Below is a list of the head coaches of the Saudi national football team who led the team in official matches, as well as their statistics and achievements in the national team taking into account official games.
Saudi Arabia Football Federation was founded in 1956 [1] . The first international match the Saudi national team held on October 20, 1957 against Syria under the leadership of the Egyptian Abdurrahman Fawzi [2] . In the entire history of the Saudi national team, in official matches, 43 head coaches or acting leaders have led them, among which there were only five Saudi specialists [3] . The acting head coach of the national team since November 28, 2017 is Juan Antonio Pizzi [4] .
The team held the largest number of official matches (39) under the supervision of Saudi mentor Khalil Ibrahim al-Zayani from March 1984 to April 1986, which also led her to her first Asian title in 1984 [5] .
List of Trainers
Data shown on June 9, 2018
Legend:
- World Cup - World Cup
- KA - Asian Cup
- KK - Confederations Cup
- PI - Pan - Arab Games
- KZ - Gulf Cup of Nations
- OKA - Asian Cup qualifier
- PKN - Palestinian Cup of Nations
- OCHM - World Cup Qualifying Tournament
- AI - Islamic Games
- AI - Asian Games
- CAN - Arab Cup of Nations
- AAKN - African-Asian Cup of Nations
- ZKDA - Gold Cup of Australia's Bicentennial
- FOR - West Asian Games
- ChFZA - Championship of the Football Federation of West Asia
- KOSN - OSN Cup
| No. | Trainer | Citizenship | A photo | The first match | Last match | AND | AT | N | P | % AT | Tournaments | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Abdurrahman Fawzi Arab. عبد الرحمن فوزي | / Egypt / OAR | October 18, 1957 | September 6, 1961 | 6 | one | one | four | 16.67 | PI-1957 : 3rd place in the group PI-1961 : 5th place | [6] | |
| 2 | Ali Shawash Arab. علي الشواش | Tunisia | December 1, 1967 | January 17, 1969 | 2 | one | 0 | one | 50 | [7] | ||
| 3 | George Skinner English George skinner | England | March 28, 1970 | April 2, 1970 | 3 | 0 | 2 | one | 0 | KZ-1970 : 3rd place | [eight] | |
| four | Taha Ismail Arab. طه إسماعيل | Egypt | March 16, 1972 | March 28, 1972 | 3 | 2 | one | 0 | 66.67 | KZ-1972 : 2nd place | [9] | |
| five | Mohammed Saleh Vashash Arab. محمد صالح الوحش | Egypt | March 6, 1974 | March 29, 1974 | 6 | four | one | one | 66.67 | KZ-1974 : finalist | [ten] | |
| 6 | Ferenc Puskas Hungarian Puskás ferenc | Spain | November 21, 1975 | April 11, 1976 | sixteen | five | one | ten | 31.25 | OKA-1976 : access to KA-1976 PKN-1975 : 3rd place in the group KZ-1976 : 4th place | [eleven] | |
| 7 | Bill McGarry English Bill mcgarry | England | September 5, 1976 | April 22, 1977 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25 | PI-1976 OCHM-1978 : absenteeism at the 1978 World Cup | [12] | |
| eight | David Woodfield English David woodfield | England | November 15, 1978 | April 8, 1979 | ten | 3 | five | 2 | thirty | AI-1978 : 3rd place in the group KZ-1979 : 3rd place | [13] | |
| 9 | Rubens Minelli port. Rubens minelli | Brazil | January 30, 1980 | December 19, 1981 | 22 | 9 | 3 | ten | 40.91 | II 1980 : 3rd place OCHM-1982 : absenteeism at the 1982 World Cup | [14] | |
| ten | Mario Zagallo port. Mário zagallo | Brazil | March 21, 1982 | March 17, 1984 | 17 | 7 | five | five | 41.18 | KZ-1982 : 4th place AI-1982 : 3rd place KZ-1984 | [15] | |
| eleven | Halil Ibrahim Az-Zayani Arab. خليل الزياني | Saudi Arabia | March 20, 1984 | April 5, 1986 | 39 | nineteen | 9 | eleven | 48.72 | KZ-1984 : 3rd place OKA-1984 : access to KA-1984 KA-1984 : champion OCHM-1986 : absenteeism at the 1986 World Cup CAN-1985 : 3rd place PI-1985 : 4th place AAKN-1985 KZ-1986 : 3rd place | [sixteen] | |
