Founded: 1952 Affiliated to Fifa: 1962
First match played: | |||||||
1962 | Lebanon | Lebanon | 0 | - | 4 | Loss | Arab Cup |
Latest match played: | |||||||
24/09/2000 | Qatar | Kuwait | 0 | - | 0 | Draw | Friendly |
Biggest win: | |||||||
14/02/2000 | Bhutan | Kuwait | 20 | - | 0 | Win | Asian Cup - qualifier |
Biggest loss: | |||||||
21/10/1980 | New Zealand | Malaysia | 1 | - | 5 | Loss | Friendly |
Longest unbeaten streak: 19 (1985-86) Current unbeaten streak: 1
Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Bahrain | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Bhutan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
China | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
East Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Egypt | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Finland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Iceland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Iran | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 32 |
Iraq | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 |
Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Jordan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
Lebanon | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 |
Libya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Macao | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Malaysia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
Mali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Myanmar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
North Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
North Yemen* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Oman | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Qatar | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 26 |
Saudi Arabia | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 30 |
Singapore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
South Korea | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 |
South Vietnam* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Soviet Union* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Syria | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 19 |
Thailand | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Turkmenistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 21 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Wales | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yemen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Zambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 345 | 163 | 78 | 104 | 605 | 352 |
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