Football World Cup 1998 / Saudi Arabia

This article covers the Saudi Arabian national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

Round 1

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	18: 1	16
2	Malaysia	5: 3	11
3	Taiwan	4:13	4th
4th	Bangladesh	4:14	3

Taiwan	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 2
Malaysia	-	Saudi Arabia	0-0
Bangladesh	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 4
Saudi Arabia	-	Bangladesh	3-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Malaysia	3-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Taiwan	6-0

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	8: 6	14th
2	Iran	13: 8	12
3	People's Republic of China	11:14	11
4th	Qatar	7:10	10
5	Kuwait	7: 8	8th

Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	2: 1
Iran	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
China	-	Saudi Arabia	1-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Qatar	1-0
Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 1
Saudi Arabia	-	Iran	1-0
Saudi Arabia	-	China	1: 1
Qatar	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1

Saudi Arabian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ	al-Ta'ee	08/02/1972	3	0	0	0
21st	Hussein al-Sadiq	al-Qadisiyah	10/15/1973	0	0	0	0
22nd	Tisir al-Antaif	al-Ettifaq	02/16/1974	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Muhammad al-Jahani	al-Ahli	09/28/1974	3	0	0	0
3	Mohammad al-Khilaiwi	al-Ittihad	09/01/1971	2	0	0	1
4th	Abdullah Zubromawi	al-Ahli	November 15, 1973	3	0	0	0
5	Ahmad Jamil Madani	al-Ittihad	01/06/1970	0	0	0	0
13	Hussein Suleimani	al-Ahli	01/21/1977	3	0	0	0
17th	Ahmad ad-Duchi	al-Hilal	10/25/1976	1	0	0	0
19th	Abdulaziz al-Janoubi	al-Nasr	07/21/1974	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Fuad Amin	al-Shabab	October 13, 1972	3	0	0	0
7th	Ibrahim al-Shahrani	al-Ahli	07/21/1974	3	0	1	0
8th	Ubaid ad-Dusari	al-Wahda	10/02/1975	1	0	0	0
12	Ibrahim al-Harbi	al-Nasr	07/10/1975	2	0	0	0
14th	Khalid al-Muwallid	al-Ahli	11/23/1971	2	0	1	0
16	Khamis al-Owairan	al-Hilal	09/08/1973	3	0	1	0
18th	Nawaf at-Tamyat	al-Hilal	06/28/1976	1	0	0	0
20th	Hamzah Saleh	al-Ahli	04/19/1967	3	0	0	0
striker
9	Sami al-Jabir	al-Hilal	12/11/1972	3	1	1	0
10	Said al-Uwairan	al-Shabab	08/19/1967	2	0	0	0
11	Fahad al-Mehallel	al-Shabab	11/11/1970	1	0	0	0
15th	Youssuf al-Thunayan	al-Hilal	11/18/1963	2	1	0	0
Trainer
	Carlos Alberto Parreira		02/27/1943

Games of the Saudi Arabian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	9: 1	9
2	Denmark	3: 3	4th
3	South Africa	3: 6	2
4th	Saudi Arabia	2: 7	1

• Saudi Arabia - Denmark 0: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert ( Lens )

Spectators: 38,140

Referee: Javier Castrilliu ( Argentina )

Goals: 0: 1 Rieper (68.)

• France - Saudi Arabia 4: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )

Spectators: 80,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico )

Goals: 1-0 Henry (36th), 2-0 Trezeguet (68th), 3-0 Henry (77th), 4-0 Lizarazu (85th)

• South Africa - Saudi Arabia 2: 2 (1: 1)

Stadium: Parc Lescure ( Bordeaux )

Spectators: 31,800

Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten

Goals: 1-0 Bartlett (19th), 1: 1 al-Jabir (45th) 11m , 1: 2 Al-Thunayan (74th) 11m , 2: 2 Bartlett (94th + ') 11m

Group C was characterized by the confident form of the host. South Africa and Saudi Arabia were cleared without any problems. Even the Danes, who were still weak up to this point, were defeated 2-1 by the French in an exciting game. Like Cameroon, Saudi Arabia was unable to match the performance of the last World Cup. The "desert princes", who surprised in 1994 with attractive football and reaching the last sixteen, were a disappointment.