International Appearance of UAE First National Team
Gulf Cup Tournaments
1972 |
Third Place |
2nd Gulf Cup |
Saudi Arabia |
1982 |
Third Place |
6th Gulf Cup |
UAE |
1986 |
Second Place |
8th Gulf Cup |
Bahrain |
1988 |
Second Place |
9th Gulf Cup |
Saudi Arabia |
1992 |
Fourth Place |
11th Gulf Cup |
Qatar |
1994 |
Second Place |
12th Gulf Cup |
UAE |
1996 |
Fourth Place |
13th Gulf Cup |
Oman |
1998 |
Third Place |
14th Gulf Cup |
Bahrain |
Asian Cup Tournaments:
The UAE team reached the Asian Cup finals five times. The first one was in Kuwait 1980, the second one in Singapore 1984, the third in Qatar 1988, the fourth in Hiroshima 1992, and the fifth was in UAE 1996 when the team achieved the Silver medal.
FIFA World Cups
1989 |
Second Place in the World Cup Asian qualifiers - Singapore |
1990 |
Participation at the World Cup Finals - Italy |
1993 |
The team took part in the World Cup '94 qualifiers played on the round basis, the first round in Japan and the second in the UAE. |
1997 |
The team took part in the World Cup '98 preliminary competition where the first round was played in Bahrain and the second in the UAE. The team was qualified to the 2nd Asian round. |
The team also took part in the Continental Cup Tournament in Saudi Arabia from 12 to 21 December 1997.