United Arab Emirates at the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The UAE have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1990 where they lost all three games.[1][2][3]
FIFA World Cup record
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1930 to 1974 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Round 1 | 24/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 1994 to 2018 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/21 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
- * Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
1990 FIFA World Cup
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Abdullah Musa | 2 March 1958 (aged 32) |  | |
| 2 | DF | Khalil Ghanim | 12 November 1964 (aged 25) | | |
| 3 | MF | Ali Thani Jumaa | 18 August 1968 (aged 21) | | |
| 4 | DF | Mubarak Ghanim | 3 September 1963 (aged 26) | | |
| 5 | MF | Abdualla Sultan | 1 October 1963 (aged 26) | | |
| 6 | DF | Abdulrahman Mohamed | 1 October 1963 (aged 26) | | |
| 7 | FW | Fahad Khamees (c) | 24 January 1962 (aged 28) | | |
| 8 | DF | Khalid Ismaïl | 7 July 1965 (aged 24) | | |
| 9 | FW | Abdulaziz Mohamed | 12 December 1965 (aged 24) | | |
| 10 | FW | Adnan Al Talyani | 1 October 1964 (aged 25) | | |
| 11 | FW | Zuhair Bakhit | 13 July 1967 (aged 22) | | |
| 12 | FW | Hussain Ghuloum | 1965 | | |
| 13 | MF | Hassan Mohamed | 1962 | | |
| 14 | MF | Nasir Khamees | 2 August 1965 (aged 24) | | |
| 15 | DF | Ibrahim Meer | 16 July 1967 (aged 22) | | |
| 16 | DF | Mohamed Salim | 1968 | | |
| 17 | GK | Muhsin Musabah | 1 October 1964 (aged 25) | | |
| 18 | FW | Fahad Abdulrahman | 10 October 1962 (aged 27) | | |
| 19 | DF | Eissa Meer | 16 July 1967 (aged 22) | | |
| 20 | DF | Yousuf Hussain | 8 July 1965 (aged 24) | | |
| 21 | DF | Abdulrahman Al-Haddad | 23 March 1966 (aged 24) | | |
| 22 | GK | Abdulqadir Hassan | 15 April 1962 (aged 28) | |
UAE vs Colombia
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West Germany vs UAE
Ismaïl Mubarak got the only goal for the UAE in the first minute of the second half when he latched onto a ball in the box after a mistake by a German defender and hit a low left footed shot into the net.
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Yugoslavia vs UAE
Thani Jumaa got the only goal for the UAE in the 22nd minute when he headed home from six yards after a cross from the left.
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Record Players
Nine players have been fielded on all three occasions, making them record World Cup players for their country. Among them are twin brothers Eissa and Ibrahim Meer.
| No. | Name | Matches |
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| 1 | Adnan Al Talyani | 3 |
| Mubarak Ghanim | 3 | |
| Hussain Ghuloum | 3 | |
| Nasir Khamees | 3 | |
| Eissa Meer | 3 | |
| Ibrahim Meer | 3 | |
| Abdulrahman Mohamed | 3 | |
| Muhsin Musabah | 3 | |
| Ali Thani Jumaa | 3 | |
Top goalscorers
Two UAE players scored one goal each at the 1990 World Cup.
| No. | Name | Goals |
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| 1 | Khalid Ismaïl | 1 |
| Ali Thani Jumaa | 1 | |
References
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "1990 FIFA World Cup Schedule". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "UAE: a journey to the unknown at Italia 90". 30 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.