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{{Short description|Participation of Saudi Arabia’s national football team in the FIFA World Cup}}File:2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony (2018-06-14) 15.jpg|thumb|Russia vs Saudi Arabia match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup2018 FIFA World CupThis is a record of Saudi Arabia’s results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf" title="web.archive.org/web/20070614094554www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf">2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.Saudi Arabia has qualified for a total of seven FIFA World Cup tournaments, having played in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022, and 2034 as hosts. Their best performance was in 1994, where they reached the round of 16.

FIFA World Cup record

{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: center;“!colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record!Year!Round!Position!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

Uruguay}} 1930 FIFA World Cup	>	Did not enter

Italy	1934 FIFA World Cup>1934

France}} 1938

Brazil	1950 FIFA World Cup>1950

Switzerland}} 1954

Sweden}} 1958

Chile}} 1962

England}} 1966

Mexico}} 1970

West Germany}} 1974

Argentina}} 1978 FIFA World Cup	>	Did not qualify

Spain}} 1982

Mexico}} 1986

{{flagicon	1990 FIFA World Cup>1990

United States of America}} 1994|Round of 16|12th|4|2|0|2|5|6

France	1998 FIFA World Cup>1998	Group stage|28th|3|0|1|2|2|7

South Korea	Japan}} 2002|32nd|3|0|0|3|0|12

Germany}} 2006|28th|3|0|1|2|2|7

South Africa}} 2010 FIFA World Cup	>	Did not qualify

Brazil}} 2014

Russia}} 2018|Group stage|26th|3|1|0|2|2|7

Qatar}} 2022|Group stage|25th|3|1|0|2|3|5

Canada}} {{flagicon	United States}} 2026	To be determined

Morocco}} {{flagicon	Spain}} 2030	To be determined

{{flagicon	2034 FIFA World Cup>2034	Qualified as hosts

United Nations}} 2038	To be determined

!Total!Round of 16!6/26!19!4!2!13!14!44“>

List of matches{| class“wikitable sortable” style@text-align:left;”

!World Cup!width=110|Round!width=150|Opponent!width=60|Score!width=50|Result!width=120|Venue!Saudi Arabia scorers

1994 FIFA World Cup	>	1994 FIFA World Cup Group F	>	NED}}	align=center	1994 FIFA World Cup Group F#Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia>1–2	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Washington, D.C.>Washington	Anwar

MAR}}	align=center	1994 FIFA World Cup Group F#Saudi Arabia vs Morocco>2–1	align=center bgcolor=“#bbffbb”		East Rutherford, New Jersey>East Rutherford	Sami Al-Jaber	, Fuad Anwar>Anwar

BEL}}	align=center	1994 FIFA World Cup Group F#Belgium vs Saudi Arabia>1–0	align=center bgcolor=“#bbffbb”		Washington, D.C.>Washington	Al-Owairan

1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#>Round of 16	{{fb		1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Saudi Arabia vs Sweden	>	L	Dallas	Al-Ghesheyan

1998 FIFA World Cup	>	1998 FIFA World Cup Group C	>	DEN}}	align=center	1998 FIFA World Cup Group C#Saudi Arabia vs Denmark>0–1	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Lens, Pas-de-Calais>Lens

FRA		1998 FIFA World Cup Group C#France vs Saudi Arabia	>	L	Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis	>|

RSA}}	align=center	1998 FIFA World Cup Group C#South Africa vs Saudi Arabia>2–2	align=center bgcolor=“#ffffbb”		Bordeaux>	Sami Al-Jaber>Al-Jaber, Al-Thunayan

2002 FIFA World Cup	>	2002 FIFA World Cup Group E	>	GER}}	align=center	2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Germany vs Saudi Arabia>0–8	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Sapporo>|

CMR}}	align=center	2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Cameroon vs Saudi Arabia>0–1	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Saitama, Saitama>Saitama

IRL}}	align=center	2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Saudi Arabia vs Republic of Ireland>0–3	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Yokohama>|