| 12 | Kosiya Tastilo Spanish Kosia Tastilo | Uruguay | September 7, 1986 | October 5, 1986 | 7 | four | 2 | one | 57.14 | AI-1986 : finalist | [17] | |
| 13 | Omar Borras Spanish Mar borrás | Uruguay | February 17, 1988 | March 18, 1988 | 7 | 2 | four | one | 28.57 | KZ-1988 : 3rd place | [18] | |
| 14 | Carlos Alberto Parreira port. Carlos Alberto Parreira | Brazil | April 21, 1988 | October 28, 1989 | 26 | ten | 9 | 7 | 38.46 | ZKDA-1988 : 4th place KA-1988 : champion OCHM-1990 : absenteeism at the 1990 World Cup | [nineteen] | |
| 15 | Paulo Massa port. Paulo massa | Brazil | September 24, 1990 | October 1, 1990 | 3 | 2 | one | 0 | 66.67 | AI-1990 : 1/4 finals | [20] | |
| sixteen | Nelson Martins port. Nelson martins | Brazil | September 11, 1992 | December 10, 1992 | 14 | 7 | 3 | four | 50 | CAN-1992 : finalist KK-1992 : finalist KA-1992 : finalist KZ-1992 : 3rd place | [21] | |
| 17 | Kandinho port. Candleinho | Brazil | April 9, 1993 | October 24, 1993 | nineteen | 12 | five | 2 | 63.16 | Ochm-1994 | [22] | |
| 18 | Mohammed al-Qarashi Arab. محمد الخراشي | Saudi Arabia | October 28, 1993 | October 28, 1993 | one | one | 0 | 0 | 100 | OCHM-1994 : access to the 1994 World Cup | [23] | |
| nineteen | Leo Benhakker niderl. Leo beenhakker | Netherlands | January 23, 1994 | February 9, 1994 | four | one | 2 | one | 25 | [24] | ||
| 20 | Jorge Solari Spanish Jorge solari | Argentina | March 26, 1994 | July 3, 1994 | 12 | four | 2 | 6 | 33.33 | 1994 World Cup : 1/8 finals | [25] | |
| 21 | Ivo Wortmann port. Ivo Wortmann | Brazil | October 1, 1994 | October 13, 1994 | five | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60 | AI 1994 : 1/4 finals | [26] | |
| 22 | Mohammed al-Qarashi Arab. محمد الخراشي | Saudi Arabia | October 19, 1994 | January 8, 1995 | eleven | 6 | one | four | 54.54 | KZ-1994 : winner KK-1995 : 3rd place in the group | [23] | |
| 23 | Mario port. Zé mário | Brazil | October 8, 1995 | October 27, 1996 | 20 | 9 | five | 6 | 45 | OKA-1996 : access to KA-1996 KZ-1996 : 3rd place | [27] | |
| 24 | Nelu Wingada port. Nelo vingada | Portugal | November 6, 1996 | October 11, 1997 | 25 | sixteen | 6 | 3 | 64 | KA-1996 : champion Ochm-1998 | [28] | |
| 25 | Otto Pfister him. Otto pfister | Germany | October 17, 1997 | December 16, 1997 | eight | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.5 | OCHM-1998 : access to the 1998 World Cup KK-1999 : 4th place in the group | [29] | |
| 26 | Carlos Alberto Parreira port. Carlos Alberto Parreira | Brazil | February 22, 1998 | June 18, 1998 | ten | 2 | four | four | 20 | World Cup 1998 | [nineteen] | |
| 27 | Mohammed al-Qarashi Arab. محمد الخراشي | Saudi Arabia | June 24, 1998 | June 24, 1998 | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | World Cup 1998 : 4th place in the group | [23] | |
| 28 | Otto Pfister him. Otto pfister | Germany | September 11, 1998 | November 11, 1998 | eleven | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | CAN-1998 : winner KZ-1998 : 2nd place | [29] | |
| 29th | Milan Machala Czech Milan Máčala | Czech | June 18, 1999 | October 14, 2000 | 26 | eleven | 6 | 9 | 42.31 | KK-1999 : 4th place AAKN-1999 KA-2000 | [thirty] | |
| thirty | Nasir al-Jawhar Arab. ناصر الجوهر | Saudi Arabia | October 17, 2000 | February 19, 2001 | 13 | eleven | one | one | 84.61 | KA-2000 : finalist Ochm-2002 | [31] | |
| 31 | Slobodan Santrach serbohorv. Slobodan santrač | SR Yugoslavia | July 10, 2001 | August 24, 2001 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 | Ochm-2002 | [32] | |
| 32 | Nasir al-Jawhar Arab. ناصر الجوهر | Saudi Arabia | August 31, 2001 | June 11, 2002 | 23 | 13 | 2 | eight | 56.52 | OCHM-2002 : access to the 2002 World Cup KZ-2002 : winner 2002 World Cup : 4th place in the group | [31] | |
