<P> The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم ‎) represents the United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates and competes in AFC . They were for a time managed by legendary English manager Don Revie . </P> <P> United Arab Emirates' home ground varies . Most home games have been played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira Stadium and Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain as other venues . </P> <P> It has made one World Cup appearance, in 1990 in Italy, but lost all three of its games to Colombia, West Germany and Yugoslavia . Two years later the UAE took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner - up in 1996 as hosts of the tournament . In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks . They also won the Gulf Cup of Nations on two occasions--in 2007 when they won a title for the first time in their history and then in 2013 . They finished third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and will be hosting the next AFC Asian Cup in 2019 . </P> <P> The first match of UAE national football team was played on 17 March 1972, four months after the union of the United Arab Emirates . They played against Qatar at Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and UAE won 1--0 with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi . Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4--0 and 7--0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 nothing . </P>

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