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The upcoming historic battle between “Greens” and “Atlas Lions” in the World Cup
There is no doubt that qualifying for the World Cup finals is a historic event for Arab teams, but the Saudi Arabian team can look beyond that at the 2026 World Cup, sitting alone at the Arab summit.
Saudi Arabia qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals in the Americas, Canada and Mexico to be part of a group of eight that includes Spain, Uruguay and Cape Verde, where they will begin their journey against the Latin team.
In order to achieve this dream, the Saudi Arabian team must surpass their Moroccan counterpart, who hold the record for the most Arab teams in the World Cup finals in history.
Most qualified
After qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, Al-Akhdar remained the most-appeared Arab team in a World Cup final as they qualified for the tournament for the seventh time in their history.
However, the Saudi Arabian team is level with two other Arab teams in the summit, namely Morocco and Tunisia, as both have qualified for the World Cup for the 7th time.
King of matches
Unlike the World Cup matches, the Saudi Arabian team dreams of being the Arab team that plays the most matches in the history of the World Cup, but this dream seems difficult because of the Moroccan team as well.
Saudi Arabia is the most capped Arab team in the World Cup so far with 19 matches, 4 behind leaders Morocco (23 matches).
In order to achieve this dream, the Saudi national team must wait for Morocco to exit the group stage and then complete the tournament before its conclusion, either reaching the final or playing to decide the third and fourth places.
In this case, the number of matches of the Saudi Arabian national team will reach 27, it will occupy the top spot in the Arab world by a game ahead of the Moroccan national team, whose results will reach 26 if they exit the group stage.
The biggest achievement
This complex scenario, if it happens, will give the Saudi Arabian team another historic record of being the best Arab team in the history of the World Cup, at least equal to the Moroccan team.
Morocco achieved the best Arab finish at the 2022 World Cup when they qualified for the semi-finals before finishing fourth after losing to France and Croatia respectively.
The Saudi Arabian national team has a chance to achieve the same feat, and perhaps more, either by finishing third or qualifying for the final if this historic scenario plays out.
King of victories
Another historic achievement that the Saudi Arabian team can achieve in the World Cup is the Arab team winning the most matches in the most important international football tournament.
The “Greens” team is the second most victorious Arab team in the history of the World Cup with 4, one victory behind Morocco, who won 5 games, and 1 victory over Tunisia and Algeria.
In order to achieve this feat, the Saudi Arabian national team must achieve at least one win to tie with Morocco, while waiting for the Atlas Lions to go without a single win during the tournament, which also seems difficult.
The king of goals
Greek coach Giorgos Donis’s teammates are waiting for another difficult goal, which should make the Saudi Arabian team the most goals scored at the Arab level in the history of the World Cup.
In this list, “Al-Akhdar” ranks second with 14 goals, tied with the Tunisian national team and with a difference of one goal over Algeria, but the leader is behind the Moroccan national team with 6 goals.
This goal seems very difficult, especially considering the lack of goals suffered by Saudi Arabia recently, not to mention the great attacking power of the Moroccan team, who are not expected to stop scoring.