| 33 | Gerard van der Lem niderl. Gerard van der lem | Netherlands | December 17, 2002 | July 26, 2004 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 65.38 | CAN-2002 OKA-2004 : access to KA-2004 KZ-2003/04 : winner OCHM-2006 KA-2004 : 4th place in the group | [33] | |
| 34 | Martin Coopman niderl. Martin koopman | Netherlands | December 30, 2002 | December 30, 2002 | one | one | 0 | 0 | 100 | CAN-2002 : winner | [34] | |
| 35 | Nasir al-Jawhar Arab. ناصر الجوهر | Saudi Arabia | September 1, 2004 | November 17, 2004 | five | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60 | OCHM-2006 | [31] | |
| 36 | Gabriel Calderon Spanish Gabriel Calderón | Argentina | December 11, 2004 | December 8, 2005 | nineteen | eight | four | 7 | 42.11 | KZ-2004 : 3rd place in the group OCHM-2006 : access to the 2006 World Cup ZA-2005 : 4th place | [35] | |
| 37 | Marcos Package port. Marcos paquetá | Brazil | January 18, 2006 | January 27, 2007 | thirty | 13 | 7 | ten | 43.33 | 2006 World Cup : 4th in the group OKA-2007 : launch at KA-2007 KZ-2007 : 3rd place | [36] | |
| 38 | Elio dos Angios port. Helio dos anjos | Brazil | June 24, 2007 | June 7, 2008 | 22 | 15 | 3 | four | 68.18 | KA-2007 : finalist PI-2007 : 3rd place Ochm-2010 | [37] | |
| 39 | Nasir al-Jawhar Arab. ناصر الجوهر | Saudi Arabia | June 14, 2008 | February 11, 2009 | 18 | ten | five | 3 | 55.55 | Ochm-2010 KZ-2009 : finalist | [31] | |
| 40 | José Peseiro port. José peseiro | Portugal | March 22, 2009 | January 9, 2011 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 38.71 | 2010 World Cup : Absenteeism at the 2010 World Cup KZ 2010 : finalist KA-2011 | [38] | |
| 41 | Nasir al-Jawhar Arab. ناصر الجوهر | Saudi Arabia | January 13, 2011 | January 17, 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | KA-2011 : 4th place in the group | [31] | |
| 42 | Rogerio Moraes port. Rogerio Moraes | Brazil | July 13, 2011 | July 28, 2011 | four | 2 | one | one | 50 | Ochm-2014 | [39] | |
| 43 | Frank Rykard niderl. Frank rijkaard | Netherlands | September 2, 2011 | January 12, 2013 | 17 | four | 6 | 7 | 23.53 | 2014 World Cup : Absenteeism at the 2014 World Cup CAN 2012 : 4th place KZ-2013 : 3rd place in the group | [40] | |
| 44 | Khalid al-Koroni Arab. خالد القروني | Saudi Arabia | December 9, 2012 | December 15, 2012 | 3 | one | one | one | 33.33 | ChFZA-2012 : 3rd place in the group | [41] | |
| 45 | Juan Ramon Lopez Caro Spanish Juan Ramón López Caro | Spain | February 6, 2013 | November 26, 2014 | nineteen | 9 | four | 6 | 47.37 | OKA-2015 : launch at KA-2015 KOSN-2013 : 4th place KZ-2014 : finalist | [42] | |
| 46 | Cosmin Olareu room. Cosmin Olăroiu | Romania | December 30, 2014 | January 18, 2015 | four | one | 0 | 3 | 25 | KA-2015 : 3rd place in the group | [43] | |
| 47 | Faisal al-Badain Arab. فيصل البدين | Saudi Arabia | March 30, 2015 | June 11, 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Ochm-2018 | [44] | |
| 48 | Burt van Marwijk niderl. Bert van marwijk | Netherlands | September 3, 2015 | May 9, 2017 | 20 | 13 | four | 3 | 65 | OCHM-2018 : access to KA-2019 and World Cup-2018 | [45] | |
| 49 | Edgardo Bausa Spanish Edgardo bauza | Argentina | November 10, 2017 | November 13, 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [46] | ||
| 50 | Krunoslav Yurchich Horv. Krunoslav Jurčić | Croatia | December 22, 2017 | December 28, 2017 | 3 | one | one | one | 33.33 | KZ-2017/18 : 3rd place in the group | [47] | |
| 51 | Juan Antonio Pizzi Spanish Juan Antonio Pizzi | / Argentina / Spain | February 26, 2018 | June 25, 2018 | 9 | 3 | one | five | 33.33 | 2018 World Cup : 3rd place in the group | [48] |
