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The 'United Arab Emirates national football team' is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It made one World Cup appearance, in 1990, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. The side rebounded to take fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2005 the UAE football team jointly won the Kirin Cup along with the Peruvian team. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1-0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history. On August 18 2007 the UAE national beach soccer team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup after defeating Japan 4-3 in the final.

Contents

Last and next games

World Cup record

Asian Cup record

Achievements

West Asian Football Federation Championship record

Current National Team

Last and next games

★ 'Last game' 1-3 - Hanoi - July 13, 2007.

★ 'Next game' 1-2 - Ho Chi Minh City - July 16, 2007.

World Cup record

★ 1930 to 1974 - ''Did not enter''

★ 1978 - ''Withdrew''

★ 1982 - ''Did not enter''

★ 1986 - ''Did not qualify''

★ 1990 - Round 1

★ 1994 to 2006 - ''Did not qualify''

Asian Cup record

★ 1956 to 1976 - ''Did not enter''

★ 1980 - Round 1

★ 1984 - Round 1

★ 1988 - Round 1

★ 1992 - Fourth place

★ 1996 - Second place

★ 2000 - ''Did not qualify''

★ 2004 to 2007 - Round 1

Achievements

★ Qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

★ Second Place in The 1996 Asian Cup

★ Reached the Quarter Finals of The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

★ Kirin Cup Winner in 2005

★ GCC Under-17 Tournament winner in 2006

★ Winners of 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations

★ Winners of the AFC FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers Tournament 2007

West Asian Football Federation Championship record

★ 2000 to 2007- ''Did not enter''

Current National Team

The following players named for the Gulf Cup 18.