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United Arab Emirates (2026)

Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah

Matches: 4; 4 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 3-1-0; 3 W · 1 D · 0 L
Goals: 9; 1 against
Goal difference: +8

General Information

United Arab Emirates Football Association

Founded: 1971
FIFA entry: 1974
Average height in 2026: 1.77 m
Average age in 2026: 26.4 years
Confederation: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Continent: Asia
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Zlatko Dalić(Coach)

Date of birth: 26 October 1966
Place of birth: Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Matches: 4 (4 official · 0 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of United Arab Emirates in 2026

25 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers2
Khalid Eisa Al-Mesmari	15 September 1989	Goalkeeper	Al-Ain SC	3	0	0
Hamad Al-Meqbaali	13 July 2003	Goalkeeper	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	1	0	0
Defenders10
Rúben Amaral	19 October 2001	Left Back	Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi	3	0	0
Marcus Meloni	25 June 2000	Right Back	Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi	3	0	0
Lucas Pimenta	17 July 2000	Centre Back	Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi	3	0	0
Alaeddine Zouhir	7 March 2000	Centre Back	Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi	3	0	0
Richard Akonnor	6 February 2004	Left Back	Göztepe SK	2	2	0
Khaled Ibrahim Al-Dhanhani	17 January 1997	Right Back	Sharjah FC	1	0	0
Khalifa Al-Hammadi	7 November 1998	Centre Back	Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi	1	0	0
Saša Ivković	13 May 1993	Centre Back	Al-Wasl Dubai	1	0	0
Zayed Sultan Al-Zaabi	11 April 2001	Right Back	Al-Nasr Dubai	0	1	0
Erik	18 February 2001	Left Back	Al-Ain SC	0	1	0
Midfielders6
Luanzinho Pereira	21 April 2000	Centre Midfielder	Sharjah FC	3	1	1
Nicolás Giménez	16 January 1996	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Wasl Dubai	3	0	2
Mamadou Coulibaly	3 June 2003	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi	3	0	0
Issam Faiz	6 March 2000	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Nasr Dubai	3	0	0
Fábio Lima	30 June 1993	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Wasl Dubai	1	2	0
Abdulla Hamad Al-Menhali	18 September 2001	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi	1	0	0
Forwards7
Ousmane Camara	23 January 2001	Centre Forward	Sharjah FC	2	2	2
Yuri César	6 May 2000	Left Winger	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	2	0	0
Ali Saleh Amro	22 January 2000	Left Winger	Al-Wasl Dubai	1	3	2
Bruno Conceição	10 June 2001	Centre Forward	Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi	1	3	0
Guilherme Bala	16 September 2001	Left Winger	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	1	2	1
Sultan Adil Al-Ameeri	4 May 2004	Centre Forward	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	1	1	0
Harib Suhail Al-Maazmi	26 November 2002	Left Winger	Sharjah FC	1	1	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 United Arab Emirates in 2026

4 matches

3 Oct 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Semi-final · Prince Abdullah Al Faisal StadiumHvs.OmanMatch report: United Arab Emirates vs. Oman 1–0Win
30 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group B · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.QatarMatch report: United Arab Emirates vs. Qatar 1–1Draw
27 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group B · Prince Abdullah Al Faisal StadiumAvs.BahrainMatch report: Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates 0–3Win
24 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group B · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumHvs.YemenMatch report: United Arab Emirates vs. Yemen 4–0Win

