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This article details the fixtures and results of the UAE national football team in 1979.
After a two year wait, the national team finally played more international football matches and the first games to be played in their homeland for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification games. The first time the UAE had entered the AFC Asian Cup.
The UAE also entered the 5th Arabian Gulf Cup held in Iraq.
1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| 11 January 1979 | United Arab Emirates  | 0 – 0 |  Lebanon | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| 13 January 1979 | United Arab Emirates | 0 – 0 |  Syria | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| 16 January 1979 | United Arab Emirates | 2 – 0 Awarded |  Bahrain | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 24 March 1979 | Saudi Arabia  | 2 – 1 | United Arab Emirates |  Baghdad, Iraq |
| 26 March 1979 | Bahrain | 3 – 0 | United Arab Emirates | Baghdad, Iraq |
| 28 March 1979 | Qatar  | 1 – 0 | United Arab Emirates | Baghdad, Iraq |
| 31 March 1979 | Kuwait  | 7 – 0 | United Arab Emirates | Baghdad, Iraq |
| 3 April 1979 | Iraq | 5 – 0 | United Arab Emirates | Baghdad, Iraq |
| 9 April 1979 | United Arab Emirates | 4 – 0 |  Oman | Baghdad, Iraq |
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