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Saudi Arabia ( or ; or incorrectly , officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( ), is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab world, after Algeria. It is bordered by Jordan, and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Red Sea lies to its west, and the Persian Gulf lies to the east. Saudi Arabia has an area of approximately , and it has an estimated population of 27 million, of which 9 million are registered foreign expatriates and an estimated 2 million are illegal immigrants. Saudi nationals comprise an estimated 16 million people.

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World Cup 2006 Teams and Players

Saudi Arabia

Nickname

Sons Of The Desert

Association

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Coach

Marcos Paquetá

Most caps

Mohamed Al-Deayea (173)

Top scorer

Majed Abdullah (67)





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First international
Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria
(Lebanon; October 20, 1957)

Largest win
Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao
(Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993)

Worst defeat
Germany 8 - 0 Saudi Arabia
(Japan; June 1, 2002)

World Cup

Appearances

4 (First in 1994)

Best result

Round 2 1994

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1984)

Best result

Winners, 1984, 1988, 1996

The Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم) (known by its fan as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green") is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation. They are regarded as a newcomer on the world scene, having made their first World Cup in 1994 and upsetting Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next two Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 walloping by Germany in 2002.

Saudi Arabia won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996. They won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989.

On June 8, 2005, they qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 Famous players 4 2006 World Cup Squad 5 External links

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