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] The United Arab Emirates is yet to enter their second world cup since then.

FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record Qualifications record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
1930Not eligible to enter Not eligible to enter'
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978Did not enter Did not enter
1982
1986Did not qualify 421154
1990Group stage24th3003211 9441167
1994Did not qualify 8611194
1998 125431613
2002147253120
2006631266
2010164391924
201482151416
2018189363717
2022To be determined 110021
2026000000
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 2 11 97 43 20 35 165 112
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Record by Opponent
FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Total Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
 Colombia100102−2
 Germany100115−4
 Serbia100114−3

1990 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UAE vs Colombia
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Colombia
Report Redín  50'
Valderrama  85'
Attendance: 30,791
UAE
Colombia

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
GK17Muhsin Musabah
DF20Yousuf Hussain 55'
DF6Abdulrahman Mohamed
DF2Khalil Ghanim
DF15Ibrahim Meer 10'
MF19Eissa Meer 5' 74'
MF12Hussain Ghuloum
MF14Nasir Khamees
MF3Ali Thani
FW7Fahad Khamees (c) 57'
FW10Adnan Al Talyani
Substitutions:
MF5Abdullah Sultan 74'
FW11Zuhair Bakhit 57'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

COLOMBIA:
GK1René Higuita
DF4Luis Fernando Herrera
DF15Luis Carlos Perea
DF2Andrés Escobar
DF3Gildardo Gómez
MF8Gabriel Gómez
MF14Leonel Álvarez
MF11Bernardo Redín
MF10Carlos Valderrama (c)
FW19Freddy Rincón
FW16Arnoldo Iguarán 75'
Substitutions:
MF7Carlos Estrada 75'
Manager:
Francisco Maturana


Assistant referees:
Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
Shizuo Takada (Japan)

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.

West Germany 5–1 United Arab Emirates
Völler  35', 75'
Klinsmann  37'
Matthäus  47'
Bein  58'		 Report Ismaïl Mubarak  46'
Attendance: 71,169
West Germany
UAE

WEST GERMANY:
GK1Bodo Illgner
SW5Klaus Augenthaler
DF14Thomas Berthold 46'
DF6Guido Buchwald
MF2Stefan Reuter
MF8Thomas Häßler
MF10Lothar Matthäus (c)
MF15Uwe Bein
MF3Andreas Brehme 86'
FW9Rudi Völler
FW18Jürgen Klinsmann 71'
Substitutions:
MF7Pierre Littbarski 46'
FW13Karl-Heinz Riedle 71'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
GK17Muhsin Musabah
DF20Yousuf Hussain 26'
DF6Abdulrahman Mohamed (c)
DF2Khalil Ghanim
DF15Ibrahim Meer 87'
MF19Eissa Meer
MF12Hussain Ghuloum 30'
MF14Nasir Khamees
MF8Khalid Ismaïl
FW3Ali Thani
FW10Adnan Al Talyani
Substitutions:
DF21Abdulrahman Al-Haddad 87'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira


Assistant referees:
Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

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.

Yugoslavia 4–1 United Arab Emirates
Sušić  4'
Pančev  8', 46'
Prosinečki  90'		 Report Thani Jumaa  22'
Attendance: 27,833
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Yugoslavia
UAE

YUGOSLAVIA:
GK1Tomislav Ivković
SW5Faruk Hadžibegić
DF2Vujadin Stanojković
DF3Predrag Spasić
MF16Refik Šabanadžović 71' 78'
MF10Dragan Stojković
MF6Davor Jozić
MF8Safet Sušić
MF7Dragoljub Brnović 20'
FW9Darko Pančev 76'
FW11Zlatko Vujović (c) 64'
Substitutions:
DF4Zoran Vulić 64'
MF15Robert Prosinečki 78'
Manager:
Ivica Osim

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
GK17Muhsin Musabah
DF19Eissa Meer
DF6Abdulrahman Mohamed (c)
DF2Khalil Ghanim  36'  76'
DF15Ibrahim Meer
MF21Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
MF12Hussain Ghuloum
MF14Nasir Khamees 35'
MF8Khalid Ismaïl
FW3Ali Thani 46'
FW10Adnan Al Talyani
Substitutions:
MF5Abdullah Sultan 35'
FW7Fahad Khamees 46'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira


Assistant referees:
Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Michel Vautrot (France)

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
1 Adnan Al Talyani3
Mubarak Ghanim3
Hussain Ghuloum3
Nasir Khamees3
Eissa Meer3
Ibrahim Meer3
Abdulrahman Mohamed3
Muhsin Musabah3
Ali Thani Jumaa3

Top goalscorers

Two UAE players scored one goal each at the 1990 World Cup.

No. Name Goals
1 Khalid Ismaïl1
Ali Thani Jumaa1

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. "1990 FIFA World Cup Schedule". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. "UAE: a journey to the unknown at Italia 90". 30 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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