Saudi Arabia football rankings

Saudi Arabia ranks 51st in world football.

Although Saudi Arabia is relatively low in the world rankings, it still has certain strength in Asia and ranks relatively high. On November 22, 2022, in the first round of Group C of the Qatar World Cup, the Saudi team defeated Argentina 2-1, causing an upset. This was the first victory for an Asian team at the World Cup in Qatar, and the Saudi team became the first Asian team to score two goals against Argentina in a single game at the World Cup.

Saudi Arabia currently has a very high probability of qualifying, and the probability of ranking first in the group is more than 80%. Currently, Saudi Arabia leads Group B with 16 points, and Iran also leads the same group. .

Game results

The Saudi team is the third team in Group C of the Qatar World Cup. It comes from the oil kingdom in Asia. Compared with other countries, Saudi Arabia seems to have a closer relationship with the World Cup. To put it lightly, Saudi Arabia began participating in the World Cup qualifiers in 1978, but football at that time was not more popular in Saudi Arabia, so the results in the first campaign were not very satisfactory.

In the 1980s, Saudi Arabia’s football industry has developed. At the 1982 Asian Games, the Saudi Arabian team made a splash and won the third place in the Asian Games. Then in 1984, In 1988 and 1996, it won the Asian Cup three times, becoming the second team after Iran to win the Asian Cup three times.