United Arab Emirates national football team all-time record

Last updated October 16, 2024

This article lists the United Arab Emirates national football team all-time head-to-head record with other official FIFA members and records in competitive tournaments.

Head-to-head record

AFC

Last updated at 15 October 2024^[1]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Last Match
Australia	7	1	2	4	2	7	−5	7 June 2022
Bahrain	32	14	7	12	53	46	+7	11 June 2024
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	21	1	+20	18 March 2016
Brunei	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	4 May 2001
China	11	2	5	4	7	17	−10	6 October 2011
Hong Kong	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10	14 January 2024
India	14	10	2	2	32	7	+25	29 March 2021
Indonesia	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	11 June 2021
Iran	20	1	3	16	5	29	−24	10 September 2024
Iraq	30	7	12	11	29	43	−14	29 March 2022
Japan	20	6	8	6	18	22	−4	23 March 2017
Jordan	18	11	4	3	30	15	+15	24 May 2021
Kuwait	43	17	8	18	50	75	−25	12 October 2023
Kyrgyzstan	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	30 December 2023
Laos	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	11 September 2018
Lebanon	15	10	4	1	27	14	+13	17 October 2023
Malaysia	12	10	0	2	32	7	+25	3 June 2021
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	28 August 2015
Nepal	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	6 June 2024
North Korea	12	3	5	4	9	12	−3	10 October 2024
Oman	33	15	12	6	45	24	+21	5 January 2018
Pakistan	5	5	0	0	17	4	+13	15 November 2006
Palestine	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	18 January 2024
Philippines	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	9 November 2013
Qatar	34	11	9	14	39	47	−8	5 September 2024
Saudi Arabia	36	8	8	20	27	51	−24	21 March 2019
Singapore	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	12 September 2007
South Korea	23	3	6	14	17	42	−25	29 March 2022
Sri Lanka	8	8	0	0	35	3	+32	31 August 2019
Syria	24	13	8	3	37	18	+19	27 January 2022
Tajikistan	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	28 January 2024
Thailand	13	8	3	2	21	12	+9	28 March 2023
East Timor	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	12 November 2015
Turkmenistan	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	5 November 2015
Uzbekistan	18	9	4	5	25	20	+5	15 October 2024
Vietnam	7	5	0	2	16	6	+10	15 June 2021
Yemen ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	15	12	0	3	34	14	+20	26 March 2024
Total	475	205	119	151	747	565	+182	15 October 2024

↑ Includes matches against North Yemen .

CAF

Last updated at 29 May 2022^[2]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Last Match
Algeria	7	2	2	3	5	5	0	4 June 2010
Angola	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	12 October 2010
Benin	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	17 November 2007
Egypt	9	1	3	5	6	10	−4	16 December 2002
Gabon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	25 March 2018
Gambia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	29 May 2022
Kenya	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	21 December 2003
Libya	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	2 December 2005
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 December 2021
Mali	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	27 August 1997
Morocco	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	14 February 2001
Niger	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	29 November 2016
Senegal	4	1	2	1	7	8	−1	28 October 1994
South Africa	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	15 December 1997
Sudan	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	17 October 1998
Togo	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	21 November 2007
Tunisia	5	0	0	5	2	10	−8	6 December 2021
Total	47	12	17	18	50	55	–5	29 May 2022

CONCACAF

Last updated at 12 September 2023^[3]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Last Match
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	12 September 2023
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	30 August 2019
Haiti	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	10 November 2017
Honduras	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	11 October 2018
Mexico	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	12 September 1985
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	6 September 2018
Total	9	2	4	3	14	11	+3	12 September 2023

CONMEBOL

Last updated at 16 November 2022^[4]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	D	L	GA	GD	Last Match
Argentina	1	0	1	5	−5	16 November 2022
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	0	16 November 2018
Brazil	1	0	1	8	−8	12 November 2005
Chile	1	0	1	2	−2	9 October 2010
Colombia	1	0	1	2	−2	9 June 1990
Paraguay	2	1	1	1	−1	23 September 2022
Peru	1	1	0	0	0	24 May 2005
Uruguay	1	0	1	2	−2	13 December 1997
Venezuela	2	0	2	6	−6	27 September 2022
Total	11	3	8	26	–26	16 November 2022

OFC

Last updated at 9 September 2013^[5]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Last Match
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	9 September 2013
Total	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	9 September 2013

