United Arab Emirates national football team

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The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: مُنْتَخَبُ دَوْلَةِ الْإِمَارَاتِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِ الْوَطَنِيُّ لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَمِ) represents United Arab Emirates in men's international football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association. The United Arab Emirates has made one appearance at the FIFA World Cup, qualifying for the 1990 tournament in Italy, where it lost all three group-stage matches. The team finished as runners-up at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, which it hosted, and subsequently qualified for the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the Asian representatives. It won the Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007 and 2013 after finishing as runners-up on several occasions. At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, the UAE finished third after defeating the defending champions in the quarter-finals. The team hosted the 2019 edition, where it again eliminated the defending champions before being knocked out in the semi-finals by eventual champions. The national team secured...

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