Saudi Arabia profile
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located on the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf to the east and the Red Sea to the west, bordering Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain and Qatar.
Saudi Arabia is a veritable "oil kingdom". Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of desalinated seawater, accounting for about 21% of the world's total. Saudi Arabia pursues a liberal economic policy. Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, and is a pilgrimage shrine for Muslims.
Saudi Arabia's proven reserves of crude oil are 36.35 billion tons, accounting for 16% of the world's reserves, ranking second in the world. Natural gas reserves of 8.2 trillion cubic meters, ranking sixth in the world.
Saudi Arabia has a population of 34.81 million, of which about 62% are Saudi citizens. Islam is the state religion, with Sunnis accounting for 85% and Shia for 15%.
Saudi Arabia has an area of 2.25 million square kilometers, ranking 13th in the world.
Saudi national team
FIFA 2022 World Football Rankings, the Saudi national team ranks 49th.
Saudi Arabia's national football team is known as the "West Asian Green Eagle". He won the Asian Cup three times in 1984, 1988 and 1996, and in 1996 became the second team after Iran to win the Asian Cup three times.
Saudi Arabia has participated in a total of 6 World Cups in history, namely: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022
- In 1994, Saudi Arabia, who reached the world cup finals for the first time, qualified for the round of 16 from the group.
- In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Saudi Arabia won the World Cup again after 24 years, but in the end it was eliminated in Group A with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.
On 19 June 2022, in the final of the 2022 AFC U23 Men's Asian Cup, Saudi Arabia's U23 Men's Enough team defeated the host Uzbekistan 2:0, winning the tournament for the first time in the history of the team.
The 5 Asian footballers in the history of Saudi football
Saeed Al Ovillan : Asian Footballer of the Year 1994
Helping Saudi Arabia reach the round of 16 of the 1994 World Cup in the United States, creating the best result an Asian team has achieved at the World Cup since 1966, known as Maradona Asia.
Nawaf Timyat: Asian Footballer of the Year 2000
1 AFC Champions League, 2 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, 2 Asian Super Cups, 4 League Titles and 17 Cups, 1 Asian Cup, 2 Arab Cups and 3 Gulf Cups, reaching the final stage of the World Cup for 3 consecutive times.
Hamad Al Montashari: Asian Footballer of the Year 2005
2007 AFC Champions League Champion; Helped the national team to reach the 2006 World Cup and finished runners-up in the 2007 Asian Cup.
Yasir Kakhtani: Asian Footballer of the Year 2007
Helped Saudi Arabia win the 2003 Gulf Cup, the 2007 Asian Cup runner-up, and the asian cup top scorer.
Nasser Shamrani: Asian Footballer of the Year 2014
2 Saudi league titles and 5 cups.
At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Saudi Arabia, along with Argentina, Mexico and Poland, was placed in Group C:
Saudi Arabian national team squad
Head Coach: Renard
Goalkeepers: Yami, Queenie, Zeid, Alovais
Defenders: Abdulhamid, Breich, Madhu, Abdullah, Hablani, Shahrani, Hannan
Midfielders: Nassar Aldosari, Hassan, Qasim, Faraj, Quikibi, Naj, Kano, Malki, Yaya
Forwards: Sheikhri, Muwallad, Abdullaman, Al Lobord, Albulinkhon
All players played in their home leagues, with capital teams Riyadh Crescent and Riyadh contributing the most to victories.
2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Saudi National Team Fixtures (Group Stage)
- November 22nd, 18:00 Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
- 26th November, 21:00 Poland vs Saudi Arabia
- December 1 at 0:00 Saudi Arabia vs Mexico
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