53
FIFA Ranking
0
Finals
2018
Last World Cup
1994 (R16)
Best Performance
Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup on the final day of qualifying by defeating Australia to finish top of Group B and they will be taking part in their sixth World Cup Finals. They haven’t managed to escape the group stages in the last four though, with the only time they have managed to do so coming back in 1994 where they were defeated by finalists Italy in the Round of 16. In their last World Cup campaign, they were humbled 0-5 on the opening day against hosts Russia, and after losing to Uruguay, they did manage to pick up three points with a win against Egypt. It was their first win in the tournament since that 1994 campaign.
Player to Watch
30 year old midfielder Al Dawsari was the hero of Saudi Arabia’s final qualifying match against Australia, netting the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in a game they needed to avoid defeat in. It was his seventh goal in qualifying, making him joint top scorer alongside Saleh Al Shehri, though it will be the Al Hilal veteran, who has been at the club all his career, who will be main threat going forward. He also scorer the winner in the victory over Egypt in the tournament 4 years ago.
Squad List
Name
Mohammed Al-Owais
Mohammed Al Rubaie
Nawaf Al-Aqidi
Yasser Al-Shahrani
Ali Al-Bulaihi
Sultan Al-Ghanam
Saud Abdulhamid
Hassan Tambakti
Abdulelah Al-Amri
Abdullah Madu
Mohammed Al-Breik
Salman Al-Faraj
Salem Al-Dawsari
Hattan Bahebri
Mohamed Kanno
Sami Al-Najei
Ali Al-Hassan
Nasser Al-Dawsari
Riyadh Sharahili
Abdullah Otayf
Abdulrahman Al-Aboud
Abdulellah Al-Malki
Firas Al-Buraikan
Haitham Asiri
Saleh Al-Shehri
Position
GK
GK
GK
DF
DF
DF
DF
DF
DF
DF
DF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
FW
FW
FW
Club
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Abha (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Fateh (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Age
30
25
22
30
32
28
23
23
25
29
30
33
31
30
27
25
25
23
29
30
27
27
22
21
28
Caps
36
5
0
69
30
21
15
13
12
11
35
68
65
35
31
13
7
6
0
44
2
21
22
3
16
Goals
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
8
17
4
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
0
8