Kuwait national football team
national association football team
Kuwait national football team is the national football team of Kuwait.
| Nickname(s) | Al-Azraq (The Blue) (The Blue Wave) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Romeo Jozak[1] | ||
| Most caps | Bader Al-Mutawa (168)[2] | ||
| Top scorer | Bashar Abdullah (75) | ||
| Home stadium | Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 148  1 (22 December 2022)[3] | ||
| Highest | 24 (December 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 189 (December 2017) | ||
| First international | |||
 Kuwait 2–2 Libya  (Morocco; 3 September 1961) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Kuwait 20–0 Bhutan  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 14 February 2000) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United Arab Republic 8–0 Kuwait (Morocco; 4 September 1961)  Portugal 8–0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1982) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage, 1982 | ||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1980 | ||
Most appearances
change| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Bashar Abdullah | 134 | 1996-2011 | |
| 2 | Wail Sulaiman Al-Habashi | 109 | 1986-1996 | |
| 2 | Nohair Al-Shammari | 109 | 1996-2012 | |
| 4 | Jamal Mubarak | 108 | 1994-2004 |
References
change- ↑ "ROMEO JOZAK ZNALAZŁ PRACĘ. ZOSTAŁ DYREKTOREM SPORTOWYM W KUWEJCIE". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA Century Club des Cent del la FIFA Club de los Cien de la FIFA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
