Kuwait national futsal team
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Nickname(s)Al-Azraq (The Blue)
AssociationKuwait Football Association
Head coachMohammad Nazemasharieh
| Nickname(s) | Al-Azraq (The Blue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Mohammad Nazemasharieh | ||
| Top scorer | Abdulrahman Al Mosibaeh | ||
| Home stadium | Daiya Futsal National Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
| FIFA ranking | 40  3 (12 December 2025)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Kuwait 3–12 Oman  (Iran; 1 May 1992) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Kuwait 20–0 Maldives  (Macau, Macau; 16 April 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Iran 18–2 Kuwait (Tehran, Iran; 18 July 2001) | |||
| FIFA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2012) | ||
| AFC Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 13 (First in 2001) | ||
| Best result | 4th place (2003 and 2014) | ||
| WAFF Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2022) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2014) | ||
| Best result | 7th place (2014) | ||
| Grand Prix de Futsal | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
The Kuwait national futsal team represents Kuwait in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association.
- Hossein Shams (2003–2006)
- Ricardo Sobral (2018–2022)
Tournaments
FIFA Futsal World Cup
| FIFA World Cup Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1989 | did not enter | ||||||
 1992 | |||||||
 1996 | |||||||
 2000 | |||||||
 2004 | |||||||
 2008 | |||||||
 2012 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
 2016 | Disqualified | ||||||
 2020 | |||||||
 2024 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Total | 1/10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2005 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
 2007 | First Round/Disqualified | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −12 |
 2009 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 |
 2013 | Fourth place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 21 | +7 |
 2017 | did not enter | |||||||
| Total | 4/5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 55 | −18 |
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
| AFC Futsal Asian Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Link | |
 1999 | did not enter | No qualification | |||||||||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 32 | -18 | |||||||||
 2002 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 32 | -4 | |||||||||
| 2004 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | |||||||||
| 2005 | Second round | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -5 | |||||||||
 2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -9 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | -23 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -10 | ||||||||||
 2012 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | |||||||||
| 2016 | Disqualified | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Suspended by FIFA | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | |||||||||
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Total:14/18 | Fourth place | 58 | 20 | 7 | 31 | 212 | 235 | -23 | |||||||||
* = At the first qualified because of top 4 in 2014 competition, but later could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[2]
**= Could not participate in West Zone qualifier due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association was still in effect.
West Asian Championship
| West Asian Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | DIF |
| 2007 | did not enter | |||||||
 2009 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 | −7 |
| Total | 1/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 | −7 |
Confederations Cup
| Confederations Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | DIF |
 2009 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2014 | First round | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
| Total | 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
- *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively.
