Saudi Arabia National Football Team

Governing body Saudi Arabian Football Federation Affiliated 1956 Stadium King Fahd International Stadium (68,752 seats) Manager H. Renard

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Goalkeepers
Mohammed Al-Owais	Mohammed Al Yami	Fawaz Al Qarni
Amin Al Bukhari
Defenders
Mohammed Al Burayk	Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti	Talal Alabsi
Sultan Al Ghanam	Yasir Al Shahrani	Abdullah Madu
Saud Abdul Hamid	Ziyad Al Sahafi	Mohammed Al-Khabrani Goals: 1
Midfielders
Abdulaziz Al Bishi	Turki Al-Ammar	Hattan Bahebri Goals: 2
Yehya Al Shehri	Mohammed Kanoo	Salem Al Dawsari Assists: 1
Abdullah Otayf	Salman Al Faraj Assists: 1	Nawaf Al Abid Assists: 3
Abdulelah Al Malki
Attackers
Abdullah Alhamddan Goals: 2	Firas Albirakan Goals: 2, Assists: 1	Abdulfattah Asiri

#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
	Mohammed Al-Owais	28
21	Mohammed Al Yami	23	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	Fawaz Al Qarni	28	450	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Amin Al Bukhari	23	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	Mohammed Al Burayk	28
3	Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti	21	316	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Talal Alabsi	27	44	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sultan Al Ghanam	26	450	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Yasir Al Shahrani	28	360	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Abdullah Madu	27
2	Saud Abdul Hamid	21	90	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ziyad Al Sahafi	26	193	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	26	406	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
20	Abdulaziz Al Bishi	26	46	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
19	Turki Al-Ammar	20	90	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hattan Bahebri	28	109	3	1	2	1	4	2	0	2	0	0
8	Yehya Al Shehri	30	66	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	Mohammed Kanoo	25	202	5	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	Salem Al Dawsari	29	266	3	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	Abdullah Otayf	28	342	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	Salman Al Faraj	31	270	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	Nawaf Al Abid	30	160	3	2	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0
12	Abdulelah Al Malki	25	384	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Attackers
9	Abdullah Alhamddan	20	257	3	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
17	Firas Albirakan	20	360	4	4	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0
15	Abdulfattah Asiri	26	89	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	0	0

Saudi Arabia is the lowest-ranked nation in this World Cup and hasn't won a single match in this competition since 1994. As a result, this Middle-Eastern country's hopes of making it into the knockout stage aren't high.

They are in Group A and will thus face an Uruguayan side led by Suarez and Cavani, an Egyptian side hopefully led by Salah, and a Russian side with the advantage of playing on home soil. Regardless, the Green Falcons will give it their all and hope to leave with pride.

Saudi has named their final squad for the upcoming competition, cutting down their initial preliminary list. Here are the players that have been chosen and a profile of the Arab nation.

Coach's objective

Juan Antonio Pizzi is the man in charge, but the constant chance of managers may have deeply affected the national side. Their boss is remembered for winning the Copa America Centenario with Chile in 2016, beating Argentina in the final, and will hope to achieve something memorable for the underdog.

New faces

Mohammed Al Burayk is not a player with tons of experience on the international stage. The 25-year-old right-back, in fact, earned his first cap by ex-manager Van Marwijk and has now made the final roster.

Veterans

Osama Hawsawi has been a regular in Saudi Arabia's defense and will be tasked with stopping some of football's deadliest attackers.

Big absences

There was no room in the Green Falcons' squad for the 2014 Asian Player of the Year, Nasser Al Shamrani.

Full squad

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al Owais, Yasser Al Mosailem, Abdullah Al Mayouf.

Defenders: Mansour Al Harbi, Osama Hawsawi, Ali Al Bulayhi, Omar Othman, Mohammed Al Burayk, Yasir Al Shahrani, Motaz Hawsawi.

Midfielders: Salman Al Faraj, Yahia Al Shehri, Hatan Bahbir, Abdulmalek Al Khaibri, Mohamed Kanno, Abdullah Otayf, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Hussain Al Moqahwi, Taiseer Al Jassam, Salem Al Dawsari.

Forwards: Mohammed Al Sahlawi, Fahad Al Muwallad, Muhannad Asiri.