United Arab Emirates national football team
United Arab Emirates national football team is the national association football team of United Arab Emirates.
Nickname(s) | Al Abyad (The Whites) Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed) | ||
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Association | UAE Football Association | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Most caps | Adnan Al Talyani (161) | ||
Top scorer | Adnan Al Talyani (52) | ||
FIFA code | UAE | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
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Highest | 40 (November – December 1998) | ||
Lowest | 138 (January 2012) | ||
First international | |||
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 17 March 1972) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates (B. S. Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
United Arab Emirates 0–8 Brazil (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 12 November 2005) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1990) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1990 | ||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Runners-up, 1996 | ||
Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1997) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1997 |