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Saudi Arabia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Sons of the Desert The Green Falcons الصقور الخضر |
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| Association | Saudi Arabia Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Hélio dos Anjos |
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| Captain | Yasser Al-Qahtani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Mohamed Al-Deayea (181) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Majed Abdullah (67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | King Fahd International Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | KSA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 21 (July 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 81 (July 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria  (Lebanon; October 20, 1957) |
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Saudi Arabia 24 - 0 Macao  (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993) |
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 Germany 8 - 0 Saudi Arabia (Sapporo, Japan; June 1, 2002) |
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| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1984, 1988, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 4 (First in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 2nd, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم) (known by its fans as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green") is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. It is one of Asia's most successful national teams. They are regarded as a newcomer on the world scene, having made their first World Cup in 1994. They have qualified for every World Cup since then.
In 1994, they upset Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next three Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 defeat by Germany in 2002.
Saudi Arabia has won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996. They won the World Under-17 Championship in 1989.
On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh.
Mohamed Al-Deayea, the team's goalkeeper, is the world record holder for most international appearances by a male player.
Ever since, the Saudi national team have been on the rise, reaching the Afc Asian Cup final, losing to Iraq.
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- Last game:
Egypt 2-1 Saudi Arabia 
- Cairo, Egypt - 25 November 2007. (Pan Arab Games 2007)
- Next game: Saudi Arabia - Syria
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 28 December 2007. (Friendly)
- 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Round 2
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2010 - TBA
- 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 - Group stage
- 2007 - Second Place
- 2011 - qualified
Head coach: Hélio César Pinto dos Anjos
- Saudi Arabia FA official site
- Saudi Arabia FA English Site
- Saudi Arabia in fifaworldcup.com
| Preceded by 1980 Kuwait  |
Asian Champions 1984 (First title) 1988 (Second title) |
Succeeded by 1992 Japan  |
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Asian Champions 1996 (Third title) |
Succeeded by 2000 Japan |
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AFC Asian Cup Winners
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2006 FIFA World Cup finalists
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