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.
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 2019 edition, looking on their quest to win the Asian Cup in the new millennia.
Group A
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
Abdullah  |
Lee Tae-Ho |
| Syria | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khalifa |
| Qatar | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zaid |
Abduljawad |
| Kuwait | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Jam'an |
Knockout stage
- Semi-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Shahin Bayani |
Shahrokh Bayani |
|
| Penalties | ||
Abdullah  Abduljawad Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an Al-Musaibeah |
5 – 4 |  |
- Final
| Saudi Arabia | 2 – 0 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Nafisah Abdullah |
| | |
Group B
| Team | Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
|
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
|
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
|
3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
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2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Syria | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Mutlaq Al-Suwaiyed |
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jazea'a |
Report | F. Mohamed |
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
| China PR | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Bishi |
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Knockout stage
- Semi-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah |
Report |
- Final
| South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Cho Min-Kook Lee Tae-Ho Byun Byung-Joo Kim Joo-Sung Cho Yoon-Hwan |
3–4 | |
| | |
Group B
| Team | Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
|
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
 |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Thunayan |
Report | Li Bing |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Muwallid |
Report | Mustafa |
| Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Owairan Al-Bishi Al-Thunayan |
Report |
Knockout stage
- Semi-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 2–0 |  |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Owairan Al-Bishi |
Report |
- Final
Japan .svg.png){kind=small} | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Takagi |
Report |
| | |
Group B
| Team | Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Temawi Al-Mehallel Al-Muwallid Al-Jaber |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Mehallel |
Report |
Knockout stage
- Quarter-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Thunayan Al-Jaber Al-Mehallel |
Report | Zhang Enhua Peng Weiguo |
- Semi-finals
| Iran | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Daei Peyrovani Yazdani Estili Bagheri Khakpour |
3–4 | |
- Final
| United Arab Emirates | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| M. Ali Saleh K. Saad Saeed |
2–4 | |
| | |
Group C
| Team | Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Morioka |
Report | Yanagisawa Takahara Nanami Ono |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Otaibi Al-Shalhoub Al-Temyat |
Report |
Knockout stage
- Quarter-finals
| Kuwait | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bashar Abdullah Al-Huwaidi |
Report | Al-Temyat  Al-Meshal |
- Semi-finals
South Korea .svg.png){kind=small} | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Dong-Gook |
Report | Al-Meshal |
- Final
| Japan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mochizuki |
Report |
| | |
Group C
| Team | Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Qahtani |
Report | N. Bayramov Kuliyev |
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Geynrikh |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Montashari |
Report | Akram Mahmoud |
| | |
Group D
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
| South Korea | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Sung-Kuk |
Report | Y. Al-Qahtani |
| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Al-Qahtani Al-Harthi |
Report | Aiboy |
| Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Mousa A. Al-Qahtani Al-Jassim |
Report |
Knockout stage
- Quarter-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Al-Qahtani Al-Mousa |
Report | Solomin |
- Semi-finals
| Japan | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nakazawa Abe |
Report | Y. Al-Qahtani Mouath |
- Final
| Iraq | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud |
Report |
| | |
Group B
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 9 January 2011 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | |
| 13 January 2011 | ||
| Jordan | 1–0 | |
| 17 January 2011 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 0–5 | |
| | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 10 January 2015 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 0–1[1] | | Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
| 14 January 2015 | |||
| North Korea | 1–4[2] | | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
| 18 January 2015 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 3–1 | | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
| | |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Source: AFC
| Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| Lebanon | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
| Saudi Arabia | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Knockout stage
- Round of 16
| | |
Record
| AFC Asian Cup Finals record | AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | Withdrew | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||
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- | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Group Stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | |
| Group Stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 10/17 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 48 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 130 | 17 | |
References
- "Cup's open arms and open goals". www.heraldsun.com.au. January 14, 2015.
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