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Kuwait at the FIFA World Cup

Kuwait have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1982. They were eliminated in round one, where they lost two matches and drew one. The team scored two goals and conceded six across the three games.

Overall record

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Kuwait at Spain 1982

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Group 4

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  France 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
  Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Czechoslovakia  1–1  Kuwait
Panenka   21' (pen.) (Report) Al-Dakhil   57'
Attendance: 25,000
France  4–1  Kuwait
Genghini   31'
Platini   43'
Six   48'
Bossis   89'		 (Report) Al-Buloushi   75'
Attendance: 30,043
England  1–0  Kuwait
Francis   27' (Report)
Attendance: 39,700

Record players

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Coach Parreira fielded his first-choice players during Kuwait's three matches, resulting in ten players sharing the record for Kuwait's player with the most FIFA World Cup matches.

Rank Player Matches
1 Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 3
Abdullah Al-Buloushi 3
Faisal Al-Dakhil 3
Saad Al-Houti 3
Waleed Al-Jasem 3
Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi 3
Mahboub Juma'a 3
Fathi Kameel 3
Abdullah Mayouf 3
Naeem Saad 3

Goalscorers

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Two Kuwaiti players scored one goal each during the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Rank Player Goals
1 Faisal Al-Dakhil 1
Abdullah Al-Buloushi 1

See also

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