Team · AFC
2 Apr 1966 – 5 Jun 2026 · Elo 1532 (96th now), peak 1724 in 2009
207 won · 154 drawn · 223 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 33 · Year
| Home | 207 | 85 | 57 | 65 | 306 | 225 | +81 | 41.1% |
| Away | 144 | 36 | 39 | 69 | 131 | 222 | -91 | 25% |
| Neutral | 233 | 86 | 58 | 89 | 288 | 309 | -21 | 36.9% |
| Tournament finals | 200 | 61 | 57 | 82 | 219 | 288 | -69 | 30.5% |
| Qualifiers | 158 | 68 | 39 | 51 | 213 | 153 | +60 | 43% |
| Friendlies | 226 | 78 | 58 | 90 | 293 | 315 | -22 | 34.5% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 7 | 26 Jan 2008 | 2 Jun 2008 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 9 | 26 Jan 2008 | 14 Jun 2008 | 0 |
| Scored in | 11 | 2 Sep 2004 | 23 Dec 2004 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 5 | 7 Jan 2014 | 14 Oct 2014 | 0 |
| Without a win | 12 | 12 Nov 2005 | 8 Nov 2006 | 1 |
| Defeats | 8 | 8 Sep 1977 | 23 Mar 1979 | 1 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 22 Mar 1981 | 20 Mar 1982 | 1 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| Gulf Cup | 28 | 0 | — |
| Arab Cup | 7 | 0 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup | 7 | 0 | Fourth place (2004) |
| WAFF Championship | 5 | 0 | — |
| Asian Games | 4 | 0 | — |
| Arab Cup 2025 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | — |
| Gulf Cup 2025 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | — |
| Gulf Cup 2024 | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2024 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | E · 1st |
| Gulf Cup 2023 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | — |
| Arab Cup 2021 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | — |
| Gulf Cup 2019 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | — |
| WAFF Championship 2019 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2019 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | A · 2nd |
| Gulf Cup 2018 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — |
| Gulf Cup 2017 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | C · 3rd |
| Gulf Cup 2014 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | — |
| WAFF Championship 2014 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — |
| WAFF Championship 2013 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kuwait | AFC | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 63 | -16 | 31.3% | 1966 | 2024 |
| Oman | AFC | 45 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 31.1% | 1974 | 2025 |
| Qatar | AFC | 41 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 34.1% | 1970 | 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | 39 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 60 | -25 | 23.1% | 1970 | 2025 |
| Iraq | AFC | 34 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 14.7% | 1966 | 2025 |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 37.5% | 1972 | 2025 |
| Jordan | AFC | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 34.6% | 1966 | 2024 |
| Syria | AFC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 27.3% | 1981 | 2023 |
| Iran | AFC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | -19 | 27.8% | 1974 | 2021 |
| South Korea | AFC | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 44 | -30 | 11.1% | 1977 | 2024 |
| Yemen | AFC | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 66.7% | 1994 | 2024 |
| Lebanon | AFC | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 50% | 1966 | 2020 |
| Malaysia | AFC | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 57.1% | 1977 | 2024 |
| Japan | AFC | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 15.4% | 1978 | 2025 |
| Uzbekistan | AFC | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 16.7% | 2001 | 2016 |
| Thailand | AFC | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 27.3% | 1980 | 2022 |
| Singapore | AFC | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 77.8% | 1982 | 2017 |
| China PR | AFC | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 0% | 1986 | 2025 |
| Indonesia | AFC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 37.5% | 1980 | 2025 |
| Australia | AFC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 12.5% | 2006 | 2024 |
| Friendly | 197 | 73 | 52 | 72 | 37.1% |
| Gulf Cup | 121 | 41 | 36 | 44 | 33.9% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 112 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 34.8% |
| AFC Asian Cup qualification | 44 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 61.4% |
| AFC Asian Cup | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25.9% |
| Arab Cup | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20.8% |
| WAFF Championship | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 40% |
| Asian Games | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15.4% |
| Korea Cup | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8.3% |
| Prime Minister's Cup | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18.2% |
| Merdeka Tournament | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Millennium Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Mohamed Marhoon | 14 | 2 | 2018–2024 |
| Ismail Abdullahatif | 13 | 2 | 2007–2016 |
| A'ala Hubail | 11 | 1 | 2004–2007 |
| Mohamed Al-Romaihi | 11 | 2 | 2018–2022 |
| Ali Jaafar Madan | 10 | 0 | 2017–2024 |
| Komail Al-Aswad | 10 | 1 | 2017–2025 |
| Husain Ali | 9 | 0 | 2001–2005 |
| Mahdi Abduljabbar | 8 | 2 | 2021–2024 |
| Ismail Abdullatif | 7 | 3 | 2016–2024 |
| Sayed Dhiya Saeed | 6 | 1 | 2012–2023 |
| Talal Yousef | 6 | 0 | 2001–2005 |
| Mahmood Abdulrahman | 5 | 1 | 2007–2012 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 20% of these matches.
| Komail Al-Aswad | 68 | 52 | 2015–2026 |
| Ali Jaafar Madan | 66 | 46 | 2016–2026 |
| Waleed Al-Hayam | 66 | 61 | 2012–2026 |
| Mohamed Marhoon | 58 | 41 | 2018–2026 |
| Mahdi Al-Humaidan | 55 | 31 | 2018–2025 |
| Jasim Al-Shaikh | 45 | 31 | 2018–2025 |
| Sayed Dhiya Saeed | 40 | 34 | 2016–2026 |
| Ali Abdula Haram | 39 | 27 | 2016–2024 |
| Abdulwahab Al-Malood | 36 | 21 | 2015–2024 |
| Sayed Redha Isa | 35 | 27 | 2016–2022 |
| Abdullah Yusuf | 34 | 20 | 2018–2024 |
| Ebrahim Lutfalla | 30 | 30 | 2020–2025 |