Saudi national team participation in the World Cup
The Saudi national team was established in the year 1956 AD, and the first match it played in its history was against the Lebanese national team on January 18, 1957 AD.
Historic participations in the World Cup:
1/ First participation in 1994
2/ The second participation in the year 1998
3/ The third participation in the year 2002
4/ The fourth participation in the year 2006
5/ The fifth participation in the year 2018
6/ The last brand in the year 2022 World Cup Qatar
The golden generation of the Saudi national team:
1/ Muhammed Al-Daea
2 / Majid Abdullah
3/ Hussein Abdul Ghani
4/ Sami Al-Jaber
5/ Khaled Mosaad
6/ Mohamed Abdel-Gawad
7/ Saeed Al-Owairan
8/ Mohammed Al-Shalhoub
9/ Saud Kariri
10/ Tayseer Al-Jaber
11/ Osama Hawsawi
12/ Yasser Al-Qahtani
Saudi national team scorers:
1/ Majed Abdullah, 71 goals
2/ Sami Al Jaber, 46 goals
3/ Yasser Al-Qahtani, 42 goals
4/ Obaid Al-Dosari, 41 goals
5/ Talal Meshaal 32 goals
6/ Muhammad Al-Sahlawi 28 goals
7 / Khaled Massad 28 goals
8/ Fahd Al-Muhalal 26 goals
9/ Saeed Al-Owairan, 24 goals
Participation of the Saudi national team in the Qatar World Cup 2022:
Coach: French Hervé Renard
Group: The Saudi national team was drawn in Group C, along with Argentina, Mexico and Poland
List of participating players:
Goalkeeper:
Muhammad Al-Owais - Muhammad Al-Rubaie - Nawaf Al-Aqidi
Defense:
Yasser Al-Shahrani - Hassan Timbukti - Saud Abdul-Hamid - Abdullah Mado - Ali Al-Bulayhi - Abalallah Al-Omari - Sultan Al-Ghanam - Muhammad Al-Buraik - Nasser Al-Dosari
the middle:
Abdullah Atif - Abdullah Al-Maliki - Riyad Sharahili - Ali Al-Hassan - Salman Al-Faraj - Muhammad Kno - Sami Al-Naji
attack:
Salem Al-Dosari - Nawaf Al-Abed - Firas Al-Buraikan - Hattan Bahbari - Abdul Rahman Al-Aboud - Haitham Asiri - Saleh Al-Shehri
The matches of the Saudi national team in the Qatar World Cup 2022
First match:
It was in Lusail Stadium on Tuesday, November 22, at one o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the Argentine national team, and it ended with the victory of the Saudi national team in a historic match that ended 2-1 for Saudi Arabia
The second match:
It was in the Education City Stadium on Saturday, November 26, at 4 pm, in front of the Polish national team, and it ended with a 2-0 loss for Saudi Arabia, although the Saudi team dominated the course of the match, but there was no luck
Third match:
It was in Lusail Stadium on Wednesday, November 30, at 10 pm, in front of the Mexico national team, and it ended with the victory of the Mexico national team 2-1. It came out in light of this result from the World Cup
The Saudi national team presented a heroic performance in this match and all the group stage matches, and it was a historic participation for the Saudi national team, and it presented a wonderful honorable performance for all Arabs and the Saudi people in particular. The strongest and most beautiful in the 2026 World Cup, God willing