United Arab Emirates national football team

The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association

United Arab Emirates Football Association

The United Arab Emirates Football Association is the governing body of football in the United Arab Emirates.-Domestic Competitions:*UAE Premier League*UAE Football League Division 1*UAE Football League Division 2*UAE Super Cup*UAE Vice Presidents Cup...

, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates' home ground is Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

.

It has made one World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

appearance, in 1990

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

in Italy

Italy

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, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia

Colombia national football team

The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...

, West Germany

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

, and Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

. Two years later the UAE took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup

1992 AFC Asian Cup

The Asian Football Confederation's 1992 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between October 29 and November 8. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.-Stadiums:...

, and runner-up in 1996

1996 AFC Asian Cup

The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.-Qualification:...

. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks

Penalty shootout (football)

A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman

Oman

Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

1–0 to win the Gulf Cup

Gulf Cup

The Gulf Cup may refer to either of two association football tournaments:*Gulf Club Champions Cup, for club teams*Gulf Cup of Nations, for national teams...

for the first time in their history.

FIFA World Cup record

World Cup record FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930... to 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...	Did not enter
Argentina 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...	Withdrew
Spain 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final.-Host selection:...	Did not enter
Mexico 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...	Did not qualify
Italy 1990 1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...	Round 1	24/24	3	0	0	3	2	11
1994 1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988... to 2014 2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....	Did not qualify
Total	1/19	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 1956 AFC Asian Cup The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the inaugural tournament of the AFC Asian Cup. The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956... to 1976 1976 AFC Asian Cup -Group B:---------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Third place play-off:-Final:-Goalscorers:3 goals: Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei Fathi Kamel2 goals: Alireza Azizi Alireza Khorshidi Hassan Roshan...	Did not enter
Kuwait 1980 1980 AFC Asian Cup The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the seventh edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia . It was hosted by Kuwait between September 15 and 30. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating Korea Republic in the final 3-0....	Round 1	4	0	1	3	3	9
Singapore 1984 1984 AFC Asian Cup The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the eighth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia . It was hosted by Singapore between December 1 and December 16. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five...	Round 1	4	2	0	2	3	8
Qatar 1988 1988 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.-Qualification:...	Round 1	4	1	0	3	2	4
Japan 1992 1992 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 1992 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between October 29 and November 8. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.-Stadiums:...	Fourth place	3	1	2	0	2	1
United Arab Emirates 1996 1996 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.-Qualification:...	Runners-Up	6	4	2	0	8	3
Lebanon 2000 2000 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.-Qualification:...	Did not qualify
Mainland China 2004 2004 AFC Asian Cup The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition is the thirteenth staging of AFC Asian Cup. It was held from July 17 to August 7, 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing....	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	5
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	6
Qatar 2011 2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...	Round 1	3	0	1	2	0	4
Total	8/15	30	9	7	14	22	40

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Gulf Cup of Nations record

Winner of the 2007
2007 Gulf Cup of Nations
The 2007 Arab Gulf Cup of Nations, the 18th edition, took place in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from January 17, 2007 to January 30, 2007....

edition

Year	Host Country	Place
1970 1970 Gulf Cup of Nations The first Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Bahrain, in March and April 1970.The tournament was won by Kuwait, who beat the hosts Bahrain in the last match to clinch first place.-Tournament:...	Bahrain	Did not enter
1972 1972 Gulf Cup of Nations The second Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Saudi Arabia, in March 1972.The tournament was won by Kuwait, claiming their second title.Bahrain also took part in the competition, but they walked off the field during their match against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating; they were subsequently...	Saudi Arabia	Third place
1974 1974 Gulf Cup of Nations The 3rd Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Kuwait, between March 15 to March 29, 1974. All matches were played Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium.The format of the competition was different from 1972, as the finals were expanded from 5 to 6 teams, and therefore there was a new system for the championship,...	Kuwait	4th place
1976	Qatar	Third place
1979 1979 Gulf Cup of Nations The 5th Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 took place from March 23 to April 9 in Baghdad, Capital of Iraq. Originally, this tournament was scheduled in 1978 to take part in Abu Dhabi, but the Emirates withdrew from organizing the tournament. Iraq won the tournament by winning all its games and scoring 23...	Iraq	6th place
1982	United Arab Emirates	Third place
1984 1984 Gulf Cup of Nations The Gulf Cup of Nations 1984 took place in Muscat capital of Oman, from March 9, to March 28, 1984. Iraq won this tournament after beating Qatar in the decisive match between the two teams. Both Iraq and Qatar had finished with the same count of points at the round robin tournament earlier...	Oman	4th place
1986	Bahrain	Runner-up
1988	Saudi Arabia	Runner-up
1990 1990 Gulf Cup of Nations The 10th Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Kuwait, between February 21 to March 9, 1990. All matches were played at Peace & Friendship Stadium.Saudi Arabia withdrew before the tournament, as they considered that the horses in the competition logo were a reference to two animals used by the Kuwaitis...	Kuwait	5th place
1992	Qatar	4th place
1994	United Arab Emirates	Runner-up
1996	Oman	4th place
1998	Bahrain	Third place
2002	Saudi Arabia	6th place
2003 2003 Gulf Cup of Nations The 16th Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Kuwait, between December 26 to January 11, 2003. All matches were played Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium.Yemen made their debut in the Gulf Cup of Nations.- Result :- Matches :----------------------------...	Kuwait	5th place
2004 2004 Gulf Cup of Nations The 17th Gulf Cup of Nations was held in Doha, Qatar in 2004. Qatar turned out the victors and Oman came in runners up in a close match that ended in a penalty kick shootout.- Group A :------------------------- Group B :----------------...	Qatar	Group Stage
2007 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations The 2007 Arab Gulf Cup of Nations, the 18th edition, took place in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from January 17, 2007 to January 30, 2007....	United Arab Emirates	Champion
2009 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations The 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, from 4 January to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman for the first time in its history, in a penalty shootout against regional rivals, Saudi Arabia.The 2009 Gulf Cup of...	Oman	Group Stage
2010	Yemen	Semi-Final
2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations The 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations is the twenty first edition of the biennial football competition, and will take place in Bahrain, in 2013. The competition was originally going to be hosted in the city of Basra, Iraq but was moved to Bahrain in October 2011 to ensure that Iraq could suitably host the...	Iraq

