The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in international association football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association.
The Qatar national football team represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association and AFC.
The Syria national football team represents Syria in association football and is controlled by the Syrian Arab Federation for Football, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria has never qualified for the World Cup finals but did reach the fourth qualification round in 2018. The team is currently banned by FIFA from playing at home, as they have not hosted a game since December 2010.
The Bahrain women's national football team was first formed in 2003. The team represents Bahrain in international women's football and thus falls under the governance of the Bahrain Football Association; more specifically run by the women's committee at the Association. Although participating in several friendly tournaments, the team played its first official international match against the Maldives on April 22, 2007 and entered the FIFA Women's World Rankings in June 2007 at 111th out of 142.
Sport in the United Arab Emirates is widely practiced by the people of the UAE. Football is the most popular sport in the UAE. Among the notable UAE sports achievements is the 2002–03 AFC Champions League won by Al Ain FC who also finished second in the 2005 AFC Champions League. The UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first and only time so far in 1990, the fourth Middle-Eastern country to have qualified for the World Cup after first Egypt, then, Kuwait, and Iraq. Popular traditional sports include horse and camel racing.
Amer Abdul Rahman Abdullah Hussein Al Hamadi, commonly known as Amer Abdulrahman, is an Emirati footballer who plays for Baniyas as a central midfielder for the UAE national team.
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The tournament was won by Australia after defeating South Korea 2–1 in extra time in the final, thereby earning the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was hosted by Russia. The win was Australia's first Asian title since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a men's team has become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles: 1980, 1996, 2000 and 2004; right after the Australian women's team won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
Mohammed Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Almoudi is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Al-Wasl and the United Arab Emirates national team.
Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raqi Al Amoudi is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli and the United Arab Emirates national team.
The 2012 Arab Cup was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019.
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams.
Rayan Yaslam Mohammed Aboudan Al Jaberi, or simply Rayan Yaslam, is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Al Ain and the United Arab Emirates national team.
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.
The third round of AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification is being played from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022.
Walid Adel Shour is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Shabab Sahel, on loan from Lebanese Premier League club Ahed, and the Lebanon national team.
The Qatar v United Arab Emirates was an AFC Asian Cup match occurred in 29 January 2019 as part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It was held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The match is referred as Blockade Derby, due to ongoing Qatar diplomatic crisis and deterioration of Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations.
Abbas Ibrahim Assi is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder or right-back for Iraqi club Naft Maysan, on loan from Lebanese Premier League club Shabab Sahel, and the Lebanon national team.
The 2021 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 13 September to 23 November 2021. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2021 AFC Champions League.
Oliver Isak Kass Kawo is a Syrian footballer who plays as a forward for Danish 1st Division club FC Helsingør and the Syria national team.
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