Kuwait at the FIFA World Cup

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Kuwait have obviously not appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1982.

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Overall record

Kuwait at Spain 1982

Group 4

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of England.svg  England 330061+56
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 311165+14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 30212422
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 30122641
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Panenka Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.) (Report) Al-Dakhil Soccerball shade.svg57'

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg4–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Genghini Soccerball shade.svg31'
Platini Soccerball shade.svg43'
Six Soccerball shade.svg48'
Bossis Soccerball shade.svg89'
(Report) Al-Buloushi Soccerball shade.svg75'

England  Flag of England.svg1–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Francis Soccerball shade.svg27' (Report)

Record players

Coach Parreira fielded his first-choice players during Kuwait's three matches, resulting in ten players sharing the record for Kuwait's player with the most FIFA World Cup matches.

RankPlayerMatches
1 Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 3
Abdullah Al-Buloushi 3
Faisal Al-Dakhil 3
Saad Al-Houti 3
Waleed Al-Jasem 3
Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi 3
Mahboub Juma'a 3
Fathi Kameel 3
Abdullah Mayouf 3
Naeem Saad 3

Goalscorers

Two Kuwaiti players scored one goal each during the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

RankPlayerGoals
1 Faisal Al-Dakhil 1
Abdullah Al-Buloushi 1

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