Achievements

Qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
Second Place in The 1996 Asian Cup
Kirin Cup
Kirin Cup
The Kirin Cup is an annual association football tournament sponsored in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 as an international club competition. From 1992 onwards the format was changed to a round robin national...

Winner in 2005
Winners of 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations
2007 Gulf Cup of Nations
The 2007 Arab Gulf Cup of Nations, the 18th edition, took place in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, from January 17, 2007 to January 30, 2007....

Coaches

Manager	From	To
Egypt Mohammed Sheita	1972	1973
United Arab Emirates Jumaa Gharib	1973	1973
Egypt Mohammed Sheita	1973	1974
Egypt Mimi El-Sherbini Mimi El-Sherbini Mohamed Abdel Atif "Mimi" El-Sherbini is an Egyptian former footballer who played as a defender for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team. He took part in the 1959 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in Egypt's 4–0 victory against Ethiopia, and went on to win the tournament with the team...	1975	1975
United Arab Emirates Jumaa Gharib	1975	1976
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dimitri Tadić	1976	1976
Kingdom of England Don Revie Don Revie Donald George 'Don' Revie, OBE, , was an English footballer who played for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward. After managing Leeds United he managed England from 1974 until 1977...	1977	1980
Iran Heshmat Mohajerani	1980	1984
Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...	1984	1988
Brazil Mario Zagallo Mário Zagallo Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo is a Brazilian former football player and manager.-Biography:Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was born in Maceió, Alagoas, to a family of Lebanese and Italian heritage....	1988	1990
Poland Bernhard Blaut	1990	1990
Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky	1990	1992
Poland Antoni Piechniczek Antoni Piechniczek Antoni Piechniczek is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.- Player career :...	1992	1995
Independent State of Croatia Tomislav Ivić Tomislav Ivic Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian football player and manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...	1995	1996
Brazil Lori Sandri Lori Sandri Lori Paulo Sandri is a Brazilian football manager who was last active as the Manager of Portuguese club Marítimo.-Coaching career:...	1997	1997
Czech Republic Milan Máčala Milan Mácala Milan Máčala is a Czech football coach who coached various clubs in the Czech Republic and worldwide.He has previously coached in the area with the national teams of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, winning the Gulf Cup of Nations with the latter in 1996 and 1998...	1997	1997
Brazil Lori Sandri Lori Sandri Lori Paulo Sandri is a Brazilian football manager who was last active as the Manager of Portuguese club Marítimo.-Coaching career:...	1998	1998
Portugal Carlos Queiroz Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz ComIH is a Portuguese football manager. He is currently the manager of the Iran national football team. A former manager of Real Madrid, and Portugal national football team, he has also twice been Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester...	1998	Sept 1999
Independent State of Croatia Srećko Juričić Srecko Juricic Srećko Juričić is a former Croatian football player. He was the manager of the Yemen national football team before being sacked in December 2010.As a player, he was part of NK Rijeka's golden generation which won the Yugoslav Cup in 1978 and 1979....	1999	1999
United Arab Emirates Abdullah Masfar	2000	2000
Early Modern France Henri Michel Henri Michel -External links:...	2000	2001
United Arab Emirates Abdullah Saqr	2001	2001
Netherlands Tini Ruijs	2001	2001
Netherlands Jo Bonfrere Jo Bonfrere Johannes Bonfrere or Jo Bonfrere is a Dutch football coach, and a former striker, who played for MVV Maastricht and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. He is currently the manager of Henan Construction F.C...	Nov 2001	Jan 2002 (Gulf Cup campaign)
Kingdom of England Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson is a former English footballer and current head coach of West Bromwich Albion.Hodgson, who has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries, guided the Switzerland national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified...	Apr 2002	Jan 2004
Netherlands Aad De Mos	2004	2005
Netherlands Dick Advocaat Dick Advocaat Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...	Aug 2005	Sep 2005 (clause in contract allowing him to leave)
Early Modern France Bruno Metsu Bruno Metsu Bruno Metsu , also known as Abdul Karim, is a retired French footballer and is the current manager of Qatari side Al-Gharafa...	2006	September 2008
Early Modern France Dominique Bathenay Dominique Bathenay Dominique Bathenay is a retired football midfielder from France, who last worked as Head Coach of United Arab Emirates.- Career :...	September 2008	June 2009
Slovenia Srečko Katanec Srecko Katanec Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...	June 2009	September 2011
United Arab Emirates Abdullah Masfar	September 2011

Current squad