List of the Saudi National Team's Participations in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

The Saudi national football team has participated twelve times in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers up to the 2022 tournament. Out of these, the team qualified for the World Cup six times, while it could not reach the other six. Here are the Saudi national team's qualifiers' records:

This was the Saudi national team's first participation in these qualifiers, but it was eliminated in the first round. It was grouped with Iran and Syria.

In these qualifiers, the Saudi team advanced past the preliminary stage, topping its group, which included Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, and Syria. However, in the second round, it could not make it to the World Cup in a group that included Kuwait, New Zealand, and China, exiting from the second round.

In these qualifiers, the Saudi national team was eliminated in the first round as the qualifiers followed a knockout format with two matches.

In these qualifiers, the Saudi team advanced past the preliminary stage, topping its group, which included Yemen and Syria. However, it did not make it to the FIFA World Cup, as it was eliminated in the second round, grouped with South Korea, Qatar, the UAE, China, and North Korea, exiting in the second round.

In this round, the Saudi national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history. It topped the first round in its group, which included Macau, Malaysia, and Kuwait. In the second round, It led its group, which included North Korea, South Korea, Iraq, Japan, and Iran, to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in the United States for the first time in its history.

The Saudi national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the second time in its history. It topped the first round in its group, which included Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. In the second round, it also topped its group, which included Iran, Qatar, China, and Kuwait, earning a spot in the FIFA World Cup in France.

The Saudi team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the third consecutive time. It topped the first round in its group, which included Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Mongolia. In the second round, it also topped its group, which included Iran, Bahrain, Iraq, and Thailand, securing a spot in the FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

The Saudi team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the fourth consecutive time. It topped the first-round qualifier in its group, which included Indonesia, Turkmenistan, and Sri Lanka. In the second round, it also topped its group, which included South Korea, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait, qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Germany.

The Saudi national team advanced past the preliminary stage, topping its group, which included Uzbekistan, Singapore, and Lebanon. However, in the fourth round (Group B), it could not get past its group, which included South Korea, North Korea, Iran, and the UAE, exiting in the fourth round.

The Saudi national team did not advance past the preliminary round in a group that included Australia, Oman, and Thailand.

The Saudi team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the fifth time. It topped the second-round qualifier in Group A, which included the UAE, Palestine, Malaysia, and East Timor. In the third round, it placed second in Group B, which included Thailand, Iraq, the UAE, Australia, and Japan, securing a spot in the FIFA World Cup in Russia for the fifth time in its history.

The Saudi national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the sixth time. It topped the second-round qualifiers in Group D, which included Uzbekistan, Palestine, Singapore, and Yemen. In the third round, it topped Group B, which included Japan, Australia, Oman, China, and Vietnam, to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.