Saudi Arabia national football team
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| Nickname | Sons Of The Desert |
| Association | Saudi Arabian Football Federation |
| Coach | Gabriel Humberto Calderon |
| Most caps | Mohamed Al-Deayea (173) |
| Top scorer | Majed Abdullah (67) |
| First International Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria (Lebanon; October 20, 1957) | |
| Largest win Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993) | |
| Worst defeat Germany 8 - 0 Saudi Arabia (South Korea; June 1, 2002) | |
| 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 |
The Saudi Arabia national football team (known by its fan as is Al Sogour which means falcons or Al Akhdar which means the green) the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. They are regarded as a comer on the world scene, having made its first World Cup in 1994 and upsetting Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next two Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 walloping by Germany in 2002.
Saudi Arabia won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996. They won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989.
On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh.
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 - Qualified
Famous players
- Majed Abdullah
- Fahad Al Bishi
- Mohamed Al-Deayea
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Yasser Al Qahtani
- Fuad Amin
- Saeed Owairan
- Nawaf Al Temyat
- Talal Al Mishal
- Mohammad Al Shalhoob
- Mohammad Al Muntashiri
- Mabrook Zaid
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
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