| Germany 2006: |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 28th |
| SAUDI ARABIA NEWS |
| Saudi Arabia have shown they are easily the best team in the Asian region, although their ranking may not reflect this. Over 12 qualifying matches they drew two matches and won the rest, conceding only twice, against Indonesia and Uzbekistan. Impressive was the depth in goal scorers the Saudi'a showed with Mohammad Al Shlhoub, Ibrahim Al Shahrani and Redjep Agabaev all scoring three each out of the 24 goals scored. It's this depth in front of goal the Saudi's will hope to exploit as they look to improve on their dismal '02 performance which included an 0-8 rout against Germany. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 1st |
| Round 2 |
| 1st |
| Round 3 |
| Top Scorers |
| 3 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 3-0 |
| Indonesia |
| Dft |
| 18-Feb-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dft |
| 31-Mar-04 |
| 3-0 |
| Turkmenistan |
| Dft |
| 09-Jun-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Turkmenistan |
| Dft |
| 08-Sep-04 |
| 3-1 |
| Indonesia |
| Dft |
| 13-Oct-04 |
| 3-0 |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dft |
| 17-Nov-04 |
| 1-1 |
| Uzbekistan |
| Drew |
| 09-Feb-05 |
| 2-0 |
| Dft |
| 25-Mar-05 |
| 0-0 |
| Kuwait |
| Drew |
| 30-Mar-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Kuwait |
| Dft |
| 03-Jun-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Uzbekistan |
| Dft |
| 08-Jun-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Dft |
| 17-Aug-05 |
| Mohammad Al Shlhoub Ibrahim Al Shahrani Redjep Agabaev |
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| SAUDI ARABIA'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Mohammed Al-Deayea (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mohammed Khouja (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mabrouk Zayed (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Defenders |
| Ahmad Al-Bahri (Al-Ittifak, Saudi Arabia) |
| Ahmad Al-Doukhi (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Nayef Al-Kadhi (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia) |
| Abdul Aziz Al-Khathran (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Hamad Al-Montashari (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Hussein Abdul Ghani (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia) |
| Redha Takar (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Midfielders |
| Omar Al-Ghamdi (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Nawaf Al-Temyat (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Khaled Aziz (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Saoud Kariri (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Forwards |
| Mohammad Al-Anbar (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Saad Al-Harthi (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia) |
| Sami Al-Jaber (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Yasser Al-Qahtani (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mohammad Nour (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mohammed Masaad (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia) |
| Mohammad Amin (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia) |
| Malek Maath (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia) |