2006 FIFA World Cup	>	2006 FIFA World Cup Group H	>	TUN}}	align=center	2006 FIFA World Cup Group H#Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia>2–2	align=center bgcolor=“#ffffbb”		Munich>	Yasser Al Qahtani>Al-Qahtani, Al-Jaber

UKR		2006 FIFA World Cup Group H#Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine	>	L	Hamburg

ESP}}	align=center	2006 FIFA World Cup Group H#Saudi Arabia vs Spain>0–1	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Kaiserslautern>|

2018 FIFA World Cup	>	2018 FIFA World Cup Group A	>	RUS}}	align=center	2018 FIFA World Cup Group A#Russia vs Saudi Arabia>0–5	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Moscow>|

URU}}	align=center	2018 FIFA World Cup Group A#Saudi Arabia vs Egypt>0–1	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		Rostov-on-Don>|

EGY}}	align=center	2018 FIFA World Cup Group A#Saudi Arabia vs Egypt>2–1	align=center bgcolor=“#bbffbb”		Volgograd>	Salem Al-Dawsari	, Salman Al-Faraj>Al-Faraj

2022 FIFA World Cup	>	2022 FIFA World Cup Group C	>	ARG}}	align=center	2022 FIFA World Cup Group C#Argentina vs Saudi Arabia>2–1	align=center bgcolor=“#bbffbb”		Lusail>	Saleh Al-Shehri>Al-Shehri, S. Al-Dawsari

POL}}	align=center	2022 FIFA World Cup Group C#Poland vs Saudi Arabia>0–2	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”		|

MEX}}	align=center	2022 FIFA World Cup Group C#Saudi Arabia vs Mexico>1–2	align=center bgcolor=“#ffbbbb”			Salem Al-Dawsari>S. Al-Dawsari

Record players

{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: left;”!Rank!Player!Matches!World Cups

1	Mohamed Al-Deayea	align=center	|1994, 1998 and 2002

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2	Sami Al-Jaber>	9	1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006

Abdullah Zubromawi>	9	1994, 1998 and 2002

Hussein Abdulghani>	9	1998, 2002 and 2006

5	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi>	6	1994 and 1998

Khaled Al-Muwallid>	6	1994 and 1998

Saeed Al-Owairan>	6	1994 and 1998

Fuad Anwar Amin>	6	1994 and 1998

Hamzah Saleh>	6	1994 and 1998

Ibrahim Al-Shahrani>	6	1998 and 2002

Nawaf Al-Temyat>	6	1998, 2002 and 2006

Redha Tukar>	6	2002 and 2006

Salem Al-Dawsari>	6	2018 and 2022

Top goalscorers

Sami Al-Jaber is not only the most successful Saudi striker at the FIFA World Cup to date, he also managed to score in World Cups twelve years apart (1994 and 2006). He shares this record with eight other players, among them Pelé, Diego Maradona, Miroslav Klose, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: left;”!Rank!Player!Goals!World Cups

1	Sami Al-Jaber	align=center	|1994, 1998 and 2006

Salem Al-Dawsari>	3	2018 (1) and 2022 (2)

3	Fuad Anwar Amin	align=center	|1994

4	Saeed Al-Owairan>	1	1994

Fahad Al-Ghesheyan>	1	1994

Yousuf Al-Thunayan>	1	1998

Yasser Al-Qahtani>	1	2006

Salman Al-Faraj>	1	2018

Saleh Al-Shehri>	1	2022

Squads

{{Saudi Arabia squad 1994 FIFA World Cup}}{{Saudi Arabia squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}{{Saudi Arabia squad 2002 FIFA World Cup}}{{Saudi Arabia squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}{{Saudi Arabia squad 2018 FIFA World Cup}}{{Saudi Arabia squad 2022 FIFA World Cup}}

See also

• Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Saudi Arabia at the AFC Asian Cup

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

• www.fifa.com/associations/association=ksa/" title="web.archive.org/web/20070613080708www.fifa.com/associations/association=ksa/">Saudi Arabia at FIFA

{{Saudi Arabia national football team}}{{Countries at the FIFA World Cup}}