UEFA

Last updated at 19 November 2022^[6]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Last Match
Andorra	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	18 August 2018
Armenia	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	27 May 2014
Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	14 December 2003
Belarus	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	22 November 2004
Bulgaria	6	1	0	5	4	14	−10	2 June 1996
Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	15 November 2009
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5 February 1990
Estonia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	14 November 2012
Finland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	12 February 1990
Georgia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 June 2014
Germany ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	2 June 2009
Hungary	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	14 August 1996
Iceland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	16 January 2016
Kazakhstan	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	19 November 2022
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3 September 2014
Malta	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	15 November 1996
Moldova	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	29 May 2010
Norway	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	27 August 2014
Poland	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	6 December 2006
Romania	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	18 September 1996
Russia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	29 May 1996
Serbia ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	19 June 1990
Slovakia	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	22 March 2018
Slovenia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	19 February 2000
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	17 February 1990
Switzerland	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	9 February 2005
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	26 August 1994
Total	55	13	14	28	60	106	–46	19 November 2022

↑ Includes matches against West Germany .
↑ Includes matches against Yugoslavia .

Home matches

As of 10 September 2024

Stadium	City	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Zayed Sports City	Abu Dhabi	37	19	9	9	62	37	+25	51.35%
MBZ Stadium	Abu Dhabi	29	17	6	6	65	30	+35	58.62%
Al Maktoum Stadium	Dubai	19	13	2	4	34	20	+14	68.42%
MBR Stadium	Dubai	17	7	7	3	26	20	+4	41.18%
KBZ Stadium	Al Ain	15	12	1	2	38	11	+27	80%
Zabeel Stadium	Dubai	14	8	5	1	31	10	+21	57.14%
Al Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi	12	9	1	2	17	11	+6	75%
Sharjah Stadium	Sharjah	11	5	2	4	17	10	+7	45.45%
Tahnoun Stadium	Al Ain	7	3	1	3	14	6	+8	42.86%
Rashid Stadium	Dubai	7	3	1	3	13	9	+4	42.86%
HBZ Stadium	Al Ain	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	50%
Al Awir Stadium	Al Awir	1	0	0	1	0	4	–4	0%
Total	5 Cities	174	98	36	40	322	173	+146	56.32%

UAE in Competitive Tournaments

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of the United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Not eligible to enter
1978	Did not participate
1982	Did not participate
1986	Did not qualify
1990	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	2	11
1994	Did not qualify
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/21	3	0	0	3	2	11

Matches

List of FIFA World Cup matches
1990	Group Stage	Colombia	0–2	Loss	0–0–1
	Group Stage	West Germany	1–5	Loss	0–0–2
	Group Stage	Yugoslavia	1–4	Loss	0–0–3

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980	Group stage	9th	4	0	1	3	3	9
1984	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	3	8
1988	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	2	4
1992	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	3	4
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	8	3
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2007	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	3	6
2011	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	0	4
2015	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	10	8
2019	Semifinals	4th	6	3	2	1	8	8
2023	Round of 16	10th	4	1	2	1	6	5
Total	Runners-up	11/18	48	16	13	19	46	61