Notes
- ↑ Discover the origins and history of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. (eng.) . saff.com.sa. Date of treatment July 8, 2018.
- ↑ Saudi Arabia - List of International Matches. (eng.) . rsssf.com . Date of treatment July 8, 2018.
- ↑ Coaches. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment July 8, 2018.
- ↑ Pizzi takes charge of Saudi Arabia. (eng.) . fifa.com . Date of treatment June 8, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Flashback: Saudi Arabia's historic triumph at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup. (eng.) . the-afc.com . Date of treatment June 8, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Abdul-Rahman Fawzi. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Ali Chaouach. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ George Skinner. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Taha Ismail. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Mohammad Saleh Washash. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Ferenc Puskas. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Bill McGarry. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ David Woodfield. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Rubens Minelli. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Mario Zagallo. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Khalil Al Zayani. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Kosia Tastilo. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Omar Borras. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Carlos Alberto Parreira. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Paulo Massa. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Nelson Martins. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Candinho. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Mohammed Al Kharashy. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Leo Beenhakker. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Jorge Solari. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Ivo Wortmann. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Ze Mario. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Nelo Vingada. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Otto Pfister. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Milan Macala. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Nasser Al Johar. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Slobodan Santrac. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Gerard van der Lem. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Martin Koopman. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Gabriel Calderon. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Marcos Paqueta. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Helio dos Anjos. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Jose Vitor dos Santos Peseiro. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Rogerio Moraes. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Frank Rijkaard. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ KHALID ALKORONI. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Lopez Caro. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Cosmin Olaroiu. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Faisl Al Badain. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Bert van Marwijk. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Edgardo Bauza. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Krunoslav Jurcic. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.
- ↑ Juan Antonio Pizzi. (eng.) . ksa-team.com . Date of treatment June 7, 2018. Archived June 11, 2018.