The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one luff in the group stages. In the asian Cup, Kuwait reached the final in 1976 and won the tournament in 1980. [ 4 ] Kuwait ‘s 20–0 win over Bhutan in 2000 was at the time the biggest ever victory in international football. It was surpassed in 2001, when Australia beat american Samoa 31–0. While Kuwait was one of Asia ‘s major football force during 1970s to 2000s, the potency of the national team has started to fade lento from 2010s, with Kuwait failing in two straight asian Cups in 2011 and 2015, before being disqualified for 2019 edition. The team has besides failed to reach any World Cup since 1982.
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history [edit ]
early successes [edit ]
Kuwait ‘s first external couple was played in the 1961 Pan Arab Games against Libya which ended in a 2–2 pull. Kuwait ‘s biggest personnel casualty was against the United Arab Republic when they lost 8–0 in the same tournament. Kuwait national football team has joined the World Cup in 1982 which was held in Spain. Kuwait was placed in the fourth group and got the one-fourth place after defeats to England and France and a respectable draw with Czechoslovakia. Kuwait has won the asian Cup in 1980 which was held on its dirt. Kuwait won the Final 3–0 against South Korea. Kuwait ‘s historical highest FIFA rank was the twenty-fourth rate achieved in December 1998. Bader Al-Mutawa is the most capped player of the Kuwaiti team, and Bashar Abdullah is the top goalscorer in the history of the Kuwait national football team. Kuwait has won the Arabian Gulf Cup ten-spot times, and is the most successful team in winning that rival. Kuwait ‘s most historical coach was Luiz Felipe Scolari, who won the World Cup with Brazil, and was forced to leave the state after the 1990 invasion by Iraq. He led Kuwait to win the 1990 Gulf Cup beating Qatar in The Final. Kuwait ‘s biggest win was against Bhutan which ended in a exhilarate 20–0 succeed, which was the biggest winnings until Australia won 31–0 against the american Samoa in 2001. Kuwait ‘s most successful years were between 1970 and 1990 which had players like Jasem Yaqoub, Faisal Al-Dakhil, and Saad Al-Houti .
Suspensions and death [edit ]
On 30 October 2007, Kuwait was suspended by FIFA from all participation in international football, on the grounds of governmental hindrance in the national football association. [ 5 ] The bachelor of arts in nursing lasted less than 2 weeks. [ 6 ] On 24 October 2008, Kuwait was again suspended by FIFA from all participation in external football, because of its failure to hold the General Assembly elections by mid-october. [ 7 ] FIFA provisionally lifted its suspension on the Kuwait Football Association ( KFA ) on 22 December 2008. [ 8 ] By the time, while Kuwait remained a formidable coerce in the Gulf, it has besides declined from Asia ‘s relevance, unable to progress from the group stage of the 2011 and 2015 AFC Asian Cups, the team finished last with no point in both tournaments. once again, on 16 October 2015, Kuwait was suspended for the third time as FIFA did not recognize the new sports police in the country. [ 9 ] Kuwait tried to get the suspension lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress but this was rejected and therefore from the earlier announcement on 27 April 2016, the host of the Gulf Cup tournament would besides be moved to Qatar. [ 10 ] The suspension was finally lifted on 6 December 2017, after Kuwait ‘s borrowing of a new sports jurisprudence. By this clock time, the team had fallen from the 139th place to the 189th place in the FIFA World Rankings ascribable to its inaction, which besides caused the team to miss the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC asian Cup. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On 7 December 2017, it was announced that Kuwait would host the 2017 Gulf Cup tournament after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, all withdrew when the tournament was previously set to be hosted by Qatar because of the Qatari diplomatic crisis, so it was moved to Kuwait to please all indrawn parties to participate .
revival [edit ]
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Kuwait, which alone started to rebuild its team following years of suspensions and instabilities, was drawn in group B aboard old foes Australia and Jordan, outside minnows Nepal and Chinese Taipei. Although Kuwait has better neck and neck records against Australia in major tournaments, suspensions and inactivities proved damaging as the team lost 0–3 twice. still, the qualifiers stood out as the best qualification for Kuwait since 2006, where Kuwait impressed by finishing moment, though being unable to progress to the third round .
team prototype [edit ]
home stadium [edit ]
The Kuwait National Team has two home stadiums, and they are Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium was built in 2009, and Kuwait celebrated winning the 20th Gulf Cup in that stadium ; while Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium is for the Kuwaiti club Kazma SC and was the Kuwait national team home. Following the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification-AFC Second Round, playing against the Philippines on 23 July 2011, this was the last clock Mohammed Al-Hamed Stadium was the Kuwait Home stadium. On 16 May 2012, Kuwait played against the 2011–12 La Liga Champions Real Madrid in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, the home reason of Kuwaiti club Kuwait SC, which Real Madrid won 2–0. Kuwait played their entire 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification-AFC Third Round in Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, beating the United Arab Emirates 2–1, drawing with South Korea 1–1 and losing to Lebanon 1–0. Before Jaber Al-Ahmed international stadium was last built in 2009, Kuwait played in Mohammed Al-Hamed Stadium. When Kuwait hosted the 1980 asian Cup, the tournament was hosted in Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, which has a capacity of 22,000 spectators and was the largest stadium in Kuwait at that clock, and Kuwait won their inaugural and only asian Cup of all time in that stadium. When Kuwait hosted the 1974 Gulf Cup, it was the first clock time Kuwait had hosted a Gulf Cup competition, and all the matches were played in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. Kuwait were champions of that rival for the first time in their history on home dirty, and the one-third time in a rowing overall. In 1990, Kuwait hosted the 1990 Gulf Cup for the second clock time in their history and were crowned Champions of that competition. All of the games were played on Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. In the 2003 Gulf Cup, Kuwait hosted the contest for the third clock, and once again all the matches were played in one stadium, the Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. however, Kuwait lost the rival. In the 2017 Gulf Cup, Kuwait hosted the tournament for the fourth time. All the matches were played in two stadiums, the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. however, Kuwait were eliminated from the group stage after losing to Saudi Arabia and Oman and drawing with the United Arab Emirates .
Media coverage [edit ]
All Kuwait matches are broadcast with full comment on Kuwait TV Sport. These matches are exist and exclusive. beIN Sports broadcast Kuwait matches live and single. So circulate entirely on 3 different channels, which is not exclusive. Dubai Sports circulate Kuwait matches entirely in special events like the Gulf Cup, asian Cup and others .
Kit [edit ]
- Kit providers
Kuwaits traditional colors are blue and white : The blue kits are their home plate ones and the whites for matches off. Kuwait ‘s official kit out provider is presently the sports company Errea. Kuwait wore the blue shirts in the 1980 AFC asian Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup .
Kit suppliers [edit ]
Rivalries [edit ]
Statistics vs. 
Iraq[14]
Played1
Wins2
Draws
Losses
GF
GA
36
10
10
16
43
53
1. Only matches recognized by FIFA.
2. Wins for Kuwait.
Iraq ‘s competition with Kuwait was once considered as the Arab world ‘s greatest football competition of all-time. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The competition began in the mid 1970s and it was the ten from 1976 until 1986 that saw the aureate senesce of football for arguably the finest teams the region has produced. Both nations imposed their dispatch domination on the Gulf region, and from the Gulf Cup ‘s origin in 1970 until 1990, the tournament was won by lone two teams ; Kuwait seven times ( 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990 ), and despite Iraq ‘s absence in the inaugural three editions and withdrawal in two others, Iraq won it three times ( 1979, 1984, 1988 ). [ 15 ] Iraq and Kuwait took their increasingly bitter competition to a new horizontal surface. On 11 June 1976, the two met in the semi-final of the asian Cup in Tehran ; Kuwait took the lead doubly, Iraq came roaring bet on doubly, And then, in the tenth hour of extra fourth dimension, Kamel scored the achiever for Kuwait. In 1979, the year Iraq clinched their first Gulf Cup and won complete Kuwait 3–1, the two met in a qualifier for the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, both managed to qualify to the Olympic Games, and both made it to the quarter-finals in Moscow. Iraq besides qualified for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and 1988 Games in Seoul. The 1982 asian Games was won arsenic well. Kuwait won the 1980 AFC asian Cup, which they hosted. The nations besides left their notice on the global stage. Kuwait qualified for the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain. Iraq matched that in Mexico 1986. [ 15 ] As Iraq and Kuwait traded Gulf titles in 1988 and 1990, few could have imagined that their competition on the football field would be replaced by an wholly more catastrophic one on the battlefield. Because of the Gulf war, football would never be the like again. Iraq and Kuwait were in complete avoidance and never met for more than a ten. Kuwait ‘s Blues had a relative recovery of sorts, winning the Gulf Cup in 1996 and 1998, before securing their phonograph record 10th title in 2010. Iraqi football, because of Uday Hussein ‘s reign as head of the football association, would take far longer to recover. When it did, it was in glorious fashion, the Lions of Mesopotamia winning the 2007 asian Cup. [ 15 ]
- Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia
Statistics vs. 
Saudi Arabia
Played1
Wins2
Draws
Losses
GF
GA
40
14
11
14
41
42
1. Only matches recognized by FIFA.
2. Wins for Kuwait.
Results and fixtures [edit ]
2021 [edit ]
Coaching history [edit ]
Players [edit ]
current police squad [edit ]
- The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
- Match dates: 3, 11 and 15 June 2021
- Opposition:
Australia
Jordan
Chinese Taipei - Caps and goals correct as of: 3 June 2021, after the match against Australia
recent call-ups [edit ]
The following players have besides been called up to the Kuwait police squad within the death 12 months .
previous squads [edit ]
- World Cup squads
- Asian Cup squads
Records [edit ]
- As of 15 November 2021 after match against Lithuania
[17] - Players in bold are still active with Kuwait.
competitive record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
AFC asian Cup [edit ]
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Olympic Games [edit ]
Olympic Games record
Year
Round
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1900 to 1956
Did not enter
1960 to 
1976
Did not qualify
1980
Quarter-finals
4
1
2
1
5
4
1984 to 
1988
Did not qualify
Total
Best: Quarter-finals
4
1
2
1
5
4
- Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.
asian Games [edit ]
- Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
WAFF Championship [edit ]
arabian Gulf Cup [edit ]
Year
Host Country
Result
*
1970
Bahrain
Champions
3
3
0
0
10
4
1972
Saudi Arabia
Champions
3
2
1
0
14
2
1974
Kuwait
Champions
4
4
0
0
16
0
1976
Qatar
Champions
7
5
2
0
26
7
1979
Iraq
Runners-up
6
4
1
1
15
4
1982
UAE
Champions
5
4
0
1
8
2
1984
Oman
Sixth place
6
1
2
3
4
8
1986
Bahrain
Champions
6
5
1
0
11
4
1988
Saudi Arabia
Fifth place
6
1
2
3
3
4
1990
Kuwait
Champions
4
3
1
0
10
2
1992
Qatar
Fifth place
5
2
0
3
5
8
1994
UAE
Fifth place
5
1
1
3
2
6
1996
Oman
Champions
5
4
0
1
7
4
1998
Bahrain
Champions
5
4
0
1
18
5
2002
Saudi Arabia
Fourth place
5
1
2
2
4
6
2003
Kuwait
Sixth place
6
1
2
3
6
9
2004
Qatar
Fourth place
5
2
1
2
7
7
2007
UAE
Group stage
3
0
1
2
4
6
2009
Oman
Semi-finals
4
1
2
1
2
2
2010
Yemen
Champions
5
3
2
0
7
2
2013
Bahrain
Third place
5
3
0
2
9
3
2014
Saudi Arabia
Group stage
3
1
1
1
3
7
2017
Kuwait
Group stage
3
0
1
2
1
3
2019
Qatar
Group stage
3
1
0
2
6
7
Total
24/24
Best: Champions
112
56
23
33
198
112
Pan Arab Games [edit ]
FIFA Arab Cup [edit ]
FIFA Arab Cup record
Year
Result
*
1963
Fourth place
4
1
0
3
5
15
1964
Third place
4
1
1
2
5
5
1966
Group stage
4
0
2
2
8
1
1985
Did not enter
1988
Group stage
4
1
1
2
2
3
1992
Third place
4
2
0
2
6
5
1998
Third place
4
3
0
1
13
4
2002
Group stage
4
1
2
1
6
6
2012
Group stage
2
1
0
1
2
4
2021
Did not qualified
Total
Best: Third place
30
10
6
14
47
43
neck and neck read [edit ]
The following postpone shows Kuwait’s all-time international record ,
- As of 15 November 2021 after match against Lithuania[20]
positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
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Honours [edit ]
Continental honor [edit ]
- Winners (1): 1980
- Runners-up (1): 1976
- Third Place (1): 1984
- Fourth Place (1): 1996
regional honours [edit ]
- Winners (10): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010
- Runners-up (1): 1979
- Third-Place (1): 2013, 2002
- Winners (1): 2002
- Third-Place (1): 1997
- Winners (1): 2010
- Fourth-Place (1): 2014
* The 1992 edition organised as part of the Pan Arab Games, and besides counted as arabian Cup.
- Winners (1): 2011
- Runners-up (1): 1973
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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