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United Arab Emirates
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Al Sukoor (The Falcons)
Association	U.A.E. Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bruno Metsu, (2006-)
Most caps	Adnan Al Talyani (164)
Top scorer	Adnan Al Talyani (53)
Home stadium	Jeque Zayed Stadium
FIFA code	UAE
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	99
Highest	42 (November 1998)
Lowest	111 (October 2003)
First international
	UAE 1 - 0 Qatar ; (Saudi Arabia; March 17, 1972)
Biggest win
	Brunei 0 - 12 UAE ; (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; April 14, 2001)
Biggest defeat
	UAE 0 - 8 Brazil ; (Abu Dhabi, UAE; November 12, 2005)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1990)
Best result	Round 1, 1990
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	1st round 1997

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The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It made one World Cup appearance, in 1990, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. The side rebounded to take fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2005 the UAE football team jointly won the Kirin Cup along with the Peruvian team. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1-0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history.

World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 - Withdrew
1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 1
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

1956 to 1976 - Did not enter
1980 - champs
1984 - 2nd place
1988 - Round 1
1992 - Fourth place
1996 - Runners-Up
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Round 1
2007 -

Achievements

Qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
Second Place in The 1996 Asian Cup
Reached the Quarter Finals of The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
Kirin Cup Winner in 2005
GCC Under-17 Tournament winner in 2006
Winners of 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations
Winners of the AFC FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers Tournament 2007
4th place in Ghana International Competition

Current National Team

Squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Kuwait on February 6 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Majed Naser	1 April, 1984	Al-Wasl
2	2DF	Tariq Hasan	18 March, 1983	Al-Wasl
3	2DF	Obaid Khalifa	13 April, 1985	Al-Ahli
4	3MF	Subait Khater	27 February, 1980	Al-Ain FC
5	2DF	Mohammed Qassim	9 November, 1981	Al-Ahli
6	2DF	Rashid Abdulrahman	20 October, 1975	Al-Jazeera
7	4FW	Mohamed Al Shehhi	28 March, 1988	Al-Wahda
8	2DF	Haidar Alo Ali	25 December, 1979	Al-Wahda
9	3MF	Saif Mohammed	15 September, 1983	Al-Shaab
	1GK	Ismail Rabee	11 January, 1983	Al-Shabab
	2DF	Bashir Saeed	28 June, 1981	Al-Wahda
	3MF	Darwish Ahmed		Al-Nasr
	3MF	Ahmed Mohamed Mubarak	10 June, 1988	Al-Jazeera
	3MF	Abdullah Al Noubi		Al-Wahda
	3MF	Hilal Saeed	12 May, 1977	Al-Ain
	4FW	Ahmad Khalil		Al-Ahli
	4FW	Faisal Khalil	4 December, 1982	Al-Ahli
	4FW	Abdullah Malallah		Emirates
	4FW	Ismail Matar	7 April, 1983	Al-Wahda
	4FW	Nawaf Mubarak	31 August, 1981	Sharjah FC
	4FW	Suroor Salim		Al-Shabab

Recent Call Ups 2007

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2	2DF	Humaid Fakher	3 November, 1978	Al-Ain
5	3MF	Ali Abbas	12 December, 1979	Al-Ahli
11	4FW	Saeed Hassan Al Kas	20 February, 1976	Sharjah FC
12	1GK	Waleed Salim	28 october, 1980	Al-Ain
18	3MF	Amir Mubarak	28 December, 1987	Al-Nasr
4	2DF	Ali Msarri	9 October, 1981	Al-Ain
	2DF	Mohammed Khamis	11 March, 1976	Al-Nasr
	2DF	Yousef Jaber	25 February, 1985	Al-Ahli
	3MF	Essa Ali	2 April, 1981	Al-Wasl
	3MF	Abdulrahim Jumaa	23 May, 1979	Al-Wahda
	3MF	Khaled Darwish	17 October, 1979	Al-Wasl
	4FW	Mohamed Omer		Al Jazeera Club
	2DF	Adel Abdulaziz		Al-Ahli
	4FW	Salim Saad		Al-Shabbab
	3MF	Salim Khamis		Al-Ahli
	4FW	Mohammed Rashid Suroor		Al-Ahli

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v t e International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 African Nations Championship Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) Intercontinental (Arab)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (ASEAN, Central, East, South, West) Interregional (AFF-EAFF) Intercontinental (Arab)
Europe	UEFA – Euro U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League Interregional (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
North & Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League
Oceania	OFC – Men's Nations Cup U-19 U-16/U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15 Interregional (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
Non-FIFA	CONIFA – CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup IIGA – Island Games ODEBO – Bolivarian Games ODESUR – South American Games South American Board of New Federations (COSANFF) World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA)
Games	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Central America Games Central America and Caribbean Games East Asian Games Jeux de la Francophonie Goodwill Games Indian Ocean Island Games Islamic Solidarity Games Lusofonia Games Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football

v t e National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya Manchukuo North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA