The United Arab Emirates (UAE) first appeared in the tournament in 1980. The team later qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their only World Cup to date. The Emirati team went on to win the silver medal in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup and qualified for the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, their second FIFA tournament. By the time they qualified for the 2007 Asian Cup, they were led by Bruno Metsu, the French manager who helped Senegal reach the quarter-finals in their maiden 2002 FIFA World Cup. The UAE won the 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations on home soil.