Football World Cup 1994 / Saudi Arabia

This article covers the Saudi Arabian national soccer team at the 1994 World Cup . It was Saudi Arabia's first participation in the finals of a soccer World Cup.

qualification

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	20: 01	10
2	Kuwait	21: 04	8th
3	Malaysia	16: 07	6th
4th	Macau	01:46	0

Macau	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 6
Malaysia	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	0-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Macau	8-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Malaysia	3-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	2-0

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	8: 06	7th
2	South Korea	9: 04	6th
3	Japan	7: 04	6th
4th	Iraq	9: 09	5
5	Iran	8:11	4th
6th	North Korea	5:12	2

Saudi Arabia	-	Japan	0-0
North Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 2
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
Iraq	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
Saudi Arabia	-	Iran	4: 3

Saudi Arabian contingent

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ	Al-Ta'ee	08/02/1972
21st	Hussein Al-Sadiq	al-Qadisiya al-Chubar	10/15/1973
22nd	Ibrahim Al-Helwah	Al-Riyadh	08/18/1972
Defense
2	Abdullah Al-Dosari	Al-Ittihad	11/01/1969
3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi	Al-Ittihad	08/21/1971
4th	Abdullah Zubromawi	Al-Ahli	November 15, 1973
5	Ahmad Jamil Madani	Al-Ittihad	01/06/1970
13	Mohammad Al-Jawad	Al-Ahli	11/28/1962
15th	Saleh Al-Dawod	Al-Shabab	09/24/1968
17th	Yassir Al-Taifi	Al-Riyadh	05/10/1971
18th	Awad Al-Anazi	Al-Shabab	09/24/1968
midfield
6th	Fuad Amin	Al-Shabab	October 13, 1972
8th	Fahd al-Harifi al-Bischi	Al-Nasr	09/10/1965
14th	Khalid Al-Muwallid	Al-Ahli	11/23/1971
16	Talal Jebreen	Al-Riyadh	09/25/1973
19th	Hamzah Saleh	Al-Ahli	04/19/1967
attack
7th	Fahad Al-Ghesheyan	Al-Hilal	08/01/1973
9	Majid Mohammed Abdullah	Al-Nasr	01/11/1959
10	Said al-Uwairan	Al-Shabab	08/19/1967
11	Fahad Al-Mehallel	Al-Shabab	11/11/1970
12	Sami al-Jabir	Al-Hilal	12/11/1972
20th	Hamzah Falatah	Al Ohud Club	10/09/1972
Trainer
	Jorge Solari		11/11/1941

Games of the Saudi Arabian team

Preliminary round

→ Main article : Football World Cup 1994 / Group F

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
2.	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
4th	Morocco	3	0	0	3	002: 500	−3	00

Mon, June 20, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. in Washington, DC
Netherlands	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 1 (0: 1)
Sat June 25, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in East Rutherford
Saudi Arabia	-	Morocco	2: 1 (2: 1)
Wed. June 29, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in Washington, DC
Belgium	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1 (0: 1)

In Group F, three teams took the first three places with equal points, each with two wins. All games ended with successes of one goal difference. With an identical point and goal difference, the Netherlands were first ahead of Saudi Arabia, which lost 1: 2 in a direct comparison against Oranje . Belgium moved into the round of 16 as the third team, beating their neighbors 1-0. Morocco did well in fourth place despite the three defeats, because they were extremely close with two 1: 2 and one 0: 1.

Round of 16

Sat June 25, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in East Rutherford
Saudi Arabia	-	Sweden	1: 3 (0: 1)

Sweden started well in the encounter against outsider Saudi Arabia, who had shown surprisingly strong performances in the preliminary round. With goals from Dahlin and Kennet Andersson, the Scandinavians took a 2-0 lead. However, the Saudis came up to 1: 2 again four minutes before the final whistle, before Andersson again set the end of the game with the 3: 1.