The Iran national football team, recognised as IR Iran by FIFA, represents Iran in men's international senior football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI).
The Saudi Arabia national football team (SAFF) represents Saudi Arabia in men's international football. They are known as Al-Suqour Al-Arabiyyah and sometimes Al-Suqour Al-Khodhur, a reference to their traditional colours of green and white, and represent both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in international football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association.
The Jordan national football team represents Jordan in international football. It is under the jurisdiction of the Jordan Football Association. Jordan played five times in the Asian Cup. It reached the finals of a major tournament for the first time in the 2023 edition, finishing as runners-up.
Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri, commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Hussein Saeed Mohammed is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in twelfth place in the list of top international goal scorers, with 78 goals. Along with Ahmed Radhi, he is considered to be the best Iraqi player of the 20th century and features in 25th place in Asia's Best Players of the Century list. Hussein's 78 international goals make him currently the Iraqi national team's highest scoring player.
Imad Ali Suleiman Al-Hosni, commonly known as Imad Al-Hosni or Al-Amda, is an Omani former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Oman national team.
Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries, and the second in an Asian country after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.
Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait Al-Noobi, commonly known as Hani Al-Dhabit, is an Omani former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He also played for the Oman national team.
Abdulaziz Hatem Mohammed Abdullah is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Rayyan and captains the Qatar national football team.
Pedro Miguel Carvalho Deus Correia, known as Ró-Ró, is a professional footballer who plays for Al Sadd and the Qatar national team as a right-back or a central defender.
Mohsin Jouhar Bilal Al-Khaldi, commonly known as Mohsin Al-Khaldi or Mohsin Jouhar, is an Omani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sohar in the Oman Professional League.
The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.
Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team. He is the son of former Al-Shabab goalkeeper and former Hetten manager, Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan.
The third round of AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022.
Shabaib Al-Khaldi is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Kazma and the Kuwaiti national team.
The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, known as Khaleeji Zain 25 for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. The tournament was hosted in Iraq for the first time since 1979, in the host city of Basra.
Abdullah Fawaz Afrah Bait Abdulghafur is an Omani professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Al Qadsia and the Omani national team.
Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 20 to 29 November 2022. The group consisted of the host nation Qatar as well as Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams, the Netherlands and Senegal, advanced to the round of 16. Qatar became the first host nation to lose every group game in the World Cup history, becoming the worst performing host.
