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Appearances
1994
First appearance
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White / Green
Saudi Arabia national football team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Nawaf Alaqidi
Mohammed Alowais
Ahmed Alkassar
Ali Majrashi
Ali Lajami
Abdulelah Alamri
Hassan Altambakti
Saud Abdulhamid
Nawaf Bu Washl
Hassan Kadish
Moteb Alharbi
Jehad Thikri
Mohammed Abu Alshamat
Nasser Aldawsari
Musab Aljuwayr
Abdullah Alkhaibari
Ziyad Aljohani
Ala Alhajji
Mohamed Kanno
Aiman Yahya
Feras Albrikan
Salem Aldawsari
Saleh Alshehri
Khalid Alghannam
Abdullah Alhamddan
Sultan Mandash
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
Saudi Arabia arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group H, representing AFC.
Giorgios Donis leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether KSA can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include Uruguay, Spain, Cape Verde. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
Saudi Arabia national football team
The Saudi Arabia national football team represents the country in senior men's international association football. The team is governed by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), the governing body for football in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, having won the AFC Asian Cup three times. Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia have won the AFC Asian Cup three times, reached a joint record six Asian Cup finals and have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on seven occasions since debuting at the 1994 tournament. Saudi Arabia are the first Asian team to reach the final of a senior FIFA competition at the 1992 King Fahd Cup, which would eventually become the FIFA Confederations Cup. Only Australia and Japan managed to repeat this feat in 1997 and 2001 respectively, though Australia achieved it when they were a member of the OFC. At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, under the leadership of Jorge Solari, Saudi Arabia beat both Belgium and Morocco in the group stage before falling to Sweden in the round of 16. Thus, they became the second Arab team in history to reach the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup after Morocco in 1986 and 2022, and one of the few Asian national football teams to accomplish such a feat to date. During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Saudi Arabia caused a large upset when they beat eventual champions Argentina 2–1, the first time Argentina lost to an Asian representative at the World Cup. However, Saudi Arabia then lost the following matches against Poland and Mexico to finish last. In 2027, Saudi Arabia will host the AFC Asian Cup, the first time that the nation has ever hosted a major international tournament. They will also host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
See Saudi Arabia fixtures and simulate their possible path to the final.
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