For the third time in their history, the Saudi National Team participated in the 2002 World Cup finals, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
The Saudi National Team was drawn into a group with Germany, Cameroon, and Ireland. In their opening match, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia faced Germany in the Japanese city of Sapporo, suffering a defeat with a scoreline of nil-eight. The Saudi team's second match, played in Saitama, Japan, ended in a one-nil loss to Cameroon. In their third and final group game against Ireland, the Saudis lost nil-three. The team's coach during this tournament was Nasser al-Johar.
The Saudi national team's records at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Matches played: Three.
- Wins: Zero.
- Losses: Three.
- Draws: Zero.
- Goals scored by the Saudi national team: Zero.
- Goals scored against the Saudi national team: Twelve.
- Average goals per game: Zero.
- Number of yellow cards: Two.
- Number of red cards: Zero.
List of Saudi players that represented the Saudi national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup
Mohammed al-Deayea, Hussein Abdulghani, Redha Tukar, Abdullah Suleiman, Nawaf al-Temyat, Ibrahim Suwayed, al-Hasan al-Yami, Abdulaziz al-Khathran, Abdullah al-Jumaan, Abdullah al-Waked, Fawzi al-Shehri, Mohammed Sheliah, Khamis al-Owairan, Ahmed al-Dokhi, Mohammed Noor, Sami al-Jaber, Obeid al-Dosari, Mohammed al-Shalhoub, Omar al-Ghamdi, Mabrouk Zaid, Mohsin al-Harthi, Mohammed al-Khojali, and Mansour al-Thagafi.
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