United Arab Emirates national football team

United Arab Emirates national football team is the national association football team of United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates

Nickname(s)	Al Abyad (The Whites) Eyal Zayed (Sons of Zayed)
Association	UAE Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Most caps	Adnan Al Talyani (161)
Top scorer	Adnan Al Talyani (52)
FIFA code	UAE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	70 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest	40 (November – December 1998)
Lowest	138 (January 2012)
First international
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Qatar  (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 17 March 1972)
Biggest win
Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates (B. S. Begawan, Brunei; 14 April 2001)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 0–8 Brazil  (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 12 November 2005)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1990)
Best result	Group stage, 1990
Asian Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	Group stage, 1997