Abdulrahman was included in Mahdi Ali's final list for 2015 AFC Asian Cup tournament. He started UAE's first match against Qatar which UAE won the game 4–1 and Abdulrahman assisted the first goal. In next match, against Bahrain, he assisted again to Ali Mabkhout to score UAE's first goal in the 45th second. UAE won the match 2–1 and advanced to the knockout stage for the first time since 1996. At the end of the match, Abdulrahman was named as man of the match by the AFC. He end with 4 assists, tying with Massimo Luongo as the competition's assist leader.