| 1996 AFC Asian Cup Final | |
| Event: | 1996 AFC Asian Cup |
| Team1: | United Arab Emirates |
| Team1score: | 0 |
| Team2: | Saudi Arabia |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Details: | After extra time Saudi Arabia won 4–2 on penalties |
| Stadium: | Shiekh Zayed Stadium |
| City: | Abu Dhabi |
| Referee: | Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia) |
| Attendance: | 60,000 |
| Previous: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2000 |
The 1996 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match which determined the winner of the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, the 11th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation.[1] [2] [3]
See main article: Zayed Sports City Stadium. The Sheikh Zayed Stadium (now known as the Zayed Sports City Stadium) in Abu Dhabi hosted the final. The 43,206-seat stadium was built in 1980. It was the main stadium of the 1996 Asian Cup, hosting 12 matches including the final.
| United Arab Emirates | Round | Saudi Arabia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result | |
| 1–1 | Match 1 | 6–0 | |||
| 3–2 | Match 2 | 1–0 | |||
| 2–0 | Match 3 | 0–3 | |||
| Group A Winners | Final standings | Group B Runners-up | |||
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | |
| 1–0 | Quarter-finals | 4–3 | |||
| 1–0 | Semi-finals | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pen.) | |||
The game ended goalless, the UAE ended up losing on penalties.[4]
| GK | 17 | Muhsin Musabah | ||
| RB | 6 | Ismail Rashid Ismail | ||
| CB | 5 | Yousef Saleh | ||
| CB | 12 | Hassan Mubarak | ||
| LB | 3 | Munther Abdullah | ||
| CM | 15 | Mohamed Ali | ||
| CM | 16 | |||
| CM | 18 | |||
| RF | 7 | |||
| CF | 10 | Adnan Al Talyani (c) | ||
| LF | 23 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 13 | |||
| FW | 11 | |||
| FW | 14 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
 Tomislav Ivić | ||||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Al-Deayea | |||
| RB | 2 | Mohammed Al-Jahani | |||
| CB | 3 | ||||
| CB | 4 | Abdullah Zubromawi | |||
| LB | 13 | ||||
| DM | 16 | Khamis Al-Owairan | |||
| RM | 10 | ||||
| CM | 8 | Khalid Al-Temawi | |||
| CM | 14 | Khaled Al-Muwallid | |||
| LM | 15 | Yousuf Al-Thunayan (c) | |||
| CF | 9 | ||||
| Substitutions: | |||||
| CF | 25 | ||||
| MF | 12 | ||||
| FW | 20 | ||||
| Manager: | |||||
 Nelo Vingada | |||||