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Kuwait (2026)

Al-Kuwayt

Matches: 4; 4 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 0-1-3; 0 W · 1 D · 3 L
Goals: 5; 9 against
Goal difference: -4

General Information

Kuwait Football Association

Founded: 1952
FIFA entry: 1964
Average height in 2026: 1.77 m
Average age in 2026: 27.1 years
Confederation: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Continent: Asia
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Hélio Sousa(Coach)

Date of birth: 12 August 1969
Place of birth: Setúbal, Portugal
Height: 1.79 m
Matches: 4 (3 official · 1 friendly)

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Players of Kuwait in 2026

27 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Saud Al-Hoshan	18 March 2000	Goalkeeper	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	2	0	0
Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli	23 March 2001	Goalkeeper	Al-Salmiya SC	1	0	0
Khaled Al-Rashidi	20 April 1987	Goalkeeper	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	1	0	0
Defenders10
Rashed Al-Dousari	18 July 2000	Centre Back	Al-Qadsiya SC	4	0	0
Moaath Meshal Al-Dhafiri	20 May 1997	Left Back	Al-Qadsiya SC	3	1	0
Yousef Al-Haqan	5 February 2002	Centre Back	Al-Qadsiya SC	3	0	0
Abdulaziz Naji Mahran	19 August 2001	Centre Back	Al-Fahaheel SC	3	0	0
Mahdi Dashti	26 October 2001	Right Back	Al-Salmiya SC	1	2	0
Mohsen Al-Ghareeb	11 November 2004	Left Back	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	1	1	0
Fahad Al-Hajeri	10 November 1991	Centre Back	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	1	1	0
Khaled Sabah Al-Fadhli	23 February 2002	Centre Back	Al-Qadsiya SC	1	0	0
Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi	2 June 2002	Right Back	Al-Arabi Mansouriah	0	1	0
Mohammad Khaled Al-Nassar	24 May 1996	Right Back	Al-Arabi Mansouriah	0	1	0
Midfielders6
Khaled Al-Mershed	6 April 1999	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Arabi Mansouriah	4	0	0
Nasser Falah Jazea	4 December 1999	Attacking Midfielder	Kazma SC	3	1	0
Jasem Al-Mutar	17 April 2006	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Qadsiya SC	3	0	0
Ahmed Al-Dhafiri	9 January 1992	Centre Midfielder	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	0	2	0
Redha Hani Abu Jabarah	27 October 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	0	1	0
Abdullah Al-Qarzaei	18 September 2006	Midfielder	Al-Arabi Mansouriah	0	1	0
Forwards8
Mohammad Daham	17 February 2000	Left Winger	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	4	0	0
Yousef Naser Al-Sulaiman	9 October 1990	Centre Forward	Al-Kuwait Kaifan	2	2	2
Shabaib Al-Khaldi	30 November 1999	Centre Forward	Kazma SC	2	2	1
Eid Al-Rashidi	17 December 1995	Right Winger	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad	2	1	1
Yousef Majed Al-Shammari	14 January 2005	Right Winger	Al-Arabi Mansouriah	1	3	1
Athbi Shehab Saleh	14 October 1993	Right Winger	Al-Qadsiya SC	1	2	0
Mubarak Al-Fnaini	21 January 2000	Left Winger	Al-Salmiya SC	1	1	0
Abdullah Al-Awadhi	20 March 2003	Centre Forward	Al-Qadsiya SC	0	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 Kuwait in 2026

4 matches

29 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · Prince Abdullah Al Faisal StadiumAvs.OmanMatch report: Oman vs. Kuwait 3–1Defeat
26 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · Prince Abdullah Al Faisal StadiumHvs.IraqMatch report: Kuwait vs. Iraq 2–3Defeat
23 Sept 2026Gulf Cup 2026 · Group A · King Abdullah Sport City StadiumAvs.Saudi ArabiaMatch report: Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait 1–0Defeat
5 Jun 2026Friendly · BG StadiumAvs.ThailandMatch report: Thailand vs. Kuwait 2–2Draw

