Asia · AFC

Saudi Arabia (2026)

Al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya

Matches: 12; 12 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 5-3-4; 5 W · 3 D · 4 L
Goals: 12; 13 against
Goal difference: -1

General Information

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Founded: 1956
FIFA entry: 1956
Average height in 2026: 1.78 m
Average age in 2026: 27.8 years
Confederation: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Continent: Asia
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

No jersey for this year

Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Hervé Renard(Coach)

Date of birth: 30 September 1968
Place of birth: Aix-Les-Bains, France
Matches: 2 (0 official · 2 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Sarmad Urs

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Giorgos Donis(Coach)

Date of birth: 20 October 1969
Place of birth: Frankfurt, Germany
Height: 1.84 m
Matches: 10 (7 official · 3 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Saudi Arabia in 2026

41 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers4
Mohammed Al-Owais	10 October 1991	Goalkeeper	Al-Ula FC	9	1	0
Nawaf Al-Aqidi	10 May 2000	Goalkeeper	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	2	0	0
Ahmed Al-Kassar	8 May 1991	Goalkeeper	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	1	0	0
Abdulquddus Atiah	1 March 1997	Goalkeeper	Al-Taawon Burayda	0	1	0
Defenders15
Abdulelah Al-Amri	15 January 1997	Centre Back	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	9	1	1
Moteb Al-Harbi	19 February 2000	Left Back	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	7	3	0
Saud Abdulhamid	18 July 1999	Right Back	RC Lens	7	0	0
Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat	11 August 2002	Right Back	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	6	4	0
Hassan Al-Tambakti	9 February 1999	Centre Back	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	6	1	0
Nawaf Boushal	16 September 1999	Right Back	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	5	3	0
Hassan Kadesh Mahboob	26 September 1992	Left Back	Al-Ittihad Jidda	4	2	1
Ali Lajami	24 April 1996	Centre Back	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	3	4	0
Jehad Thakri	21 July 2001	Centre Back	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	3	2	0
Mohammed Mahzari	19 May 2002	Right Back	Al-Taawon Burayda	1	3	0
Zakaria Siraj Al-Hawsawi	11 January 2001	Left Back	Al-Ahli Jidda	1	1	0
Muteb Al-Mufarrij	19 August 1996	Centre Back	Al-Taawon Burayda	1	1	0
Rayan Hamidou	13 April 2002	Right Back	Al-Ahli Jidda	1	1	0
Ali Majrashi	1 October 1999	Right Back	Al-Ahli Jidda	0	3	0
Khalifah Al-Dawsari	2 January 1999	Centre Back	Neom SC	0	1	0
Midfielders10
Mohamed Kanno	22 September 1994	Centre Midfielder	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	9	2	0
Nasser Al-Dawsari	19 December 1998	Centre Midfielder	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	7	3	0
Abdullah Al-Khaibari	16 August 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	6	2	0
Musab Al-Juwayr	20 June 2003	Centre Midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	5	3	0
Ziyad Al-Johani	11 November 2001	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Ahli Jidda	2	2	0
Alaa Al-Hejji	3 December 1995	Centre Midfielder	Neom SC	1	6	0
Ayman Yahya Salem	14 May 2001	Right Midfielder	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	1	3	0
Salman Al-Faraj	1 August 1989	Centre Midfielder	Neom SC	1	1	0
Naif Masoud	8 March 2001	Centre Midfielder	Al-Ahli Jidda	1	1	0
Mukhtar Ali	30 October 1997	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Ittihad Jidda	0	1	0
Forwards12
Firas Al-Buraikan	14 May 2000	Centre Forward	Al-Ahli Jidda	8	3	2
Sultan Mandash	17 October 1994	Right Winger	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	5	4	2
Salem Al-Dosari	19 August 1991	Left Winger	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	5	1	1
Abdullah Al-Hamdan	12 September 1999	Centre Forward	Al-Nassr ar-Riyāḍ	4	8	3
Saleh Waheeb Abu Al-Shamat	11 August 2002	Left Winger	Al-Ahli Jidda	3	2	0
Hammam Al-Hammami	30 January 2004	Right Winger	Al-Shabab ar-Riyāḍ	3	0	0
Khalid Al-Ghannam	7 November 2000	Left Winger	Al-Ettifaq ad-Dammām	2	3	0
Marwan Al-Sahafi	17 February 2004	Left Winger	Al-Ittihad Jidda	1	1	0
Abdullah Al-Salem	19 December 1992	Centre Forward	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	1	0	1
Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa	11 February 2004	Left Winger	Al-Kholood ar-Rass	1	0	0
Mohammed Al-Qahtani	23 July 2002	Right Winger	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	0	3	0
Saleh Al-Shehri	1 November 1993	Centre Forward	Al-Ittihad Jidda	0	3	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Saudi Arabia in 2026