Match Progress for United Arab Emirates

3 W · 1 D · 0 L

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

Favorite Opponents of United Arab Emirates

101 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Kuwait	47	19	7	21	54
Saudi Arabia	39	7	8	24	24
Qatar	38	12	10	16	52
Iraq	38	9	15	14	36
Oman	37	17	12	8	49
Bahrain	37	16	7	14	63
Syria	23	12	8	3	39
South Korea	23	3	6	14	17
Jordan	21	12	5	4	35
Iran	21	1	3	17	5
Uzbekistan	19	9	5	5	25
Japan	19	6	7	6	17
Yemen	14	12	0	2	35
Lebanon	14	10	3	1	27
India	13	10	1	2	32
Thailand	13	8	3	2	21
North Korea	13	5	4	4	11
Malaysia	12	10	0	2	32
China	11	2	4	5	8
Sri Lanka	8	8	0	0	35
Egypt	8	0	3	5	5
Vietnam	7	5	0	2	16
Algeria	7	2	2	3	4
Australia	7	1	2	4	2
Singapore	6	5	1	0	16
Indonesia	6	4	0	2	18
Palestine	6	2	3	1	7
Bulgaria	6	1	0	5	4
Tunisia	6	0	0	6	2
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	21
Pakistan	5	5	0	0	17
Morocco	5	1	2	2	4
Hong Kong	4	3	1	0	12
Kyrgyzstan	4	3	1	0	8
Kazakhstan	4	3	0	1	11
Turkmenistan	4	2	1	1	9
Libya	4	2	1	1	8
Senegal	4	1	2	1	7
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	2
Nepal	3	3	0	0	19
Laos	3	3	0	0	9
Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	4
North Yemen	3	1	1	1	3
Iceland	3	1	0	2	2
Norway	3	0	2	1	2
Honduras	3	0	2	1	1
Germany	3	0	0	3	3
Slovakia	3	0	0	3	2
Brunei	2	2	0	0	16
East Timor	2	2	0	0	9
Sudan	2	2	0	0	6
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	3
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	3
Estonia	2	1	1	0	4
Belarus	2	1	0	1	3
Togo	2	1	0	1	3
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2
Slovenia	2	0	2	0	3
Malta	2	0	2	0	1
Trinidad & Tobago	2	0	1	1	3
Czechia	2	0	1	1	1
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	0
Poland	2	0	0	2	2
Hungary	2	0	0	2	1
Benin	2	0	0	2	0
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	0
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	4
Philippines	1	1	0	0	4
Moldova	1	1	0	0	3
Romania	1	1	0	0	2
Georgia	1	1	0	0	1
South Africa	1	1	0	0	1
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	1
Algeria (B)	1	1	0	0	1
Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	3
Kenya	1	0	1	0	2
Mexico	1	0	1	0	2
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1
Finland	1	0	1	0	1
Gambia	1	0	1	0	1
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	1
Saudi Arabia (Olympic)	1	0	1	0	1
Andorra	1	0	1	0	0
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	0
Mali	1	0	1	0	0
Peru	1	0	1	0	0
Armenia	1	0	0	1	3
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	1
Angola	1	0	0	1	0
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0
Chile	1	0	0	1	0
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0
Gabon	1	0	0	1	0
Haiti	1	0	0	1	0
Russia	1	0	0	1	0
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0
Morocco (U23)	1	0	0	1	0
Poland (XI)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	660	266	154	240	933

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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 United Arab Emirates

Games Total: 139
Goals: 230
Goals Against: 154
Games W/D/L: 61/28/50
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.65
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.11

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 26; Ali Mabkhout Al-Hajeri
Most Matches: 35; Walid Abbas Al-Balooshi
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Haider Alo Ali Mohammed
Most Red Cards: 1; Mohammed Rashid Srour Al-Naqbi

