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Saudi Arabia at the AFC Asian Cup

Saudi Arabia is one of the most successful teams in Asia, having won three AFC Asian Cup titles and is one of the stronger teams in the continent. With influential experiences, the Saudi team has been a major force in the Asian Cup.

Saudi Arabia against Lebanon during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The Saudis first qualified to the Asian Cup was in 1984, and it was also the first time Saudi Arabia claimed the title. They repeated the feat in 1988 and 1996, before reaching two other finals, both ended in defeats. Having said, Saudi Arabia also has disappointing performances, notably 2004, 2011 and 2015, when Saudi Arabia crashed out from the group stage. Saudi Arabia will play in 2023 edition, looking on their quest to win the Asian Cup in the new millennia. Saudi Arabia will host the 2027 edition which will mark the first time that the country has ever hosted the Asian Cup.

1984 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Kuwait 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
3   Qatar 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4
4   Syria 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 3
5   South Korea 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
Saudi Arabia  1–1  South Korea
Abdullah   90' Lee Tae-Ho   51'
Attendance: 20,000
Syria  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Khalifa   66'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Qatar  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Zaid   47' Abduljawad   65'
Attendance: 15,000
Kuwait  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Al-Jam'an   88'
Attendance: 5,000

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals
Saudi Arabia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Shahin Bayani   88' (o.g.) Shahrokh Bayani   43'
Penalties
Abdullah  
Abduljawad  
Nu'eimeh  
Al-Jam'an  
Al-Musaibeah  		 5–4   Hajiloo
  Mokhtarifar
  Derakhshan
  Panjali
  Shahrokh Bayani
Attendance: 20,000
Final
Saudi Arabia  2–0  China
Al-Nafisah   10'
Abdullah   46'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

1988 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   China 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5
3   Syria 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3 4
4   Kuwait 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
5   Bahrain 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
Syria  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Mutlaq   20'
Al-Suwaiyed   82'
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Kuwait
Report
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Bahrain
Jazea'a   78' Report F. Mohamed   44' (pen.)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
China  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bishi   56'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Iran
Abdullah   16' Report
Attendance: 17,000
Final
South Korea  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Cho Min-Kook  
Lee Tae-Ho  
Byun Byung-Joo  
Kim Joo-Sung  
Cho Yoon-Hwan  		 3–4   Nu'eimeh
  Abd Al-Jawad
  Abdullah
  Al-Mutlaq
  Al-Bishi
Attendance: 20,000

1992 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   China 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3   Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4   Thailand 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
Saudi Arabia  1–1  China
Al-Thunayan   17' Report Li Bing   41'
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Qatar
Al-Muwallid   86' Report Mustafa   74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Saudi Arabia  4–0  Thailand
Al-Owairan   4'
Al-Bishi   19', 72'
Al-Thunayan   64'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals
Saudi Arabia  2–0  United Arab Emirates
Al-Owairan   77'
Al-Bishi   80'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Final
Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Takagi   36' Report
Attendance: 60,000

1996 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 1996 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3   Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4   Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: RSSSF


Saudi Arabia  6–0  Thailand
Al-Temawi   10' (pen.), 29' (pen.)
Al-Mehallel   15', 54'
Al-Muwallid   18'
Al-Jaber   52'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Iraq
Al-Mehallel   26' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Saudi Arabia  0–3  Iran
Report Daei   12'
Bagheri   37'
Azizi   47'
Attendance: 12,000

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals
Saudi Arabia  4–3  China
Al-Thunayan   31', 65'
Al-Jaber   34'
Al-Mehallel   43'		 Report Zhang Enhua   6', 89'
Peng Weiguo   16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Semi-finals
Iran  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Daei  
Peyrovani  
Yazdani  
Estili  
Bagheri  
Khakpour  		 3–4   Al-Temawi
  Sulaimani
  Zubromawi
  Al-Muwallid
  Al-Harbi
  Madani
Attendance: 35,000
Final
United Arab Emirates  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
M. Ali  
Saleh  
K. Saad  
Saeed  		 2–4   Al-Thunayan
  Zubromawi
  Al-Harbi
  Al-Temawi
  Al-Muwallid
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

