Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup Saudi Arabia - Russia match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia This is a record of Saudi Arabia 's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport 's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Saudi Arabia have played in five FIFA World Cup tournaments, which were in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018. Contents 1 FIFA World Cup record 1.1 FIFA World Cup record 2 List of matches 3 Record Players 4 Top Goalscorers 5 Squads 6 References 7 External links FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup record Year Round Position Pld GF GA 1930 Did not enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 Did not qualify 1982 1986 1994 Round of 16 12 0 5 6 1998 Group stage 28 0 7 2002 Group stage 32 0 0 0 12 2006 Group stage 28 0 7 Did not qualify 2014 2018 Group stage 26 0 7 2022 TBD Total Round of 16 5 / 21 16 11 11 39 List of matches World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers 1994 Group stage Netherlands 1 -- 2 Washington Amin Morocco 2 -- 1 East Rutherford Al - Jaber, Amin Belgium 1 -- 0 Washington Al - Owairan Round of 16 Sweden 1 -- 3 Dallas Al - Ghesheyan 1998 Group stage Denmark 0 -- 1 Lens & -- France 0 -- 4 Saint - Denis & -- South Africa 2 -- 2 Bordeaux Al - Jaber, Al - Thunayan 2002 Group stage Germany 0 -- 8 Sapporo & -- Cameroon 0 -- 1 Saitama & -- Republic of Ireland 0 -- 3 Yokohama & -- 2006 Group stage Tunisia 2 -- 2 Munich Al - Qahtani, Al - Jaber Ukraine 0 -- 4 Hamburg & -- Spain 0 -- 1 Kaiserslautern & -- 2018 Group stage Russia 0 -- 5 Moscow & -- Uruguay 0 -- 1 Rostov - on - Don & -- Egypt 2 -- 1 Volgograd Al - Dawsari, Al - Faraj Record Players No. Name Matches World Cups Mohamed Al - Deayea 10 1994, 1998 and 2002 Sami Al - Jaber 9 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 Abdullah Zubromawi 9 1994, 1998 and 2002 Hussein Abdulghani 9 1998, 2002 and 2006 5 Mohammed Al - Khilaiwi 6 1994 and 1998 Khaled Al - Muwallid 6 1994 and 1998 Saeed Al - Owairan 6 1994 and 1998 Fuad Anwar Amin 6 1994 and 1998 Hamzah Saleh 6 1994 and 1998 Ibrahim Al - Shahrani 6 1998 and 2002 Nawaf Al - Temyat 6 1998, 2002 and 2006 Redha Tukar 6 2002 and 2006 Top goalscorers Sami Al - Jaber is not only the most successful Saudi striker at the FIFA World Cup to date, he also managed to score in World Cups 12 years apart ( 1994 and 2006 ). He shares this record with eight other players, among them Pelé, Diego Maradona and Miroslav Klose. No. Name Goals World Cups Sami Al - Jaber 1994, 1998 and 2006 Fuad Anwar Amin 1994 Saeed Al - Owairan 1994 Fahad Al - Ghesheyan 1994 Yousuf Al - Thunayan 1998 Yasser Al - Qahtani 2006 Salem Al - Dawsari 2018 Salman Al - Faraj 2018 Squads Saudi Arabia squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Al - Deayea 2 Al - Dosari 3 Al - Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Anwar 7 Al - Ghesheyan 8 Al - Bishi 9 Abdullah ( c ) 10 Al - Owairan 11 Al - Mehallel 12 Al - Jaber 13 Abd Al - Jawad 14 Al - Muwallid 15 Al - Dawod 16 Jebreen 17 Al - Taifi 18 Al - Anazi 19 Saleh 20 Idris 21 Al - Sadiq 22 Al - Helwah Coach : Solari Saudi Arabia squad -- 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Al - Deayea 2 Al - Jahani 3 Al - Khilaiwi 4 Zubromawi 5 Madani 6 Anwar 7 Al - Shahrani 8 Al - Dosari 9 Al - Jaber 10 S. Al - Owairan 11 Al - Mehallel 12 Al - Harbi 13 Abdulghani 14 Al - Muwallid 15 Al - Thunayan ( c ) 16 K. Al - Dosari 17 Dokhi 18 Al - Temyat 19 Al - Janoubi 20 Saleh 21 Al - Sadiq 22 Al - Antaif Coach : Parreira & Al - Kharashy Saudi Arabia squad -- 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Al - Deayea 2 Al - Jahani 3 Tukar 4 Zubromawi 5 Harthi 6 Al - Shehri 7 Suwayed 8 Noor 9 Al - Jaber ( c ) 10 Al - Shalhoub 11 O. Al - Dosari 12 Dokhi 13 Abdulghani 14 Khathran 15 A. Al - Dosari 16 K. Al - Dosari 17 Al - Waked 18 Al - Temyat 19 Al - Ghamdi 20 Al - Yami 21 Zaid 22 Al - Khojali 23 Al - Thagafi Coach : Al - Johar Saudi Arabia squad -- 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Al - Deayea 2 Dokhi 3 Tukar 4 Al - Montashari 5 Al - Qadi 6 Al - Ghamdi 7 Ameen 8 Noor 9 Al ‐ Jaber ( c ) 10 Al - Shalhoub 11 Al - Harthi 12 Khathran 13 Abdulghani 14 Kariri 15 Al - Bahri 16 Aziz 17 Al - Bishi 18 Al - Temyat 19 Massad 20 Al - Qahtani 21 Zaid 22 Khouja 23 Mouath Coach : Paquetá Saudi Arabia squad -- 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Al - Mayouf 2 Al - Harbi 3 Os. Hawsawi ( c ) 4 Al - Bulaihi 5 Om. Hawsawi 6 Al - Breik 7 Al - Faraj 8 Al - Shehri 9 Bahebri 10 Al - Sahlawi 11 Al - Khaibri 12 Kanno 13 Al - Shahrani 14 Otayf 15 Al - Khaibari 16 Al - Mogahwi 17 Al - Jassim 18 Al - Dawsari 19 Al - Muwallad 20 Assiri 21 Al - Mosailem 22 Al - Owais 23 M. Hawsawi Coach : Pizzi References Jump up ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage ( PDF ), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007. External links Saudi Arabia at FIFA Countries at the FIFA World Cup Team appearances Teams with no appearances All - time table AFC Australia China Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates CAF Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia CONCACAF Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States CONMEBOL Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay OFC New Zealand UEFA Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark East Germany England France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name ( s ). Have been member of multiple confederations. Team and national federation no longer exist. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saudi_Arabia_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=848824827 '' Categories : Countries at the FIFA World Cup Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 4 July 2018, at 15 : 56 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the last time saudi arabia was in the world cup
Answer: 2018