Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia arrive at their seventh tournament and have never advanced past the round of 16, set in 1994. Hervé Renard, the French coach who masterminded the famous 2022 victory over Argentina and was reappointed in 2024 after a brief AFC return, brings an obsession with collective discipline. The squad leans on Pro League stars: Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Ittihad), Firas Al-Buraikan (Al-Ahli) and goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais. Cristiano Ronaldo is not in the picture — but Sami Al-Jaber's legacy is, and Renard knows how to extract results from underdogs. Group H with Spain, Uruguay and Cape Verde is brutal — a single point would already be a moral victory; second place demands a Saudi miracle.
Upcoming matches
Group H standings
| # | Teams | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |