Saudi Arabia

This is Saudi Arabia’s squad for the World Cup in Qatar, as selected by French manager, Herve Renard. The final squad was announced on 11 November. Fahad Al-Muwallad was replaced by Nawaf Al-Abed on the 13th of November after WADA appealed the decision to lift Al-Muwallad’s suspension.

Saudi Arabia are a team from Asia, part of the Asian Football Confederation. They are part of Group C at the World Cup, alongside Argentina, Mexico and Poland.


Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
GKMohammed Al-Owais10 October 1991 (aged 31)410 Al-Hilal
GKMohammed Al-Rubaie14 August 1997 (aged 25)70 Al-Ahli
GKNawaf Al-Aqidi10 May 2000 (aged 22)10 Al-Nassr
DFYasser Al-Shahrani25 May 1992 (aged 30)712 Al-Hilal
DFMohammed Al-Breik15 September 1992 (aged 30)401 Al-Hilal
DFAli Al-Bulaihi21 November 1989 (aged 32)360 Al-Hilal
DFSultan Al-Ghanam6 May 1994 (aged 28)240 Al-Nassr
DFSaud Abdulhamid18 July 1999 (aged 23)221 Al-Hilal
DFAbdulelah Al-Amri15 January 1997 (aged 25)191 Al-Nassr
DFHassan Tambakti9 February 1999 (aged 23)180 Al-Shabab
DFAbdullah Madu15 July 1993 (aged 29)150 Al-Nassr
MFSalem Al-Dawsari19 August 1991 (aged 31)7017 Al-Hilal
MFSalman Al-Faraj (captain)1 August 1989 (aged 33)698 Al-Hilal
MFNawaf Al-Abed26 January 1990 (aged 32)548 Al-Shabab
MFAbdullah Otayf3 August 1992 (aged 30)451 Al-Hilal
MFHattan Bahebri16 July 1992 (aged 30)404 Al-Shabab
MFMohamed Kanno22 September 1994 (aged 28)371 Al-Hilal
MFAbdulellah Al-Malki11 October 1994 (aged 28)260 Al-Hilal
MFSami Al-Najei7 February 1997 (aged 25)172 Al-Nassr
MFAli Al-Hassan4 March 1997 (aged 25)121 Al-Nassr
MFNasser Al-Dawsari19 December 1998 (aged 23)90 Al-Hilal
MFRiyadh Sharahili28 April 1993 (aged 29)50 Abha
MFAbdulrahman Al-Aboud1 June 1995 (aged 27)30 Al-Ittihad
FWFiras Al-Buraikan14 May 2000 (aged 22)266 Al-Fateh
FWSaleh Al-Shehri1 November 1993 (aged 29)1910 Al-Hilal
FWHaitham Asiri25 March 2001 (aged 21)71 Al-Ahli