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
Abdullah Al Oaisher	Mohammed Al Owais	Mohammed Al Yami
Zaid Al Bawardi
Defenders
Muhannad Shanqeeti	Abdulelah Al-Amri Goals: 1	Mohammed Al Burayk
Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti	Sultan Al Ghanam	Yasir Al Shahrani
Abdullah Madu	Ali Albulayhi	Saud Abdul Hamid
Mohammed Al-Khabrani
Midfielders
Nasser Al-Dawsari	Ali Hassan Al Asmari	Ali Al-Hassan
Salem Al-Dawsari	Abdullah Otayf	Salman Al-Faraj
Abdulrahman Ghareeb	Abdulelah Al Malki	Sami Al-Najei
Attackers
Saleh Al-Shehri	Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi	Abdullah Al-Hamdan
Fahad Al Muwallad	Firas Al-Buraikan

#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
	Abdullah Al Oaisher	30
	Mohammed Al Owais	29	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Mohammed Al Yami	23
	Zaid Al Bawardi	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
Defenders
	Muhannad Shanqeeti	22
	Abdulelah Al-Amri	24	22	1	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0
	Mohammed Al Burayk	28	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti	22	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Sultan Al Ghanam	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Yasir Al Shahrani	29
	Abdullah Madu	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Ali Albulayhi	31	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0
	Saud Abdul Hamid	21	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	27
Midfielders
	Nasser Al-Dawsari	22	60	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
	Ali Hassan Al Asmari	24	30	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Ali Al-Hassan	24
	Salem Al-Dawsari	29	12	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Abdullah Otayf	28	65	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
	Salman Al-Faraj	31
	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	24	90	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Abdulelah Al Malki	26
	Sami Al-Najei	24	78	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
Attackers
	Saleh Al-Shehri	27	60	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
	Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi	26	89	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0
	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	21
	Fahad Al Muwallad	26	30	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0
	Firas Al-Buraikan	21

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.