Bahraini national soccer team

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Bahrain
Bahrain Football Association logo
Nickname (s) Al-Ahmar ("The Reds")
Association al-Ittihad al-Bahraini li-curate al-qadam
confederacy AFC
Technical sponsor puma
Head coach PortugalPortugal Hélio Sousa (since 2019)
Record scorer Hussain Ali Ahmed (33)
Record player Salman Isa (144)
Home stadium Bahrain National Stadium
FIFA code BHR
FIFA rank 99th (1225 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
535 games
181 wins
150 draws
204 defeats
statistics
First international match Bahrain 4-4 Kuwait ( Baghdad , Iraq ; April 1, 1966 )
Bahrain 1932Bahrain KuwaitKuwait
Biggest win Bahrain 10-0 Indonesia ( Riffa , Bahrain ; February 29, 2012 )
BahrainBahrain IndonesiaIndonesia
Biggest defeat Iraq 10-1 Bahrain ( Baghdad , Iraq ; April 7, 1966 )
Iraq 1963Iraq Bahrain 1932Bahrain
Successes in tournaments
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals 6 ( first : 1988 )
Best results 4th place 2004
(As of December 8, 2019)
The Bahraini national soccer team at the World Cup qualifier against Australia on June 10, 2009

The Bahraini national soccer team is the official soccer selection of the Arab island state of Bahrain . In recent years Bahrain has celebrated the greatest successes in its football history and has now become one of the stronger teams in Asia.

history

At the 2004 Asian Cup in China , they finished fourth after losing 4-2 to Iran . Previously, they failed in the semi-finals against Japan . The decisive goal to make it 4: 3 fell in extra time. Nevertheless, they could look forward to a golden trophy: A'ala Hubail , star and goalscorer of the national team, won the golden shoe of best goalscorer together with Iranian Ali Karimi . He scored five goals. In the election for Asia's Player of the Year, Karimi snatched the title away from him. The second bearer of hope for the Bahrainis is A'ala's brother Mohamed Hubail . Both also play together in the club.

Bahrain has not yet managed to qualify for a World Cup. Until 16 November 2005, the Bahrainis could hope for the FIFA 2006 FIFA World Cup to qualify. After the kickers from the CIS country had won 1-0 in the first game against Uzbekistan , the game was canceled due to a serious referee's error (he gave an indirect free kick instead of a penalty re- kick ). On October 8, 2005 there was a rescheduling in Tashkent , which ended 1: 1. The second leg in Manama on October 12th ended 0-0, and so Bahrain qualified for two more play-offs against Trinidad and Tobago due to the higher number of away goals . The first leg was played in Trinidad and Tobago, the second leg in Bahrain. Since Bahrain lost the second leg on November 16, 2005 with 0: 1, after the first leg had ended 1: 1 on November 12, 2005, the opponent Trinidad and Tobago could qualify for the Soccer World Cup 2006, while the Bahraini team with it failed in qualification. However, a goal was denied in the second leg in stoppage time in the second half, against which Bahrain lodged a protest at FIFA. However, this was rejected for formal reasons. On February 20, 2006 coach Luka Peruzović was sacked after a 3-1 loss to Australia.

Despite the defeat, Bahrain reached the finals of the 2007 Asian Cup, but in the opening game they lost 2-1 to the hosts from Indonesia. After beating South Korea, the Bahrainis also lost their third game against Saudi Arabia 4-0 and were eliminated in the preliminary round.

In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup , Bahrain first played against Japan, Oman and Thailand and moved into the next round as the second-placed team. There Bahrain met Australia, Japan, Qatar and Uzbekistan. Third in the group, the team reached the relegation against Saudi Arabia, where they qualified for the relegation games against New Zealand with a 0-0 home and 2-2 draw in Saudi Arabia. With a 0-0 home game and a 0-1 win in New Zealand, Bahrain again missed their first qualification.

In 2019 , Bahrain won the Golf Cup title for the first time . In the same year, Bahrain also won the title in the 2019 West Asian Cup for the first time .

Trainer

World championships

Asian Championships

  • 1972 : not qualified
  • 1976 : withdrawn
  • 1980 : Withdrawn during qualification
  • 1988 : preliminary round
  • 1996 : withdrawn
  • 2000 : not qualified
  • 2004 : fourth place
  • 2007 : preliminary round
  • 2011 : preliminary round
  • 2015 : preliminary round
  • 2019 : Round of 16

West Asian Championships

Record player

(As of December 8, 2019)

Record player
Games player Period Gates
156 Salman Isa Ghuloom 2001–2012 25th
145 Mohamed Husain Hasan Bahzad 1997-2015 11
126 Mohamed Ahmed Youssef Salmeen 2000-2013 11
123 Sayed Jaffer 2004- 00
120 Ismail Abdullatif Hasan 2005- 41
113 Abdulla Rahman al-Marzooqi 2001-2013 10
112 Husain Ali Baba Mohamed 2001-2016 06th
103 Faouzi Mubarak Aaish 2001-2015 19th
101 Husain Ali Ahmed 1998-2013 33
Record goal scorers
Gates player Period Games
41 Ismail Abdullatif Hasan 2005- 120
33 Husain Ali Ahmed 1998-2013 101
26th Ala'a Hubail 2003-2009 074
26th Talal Yousef Mohammed Mahmood 1998-2009 096
25th Salman Isa Ghuloom 2001–2012 156
19th Faouzi Mubarak Aaish 2001-2015 103

Source: rsssf.com: Bahrain - Record International Players (list incomplete)

See also

Web links

Commons : Bahraini national soccer team  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Bahrain - Record International Players ( English ) rsssf.com. December 23, 2019. Accessed March 23, 2020.