12 matches

3 Oct 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Semi-final · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.QatarMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Qatar 0–03–2 pensWin
29 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.IraqMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Iraq 2–0Win
26 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.OmanMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Oman 3–0Win
23 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.KuwaitMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait 1–0Win
26 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group H · NRG StadiumAvs.Cape VerdeMatch report: Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia 0–0Draw
21 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group H · Mercedes-Benz StadiumAvs.SpainMatch report: Spain vs. Saudi Arabia 4–0Defeat
15 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group H · Hard Rock StadiumHvs.UruguayMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay 1–1Draw
9 Jun 2026Friendly · Toyota FieldHvs.SenegalMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Senegal 0–0Draw
5 Jun 2026Friendly · Q2 StadiumAvs.Puerto RicoMatch report: Puerto Rico vs. Saudi Arabia 0–3Win
30 May 2026Friendly · Sports Illustrated StadiumAvs.EcuadorMatch report: Ecuador vs. Saudi Arabia 2–1Defeat
31 Mar 2026Friendly · TSC ArenaAvs.SerbiaMatch report: Serbia vs. Saudi Arabia 2–1Defeat
27 Mar 2026Friendly · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.EgyptMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt 0–4Defeat

Match Progress for Saudi Arabia

5 W · 3 D · 4 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Saudi Arabia

142 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Kuwait	47	18	12	17	51
Bahrain	43	22	12	9	66
Qatar	43	20	14	9	53
Iraq	40	13	10	17	36
United Arab Emirates	39	24	8	7	57
Oman	31	22	4	5	56
Syria	25	13	9	3	41
China	21	10	5	6	29
South Korea	20	6	7	7	18
Yemen	19	17	2	0	55
Indonesia	19	14	4	1	52
Japan	18	5	2	11	13
Thailand	17	14	2	1	42
Jordan	17	10	1	6	23
Malaysia	14	11	2	1	33
Iran	14	6	4	4	13
Palestine	13	7	6	0	22
Singapore	12	10	2	0	33
Uzbekistan	12	7	1	4	27
Australia	12	2	4	6	12
North Korea	11	6	3	2	18
Lebanon	10	6	3	1	17
New Zealand	9	4	1	4	14
USA	8	2	2	4	8
Egypt	7	2	1	4	9
Mexico	7	0	1	6	3
Hong Kong	6	6	0	0	16
Zambia	6	4	1	1	8
Iceland	6	3	2	1	6
Jamaica	6	3	1	2	14
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	20
India	5	5	0	0	18
Trinidad & Tobago	5	3	1	1	10
Algeria	5	2	2	1	7
Tunisia	5	2	1	2	5
Morocco	5	2	0	3	4
Ghana	5	1	2	2	7
Argentina	5	1	2	2	5
Costa Rica	5	1	0	4	6
Brazil	5	0	0	5	3
Vietnam	4	4	0	0	13
Turkmenistan	4	3	1	0	7
Uruguay	4	1	2	1	5
South Africa	4	1	2	1	3
Mali	4	1	1	2	8
Finland	4	1	1	2	4
Cameroon	4	1	1	2	3
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	3
Poland	4	0	0	4	2
Spain	4	0	0	4	2
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	9
Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	0	7
North Yemen	3	3	0	0	4
Senegal	3	2	1	0	6
Tajikistan	3	2	1	0	5
North Macedonia	3	2	1	0	4
Greece	3	1	1	1	4
Estonia	3	1	1	1	3
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	1
Paraguay	3	0	3	0	1
Sweden	3	0	1	2	3
Colombia	3	0	1	2	1
Germany	3	0	0	3	1
Libya	3	0	0	3	1
Turkey	3	0	0	3	1
Denmark	3	0	0	3	0
East Timor	2	2	0	0	17
Macau	2	2	0	0	14
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	12
Bhutan	2	2	0	0	10
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	8
Taiwan	2	2	0	0	8
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	7
Sudan	2	2	0	0	5
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	4
Namibia	2	2	0	0	3
Togo	2	2	0	0	2
Uganda	2	1	1	0	3
Russia	2	1	0	1	4
DR Congo	2	1	0	1	3
Moldova	2	1	0	1	3
Gabon	2	1	0	1	1
South Yemen	2	1	0	1	1
Hungary	2	0	2	0	2
Nigeria	2	0	2	0	2
England	2	0	2	0	1
Chile	2	0	1	1	2
Czechia	2	0	1	1	1
Ecuador	2	0	1	1	1
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	1
Slovenia	2	0	1	1	0
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1
Portugal	2	0	0	2	0
Tanzania	1	1	0	0	8
Cambodia	1	1	0	0	7
Nepal	1	1	0	0	7
Laos	1	1	0	0	4
Congo	1	1	0	0	3
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	0	3
Gambia	1	1	0	0	3
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	3
Comoros	1	1	0	0	3
Algeria (Olympic)	1	1	0	0	3
Canada	1	1	0	0	2
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	2
Northern Cyprus	1	1	0	0	2
Morocco (U23)	1	1	0	0	2
Sudan (B)	1	1	0	0	2
Algeria (B)	1	1	0	0	2
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0	1
Haiti	1	1	0	0	1
Somalia	1	1	0	0	1
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	1
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	2
Scotland	1	0	1	0	2
Albania	1	0	1	0	1
Belarus	1	0	1	0	1
Panama	1	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	1
United Arab Emirates (Olympic)	1	0	1	0	1
Angola	1	0	1	0	0
Cape Verde	1	0	1	0	0
Honduras	1	0	1	0	0
Egypt (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	2
Italy	1	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	1
Serbia	1	0	0	1	1
Wales	1	0	0	1	1
Brazil (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	1
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0
France	1	0	0	1	0
Georgia	1	0	0	1	0
Ireland	1	0	0	1	0
Liechtenstein	1	0	0	1	0
Lithuania	1	0	0	1	0
Norway	1	0	0	1	0
Peru	1	0	0	1	0
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	0
Kosovo	1	0	0	1	0
Germany (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	795	389	176	230	1,227