Match Progress for Kuwait

0 W · 1 D · 3 L

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

Favorite Opponents of Kuwait

93 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Bahrain	49	21	12	16	64
United Arab Emirates	47	21	7	19	82
Saudi Arabia	47	17	12	18	50
Qatar	46	19	10	17	59
Iraq	39	12	11	16	43
Oman	36	13	11	12	51
Syria	35	16	9	10	56
Iran	33	9	8	16	33
Lebanon	30	14	10	6	50
Jordan	27	9	11	7	34
South Korea	24	8	4	12	18
China	19	6	3	10	14
Australia	14	5	2	7	12
Malaysia	12	10	1	1	35
North Korea	12	6	5	1	18
Thailand	12	6	2	4	29
Egypt	12	1	7	4	11
Palestine	11	7	2	2	22
Nepal	10	9	1	0	37
Yemen	10	6	4	0	18
Singapore	9	6	2	1	18
Hong Kong	7	6	1	0	18
Indonesia	7	2	3	2	12
Finland	7	2	2	3	5
Uzbekistan	7	2	1	4	9
Iceland	7	1	4	2	3
Libya	6	2	2	2	8
India	6	1	2	3	13
Turkmenistan	5	3	2	0	13
Kyrgyzstan	5	3	1	1	11
Pakistan	4	4	0	0	10
Philippines	4	4	0	0	9
Japan	4	3	0	1	6
New Zealand	4	2	1	1	7
Taiwan	3	3	0	0	21
Myanmar	3	3	0	0	16
Mali	3	3	0	0	14
Zambia	3	3	0	0	9
Afghanistan	3	3	0	0	8
Norway	3	1	2	0	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	4
Macau	2	2	0	0	18
North Yemen	2	2	0	0	8
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	5
Tajikistan	2	2	0	0	5
Latvia	2	1	1	0	3
Lithuania	2	1	1	0	2
Egypt (Olympic)	2	1	0	1	4
Vietnam	2	1	0	1	3
Azerbaijan	2	0	2	0	2
Cyprus	2	0	1	1	4
Morocco	2	0	1	1	3
Poland	2	0	1	1	1
Portugal	2	0	1	1	1
Uganda	2	0	1	1	1
Czechia	2	0	0	2	1
France	2	0	0	2	1
Soviet Union	2	0	0	2	0
Bhutan	1	1	0	0	20
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	11
Kenya	1	1	0	0	5
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	5
Tanzania	1	1	0	0	4
Armenia	1	1	0	0	3
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	3
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	3
Algeria	1	1	0	0	2
Laos	1	1	0	0	2
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	2
Sudan (Olympic)	1	1	0	0	2
Sudan	1	1	0	0	1
Gambia	1	0	1	0	2
Czechoslovakia	1	0	1	0	1
Morocco (U23)	1	0	1	0	1
Colombia (Olympic)	1	0	1	0	1
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	0
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0
Czechoslovakia (Olympic)	1	0	1	0	0
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	1
Colombia	1	0	0	1	1
Trinidad & Tobago	1	0	0	1	1
East Germany	1	0	0	1	1
Soviet Union (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	1
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0
Cambodia	1	0	0	1	0
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0
England	1	0	0	1	0
Germany	1	0	0	1	0
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0
Malta	1	0	0	1	0
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0
USA	1	0	0	1	0
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0
Total	697	297	174	226	1,089

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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 Kuwait

Games Total: 117
Goals: 194
Goals Against: 122
Games W/D/L: 54/23/40
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.66
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.04

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 19; Yousef Naser Al-Sulaiman
Most Matches: 33; Yousef Naser Al-Sulaiman
Most Yellow Cards: 8; Mesaed Neda Al-Enezi
Most Red Cards: 1; Ali Al-Namash

