Saudi Arabia in the World Cup Finals

Saudi Arabia qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on June 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Saudi Arabia's 4th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Saudi Arabia reached the last 16 in USA 1994.

Saudi Arabia World Cup Preparations

Saudi Arabia have chosen to base themselves in Bad Nauheim, famous for its spa and hot springs and only 35 minutes from Frankfurt International Airport.

Saudi Arabia Team Hotel
Hotel Dolce:
Noerdlicher Park 16, Bad Nauheim.
The Art Nouveau-style Dolce International Bad Nauheim is just half an hour away from Frankfurt. Set on a hill, Dolce Bad Nauheim overlooks the historical 'Kurpark'. The hotel has 160 bedrooms and suites, 27 conference and banqueting rooms, an art nouveau theatre, as well as the Dolce Spa with an indoor swimming pool, sauna, solarium, massage-treatment and a gym.

Hotels in Bad Nauheim:
There are a selection of other hotels to choose from, if you want to be near the Saudi Arabia team in Bad Nauheim and enjoy the spa.

Saudi Arabia Friendly Matches
Lost to Portugal (0-3), Wednesday 1st March. (Dusseldorf)

Drew with Iraq (2-2), Wednesday 15th March. (Jeddah)
Goals from Nawaf Al Temyat and Sami Al Jaber.

Lost to Poland (1-2), Tuesday 28th March. (Riyadh)
Redha Taker headed a free-kick to equalise after 27 minutes.

Lost to Belgium (1-2), Thursday 11th May. (Sittard, Holland)
A Bart Goor own goal (31).

Beat Togo (1-0), Sunday 14th May. (Amsterdam)
Solitary goal from: Malek Ali Al Hawsawi (85).

Czech Republic, Friday 26th May. (Innsbruck)

Turkey, Wednesday 31st May. (Offenbach)

Argentina, Sunday 4th June. (in Germany)

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wednesday 7th June. (Munich)

Saudi Arabia in the 2006 World Cup
Group H
Wednesday, 14th June
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia
München -- (18:00)

Monday, 19th June
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine
Hamburg -- (18:00)

Friday, 23rd June
Saudi Arabia vs Spain
Kaiserslautern -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group H winner travels to Hannover and the runner-up goes to Cologne.

Saudi Arabia World Cup Squad 2006
Al Sogour (Falcons)

Goalkeepers:
1 Mohammad Al Deayea (Al-Hilal)
21 Mabrouk Zaid (Al-Ittihad)
22 Mohammad Khoja (Al-Shabab)

Defenders:
2 Ahmed Dokhi (Al-Ittihad)
3 Redha Tukar (Al-Ittihad)
4 Hamad Al Montashari (Al-Ittihad)
5 Naif Al Qadi (Al-Ahli)
12 Abdulaziz Khathran (Al-Hilal)
13 Hussein Sulimani (Al-Ahli)
15 Ahmed Al Bahri (Al-Ittifak)
19 Mohammed Massad (Al-Ahli)

Midfielders:
6 Omar Al Ghamdi (Al-Hilal)
7 Mohammed Ameen (Al-Ittihad)
8 Mohammad Noor (Al-Ittihad)
10 Mohammad Al Shlhoub (Al-Hilal)
14 Saud Khariri (Al-Ittihad)
16 Khaled Aziz (Al-Hilal)
18 Nawaf Al Temyat (Al-Hilal)

Forwards:
9 Sami Al Jaber (Al-Hilal)
11 Saad Al Harthi (Al-Nasr)
20 Yasser Al Kahtani (Al-Hilal)
17 Mohammed Al Anbar (Al-Hilal)
23 Malek Mouath (Al-Ahli)

Trainer:
Gabriel Calderon (Argentina).

Players to watch:
21 Mabrouk Zaid (Al-Ittihad)
4 Hamad Al Montashari (Al-Ittihad)
9 Sami Al Jaber (Al-Hilal)

Destination Saudi Arabia

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