2022 World Cup Team Profile: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia National Team (Twitter @@SaudiNT_EN)

JAKARTA - Football is the most popular sport in Asian countries, as well as around the world. The sport has come to prominence in recent years, and several Saudi Arabian players are currently competing in Europe. The Saudi Football Federation is in charge of the Saudi Arabia national football team. In addition, the Saudi Football Federation oversees the Saudi league and Arab Cup.

Saudi Arabia became the first member of the AFC to reach the final of the FIFA senior competition in 1992 when they lost to Argentina in the King Fahd Cup.

Profile overview

Full name: Saudi Arabia national football team Nickname: The Green, The Green Falcons, Arabian Falcons Managed by: Saudi Arabia Football Federation Founded: 1956\ Colors: Green and white Confederation: AFC (Asia) Head coach: Herve Renard Captain: Salman Al-Faraj Most appearances: Mohamed Al-Deayea (178) Top scorer: Majed Abdullah (72) FIFA Ranking: 49 as of 31 March 2022 Regional ranking: 5 (AFC ) Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium FIFA Code: KSA Coach

Herve Renard is a French football coach and former professional player who is currently the manager of the Saudi Arabia team.

Herve Renard (Twitter @SaudiNT_EN)

Profile overview

Full name: Herve Renard Date of birth: September 30, 1968 Age: 54 in 2022 Place of birth: Aix-les-Bains, France Nationality: Angola-France Height in centimeters: 184 Team captain

In addition to the coach, the captain, who is generally older or more competent than the other players, is an important member of the team. He is Salman Al-Faraj.

Profile overview

Full name: Salman Al-Faraj Date of birth: 1 August 1989 Age: 33 years old (as of 2022) Place of birth: Medina, Saudi Arabia Height in centimeters: 179 Club: Al Hilal SFC Position: Midfielder Number: 7 Saudi Arabia in the World Cup

The Green Falcons made their World Cup debut in 1994 in the round of 16 and finished 12th. They then qualified again in 1998, 2002 and 2018 but failed to take home the trophy. This year, they again qualified for Qatar.

trophy

Although Herve Renard's side are yet to take home the World Cup, they have tasted victories in other competitions such as the AFC Asian Cup and the FIFA Arab Cup. Here are the details:

AFC Asian Cup - (1984, 1988, 1996) Arabian Gulf Cup - (1994, 2002, 2003) Arab Cup - (1998, 2002) Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 - Gold Medal Provisional Squad 2022 World Cup

The deadline for announcing the World Cup teams is October 20, 30 days before the tournament starts. Who are the Saudi Arabian national football team players? The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against China and Australia.

Goalkeeper

Amin Bukhari (Al-Nassr) Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Hilal) Fawaz Al-Qarni (Al-Shabab) Mohammed Al Rubaie (Al-Ahli) Defender Hassan Tambakti (Al-Shabab) Abdullah Madu (Al-Nassr) Ahmed Sharahili (Al-Shabab) Ziyad Al-Sahafi (Al-Ittihad) Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal) Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal) Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal) Abdulelah Al-Amri (Al-Nassr) Moteb Al -Harbi (Al-Shabab) Midfielder Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal) Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab) Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal) Ali Al-Hassan (Al-Nassr) Sami Al-Najei (Al-Nassr )\ Khalid Al-Ghannam (Al-Nassr) Abdulrahman Ghareeb (Al-Ahli) Abdulrahman Al-Aboud (Al-Ittihad) Abdulaziz Al-Bishi (Al-Ittihad) Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal) Faha d Al-Muwallad (Al -Ittihad) Striker Firas al-Buraikan (Al-Fateh) Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal) Abdullah Al-Hamdan (Al-Hilal)

Line-up Saudi Arabia Venezuela #GreenFalcons pic.twitter.com/iyMENf5w6H

— Saudi National Team (@SaudiNT_EN) June 9, 2022

FIFA Ranking

According to the FIFA rankings as of March 2022, The Green Falcons sit in 49th position with 1444.69 points, just after Romania which has 1446.54 points. The team's highest FIFA ranking was 21st in 2004, while the lowest was 126th in 2012.

2022 World Cup

At the World Cup in Qatar, Saudi Arabia finished in Group C with Argentina, Mexico and Poland. Here is the schedule for their group stage matches:

Tuesday, 22 November 2022Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: 17:00 WIB Mexico vs Poland: 23:00 WIB Saturday, 26 November 2022 Argentina vs Mexico: 23:00 WIB Sunday, 27 November 2022Poland vs Saudi Arabia: 02:00 WIB Thursday, 1 December 2022Poland vs Argentina: 02:00 WIB Saudi Arabia vs Mexico: 02:00 WIB