Tim nasional sepak bola Uni Emirat Arab

Tim nasional sepak bola asosiasi Uni Emirat Arab berada di bawah Asosiasi Sepak Bola Uni Emirat Arab. Debut piala dunia mereka terjadi pada 1990 dan saat itu mereka berada di babak penyisihan grup.

Uni Emirat Arab

Julukan	Al Abyad (The White One) Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed)
Asosiasi	UAE Football Association
Konfederasi	AFC (Asia)
Sub-konfederasi	WAFF (Asia Barat)
Pelatih	Bert van Marwijk
Kapten	Walid Abbas
Penampilan terbanyak	Adnan Al Talyani (164)
Pencetak gol terbanyak	Ali Mabkhout (78)
Stadion kandang	Sesuai kebutuhan
Kode FIFA	UAE
Peringkat FIFA
Terkini	63 5 (28 November 2024)
Tertinggi	40 (November – Desember 1998)
Terendah	138 (Januari 2012)
Peringkat Elo
Terkini	76 14 (19 Januari 2024)
Warna pertama Warna kedua
Pertandingan internasional pertama
UAE 1–0 Qatar (Arab Saudi; 17 Maret 1972)
Kemenangan terbesar
Brunei 0–12 UAE (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001)
Kekalahan terbesar
UAE 0–8 Brasil (Abu Dhabi, Uni Emirat Arab; 12 November 2005)

Sejarah

The first match of the team was played on 17 March 1972 against Qatar at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and won with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 to nothing. After participating in four Gulf Cup tournaments since 1972, United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the 1982 edition. It again finished third as did in the two previous tournaments.

In 1980, United Arab Emirates first-time qualified for the AFC Asian Cup which was held in Kuwait and were drawn with eventual winners, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar in Group B. It drew 1–1 with Kuwait and lost the three other matches and finished in fifth place in the group and ninth (out of ten teams) overall. It also qualified for the next two tournaments, 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Qatar and was again eliminated in the group stages in both. Its first victory of the tournament occurred against India on 7 December 1984, under manager Heshmat Mohajerani.

In 1984, Mohajerani resigned and was replaced with Carlos Alberto Parreira. Parreira led the team at the 1988 Asian Cup and left his position after the tournament. He was succeeded by Mário Zagallo. Zagallo led the team to the qualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. However, Zagallo resigned before the tournament and Parreira returned. The team finished fourth at the 1990 World Cup's final tournament with no points, scoring two goals and conceding 11 goals. The journey was put into a 2016 documentary titled Lights of Rome. After the tournament, Parreira was sacked.

At the 1992 and 1996 Asian Cups, United Arab Emirates finished fourth and second respectively for the first times. United Arab Emirates appeared in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup after being awarded a spot because Saudi Arabia was hosting the games.

United Arab Emirates missed the qualification for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon and finished in last place at the 2002 Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia. It was eliminated in the next three Asian Cup tournaments at the group stage. In 2004 and 2007 editions, UAE was all eliminated by the hand to debutants Jordan and Vietnam. In 2011, it finished the tournament goalless. At this time, coaches that managed the Emirates included Carlos Queiroz, Roy Hodgson and Dick Advocaat. In 2006, UAE appointed Bruno Metsu as the new manager. He led the Emirates to the 2007 Gulf Cup title.

After hiring foreign coaches, in 2012, United Arab Emirates appointed the Olympic team coach Mahdi Ali as the manager of the senior team. Ali began creating a squad inviting players that he had worked with at the youth level. He led the Emirates to their second Gulf Cup title in 2013. At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, United Arab Emirates defeated Qatar 4–1 and Bahrain 2–1 and lost to Iran by a goal. As group runner-up, it faced the defending champions Japan in the quarter-final and earned a victory on penalties to advance to the last four. In the semi-finals, it lost 2–0 to the host Australia. In the third-place play-off, it beat Iraq 3–2. United Arab Emirates qualified through the AFC qualification where it finished fourth in Group B thus failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Ahmed Khalil was a top scorer in the qualification. Around this time Mahdi Ali resigned from his position.

