FRANCE98 – Saudi Arabia Team Page
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Land area: 2 240 000 kmē Population: 18 000 000 Capital: Riyad Main cities: Mecca, Djeddah System of government: Monarchy Head of state: King Fahd Ibn Abd al-Aziz Currency: Rial Time difference: 1 hour ahead of Paris
AFC Zone, Group A:
14 September 97 Saudi Arabia – Kuwait 2-1 19 September 97 Iran – Saudi Arabia 1-1 3 October 97 China – Saudi Arabia 1-0 11 October 97 Saudi Arabia – Qatar 1-0 17 October 97 Kuwait – Saudi Arabia 2-1 24 October 97 Saudi Arabia – Iran 1-0 6 November 97 Saudi Arabia – China 1-1 12 November 97 Qatar – Saudi Arabia 0-1
- 14 points
- 8 goals scored
- 6 goals conceded
Goalkeeper: AL-DAEYA (age 25, 89 caps) Defenders: AL-JAHNI (age 22, 63 caps) AL-KHLAIWI (age 26, 83 caps) SULIMAN (age 24, 78 caps)
Mid-field: SULEIMANI (age 20, 35 caps) AL-DOSSARI (age 24, 42 caps) MAATER (age 22, 77 caps) AL-MUWALID (age 26, 86 caps) AL-TEMAWI (age 28, 42 caps)
Strikers: AL-MEHALLEL (age 27, 80 caps)
AL-JABER (age 27, 80 caps)Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 16
National team colours: white and green
FIFA ranking (on 1 November 1997): 37th
- World Cup: participated 1 time (1994)
1994: Round of 16
1984: Winner 1988: Winner
1996: Winner
Otto PFISTER
Otto Pfister, from German, spent the vast majority of his coaching career in Africa before taking charge of Saudi Arabia several months ago. He has coached Rwanda, Burkina-Faso, Senegal, the Ivory Coast, Zaire and Ghana (whom he led to the Final of the African Nations Cup in 1992). Pfister’s goal next year will be to emulate his side’s 1994 performance and reach the round of sixteen.