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

All-time top 50 of United Arab Emirates

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Al-Talyani, Adnan Khamis	Striker	1982–1997	137	131	6	55	0	3	0	0
2	Al-Junaibi, Ismail Matar	Secondary striker	2003–2021	128	103	25	35	4	11	0	1
3	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	Secondary striker	2009–2024	113	106	7	83	7	16	1	0
4	Al-Hammadi, Ismail	Left Winger	2007–2019	113	76	37	14	2	8	0	0
5	Al-Junaibi, Subait Khater	Defensive Midfielder	1999–2011	106	83	23	11	1	7	0	0
6	Al-Junaibi, Ahmed Khalil	Centre Forward	2008–2019	104	74	30	48	2	1	0	0
7	Al-Balooshi, Walid Abbas	Centre Back	2008–2023	104	94	10	6	1	15	0	0
8	Al-Junaibi, Abdulrahim Jumaa	Defensive Midfielder	1998–2009	101	89	12	10	0	3	0	0
9	Al-Junaibi, Abdulsalam Jumaa	Defensive Midfielder	1997–2010	93	80	13	6	0	1	0	0
10	Bakheet Bilal, Zuhair	Striker	1984–2002	91	70	21	24	0	7	0	0
11	Al-Mesmari, Khalid Eisa	Goalkeeper	2011–2026	90	90	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	Faraj, Muhsin Musabah	Goalkeeper	1985–1999	89	89	0	0	0	3	0	1
13	Al-Shaddadi, Mohammed Omar	Striker	1996–2009	88	67	21	29	0	2	0	0
14	Maqdemi, Majed Naser	Goalkeeper	2005–2017	78	74	4	0	0	10	0	0
15	Marzooq, Ismail Rashid	Defender	1992–2000	75	70	5	2	0	8	0	2
16	Al-Abadla, Saad Bakheet Mubarak	Midfielder	1992–2001	74	59	15	14	0	5	0	2
17	Al-Amoodi, Omar Abdulrahman	Attacking Midfielder	2011–2022	74	64	10	11	16	9	0	0
18	Al-Hammadi, Amer Abdulrahman	Centre Midfielder	2009–2019	72	68	4	1	11	7	0	0
19	Zayed, Khamis Esmaeel	Defensive Midfielder	2012–2020	71	67	4	1	1	16	0	0
20	Al-Balooshi, Mohamed Qasim	Centre Back	2001–2010	71	61	10	0	0	8	1	0
21	Mohammed, Haider Alo Ali	Right Back	2000–2010	70	61	9	3	0	15	0	0
22	Housani, Ali Khasif	Goalkeeper	2009–2025	67	65	2	0	0	2	0	0
23	Al-Ahmadi, Majed Hassan	Centre Midfielder	2012–2025	65	35	30	1	1	9	0	0
24	Al-Amin, Mohanad Salem	Centre Back	2008–2021	64	57	7	2	0	5	0	0
25	Al-Haddad, Abdulrahman	Defender	1984–1997	64	62	2	2	0	3	0	0
26	Al-Junaibi, Faisal Khalil	Centre Forward	2001–2010	63	39	24	13	0	3	0	0
27	Al-Zahiri, Mohamed Obaid	Defender	1984–2000	63	59	4	5	0	4	0	0
28	Al-Hammadi, Basheer Saeed	Centre Back	1999–2012	62	58	4	7	0	7	1	2
29	Al-Bloushi, Ali Salmeen	Defensive Midfielder	2014–2024	62	50	12	3	2	5	0	0
30	Mubarak, Nasser Khamees	Midfielder	1986–1997	61	55	6	8	0	3	0	2
31	Juma, Mohamed Ahmed	Centre Back	2011–2019	61	51	10	2	1	5	1	0
32	Canedo, Caio	Centre Forward	2020–2025	59	47	12	10	4	2	0	0
33	Amro, Ali Saleh	Left Winger	2019–2026	57	27	30	8	9	6	0	0
34	Abdulrahman, Ibrahim Meer	Defender	1988–1996	57	54	3	0	1	4	0	0
35	Al-Shehhi, Mohamed Saeed	Centre Forward	2007–2013	56	45	11	10	2	2	0	0
36	Al-Hammadi, Mahmoud Khamis	Left Back	2006–2022	56	43	13	2	2	10	2	0
37	Al-Kalbani, Sultan Rasheed	Midfielder	1996–2004	55	37	18	3	0	6	0	0
38	Mubarak, Mubarak Ghanim	Defender	1982–1990	55	54	1	1	0	2	0	0
39	Bekheet, Abdalla Ramadan	Centre Midfielder	2019–2025	55	50	5	1	10	7	0	0
40	Majeed, Humaid Fakher	Right Back	1999–2007	54	49	5	0	0	7	0	0
41	Al-Kamali, Hamdan Ismaeel	Centre Back	2008–2019	53	49	4	5	1	7	0	0
42	Khamees, Fahad	Centre Forward	1982–1990	52	48	4	23	0	1	0	0
43	Al-Kas, Saeed Hasan	Striker	1999–2011	52	30	22	14	0	1	0	0
44	Al-Fardan, Habib	Centre Midfielder	2012–2020	52	27	25	6	1	4	0	0
45	Mubarak, Khalil Ghanim	Centre Back	1982–1990	52	51	1	2	0	3	1	0
46	Al-Shamsi, Fahad Ali	Defender	1997–2006	51	50	1	3	0	8	1	0
47	Mubarak, Khalid Ismail	Midfielder	1984–1994	50	48	2	7	0	1	0	0
48	Al-Abadla, Khamees Saad Mubarak	Striker	1990–1998	49	23	26	10	0	4	0	0
49	Al-Darmaki, Nawaf Mubarak	Centre Midfielder	2003–2009	49	39	10	6	0	3	0	0
50	Al-Hammadi, Khalifa	Centre Back	2019–2026	49	44	5	2	1	10	0	2

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 United Arab Emirates

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Al-Amoodi, Omar Abdulrahman	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	2014–2018	8	10
2	Al-Hammadi, Amer Abdulrahman	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	2014–2019	6	8
3	Al-Amoodi, Omar Abdulrahman	Al-Junaibi, Ahmed Khalil	2015–2016	5	13
4	Al-Shamsi, Khalfan Mubarak	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	2019–2021	4	5
5	Bekheet, Abdalla Ramadan	Lima, Fábio	2021–2023	4	24
6	Al-Hammadi, Amer Abdulrahman	Al-Junaibi, Ahmed Khalil	2013–2015	3	8
7	Al-Ahbabi, Bandar Mohammed	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	2019–2021	3	4
8	Al-Junaibi, Ahmed Khalil	Al-Hajeri, Ali Mabkhout	2012–2014	2	3
9	Al-Amoodi, Omar Abdulrahman	Juma, Mohamed Ahmed	2013–2015	2	100
10	Al-Mazem, Abdulaziz Sanqour	Al-Junaibi, Ahmed Khalil	2013–2015	2	5

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 151 of 600 goals.