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Saudi Arabia

Games Total: 176
Goals: 301
Goals Against: 167
Games W/D/L: 92/42/42
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.71
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.95

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 19; Sami Al-Jaber
Most Matches: 45; Sami Al-Jaber
Most Yellow Cards: 9; Khaled Massad Al-Muwallid
Most Red Cards: 1; Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Saudi Arabia

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Al-Deayea, Mohammed	Goalkeeper	1993–2006	173	167	6	0	0	4	0	1
2	Al-Khilaiwi, Mohammed	Centre Back	1992–2001	161	152	9	3	0	8	0	3
3	Al-Jaber, Sami	Secondary striker	1992–2006	154	125	29	46	1	7	0	0
4	Zubromawi, Abdullah Sulaiman	Centre Back	1993–2002	140	127	13	3	0	9	1	0
5	Al-Sulimani, Hussein Abdul-Ghani	Left Back	1996–2018	135	120	15	5	0	3	0	1
6	Khariri, Saud	Defensive Midfielder	2001–2015	134	106	28	7	0	21	0	0
7	Hawsawi, Osama	Centre Back	2006–2018	133	129	4	6	0	10	1	0
8	Al-Jassam, Taisir	Centre Midfielder	2004–2018	130	95	35	17	9	7	0	1
9	Abd Al-Jawad, Mohamed	Left Back	1981–1994	122	121	1	7	0	12	0	0
10	Madani, Ahmed Jamil	Defender	1986–1998	117	110	7	5	0	10	1	0
11	Al-Muwallid, Khaled Massad	Attacking Midfielder	1988–1998	115	101	14	27	0	15	0	0
12	Al-Shalhoub, Mohammad	Left Winger	2000–2018	115	81	34	19	1	1	0	0
13	Al-Dosari, Ahmed Al-Dokhi	Right Back	1997–2006	112	89	23	1	0	8	0	0
14	Al-Qahtani, Yasser	Centre Forward	2002–2013	111	97	14	42	1	9	0	0
15	Al-Dosari, Salem	Left Winger	2012–2026	110	99	11	26	12	12	0	0
16	Mohammed, Majed Abdullah	Centre Forward	1978–1994	109	109	0	67	0	1	0	1
17	Al-Dosari, Khamis Al-Owairan	Midfielder	1994–2004	104	97	7	0	0	8	0	0
18	Al-Jahani, Mohammed Sheliah	Right Back	1994–2002	103	95	8	0	0	6	0	0
19	Al-Mosaibeh, Fahad	Midfielder	1980–1989	96	93	3	6	0	1	0	0
20	Al-Hawsawi, Mohammed Noor	Attacking Midfielder	1999–2011	93	79	14	8	0	17	2	0
21	Al-Dosari, Obeid	Striker	1994–2002	92	58	34	41	0	5	0	0
22	Al-Harbi, Ibrahim Mater	Midfielder	1996–2003	91	73	18	2	0	1	0	0
23	Al-Neimah, Saleh	Defender	1978–1989	89	88	1	2	0	12	1	0
24	Al-Mehallel, Fahad	Striker	1992–1999	86	54	32	26	0	6	0	2
25	Al-Shahrani, Ibrahim Suwayed	Midfielder	1997–2005	86	65	21	24	1	5	0	0
26	Amin, Fuad Anwar	Centre Midfielder	1990–1998	84	82	2	10	0	3	0	1
