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Kuwait
Nickname(s)	Al Azraq
Association	Kuwait Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Fawzi Ibrahim
Most caps	Wail Sulaiman Al Habashi (109)
Top scorer	Jassem Al Houwaidi (63)
Home stadium	Kuwait National Stadium
FIFA code	KUW
FIFA ranking	121
Highest FIFA ranking	24 (December 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	121 (November 2007)
Elo ranking	94
Highest Elo ranking	26 (December 1998)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Kuwait 2 - 2 Libya (Morocco; September 3, 1961)
Biggest win Kuwait 20 - 0 Bhutan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 14, 2000)
Biggest defeat Egypt 8 - 0 Kuwait (Morocco; September 4, 1961) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; November 19, 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1, 1982
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1980

The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one World Cup Finals appearance, in 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France. During the match against France, France scored a goal while some of the Kuwaiti players had stopped, having heard a whistle. The goal was initially awarded by the referee, who had not blown, but Kuwait walked off the pitch in protest. They eventually resumed playing only after the intervention of Prince Fahid and the referee's changing his mind to disallow the French goal.

They have better success contending for the Asian Cup, reaching the finals in 1976 and taking home the winner's trophy in 1980.

Kuwait's 20-0 win over Bhutan in 2000 was at the time the biggest ever win in international football. It was surpassed in 2001, when Australia beat Tonga 22-0. Also in 2000, Kuwait took part at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

The side are regarded as a rising force in Asian football, having knocked China, traditionally one of the stronger teams, out of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.

Kuwait has shown great improvement in 2006, first by beating Australia 2-0 on September 6. Kuwait later beat Lithuania 1-0. Kuwait then crushed Taiwan in a 10-0 defeat. However, the successful stint was demolished when Kuwait lost 2-1 to Bahrain on November 16, in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier. The Kuwaiti team was knocked out of the AFC Asian Cup. But in December, the Romanian coach Mihai Stoichita got sacked and was replaced with Fawzi Ibrahim with the "Prince of Managers" Saleh Zakaria as assistant.

• Last game:  Kuwait 1-1 Egypt  - Kuwait City, Kuwait - 12 June 2007. (Friendly)

• Next game:  United Arab Emirates vs  Kuwait - Abu Dhabi, UAE - 06 February 2008. (2010 FIFA World Cup qualification)

• 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Round 1
• 1986 to 2006 - Did not qualify
• 2010 - Qualifying underway

• 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Round 1
• 1976 - Second place
• 1980 - Champions
• 1984 - Third place
• 1988 - Round 1
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Round 1
• 2007 - Did not qualify

• Jasem Yacob
• Fathi Kamel
• Abdulaziz Al Anberi
• Bader Al Halabeej
• Abdullah Wabran
• Fasil Al Dikel
• Bashar Abdallah
• Khalid Al Fadhli
• Jassem Al Houwaidi
• Shebab Kankune

(May, 2007)

Preceded by 1976 Iran

Asian Champions 1980 (First title)

Succeeded by 1984 Saudi Arabia

AFC Asian Cup Winners v • d • e
3 titles :  Iran (1968, 1972, 1976)  Japan (1992, 2000, 2004)  Saudi Arabia (1984, 1988, 1996) 2 titles :  Korea Republic (1956, 1960) 1 title :  Iraq (2007)  Israel (1964)  Kuwait (1980)
Football in Kuwait v • d • e
Federation | National Team Premier League | Crown Cup | Emir Cup | Federation Cup | Alkurafi Cup
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National football teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e
Afghanistan | Australia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Brunei | Cambodia | China PR | Chinese Taipei | Guam | Hong Kong* | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Lebanon | Macau* | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Syria | Tajikistan | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen * FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.
Union Arab de Football Association competitions v • d • e
Arab Nations Cup | Pan Arab Games | Gulf Cup of Nations | Arab Champions League
Union Arab de Football Association teams v • d • e
Algeria | Bahrain | Comoros | Djibouti | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Somalia | Sudan | Syria | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates | Yemen