Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم) known by its fans as Al-Saqour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green" .Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia has won the Asian three times (1984, 1988, and 1996) and qualified for the World Cup four consecutive times ever since debuting at the 1994 tournament.
In the 1994 World Cup, Saudi Arabia upset seeded Belgium and beat Morocco in the group stage before falling to Sweden in the Round of 16. Saudi Arabia was dismissed in the first round of the next three Cup tournaments.
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