Team · AFC
27 Mar 1970 – 24 Jun 2026 · Elo 1532 (96th now), peak 1872 in 2019
260 won · 156 drawn · 222 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 27 · Year
| Home | 289 | 148 | 64 | 77 | 493 | 284 | +209 | 51.2% |
| Away | 140 | 41 | 24 | 75 | 135 | 222 | -87 | 29.3% |
| Neutral | 209 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 269 | 271 | -2 | 34% |
| Tournament finals | 223 | 82 | 61 | 80 | 286 | 280 | +6 | 36.8% |
| Qualifiers | 176 | 91 | 31 | 54 | 314 | 181 | +133 | 51.7% |
| Friendlies | 239 | 87 | 64 | 88 | 297 | 316 | -19 | 36.4% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 7 | 2 Jan 2006 | 11 Oct 2006 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 12 | 13 Oct 2013 | 3 Sep 2014 | 0 |
| Scored in | 14 | 12 Oct 2020 | 24 Jul 2021 | 1 |
| Clean sheets | 7 | 19 Nov 2003 | 5 Jan 2004 | 0 |
| Without a win | 15 | 27 Mar 1970 | 16 Mar 1974 | 9 |
| Defeats | 12 | 4 Jan 1972 | 16 Mar 1974 | 2 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 15 Oct 2008 | 8 Jan 2009 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| Gulf Cup | 26 | 0 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup | 11 | 2 | Winner (2024, 2019) |
| Arab Cup | 4 | 0 | — |
| Asian Games | 4 | 0 | — |
| WAFF Championship | 3 | 0 | — |
| FIFA World Cup | 2 | 0 | Group stage (2026, 2022) |
| Gold Cup | 2 | 0 | Semi-finals (2021) |
| Copa América | 1 | 0 | Group stage (2019) |
| FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | — |
| Arab Cup 2025 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | — |
| Gulf Cup 2024 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2024 | Winner | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | A · 1st |
| Gold Cup 2023 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | B · 2nd |
| Gulf Cup 2023 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| FIFA World Cup 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | A · 4th |
| Arab Cup 2021 | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | — |
| Gold Cup 2021 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | D · 1st |
| Gulf Cup 2019 | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | — |
| Copa América 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | B · 4th |
| AFC Asian Cup 2019 | Winner | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | E · 1st |
| Gulf Cup 2017 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | C · 4th |
| Gulf Cup 2014 | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | — |
AFC Asian Cup 2
| Kuwait | AFC | 43 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 70 | -22 | 37.2% | 1970 | 2024 |
| Bahrain | AFC | 41 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 19.5% | 1970 | 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | 41 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 19.5% | 1970 | 2019 |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 40.5% | 1972 | 2025 |
| Oman | AFC | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 63 | 30 | +33 | 55.6% | 1974 | 2025 |
| Iraq | AFC | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 41 | -3 | 34.3% | 1975 | 2023 |
| Iran | AFC | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 43 | -22 | 20% | 1988 | 2025 |
| China PR | AFC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 33.3% | 1978 | 2024 |
| Jordan | AFC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 61.1% | 1984 | 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | AFC | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 23.5% | 2000 | 2025 |
| North Korea | AFC | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 28.6% | 1989 | 2025 |
| Syria | AFC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38.5% | 1972 | 2025 |
| Palestine | AFC | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 69.2% | 1972 | 2025 |
| Thailand | AFC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 38.5% | 1992 | 2013 |
| Singapore | AFC | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 91.7% | 1984 | 2019 |
| Lebanon | AFC | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 81.8% | 1998 | 2025 |
| South Korea | AFC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 30% | 1980 | 2020 |
| Indonesia | AFC | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 70% | 1986 | 2014 |
| Yemen | AFC | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 90% | 1994 | 2019 |
| Japan | AFC | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 25% | 1988 | 2019 |
| Friendly | 223 | 84 | 59 | 80 | 37.7% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 138 | 67 | 26 | 45 | 48.6% |
| Gulf Cup | 120 | 42 | 34 | 44 | 35% |
| AFC Asian Cup | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 41.3% |
| AFC Asian Cup qualification | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63.2% |
| Arab Cup | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 47.1% |
| Asian Games | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26.7% |
| King's Cup | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 25% |
| Gold Cup | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 44.4% |
| WAFF Championship | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.4% |
| FIFA World Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| Palestine Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Almoez Ali | 46 | 5 | 2017–2024 |
| Akram Afif | 32 | 9 | 2015–2025 |
| Hassan Al-Haydos | 27 | 10 | 2015–2026 |
| Sebastián Soria | 21 | 2 | 2007–2017 |
| Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi | 16 | 0 | 1996–2001 |
| Mansour Muftah | 13 | 0 | 1977–1989 |
| Mohammed Muntari | 12 | 0 | 2015–2025 |
| Boualem Khoukhi | 11 | 1 | 2015–2025 |
| Mubarak Mustafa | 11 | 2 | 1992–2004 |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | 8 | 0 | 2018–2021 |
| Mahmoud Soufi | 8 | 0 | 1992–1996 |
| Khalfan Ibrahim | 7 | 2 | 2011–2015 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 28% of these matches.
| Akram Afif | 109 | 90 | 2015–2026 |
| Boualem Khoukhi | 102 | 94 | 2014–2026 |
| Karim Boudiaf | 98 | 67 | 2015–2026 |
| Almoez Ali | 93 | 88 | 2017–2026 |
| Hassan Al-Haydos | 91 | 74 | 2016–2026 |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | 90 | 67 | 2009–2026 |
| Pedro Miguel | 82 | 79 | 2016–2026 |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | 76 | 67 | 2013–2025 |
| Tarek Salman | 76 | 63 | 2017–2025 |
| Bassam Al-Rawi | 64 | 57 | 2017–2025 |
| Ahmed Alaaeldin | 58 | 14 | 2016–2026 |
| Assim Madibo | 56 | 37 | 2017–2026 |