The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. It made one World Cup, in 1990, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. The side rebounded to take fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2005 the UAE football team, jointly won the Kirin Cup along with the Peruvian team.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Withdrew
• 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Round 1
• 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1976 - Did not enter
• 1980 - Round 1
• 1984 - Round 1
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Fourth place
• 1996 - Second place
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Round 1

West Asian Football Federation Championship record

• 2000 to 2004- Did not enter
• 2006 - Qualified

Asian national football teams | Football in the United Arab Emirates

Fußballnationalmannschaft der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate | Selección nacional de fútbol de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos | Équipe des Émirats arabes unis de football | נבחרת איחוד האמירויות הערביות בכדורגל | Voetbalelftal van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten | サッカーアラブ首長国連邦代表 | Reprezentacja Zjednoczonych Emiratów Arabskich w piłce nożnej | Seleção dos Emirados Árabes Unidos de Futebol | Förenade arabemiratens herrlandslag i fotboll