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Bahrain
Nickname	The Red
Association	Bahrain Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Senad Kreso
Most caps	Abdulrazzaq Mohamed (102)
Top scorer	A'ala Hubail (30)
Home stadium	Bahrain National Stadium
FIFA code	BHR
FIFA ranking	96
Highest FIFA ranking	44 (September 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	139 (March 2000)
Elo ranking	81
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Bahrain 4 - 4 Kuwait (Baghdad, Iraq; April 2, 1966)
Biggest win Bahrain 5 - 0 Kyrgyzstan (Bahrain; June 9, 2004)
Biggest defeat Iraq 10 - 1 Bahrain (Baghdad, Iraq; April 6, 1966)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1988)
Best result	Fourth place, 2004

The Bahrain national football team (Arabic: منتخب البحرين لكرة القدم‎) is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association. They have never made the World Cup. Bahrain won FIFA's most improved team award in 2004, and finished fourth in the 2004 Asian Cup. The international team was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966.

On October 12, 2005, Bahrain drew with Uzbekistan at home 0-0, giving them an aggregate score of 1-1. This win, on away goals, allowed Bahrain to enter a two-legged playoff with the fourth placed CONCACAF nation (Trinidad and Tobago) for a spot in the World Cup. But a 0-1 Bahrain loss in Manama after a 1-1 draw in Port of Spain saw the CONCACAF nation go through.

Bahrain is currently third in group D in the Asian Cup 2007 (qualification) group games. On October 11 2006 against Australia in Sydney, Bahrain fielded a side which was essentially the Olympic (under 23) team. Although they lost 2-0, the team put in a strong performance, frustating their experienced opponenents and exposing some weaknesses in the Australian defensive pattern [1]. Bahrain won their last match against Kuwait to qualify for the Asian Cup 2007, much to the despair of Kuwaiti superstar Nasser Al Asalli who was one of the traveling supporters.

On January 6, 2007 Bahrain faced Inter Milan in a friendly match which lost 6-1. Despite the result, the event was greeted with enthusiasm by the whole country.

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

• 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Withdrew
• 1980 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1984 - Did not enter
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Withdrew
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Fourth place

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