UAE National Team achievements
History
The UAEFA made great achievements
since its foundation at the Gulf, continental and international levels. The
senior football national team made one World Cup appearance, in 1990 in Italy,
won the Gulf Cup in 2007 and the Gulf Cup in 2013, the youth national team
claimed the AFC U-19 Cup in 2008. The U-20 national team qualified for the
Youth World Championship in 1997 in Malaysia and 2009 in Egypt. They also took
part in the 2003 Youth World Championship as UAE were the host country. The
U-17 national team qualified for the 1991 World Cup in Italy 1991 and Nigeria
2009. The juniors’ national team won the Gulf Cup in 2006 and 2009, the youth
and juniors national teams qualified for the AFC Asian Cups finals in 2010,
Winning the 2nd Gulf U-23 championship in Doha 2010, in addition to the 7th
Gulf Juniors Championship in Kuwait 2010 and claiming the 16th Asian Games
silver medal in China for the first time in the history of the country. The
Olympic national team made history by qualifying for the 2012 London Games and
the women football national team claimed the West Asian Women Championship
title twice in 2010 and 2011. The senior national team advanced to the AFC
Asian Cup finals in 1980 in Kuwait and 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Doha and
1992 in Japan and 1996 in the UAE and 2004 in China and 2007 in Vietnam and
Doha 2011, the Olympic national team won the Gulf U-23 Cup 2010 in Doha and
claimed the silver medal of the Asian Games, China 2010. At the level of
developing the national cadres, the FA elected the year 2010 the Year of the
National Coach and signed various agreements with experienced national
associations in the game for development and training, including Germany,
Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and
junior national teams and they were provided with the sufficient financial
support to hit the highest levels of success. At the organizational level, the FA
hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer
World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women
football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with sports council within
the country. The next step is to organize and host the 2013 FIFA U-17 World
Cup. The UAEFA is publishing a daily e-newspaper and a number of periodicals
and special publications. The UAEFA is working hard to deliver the message in
serving the society in cooperation with all sectors. This included the signing
of a cooperation agreement with the UAE Ministry of Interior to spread security
awareness.
