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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	112
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.

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Qualification	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/18	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	11

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] 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	Qualification
Total	7/14	24	7	5	12	20	36

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

[edit] Gulf Cup of Nations record

• Best result - Winner 1times (2007)

• 2009 - Group Stage

[edit] 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

[edit] 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	2005	2005
Bruno Metsu	2006	September 2008
Dominique Bathenay	September 2008	June 2009
Srečko Katanec	June 2009

[edit] Current national team

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

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Goalkeeper 1 GK Majed Nasser 1 April 1984 (1984-04-01) (age 25) Al-Wasl 2 GK Yousef Abdulrahman 4 March 1989 (1989-03-04) (age 20) Al-Ain 3 GK Ali Khasif Al-Jazira Defender 4 DF Yasser Salem Al-Wasl 5 DF Mohanad Salem Al-Ain 16 DF Mohammed Fayez 6 October 1989 (1989-10-06) (age 20) Al-Ain 7 DF Mohammed Qassim 9 November 1981 (1981-11-09) (age 28) Al-Ahli 8 DF Waleed Abbas Al-Shabab 9 DF Msalam Fayez Al-Ain Midfielder 10 MF Subait Khater 27 February 1980 (1980-02-27) (age 29) Al-Jazira 10 MF Theyab Awana 8 April 1990 (1990-04-08) (age 19) Bani Yas 11 MF Sultan Bargash January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 20) Al-Jazira 12 MF Ali Al-Wehaibi 27 October 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 26) Al-Ain 13 MF Yousif Jaber 25 February 1985 (1985-02-25) (age 24) Al-Ahli 14 MF Amir Mubarak 28 December 1987 (1987-12-28) (age 22) Al-Nasr 5 MF Amer Abdulrahman 3 July 1989 (1989-07-03) (age 20) Bani Yas Forward 7 FW Ali Mabkhout 5 October 1990 (1990-10-05) (age 19) Al-Jazeera 16 FW Mahmoud Khamees Al-Wahda 17 FW Saeed Al Kass 20 February 1976 (1976-02-20) (age 33) Al-Wasl 11 FW Ahmed Khalil 8 June 1991 (1991-06-08) (age 18) Al-Ahli 20 FW Mohamed Al Shehhi 28 March 1988 (1988-03-28) (age 21) Al-Wahda 21 FW Salem Abdulla Al-Ain

[edit] See also

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

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