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  Association Kuwait Football Association
  Coach ''vacant''
  Most Caps Wail Sulaiman Al Habashi (109)
  Top Scorer Jassem Al Houwaidi (63)
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  First Game Kuwait 2 - 2 Libya <br/>( Morocco September 3 , 1961 )
  Largest Win Kuwait 20 - 0 Bhutan <br/>( Kuwait City , Kuwait February 14 , 2000 )
  Largest Loss Egypt 8 - 0 Kuwait<br/>( Morocco September 4 , 1961 )<BR> Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait<br/>( Leiria , Portugal November 19 , 2003 )
  World Cup Apps 1
  World Cup First 1982
  World Cup Best Round 1, 1982
  Regional Name AFC Asian Cup
  Regional Cup Apps 8
  Regional Cup First 1972


The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association . They made one World Cup , in 1982 , tying Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France .

They have better success contending for the Asian Cup , reaching the finals in 1976 and taking home the winner's trophy in 1980 .

The side are regarded as a comer in the continental football scene, having knocked powerhouse China out of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.

WORLD CUP RECORD



ASIAN CUP RECORD



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