United Arab Emirates national football team

United Arab Emirates

Nickname(s)	Al Sukoor (The Falcons)
Association	U.A.E. Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Srečko Katanec
Most caps	Adnan Al Talyani (164)
Top scorer	Adnan Al Talyani (53)
Home stadium	Sheikh Zayed Stadium
FIFA code	UAE
FIFA ranking	88
Highest FIFA ranking	42 (November 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	124 (August 2009)
Elo ranking	T95
Home colours Away colours
First international
UAE 1 – 0 Qatar (Saudi Arabia; March 17, 1972)
Biggest win
Brunei 0 – 12 UAE (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)
Biggest defeat
UAE 0 – 8 Brazil (Abu Dhabi, UAE; November 12, 2005)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1990)
Best result	Round 1, 1990
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1997)
Best result	1st round 1997

The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It made one World Cup appearance, in 1990, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. The side rebounded to take fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1–0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history.

FIFA World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1974	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 1	24/24	3	0	0	3	2	11
1994 to 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/18	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	11

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Asian Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956 to 1976	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Round 1	4	0	1	3	3	9
1984	Round 1	4	2	0	2	3	8
1988	Round 1	4	1	0	3	2	4
1992	Fourth place	3	1	2	0	2	1
1996	Runners-Up	3	2	1	0	6	3
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	5
2007	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	6
2011	Qualified
Total	8/15	24	7	5	12	20	36

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Gulf Cup of Nations record

• Best result – Winner 1times (2007)

• 2009 – Group Stage

Achievements

• Qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
• Second Place in The 1996 Asian Cup
• Kirin Cup Winner in 2005
• Winners of 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations

Coaches

Manager	From	To
Mohammed Sheita	1972	1973
Jumaa Gharib	1973	1973
Mohammed Sheita	1973	1974
Mimi El-Sherbini	1975	1975
Jumaa Gharib	1975	1976
Dimitri Tadić	1976	1976
Don Revie	1977	1980
Heshmat Mohajerani	1980	1984
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1984	1988
Mario Zagallo	1988	1990
Bernhard Blaut	1990	1990
Valery Lobanovsky	1990	1992
Antoni Piechniczek	1992	1995
Tomislav Ivić	1995	1996
Lori Sandri	1997	1997
Milan Máčala	1997	1997
Lori Sandri	1998	1998
Carlos Queiroz	1998	Sept 1999
Srećko Juričić	1999	1999
Dr Abdullah Masfar	2000	2000
Henri Michel	2000	2001
Abdullah Saqr	2001	2001
Tini Ruijs	2001	2001
Jo Bonfrere	Nov 2001	Jan 2002 (Gulf Cup campaign)
Roy Hodgson	Apr 2002	Jan 2004
Aad De Mos	2004	2005
Dick Advocaat	Aug 2005	Sep 2005 (clause in contract allowing him to leave)
Bruno Metsu	2006	September 2008
Dominique Bathenay	September 2008	June 2009
Srečko Katanec	June 2009

Current national team

• Squad for the Friendly Match Against Manchester City in 12 November, 2009.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Goalkeeper GK Majed Nasser April 1, 1984 (1984-04-01) (age 26) 41 0 Al-Wasl GK Yousif Abdelrahman March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04) (age 21) 2 0 Al-Ain GK Ali Khasif Al-Jazira Defender DF Yasser Salem 4 0 Al-Wasl DF Mohanad Salem 3 0 Al-Ain DF Mohammed Fayez October 6, 1989 (1989-10-06) (age 21) 5 0 Al-Ain DF Mohammed Qassim November 9, 1981 (1981-11-09) (age 29) 64 1 Al-Ahli DF Waleed Abbas 12 0 Al-Shabab DF Msalam Fayez 2 0 Al-Ain Midfielder MF Subait Khater February 27, 1980 (1980-02-27) (age 30) 77 8 Al-Jazira MF Theyab Awana April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08) (age 20) 4 0 Bani Yas MF Sultan Bargash January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 22) 5 1 Al-Jazira MF Ali Al-Wehaibi October 27, 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 27) 27 0 Al-Ain MF Yousif Jaber February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) (age 25) 19 2 Al-Ahli MF Amir Mubarak December 28, 1987 (1987-12-28) (age 23) 25 0 Al-Nasr MF Amer Abdulrahman July 3, 1989 (1989-07-03) (age 21) 5 0 Bani Yas Forward FW Ali Mabkhout October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05) (age 20) 1 0 Al-Jazeera FW Mahmoud Khamees 2 1 Al-Wahda FW Saeed Al Kass February 20, 1976 (1976-02-20) (age 34) 54 14 Al-Wasl FW Ahmed Khalil June 8, 1991 (1991-06-08) (age 19) 16 3 Al-Ahli FW Khaled Al Hammadi March 24, 1981 (1981-03-24) (age 29) Al-Wahda FW Salem Abdulla Al-Ain

See also

• United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team
• United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team

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