Yaqoub Abdullah Al-Taher - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Kuwaiti player obtained 73 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 27-10-1983 Country: Kuwait
Caps: 73 (W24-D21-L28 - GF90-GA97 - %47.26) Age First Cap: 19 yr 312 d 4- 9-2003 vs. Singapore 3-1 Age Last Cap: 28 yr 125 d 29- 2-2012 vs. South Korea 0-2 National Team Career: 8 yr 178 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 4- 9-03 Singapore Singapore 3-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 2 14- 9-03 Kuwait City Qatar 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 3 20- 9-03 Doha Qatar 2-2 Asian Cup Qualifier 4 27- 9-03 Kuwait City Singapore 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 5 5-10-03 Kuwait City Palestine 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 6 19-11-03 Leiria Portugal 0-8 7 26-12-03 Kuwait City Oman 0-0 Gulf Cup 8 29-12-03 Kuwait City UA Emirates 0-2 Gulf Cup 9 1- 1-04 Kuwait City Yemen 4-0 Gulf Cup 10 4- 1-04 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 1-1 Gulf Cup 11 8- 1-04 Kuwait City Qatar 1-2 Gulf Cup 12 10- 1-04 Kuwait City Bahrain 0-4 Gulf Cup 13 1- 6-04 Kuwait City Syria 0-1 14 9- 6-04 Kuwait City Hongkong 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 15 19- 7-04 Jinan UA Emirates 3-1 Asian Nations Cup 16 23- 7-04 Jinan Jordan 0-2 Asian Nations Cup 17 27- 7-04 Jinan South Korea 0-4 Asian Nations Cup 18 8- 9-04 Hongkong Hongkong 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 13-10-04 Kuwait City China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 20 10-11-04 Kuwait City Kyrgyzstan 3-0 21 17-11-04 Kuwait City Malaysia 6-1 World Cup Qualifier 22 27-11-04 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 1-0 23 12- 3-05 Kuwait City Finland 0-1 24 3- 6-05 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 25 8- 6-05 Kuwait City South Korea 0-4 World Cup Qualifier 26 29- 7-05 Gen�ve UA Emirates 1-1 [1] International Tourn. 27 31- 7-05 Gen�ve Qatar 0-1 International Tourn. 28 17- 8-05 Tashkent Uzbekistan 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 29 26-11-05 Kuwait City Iraq 0-0 30 3- 2-06 Singapore Singapore 2-2 31 16- 8-06 Sydney Australia 0-2 Asian Cup Qualifier 32 6- 9-06 Kuwait City Australia 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 33 11-10-06 Kuwait City Lithuania 1-0 34 19-11-06 Riffa Bahrain 1-2 Asian Cup Qualifier 35 17- 1-07 Abu Dhabi Yemen 1-1 Gulf Cup 36 20- 1-07 Abu Dhabi Oman 1-2 Gulf Cup 37 23- 1-07 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 2-3 Gulf Cup 38 2- 1-08 Salmiya Lebanon 3-2 39 12- 1-08 Kuwait City Ivory Coast 0-2 40 30- 1-08 Muscat Oman 1-1 41 6- 2-08 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 42 21- 3-08 Kuwait City Iraq 0-0 43 26- 3-08 Kuwait City Iran 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 44 21- 5-08 Doha Qatar 1-1 45 2- 6-08 Damascus Syria 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 46 8- 6-08 Kuwait City Syria 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 47 14- 6-08 Kuwait City UA Emirates 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 48 30-12-08 Dubai UA Emirates 0-0 49 4- 1-09 Muscat Oman 0-0 Gulf Cup 50 7- 1-09 Muscat Bahrain 1-0 Gulf Cup 51 20- 1-09 Kuwait City Turkmenistan 2-0 52 28- 1-09 Kuwait City Oman 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 53 11- 2-09 Kuwait City Azerbaijan 1-1 54 5- 3-09 Canberra Australia 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 55 23- 3-09 Kuwait City Iran 0-1 56 31- 5-09 Kuwait City Vietnam 0-1 57 5-10-09 Cairo Libya 1-1 58 10-10-09 Cairo Jordan 2-1 59 8-11-09 Kuwait City China 2-2 60 14-11-09 Kuwait City Indonesia 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 61 18-11-09 Jakarta Indonesia 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 62 6- 1-10 Kuwait City Australia 2-2 Asian Cup Qualifier 63 3- 3-10 Muscat Oman 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 64 27-12-10 6th Oct. City North Korea 2-2 65 8- 1-11 Doha China 0-2 Asian Nations Cup 66 12- 1-11 Doha Uzbekistan 1-2 Asian Nations Cup 67 16- 1-11 Doha Qatar 0-3 Asian Nations Cup 68 11-11-11 Kuwait City Lebanon 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 69 14-12-11 Al-Rayyan Oman 2-0 Pan Arab Games 70 22-12-11 Doha Palestine 3-0 Pan Arab Games 71 17- 1-12 Kuwait City Uzbekistan 1-0 72 17- 2-12 Changsha North Korea 1-1 73 29- 2-12 Seoul South Korea 0-2 World Cup Qualifier

[1] Kuwait lost 6-7 on penalty kicks.

NB: The matches against Saudi Arabia U-23 (2-0, 17-12-11 in Doha, Pan Arab Games), Jordan U-23 (0-2, 20-12-11 in Doha, Pan Arab Games) and China (0-2, 22- 2-12 in Changsha, in which Kuwait made 9 substitutions and China 10) were not full A and therefore not included here.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 73 24 21 28 90- 97 69 47.26

Types of Matches Friendlies 24 Asian Cup Qualifier 14 World Cup Qualifier 14 Gulf Cup 11 Asian Nations Cup 6 Other Tournaments 2 Pan Arab Games 2

Total 73

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud and Husain Mohammed_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) and Husain Mohammed (husainmohamedkw@hotmail.com) Last updated: 9 Feb 2023