Boxing national side

Saudi Arabia

National team · Saudi Arabia

«Green Falcons»

97 Matches

46 wins

24 draws

27 losses

122–81 Goals

+41 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D D L D W W

Saeed Al-Owairan picked up the ball inside his own half against Belgium in 1994, ran past four defenders and finished into the corner — a goal that still gets replayed whenever the national team's World Cup history comes up. It came at the Green Falcons' debut appearance in the tournament, in the United States, where Saudi Arabia also beat Morocco and reached the round of sixteen before losing to Sweden.

The federation behind the team, SAFF, was founded on 18 May 1955, and the side played its first official international two years later, a 1-1 draw with Lebanon in Beirut. Domestic success followed before World Cup football did: three Asian Cup titles, in 1984, 1988 and 1996, along with wins at the Gulf Cup and the Arab Cup, built the team's reputation as the Gulf's benchmark side through the 1980s and 1990s.

Salem Al-Dawsari wears the captain's armband now, and he supplied his own defining moment at the 2022 World Cup, scoring the winner as Saudi Arabia beat Argentina 2-1 in the tournament's opening round — a result that turned into one of the most replayed World Cup shocks of the decade. Mohammed Al-Deayea, capped 173 times, and Majed Abdullah, the team's all-time leading scorer with 72 goals, remain the names attached to the sides that won those earlier Asian titles.

Home matches are played at the King Fahd Sports City Stadium in Riyadh, currently being expanded toward a capacity beyond 70,000. No fixture on the calendar draws more tension than the one against Iran, a rivalry played out as much in regional politics as on the pitch and known across Asian football as the Asian El Clasico.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

26 Sep	Gulf Cup of Nations	Oman A	3:0	W
23 Sep	Gulf Cup of Nations	Kuwait H	1:0	W
27 Jun	World Cup	Cape Verde A	0:0	D
21 Jun	World Cup	Spain A	0:4	L
15 Jun	World Cup	Uruguay H	1:1	D
10 Jun	Friendlies	Senegal H	0:0	D

Standing

Asian Cup

Group stage · Group F

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	4:1	7
2	Thailand	3	1	2	0	2:0	5
3	Oman	3	0	2	1	2:3	2
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	1:5	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 97

97 Matches

46 wins

24 draws

27 losses

122–81 Goals

+41 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 97

46 24 27

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	97	60	37
Scored	122	70	52
Conceded	81	51	30
Scored per game	1.3	1.2	1.4
Conceded per game	0.8	0.8	0.8
Difference	+41	+19	+22

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Saud Abdullah Salem Abdulhamid Defender 5 Matches

Ayman Yahya Midfielder 5 Matches

Feras Tariq Nasser Al Brikan Forward 5 Matches

Mohamed Ibrahim Abdullah Kanno Forward 5 Matches

Musab Fahad Zaid Al Juwayr Midfielder 5 Matches

Khalid Essa Muhammad Al Ghannam Forward 5 Matches

Nawaf Al-Aqidi Goalkeeper 5 Matches

Ali Hassan Muhammad Majrashi Defender 4 Matches

Squad of Saudi Arabia

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
12	Saud Abdullah Salem Abdulhamid	Defender	5
8	Ayman Yahya	Midfielder	5
9	Feras Tariq Nasser Al Brikan	Forward	5
23	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdullah Kanno	Forward	5
7	Musab Fahad Zaid Al Juwayr	Midfielder	5
17	Khalid Essa Muhammad Al Ghannam	Forward	5
1	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	Goalkeeper	5
2	Ali Hassan Muhammad Majrashi	Defender	4
15	Abdullah Mohammed Hamza Al Ber Al Khaibari	Midfielder	4
19	Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Hamdan	Forward	4
4	Abdulelah Ali Awadh Al Amri	Defender	4
10	Salem Mohammed Shafi Al Dawsari	Midfielder	4
13	Nawaf Mashari Abdulrahman Boushal	Defender	4
14	Hassan Kadesh Yahya Mahboob	Defender	4
11	Saleh Al-Shehri	Forward	4
16	Ziyad Mubarak Eid Al Marwani Al Johani	Midfielder	4
21	Mohammed Khalil Ibrahim Al Owais	Goalkeeper	4
22	Ahmed Al-Kassar	Goalkeeper	4
3	Ali Mohammed Ali Lajami	Defender	4
26	M. Abu Al Shamat	Midfielder	3
6	Nasser Essa Shafi Al Shardan Al Dawsari	Midfielder	3
20	Sultan Ahmed Mohammed Mandash	Midfielder	3
25	Jehad Abdullatif Ahm	Defender	3
5	Hassan Mohammed Osama Al Tambakti	Defender	3
18	Ala Moshen Al Hajji	Midfielder	3
24	Moteb Saad Salim Al Naqi Al Harbi	Defender	3
7	Salman Mohammed Mohammed Al Faraj	Midfielder	2
26	Mohammed Mahzari	Defender	1
14	Abdulaziz Saud Abdulaziz Al Elewai	Midfielder	1
25	Naif Masud	Midfielder	1
8	M. Al-Sahafi	Forward	1
6	Mohammed Abdullah Eid Al-Majhad	Midfielder	1
30	Mohammed Al-Yami	Goalkeeper	1
3	Muteb Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Mufarrij	Defender	1
17	Rayane Hamidou	Defender	1