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  Nickname Sons Of The Desert
  Association Saudi Arabian<br>Football Federation
  Coach Marcos Paquetá
  Most Caps Mohamed Al-Deayea (173)
  Top Scorer Majed Abdullah (67)
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  First Game Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria <br/>( Lebanon October 20 , 1957 )
  Largest Win Saudi Arabia 8 - 0 Macao <br/>( Taif , Saudi Arabia May 14 , 1993 )
  Largest Loss Germany 8 - 0 Saudi Arabia<br/>( South Korea June 1 , 2002 )
  World Cup Apps 4<!--inclues 2006-->
  World Cup First 1994
  World Cup Best Round 2 1994
  Regional Name AFC Asian Cup
  Regional Cup Apps 6
  Regional Cup First 1984


The Saudi Arabia national football team (known by its fan as '''al-Sogour''' which means "The Falcons" or '''al-Akhdar''' which means "The Green") is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation . They are regarded as a newcomer on the world scene, having made their first World Cup in 1994 and upsetting Belgium at the group stage before falling to Sweden in the next round. The side were dismissed in the first round of the next two Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 walloping by Germany in 2002 .

Saudi Arabia won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984 , 1988 , and 1996 . They won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989 .

On June 8 , 2005 , they qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in Riyadh .


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