Sports
 Live Today
  - ALL TIMES ARE G.M.T
 
 Up coming WC games!


FOOTBALL - World CUP
. LIVE from 17:00

 Events
 
FOOTBALL
 Champions League
 UEFA Cup

 

ITALY Serie A
 
Fixtures, Standings,  Transfers, Results, Transfers

 

SPAIN La Liga

Fixtures, Standings,  Transfers, Results, Transfers

 

ENGLAND Premiership

Fixtures, Standings,  Transfers, Results, Transfers


 International
 
EURO 2004        Lebanese Basketball
World Cup 2006  National Team
 Game Zone


 

 

   



 

Saudi Arabia (KSA)

 

Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Profile

Founded 1959
Affiliated 1959
WC participations 3 (1994, 1998, 2002)
WC honours Last sixteen (1994)
Continental Titles Asian Cup 3 times (1984, 1988, 1996), Gulf Cup twice (1994, 2002)
Facts

 
  • Saudi Arabia qualified for their third successive FIFA World Cup™ finals in 2002. The royal family had forbidden football in the kingdom until 1951. In 1994, shock wins over Belgium and Morocco saw them reach the second round, where Sweden proved too strong and triumphed 3-1.

     
  • Four years later they failed to progress from the group stage after being overpowered by Denmark and eventual winners France.

     
  • In 2002, Saudi Arabia opened their tournament with an 8-0 loss at the hands of Germany. Subsequent, though more moderate, defeats to Cameroon and Republic of Ireland were merely exercises in damage limitation.

 
Players:
1 AL DEAYEA Mohammed (GK)
2 DOKHI Ahmed
3 TUKAR Redha
4 AL MONTASHARI Hamad
5 AL QADI Naif
6 AL GHAMDI Omar
7 AMEEN Mohammed
8 NOOR Mohammed
9 AL JABER Sami
10 AL SHLHOUB Mohammad
11 AL HARTHI Saad
12 KHATHRAN Abdulaziz
13 SULIMANI Hussein
14 KHARIRI Saud
15 AL BAHRI Ahmed
16 AZIZ Khaled
17 AL ANBAR Mohammed
18 AL TEMYAT Nawaf
19 MASSAD Mohammed
20 AL KAHTANI Yaser
21 ZAID Mabrouk (GK)
22 KHOJAH Mohammad (GK)
23 MOUATH Malek

 
Coach: Marcos Cesar Dias Castro, better known as Paqueta
Nationality : Brazilian  Date of Birth : 27 August 1958

 
General Information
FIFA Trigramme: KSA
Country: Saudi Arabia
Country (official name): Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Sa'udiyah Continent: Asia
Capital: Riyadh
Major cities: Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Dammam, At Ta'if, Al Hufuf, Haradh Currency: Rial
Official languages: Arabic
Motto: Allah is the only God and Mohammed was his prophet.

Population (in millions): 24.29
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 10,500
Density (inhabitants per km2): 12.39
Average age (in years): 18.8
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 68.73

Internet code: .sa
Number of internet users: 1.453 million (2002)


 

Today
 

 Beirut Weather

 

 E-Mail Login
 
User ID
  Password
 

 

New users sign up!!

  
World Cup Chat!
 
  
World Cup Boards
 
  
 World Cup Calendar