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

All-time top 50 of Kuwait

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Al-Mutawa, Bader	Secondary striker	2003–2022	189	164	25	57	17	12	0	0
2	Al-Sulaiman, Yousef Naser	Centre Forward	2009–2026	126	104	22	58	6	8	0	0
3	Abdulaziz, Bashar Abdullah	Striker	1996–2018	120	111	9	75	0	12	1	0
4	Jumah, Waleed Ali	Left Midfielder	2002–2014	119	84	35	9	0	14	1	0
5	Al-Enezi, Mesaed Neda	Centre Back	2002–2015	115	113	2	18	0	23	0	3
6	Al-Hajeri, Fahad	Centre Back	2012–2026	101	94	7	7	2	6	0	0
7	Al-Shammari, Nohayer Mohsen	Centre Back	1995–2009	100	92	8	3	0	6	0	1
8	Al-Khaldi, Nawaf	Goalkeeper	2002–2014	98	94	4	0	0	2	0	1
9	Al-Ansari, Fahad Al-Ebrahim	Defensive Midfielder	2009–2022	95	67	28	3	2	7	1	0
10	Al-Ateeqi, Jarah	Centre Midfielder	2003–2013	94	74	20	3	0	4	0	0
11	Al-Fadhli, Fahad Awadh	Defender	2005–2015	82	71	11	3	1	6	0	1
12	Al-Dhafiri, Ahmed	Centre Midfielder	2013–2026	80	58	22	4	2	12	0	0
13	Al-Taher, Yaqoub Abdullah	Centre Back	2003–2012	78	75	3	0	0	9	0	0
14	Al-Huwaidi, Jassem Mohammed	Striker	1992–2009	74	67	7	63	0	6	0	0
15	Mubarak, Jamal Abdulrahman	Defender	1995–2006	73	69	4	7	0	6	0	0
16	Al-Enezi, Sultan	Defensive Midfielder	2013–2025	69	53	16	0	1	11	0	1
17	Al-Harbi, Faisal Zaid	Left Winger	2013–2024	66	43	23	7	4	5	1	0
18	Jarragh, Mohammed	Centre Midfielder	2001–2010	66	49	17	4	0	4	0	0
19	Al-Hendi, Saleh Al-Shaikh	Centre Midfielder	2006–2015	66	38	28	2	0	2	0	0
20	Al-Kandari, Esam Sikkeen	Defender	1992–2002	65	60	5	4	0	2	0	0
21	Al-Habashi, Wail Sulaiman	Midfielder	1984–1996	63	59	4	17	0	5	0	0
22	Al-Enezi, Fahad Saleh	Left Midfielder	2008–2018	59	45	14	7	4	7	0	1
23	Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah Wabran	Midfielder	1992–2007	57	45	12	9	0	6	0	0
24	Al-Rashidi, Eid	Right Winger	2018–2026	57	31	26	4	7	1	0	0
25	Al-Halabeej, Bader Haji	Midfielder	1992–2000	56	54	2	8	0	1	0	0
26	Abdullah, Osama Hussain	Defender	1990–2001	56	54	2	1	0	5	0	0
27	Al-Fadhli, Mohammad Rashed	Defender	2008–2013	56	48	8	0	0	6	1	0
28	Fadhel, Hussein	Centre Back	2008–2015	55	52	3	4	0	9	0	1
29	Hajjah, Khaled Ebrahim	Centre Back	2012–2025	54	49	5	3	0	6	1	0
30	Al-Amer, Talal	Midfielder	2009–2015	54	39	15	2	0	5	0	1
31	Al-Buraiki, Saleh	Midfielder	1998–2004	53	48	5	2	0	3	0	0
32	Faraj, Naeem Saad	Defender	1976–1989	53	50	3	2	0	2	0	1
33	Al-Mutairi, Faraj Laheeb	Striker	1998–2008	51	26	25	23	0	0	0	0
34	Al-Fadhel, Amer Maatouq	Defender	2010–2019	51	47	4	0	1	5	0	0
35	Mubarak, Mahboub Jumaa	Defender	1976–1990	50	47	3	3	0	3	0	0
36	Abu Jabarah, Redha Hani	Defensive Midfielder	2017–2026	50	32	18	1	1	8	1	0
37	Abdulghafour, Sulaiman	Goalkeeper	2013–2025	50	45	5	0	0	1	0	0
38	Asel, Ali Abdulredha	Defender	1998–2005	49	40	9	5	0	5	0	0
39	Maqseed, Ali	Left Back	2008–2017	49	35	14	3	0	2	0	1
40	Kankone, Shehab	Goalkeeper	2000–2010	49	45	4	0	0	1	0	0
41	Al-Enezi, Talal Nayif	Midfielder	2008–2014	49	38	11	0	1	6	0	0
42	Al-Misha'an, Abdulaziz	Attacking Midfielder	2010–2015	48	29	19	3	3	8	0	0
43	Al-Jasem, Waleed	Defender	1980–1996	46	45	1	0	0	4	0	0
44	Al-Fnaini, Mubarak	Left Winger	2019–2026	45	29	16	6	5	0	0	0
45	Al-Khaldi, Shabaib	Centre Forward	2019–2026	44	28	16	16	1	0	0	0
46	Al-Rashidi, Fahad Aidh	Striker	2006–2017	43	22	21	10	0	0	0	0
47	Al-Harbi, Hamad Ali	Centre Back	2013–2025	43	27	16	0	0	3	0	0
48	Al-Fadhli, Khaled	Goalkeeper	1995–2012	42	39	3	0	0	1	0	0
49	Al-Saleh, Hamad	Midfielder	1989–1998	41	22	19	16	0	0	0	0
50	Said, Samir	Goalkeeper	1984–1992	41	41	0	0	0	0	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 Kuwait

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Al-Mutawa, Bader	Al-Sulaiman, Yousef Naser	2014–2022	6	12
2	Al-Enezi, Fahad Saleh	Al-Mutawa, Bader	2010–2015	2	4
3	Al-Mutawa, Bader	Khudhair, Abdulhadi Khamis	2013	2	40
4	Al-Mutawa, Bader	Al-Dhafiri, Ahmed	2019–2022	2	67
5	Al-Sulaiman, Yousef Naser	Al-Fnaini, Mubarak	2019–2022	2	33
6	Al-Mutairi, Abdullah Mawi	Al-Sulaiman, Yousef Naser	2019	2	4
7	Al-Fnaini, Mubarak	Al-Sulaiman, Yousef Naser	2019–2022	2	4
8	Al-Rashidi, Eid	Al-Fnaini, Mubarak	2022–2023	2	33
9	Daham, Mohammad	Al-Khaldi, Shabaib	2023–2026	2	20
10	Al-Shammari, Yousef Majed	Daham, Mohammad	2024	2	20

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 85 of 545 goals.