourth place4th513134 220063
1996Runners-up2nd642083Automatic qualification as hosts
2000Did not qualify 4301122
2004Group stage15th301215 6411135
2007Group stage12th310236 6411116
2011Group stage13th301204 430171
2015Third place3rd6312108 6510183
2019Semifinals4th632188 8*521274
2023TBD–000000 420284
Total Runners-up 10/17 44 15 11 18 40 56 52 36 8 8 140 31
* automatic qualification as hosts; but competed in qualification process because of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

FIFA Confederations Cup record
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1992 Did not qualify
1995
1997 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 8
1999 Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total Group stage 1/10 3 1 0 2 2 8

Asian Games record
Asian Games record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA
1974 Did not enter
1978
1982
1986Quarter-finals532074
1990Did not enter
1994Quarter-finals412165
1998Group stage4112510
Total 3/13 13 5 5 3 18 19

Gulf Cup record
Arabian Gulf Cup record
YearPlace Pld W D L GF GA
1970Did not enter
1972Third place3102111
1974Fourth place411259
1976Fifth Place6024413
1979Sixth place6105518
1982Third place530276
1984Fourth place623154
1986Runners-up6321107
1988Runners-up632174
1990Fifth place402228
1992Fourth place530243
1994Runners-up532071
1996Fourth place513155
1998Third place521257
2002Sixth place510437
2003Fifth place621367
2004Group Stage302145
2007Champions540181
2009Group Stage311134
2010Semi-finals412132
2013Champions5500103
2014Third place522175
2017Runners-up514010
2019Group Stage310256
Total Champions 111 41 28 39 117 135

Pan Arab Games record
Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1976 Did not enter
1985Group Stage310223
1997Group Stage310235
1999Second Round512255
2007Fourth Place411236
2011Did not enter
Total4/10 15 4 3 8 13 19

Friendly tournaments

Head to head against other countries

As of 2 December 2019[22]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Players record
Active players are shown in bold.
As of 2 December 2019.

Honours
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See also

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Notes
  1. The Indonesia v United Arab Emirates match will be played without spectators following sanctions by FIFA due to fan disturbances in the Indonesia v Malaysia and Indonesia v Thailand matches.[21]
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