The Emirates hosted the 2019 Asian Cup, this marked the second time they hosted an AFC Asian Cup. The team had Alberto Zaccheroni as a coach. In the Asian Cup tournament, UAE proceeded to the quarter-finals where it scored its first-ever goal against Australia to gain its first-ever win against this opponent. The semi-finals was between the host and Qatar. Some audiences threw footwear in the pitch after Qatar scored its second goal. UAE lost 0–4 marking its first defeat to Qatar since 2001.

United Arab Emirates joined the second round of 2022 World Cup qualifiers and was placed with all-out Southeast Asian opponents. The team had already appointed the Dutch guider Bert van Marwijk. Bert was sacked after his start undergoing two away losses to Thailand and Vietnam in the qualifiers along his group stage exit in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup. After this, the Emirates decided to naturalize Argentine Sebastián Tagliabúe, Brazilian Caio Canedo Corrêa and Fábio Virginio de Lima, the three South American players, having never done so since the foundation of the national team. The team then experienced a period of coaching instabilities, with three different coaches, before van Marwijk resumed his duty due to crisis in option. With the COVID-19 pandemic however, the AFC decided the remaining games of the second round would be played in one country, and the United Arab Emirates were able to utilise the advantage as the host nation, ultimately u-turned the earlier misery into four consecutive wins to break through into the third round, where they faced its neighbours and the powerhouses Iran and South Korea.

Skuat

0#0	Pos.	Nama Pemain	Tanggal lahir (umur)	Tampil	Gol	Klub
1	1GK	Ali Khasif	9 Juni 1987	59	0	Al-Jazira
17	1GK	Fahad Al-Dhanhani	3 September 1991	2	0	Baniyas SC
22	1GK	Adel Al-Hosani	23 Agustus 1989	1	0	Al Sharjah SCC
14	2DF	Bashir Saeed	28 Juni 1981	57	5	Al-Ahli
17	2DF	Yousif Jaber	25 Februari 1985	42	2	Baniyas
6	2DF	Fares Juma Al Saadi	30 Desember 1988	31	2	Al Ain
20	2DF	Obaid Khalifa	13 April 1985	7	0	Al-Ahli
2	2DF	Yaqoub Al Hosani	6 Januari 1987	1	0	Al-Wahda
21	2DF	Eisa Ahmed	13 Januari 1987	3	0	Al-Wahda
4	3MF	Abdulsalam Jumaa	23 Mei 1977	49	3	Al-Dhafra
7	3MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	27 Oktober 1983	46	4	Al Ain
13	3MF	Salem Abdullah	5 Juli 1986	2	0	Al Ain
5	3MF	Adel Abdullah Abbas	3 Juli 1980	1	0	Al Shabab Al Arabi
23	3MF	Adnan Hussain	6 Desember 1985	1	0	Baniyas
16	3MF	Humaid Ahmed	7 Februari 1988	0	0	Al Sharjah
9	4FW	Mohamed Al-Shehhi	28 Maret 1988	57	12	Al Wahda
11	4FW	Essa Obaid	10 April 1984	2	0	Al Shabab Al Arabi
19	4FW	Abdullah Qasem	11 Agustus 1986	2	0	Al Jazira
6	4FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	17 Juni 1990	1	0	Al Ain
15	4FW	Majed Hassan	1 Agustus 1992	0	0	Al-Ahli
10	4FW	Ismail Matar	7 April 1983	112	34	Al-Wahda
21	4FW	Khalfan Mubarak	9 Mei 1995	12	1	Al Jazira

Pemain Terkenal

• Adnan Al-Talyani
• Ali Khasif
• Ahmed Khalil
• Ismail Matar
• Majed Nasser

Piala Dunia

• 1978 - Mundur
• 1982 - Tidak ikut
• 1986 - Tidak lolos
• 1990 - Babak 1
• 1994 hingga 2014 - Tidak lolos

Piala Asia

• 1956 hingga 1976 - Tidak ikut
• 1980 - Babak 1
• 1984 - Babak 1
• 1988 - Babak 1
• 1992 - Tempat keempat
• 1996 - Tempat kedua
• 2000 - Tidak lolos
• 2004 - Babak 1
• 2007 - Babak 1
• 2011 - Babak 1
• 2015 - Tempat ketiga