2000 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2000 AFC Asian Cup

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3   Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: RSSSF
Saudi Arabia  1–4  Japan
Morioka   90' (o.g.) Report Yanagisawa   22'
Takahara   37'
Nanami   53'
Ono   88'
Attendance: 5,000
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Qatar
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Saudi Arabia  5–0  Uzbekistan
Al-Otaibi   18'
Al-Shalhoub   35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat   88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals
Kuwait  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Bashar Abdullah   62'
Al-Huwaidi   68'		 Report Al-Temyat   45+1'   109'
Al-Meshal   72'
Attendance: 5,000
Semi-finals
South Korea  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Lee Dong-Gook   90+1' Report Al-Meshal   76', 80'
Attendance: 7,000
Final
Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki   30' Report
Attendance: 47,400

2004 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Iraq 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3   Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
4   Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: RSSSF
Saudi Arabia  2–2  Turkmenistan
Al-Qahtani   9' (pen.), 59' Report N. Bayramov   6'
Kuliyev   90+3'
Attendance: 12,400
Uzbekistan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Geynrikh   13' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Saudi Arabia  1–2  Iraq
Al-Montashari   57' Report Akram   51'
Mahmoud   86'
Attendance: 15,000

2007 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group D

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Korea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Indonesia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4   Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Choi Sung-Kuk   66' Report Y. Al-Qahtani   77' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Indonesia
Y. Al-Qahtani   12'
Al-Harthi   90'		 Report Aiboy   17'
Attendance: 88,000
Saudi Arabia  4–0  Bahrain
Al-Mousa   18'
A. Al-Qahtani   45'
Al-Jassim   68', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Uzbekistan
Y. Al-Qahtani   3'
Al-Mousa   75'		 Report Solomin   82'
Attendance: 12,000
Semi-finals
Japan  2–3  Saudi Arabia
Nakazawa   37'
Abe   53'		 Report Y. Al-Qahtani   35'
Mouath   47', 57'
Attendance: 10,000
Final
Iraq  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud   72' Report
Attendance: 60,000

2011 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

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Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Jordan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3   Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
9 January 2011
Saudi Arabia   1–2   Syria
13 January 2011
Jordan   1–0   Saudi Arabia
17 January 2011
Saudi Arabia   0–5   Japan

2015 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

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Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2015
Saudi Arabia   0–1[1]   China Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
14 January 2015
North Korea   1–4[2]   Saudi Arabia AAMI Park, Melbourne
18 January 2015
Uzbekistan   3–1   Saudi Arabia AAMI Park, Melbourne

2019 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group E

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Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFC
Saudi Arabia  4–0  North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 5,075
Lebanon  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Saudi Arabia  0–2  Qatar
Report
  • Ali   45+1', 80'
Attendance: 16,067

Knockout stage

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Round of 16
Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Attendance: 6,832

2023 AFC Asian Cup

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Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup

Group F

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Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Thailand 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3   Oman 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: AFC
Saudi Arabia  2–1  Oman
 Report
Attendance: 41,987
Kyrgyzstan  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 39,557
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 38,773

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

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Saudi Arabia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 42,389

Overall record

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AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1956 Not an AFC member Not an AFC member
  1960
  1964
  1968
  1972
  1976 Withdrew 6 3 1 2 12 5
  1980 Withdrew
  1984 Champions 1st 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 4 0 0 19 0
  1988 Champions 1st 6 3 3 0 5 1 Automatic qualification as champions
  1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 8 3 Automatic qualification as champions
  1996 Champions 1st 6 3 2 1 11 6 4 4 0 0 10 0
  2000 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 11 8 Automatic qualification as champions
  2004 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 3 5 6 6 0 0 31 1
        2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 6 6 5 0 1 21 4
  2011 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 8 Automatic qualification as runners-up
  2015 10th 3 1 0 2 5 5 6 5 1 0 9 3
  2019 Round of 16 12th 4 2 0 2 6 3 8 6 2 0 28 4
  2023 10th 4 2 2 0 5 2 8 6 2 0 22 4
  2027 Qualified as hosts 6 4 1 1 12 3
Total 3 Titles 12/19 52 23 15 14 74 50 54 43 7 4 164 24

Head-to-head record

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AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Bahrain 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
  China 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3
  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
  Iran 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2
  Iraq 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1
  Japan 6 1 0 5 4 14 -10
  Jordan 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
  Kuwait 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
  Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  North Korea 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7
  Oman 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
  Qatar 4 0 3 1 2 4 -2
  South Korea 5 1 4 0 5 4 +1
  Syria 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
  Thailand 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10
  Turkmenistan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
  United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
  Uzbekistan 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 AFC Asian Cup: China 1-0 Saudi Arabia - CCTV News - CCTV.com English". english.cntv.cn. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Cup's open arms and open goals". www.heraldsun.com.au. January 14, 2015.
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