The United Arab Emirates national football team ( Arabic : منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم ) represents United Arab Emirates in international association football and serves under the auspices of the state ‘s Football Association. It has made one World Cup appearance in 1990 in Italy and lost all three of its games. United Arab Emirates took fourth place in the 1992 asian Cup and runner-up in 1996 as horde. It won the Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007 and 2013. It finished third in the 2015 AFC asian Cup and hosted the 2019 version which it was eliminated in the semi-finals.
history [edit ]
The first catch of the team was played on 17 March 1972 against Qatar at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and won with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. then, the team faced three other arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 to nothing. After participating in four Gulf Cup tournaments since 1972, United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) hosted the 1982 version. It again finished third as did in the two previous tournaments. In 1980, United Arab Emirates first-time qualified for the AFC Asian Cup which was held in Kuwait and were drawn with eventual winners, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar in Group B. It drew 1–1 with Kuwait and lost the three early matches and finished in fifth place in the group and ninth ( out of ten-spot teams ) overall. It besides qualified for the next two tournaments, 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Qatar and was again eliminated in the group stages in both. Its first victory of the tournament occurred against India on 7 December 1984, under coach Heshmat Mohajerani. In 1984, Mohajerani resigned and was replaced with Carlos Alberto Parreira. Parreira led the team at the 1988 asian Cup and left his position after the tournament. He was succeeded by Mário Zagallo. Zagallo led the team to the qualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. however, Zagallo resigned before the tournament and Parreira returned. The team finished one-fourth at the 1990 World Cup ‘s final tournament with no points, scoring two goals and conceding 11 goals. The travel was put into a 2016 documentary titled Lights of Rome. [ 3 ] After the tournament, Parreira was sacked. At the 1992 and 1996 asian Cups, United Arab Emirates finished one-fourth and second respectively for the first base times. United Arab Emirates appeared in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup after being awarded a spot because Saudi Arabia was hosting the games. United Arab Emirates missed the reservation for the 2000 AFC asian Cup in Lebanon and finished in death place at the 2002 Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia. It was eliminated in the next three asian Cup tournaments at the group stage. In 2004 and 2007 editions, UAE was all eliminated by the hand to debutants Jordan and Vietnam. In 2011, it finished the tournament scoreless. At this time, coaches that managed the Emirates included Carlos Queiroz, Roy Hodgson and Dick Advocaat. In 2006, UAE appointed Bruno Metsu as the new director. He led the Emirates to the 2007 Gulf Cup claim. After hiring alien coaches, in 2012, United Arab Emirates appointed the Olympic team coach Mahdi Ali as the director of the senior team. Ali began creating a team inviting players that he had worked with at the youth tied. He led the Emirates to their second Gulf Cup championship in 2013. At the 2015 AFC asian Cup, United Arab Emirates defeated Qatar 4–1 and Bahrain 2–1 and lost to Iran by a goal. As group runner-up, it faced the defend champions Japan in the quarter-final and earned a victory on penalties to advance to the last four. In the semi-finals, it lost 2–0 to the server Australia. In the third-place play-off, it beat Iraq 3–2. United Arab Emirates qualified through the AFC reservation where it finished fourth in Group B therefore failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Ahmed Khalil was a top scorer in the qualification. Around this time Mahdi Ali resigned from his situation. [ 4 ] The Emirates hosted the 2019 asian Cup, this marked the second time they hosted an AFC asian Cup. The team had Alberto Zaccheroni as a passenger car. In the asian Cup tournament, UAE proceeded to the quarter-finals where it scored its first-ever goal against Australia to gain its first-ever winnings against this adversary. [ 5 ] The semi-finals was between the horde and Qatar. [ 6 ] Some audiences threw footwear in the pitch after Qatar scored its second finish. UAE lost 0–4 marking its foremost defeat to Qatar since 2001. United Arab Emirates joined the second beat of 2022 World Cup qualifiers and was placed with all-out Southeast asian opponents. The team had already appointed the dutch guider Bert avant-garde Marwijk. Bert was sacked after his depart undergoing two away losses to Thailand and Vietnam in the qualifiers along his group stage exit in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup. [ 7 ] After this, the Emirates decided to naturalize Argentine Sebastián Tagliabúe, brazilian Caio Canedo Corrêa and Fábio Virginio de Lima, the three south american players, having never done indeed since the foundation garment of the national team. [ 8 ] The team then experienced a period of coaching instabilities, with three different coaches, before vanguard Marwijk resumed his duty due to crisis in option. With the COVID-19 pandemic however, the AFC decided the remaining games of the second gear round would be played in one country, and the United Arab Emirates were able to utilise the advantage as the host nation, ultimately u-turned the earlier misery into four consecutive wins to break through into the third round, where they faced its neighbours and the powerhouses Iran and South Korea. [ 9 ]