27	Fallatah, Redha Tukar	Centre Back	2001–2009	83	75	8	9	0	16	0	1
28	Al-Thunayan, Yousuf	Midfielder	1986–1998	81	60	21	20	1	3	0	1
29	Kanno, Mohamed	Centre Midfielder	2017–2026	81	62	19	8	2	11	1	1
30	Al-Buraikan, Firas	Centre Forward	2019–2026	78	60	18	17	4	3	0	0
31	Al-Shahrani, Yasser	Left Back	2012–2024	78	69	9	2	2	6	0	0
32	Al-Shamrani, Nasser	Centre Forward	2005–2018	77	45	32	19	4	7	0	0
33	Al-Ghamdi, Omar	Defensive Midfielder	2000–2008	77	55	22	0	0	7	0	0
34	Al-Owairan, Said	Attacking Midfielder	1992–1998	75	74	1	24	0	6	0	0
35	Al-Harbi, Fahad Al-Muwallad	Right Winger	2012–2024	75	41	34	17	5	9	0	0
36	Al-Montashari, Hamad	Centre Back	2002–2011	75	67	8	4	0	8	1	0
37	Al-Dosari, Mehaisen Al-Jamman	Left Winger	1984–1997	73	62	11	10	0	0	0	0
38	Al-Shehri, Yahya	Left Midfielder	2009–2019	72	42	30	8	4	1	0	0
39	Al-Faraj, Salman	Centre Midfielder	2011–2026	70	64	6	8	3	7	0	0
40	Ali, Walid Abdullah	Goalkeeper	2007–2018	69	68	1	0	0	5	0	0
41	Fallatah, Hamza Idris	Centre Forward	1990–2005	68	53	15	17	0	1	0	0
42	Al-Temawi, Khaled	Centre Midfielder	1993–1999	68	52	16	8	0	3	0	0
43	Al-Owais, Mohammed	Goalkeeper	2013–2026	67	65	2	0	0	4	0	1
44	Al-Bishi, Fahad Al-Herafy	Midfielder	1984–1994	66	60	6	14	1	2	0	0
45	Al-Temyat, Nawaf	Attacking Midfielder	1998–2006	64	48	16	11	0	5	0	1
46	Al-Thaker, Khaled Aziz	Defensive Midfielder	2005–2009	64	61	3	1	0	8	0	0
47	Otaif, Abdoh	Attacking Midfielder	2004–2011	63	43	20	6	0	3	0	0
48	Al-Dosari, Abdullah Saleh	Defender	1988–1996	62	57	5	1	0	6	0	0
49	Fallatah, Hassan Muath	Right Back	2004–2018	61	43	18	4	3	4	0	1
50	Al-Meshal, Talal	Striker	1998–2006	59	39	20	31	0	2	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Saudi Arabia

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Al-Dosari, Salem	Al-Buraikan, Firas	2019–2025	3	18
2	Al-Dosari, Salem	Kanno, Mohamed	2025	3	38
3	Al-Jassam, Taisir	Al-Abed, Nawaf	2014–2016	2	25
4	Al-Dosari, Abdullah Al-Zori	Al-Sahlawi, Mohammad	2015	2	7
5	Al-Shehri, Yahya	Al-Jassam, Taisir	2015–2016	2	13
6	Al-Sahlawi, Mohammad	Al-Jassam, Taisir	2018	2	13
7	Al-Harbi, Fahad Al-Muwallad	Al-Faraj, Salman	2018–2021	2	25
8	Al-Ghanam, Sultan	Al-Hamdan, Abdullah	2019–2024	2	15
9	Al-Bishi, Abdulaziz Ali	Al-Dosari, Salem	2019–2023	2	8
10	Al-Dosari, Salem	Al-Shehri, Saleh	2021–2025	2	13

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 143 of 837 goals.