Teams

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.

Fixtures

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

0