Rivalries [edit ]
UAE ‘s park rivals are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Iran. [ 10 ]
qatar [edit ]
The competition with Qatar is a competitive one in the Arabian Gulf Cup merging in multiple occasions, due to Qatar diplomatic crisis, increasing tensions had been witnessed, with the captain of UAE under-19 young person team refused to shake hands with Qatar ‘s youth captain in 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia ; in this tournament, the UAE beat Qatar 2–1 but distillery crashed out from the group stage while Qatar would recover to qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [ 11 ] As of 2020, Qatar and UAE have played 31 official matches, most of which was held competitively in the Arabian Gulf Cup, it started off with the United Arab Emirates beating Qatar 1–0. They only played 2 friendly games and the last friendly was held in 2011 which ended with an Emirati victory. In the 2019 AFC asian Cup, hosted by the UAE, Qatar overran the UAE for the first prison term since 2001 with the result 4–0, with dense tensions and violence occurred between two and Emirati supporters cheering anti-Qatari chants. [ 12 ]
Saudi Arabia [edit ]
Another major equal the UAE takes on Arabian Gulf Cup many times, the two teams have met in the AFC Asian Cup twice, first in the trailer truck finals of the 1992 edition which ended in a Saudi victory and second in the final of the 1996 version in which UAE hosted, the game ended in a scoreless draw which meant the game had to be decided in penalties, the game ended with Saudi Arabia taking home their 3rd style with the penalty scoreline being 4–2, this remains the only time the Emirates qualified for the concluding meanwhile this would besides be the last time the Saudis would win an asian Cup as they would lose the future two finals they qualified for in 2000 and 2007. When the countries meet in qualifier matches, the match-up has been nicknamed “ clash of titans ” as both countries have been some of the more successful teams in the arabian Peninsula. [ 13 ]
Nicknames [edit ]
The United Arab Emirates is known by supporters and the media as Al-Abyad, meaning The Whites which reference book to their white jersey and besides Eyal Zayed which means Zayed ‘s sons. In October 2012, the Asian Football Confederation official web site published an article about the UAE national team ‘s campaign to qualify for the 2015 AFC asian Cup, in which the team was referred to using a racial slur. This was the indirect solution of vandalism of the Wikipedia article on the team, and the AFC was forced to apologise. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
stadium [edit ]
As of 2021, UAE has played in 11 home stadiums. Most games have taken place at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Abu Dhabi ‘s Al Jazira Stadium and Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain as other venues .
Kit [edit ]
The UAE ‘s traditional family colors would be all white with some red trim while their away colors would be all red with some white trim, in 2019, the away colors were black for the beginning time in addition, there were some green tailored .
Results and fixtures [edit ]
2021 [edit ]
2022 [edit ]
current staff [edit ]
Last Update: December 2020 [ 17 ]
Doctor
Physiotherapist
Physiotherapist
Players [edit ]
current police squad [edit ]
The follow players were called up for the train camp in readiness for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. [ 18 ]
Caps and goals as of 10 December 2021 after the match against Qatar.
recent call-ups [edit ]
The following players have besides been called up to the police squad within the last 12 months.
Read more: Wikipedia
list of UAE squads [edit ]
player records [edit ]
- As of 10 December 2021[19]
- Players in bold are still active with United Arab Emirates.
competitive record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
AFC asian Cup [edit ]
FIFA Confederations Cup [edit ]
FIFA Confederations Cup
Year
Round
Position
1992 and 1995
Did not qualify
1997
Group stage
6th
3
1
0
2
2
8
1999 to 2017
Did not qualify
Total
Group stage
6th
3
1
0
2
2
8
asian Games [edit ]
Asian Games
Year
Result
GP
W
D
L
GS
GA
1974 to 1982
Did not enter
1986
Quarter-finals
5
3
2
0
7
4
1990
Did not enter
1994
Quarter-finals
4
1
2
1
6
5
1998
Group stage
4
1
1
2
5
10
Total
Quarter-finals
13
5
5
3
18
19
Gulf Cup [edit ]
Gulf Cup
Year
Place
1972
Third place
3
1
0
2
1
11
1974
Fourth place
4
1
1
2
5
9
1976
Fifth place
6
0
2
4
4
13
1979
Sixth place
6
1
0
5
5
18
1982
Third place
5
3
0
2
7
6
1984
Fourth place
6
2
3
1
5
4
1986
Runners-up
6
3
2
1
10
7
1988
Runners-up
6
3
2
1
7
4
1990
Fifth place
4
0
2
2
2
8
1992
Fourth place
5
3
0
2
4
3
1994
Runners-up
5
3
2
0
7
1
1996
Fourth place
5
1
3
1
5
5
1998
Third place
5
2
1
2
5
7
2002
Sixth place
5
1
0
4
3
7
2003
Fifth place
6
2
1
3
6
7
2004
Group stage
3
0
2
1
4
5
2007
Champions
5
4
0
1
8
1
2009
Group stage
3
1
1
1
3
4
2010
Semi-finals
4
1
2
1
3
2
2013
Champions
5
5
0
0
10
3
2014
Third place
5
2
2
1
7
5
2017
Runners-up
5
1
4
0
1
0
2019
Group stage
3
1
0
2
5
6
2022
TBD
Total
Champions
111
41
28
39
117
135
FIFA Arab Cup [edit ]
FIFA Arab Cup
Year
Result
1963
Did not enter
1964
1966
1985
1988
1992
1998
Fourth place
4
1
0
3
6
8
2002
Did not enter
2009
Cancelled
2012
Did not enter
2021
Quarter-Finals
4
2
0
2
3
7
Total
2/10
8
3
0
5
9
15
Pan Arab Games [edit ]
Pan Arab Games
Year
Round
1976
Did not enter
1985
Group stage
3
1
0
2
2
3
1997
Group stage
3
1
0
2
3
5
1999
Second round
5
1
2
2
5
5
2007
Fourth place
4
1
1
2
3
6
2011
Did not enter
Total
Fourth place
15
4
3
8
13
19
early Tournaments [edit ]
tete-a-tete record [edit ]
As of 10 December 2021 [ 20 ]