Matches

List of AFC Asian Cup matches
1980	Group Stage	Kuwait	1–1	Draw	0–1–0
	Group Stage	Qatar	1–2	Loss	0–1–1
	Group Stage	Malaysia	0–2	Loss	0–1–2
	Group Stage	South Korea	1–4	Loss	0–1–3
1984
	Group Stage	Iran	0–3	Loss	0–1–4
	Group Stage	India	2–0	Win	1–1–4
	Group Stage	Singapore	1–0	Win	2–1–4
	Group Stage	China	0–5	Loss	2–1–5
1988
	Group Stage	South Korea	0–1	Loss	2–1–6
	Group Stage	Qatar	1–2	Loss	2–1–7
	Group Stage	Iran	0–1	Loss	2–1–8
	Group Stage	Japan	1–0	Win	3–1–8
1992
	Group Stage	Japan	0–0	Draw	3–2–8
	Group Stage	Iran	0–0	Draw	3–3–8
	Group Stage	North Korea	2–1	Win	4–3–8
	Semi-Final	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Loss	4–3–9
	Third Place play-off	China	1–1 3–4 (pen.)	Draw	4–4–9
1996
	Group Stage	South Korea	1–1	Draw	4–5–9
	Group Stage	Kuwait	3–2	Win	5–5–9
	Group Stage	Indonesia	2–0	Win	6–5–9
	Quarter-Final	Iraq	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	Win	7–5–9
	Semi-Final	Kuwait	1–0	Win	8–5–9
	Final	Saudi Arabia	0–0 2–4 (pen.)	Draw	8–6–9
2004
	Group Stage	Kuwait	1–3	Loss	8–6–10
	Group Stage	South Korea	0–2	Loss	8–6–11
	Group Stage	Jordan	0–0	Draw	8–7–11
2007
	Group Stage	Vietnam	0–2	Loss	8–7–12
	Group Stage	Japan	1–3	Loss	8–7–13
	Group Stage	Qatar	2–1	Win	9–7–13
2011
	Group Stage	North Korea	0–0	Draw	9–8–13
	Group Stage	Iraq	0–1	Loss	9–8–14
	Group Stage	Iran	0–3	Loss	9–8–15
2015
	Group Stage	Qatar	4–1	Win	10–8–15
	Group Stage	Bahrain	2–1	Win	11–8–15
	Group Stage	Iran	0–1	Loss	11–8–16
	Quarter-Final	Japan	1–1 5–4 (pen.)	Draw	11–9–16
	Semi-Final	Australia	0–2	Loss	11–9–17
	Third Place play-off	Iraq	3–2	Win	12–9–17
2019
	Group Stage	Bahrain	1–1	Draw	12–10–17
	Group Stage	India	2–0	Win	13–10–17
	Group Stage	Thailand	1–1	Draw	13–11–17
	Round of 16	Kyrgyzstan	3–2 ( a.e.t. )	Win	14–11–17
	Quarter-Final	Australia	1–0	Win	15–11–17
	Semi-Final	Qatar	0–4	Loss	15–11–18
2023
	Group Stage	Hong Kong	3–1	Win	16–11–18
	Group Stage	Palestine	1–1	Draw	16–12–18
	Group Stage	Iran	1–2	Loss	16–12–19
	Round of 16	Tajikistan	1–1 3–5 (pen.)	Draw	16–13–19

FIFA Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	8
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	2	8

Arabian Gulf Cup record

Arabian Gulf Cup record
Year	Place	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1970	Did not enter
1972	Third place	3	1	0	2	1	11
1974	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	5	9
1976	Fifth Place	6	0	2	4	4	13
1979	Sixth place	6	1	0	5	5	18
1982	Third place	5	3	0	2	7	6
1984	Fourth place	6	2	3	1	5	4
1986	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	10	7
1988	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	7	4
1990	Fifth place	4	0	2	2	2	8
1992	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	4	3
1994	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	7	1
1996	Fourth place	5	1	3	1	5	5
1998	Third place	5	2	1	2	5	7
2002	Sixth place	5	1	0	4	3	7
2003	Fifth place	6	2	1	3	6	7
2004	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	4	5
2007	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	1
2009	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	4
2010	Semi-finals	5	1	2	1	3	2
2013	Champions	5	5	0	0	10	3
2014	Third place	5	2	2	1	7	5
2017	Runners-up	5	1	4	0	1	0
2019	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	6
Total	Champions	111	41	28	39	117	135

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References

↑ "World Football Elo Ratings: United Arab Emirates". Eloratings.net. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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[2] Includes matches against North Yemen .

[8] Includes matches against West Germany .

[9] Includes matches against Yugoslavia .

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v t e United Arab Emirates national football team
General	United Arab Emirates Football Association History Managers
Statistics	Results and fixtures 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present International tournaments Head to head
Team	Players International players
Venues	Zayed Sports City Mohammed bin Zayed Hazza bin Zayed Al Maktoum
Tournaments	World Cup Asian Cup Asian Games WAFF Championship Friendship Tournament
World Finals	1990
Asian Finals	1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Notable Matches	1996 AFC Asian Cup final Disaster of Hanoi (2007) Blockade Derby (2019) 2022 World Cup fourth round qualifier
Scorers	Ali Mabkhout
Rivalries	Iran Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia
Other teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's Futsal Beach soccer

United Arab Emirates national football team all-time record

Contents

Head-to-head record

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Home matches

UAE in Competitive Tournaments

FIFA World Cup record

Matches

AFC Asian Cup record

Matches

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Arabian Gulf Cup record

Related Research Articles

References

External links