Esam Sikkeen Al-Kandari - International Appearances


The outstanding Kuwaiti player obtained 64 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  2- 7-1971
Country: Kuwait  
Caps:	64	(W31-D14-L19 – GF133-GA62 – %59.37)
Goals:	 4
Age First Cap: 21 yr 108 d   18-10-1992 vs. Iran 1-1
Age Last Cap:  31 yr 174 d   23-12-2002 vs. Jorda  1-2
National Team Career: 10 yr 66 d

Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   18-10-92	Kuwait City 	Iran    	1-1	
 2    4-10-96	Kuwait City 	Iran    	0-1	
 3   16-10-96	Muscat   	Bahrain 	1-0	Gulf Cup
 4   18-10-96	Muscat   	Oman    	2-1	Gulf Cup
 5   22-10-96	Muscat   	UA Emirates	1-2	Gulf Cup
 6   24-10-96	Muscat   	Saudi Arabia	1-0	Gulf Cup
 7   28-10-96	Muscat   	Qatar   	2-1	Gulf Cup
 8    4-12-96	Abu Dhabi 	Indonesia	2-2	Asian Nations Cup
 9    7-12-96	Abu Dhabi 	UA Emirates	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
10   10-12-96	Abu Dhabi 	South Korea	2-0	Asian Nations Cup
11   15-12-96	Al-Ain    	Japan        	2-0	Asian Nations Cup
12   18-12-96	Abu Dhabi 	UA Emirates	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
13   21-12-96	Abu Dhabi 	Iran     	1-1 [1]	Asian Nations Cup
14   26- 4-97	Singapore 	Singapore	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
15    8- 5-97	Kuwait City 	Lebanon 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
16    5- 6-97	Kuwait City 	Singapore	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
17   14- 9-97	Riyadh   	Saudi Arabia	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
18   19- 9-97	Al-Rayyan 	Qatar   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
19   26- 9-97	Kuwait City 	Iran    	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
20   10-10-97	Kuwait City 	China   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
21   17-10-97	Kuwait City 	Saudi Arabia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
22   24-10-97	Kuwait City 	Qatar   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
23   31-10-97	Tehran  	Iran    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
24   14- 4-98	Tabriz    	Iran    	1-1	
25   24- 5-98	Portland	United States	0-2	
26   26- 9-98	Doha     	Syria   	4-0	Arab Nations Cup
27   29- 9-98	Doha     	Saudi Arabia	1-2	Arab Nations Cup
28    1-10-98	Doha     	UA Emirates	4-1	Arab Nations Cup
29   13-10-98	Kuwait City 	Iran    	3-0	
30   30-10-98	Riffa    	Saudi Arabia	1-2	Gulf Cup
31    2-11-98	Riffa   	Qatar   	6-2	Gulf Cup
32    6-11-98	Riffa   	Bahrain 	2-0	Gulf Cup
33    9-11-98	Riffa   	Oman    	5-0	Gulf Cup
34   12-11-98	Riffa   	UA Emirates	4-1	Gulf Cup
35    1-12-98	Chiang Mai 	Mongolia       11-0	Asian Games
36    5-12-98	Chiang Mai 	Uzbekistan	3-3	Asian Games
37    7-12-98	Bangkok  	UA Emirates	5-0	Asian Games
38   11-12-98	Bangkok  	South Korea	0-1	Asian Games
39   14-12-98	Bangkok  	Qatar    	0-0 [2]	Asian Games		
40   16-12-98	Bangkok  	Thailand	3-0	Asian Games
41   19-12-98	Bangkok  	Iran    	0-2	Asian Games
42   15- 2-99	Kuwait City 	Iran    	1-2	
43    4- 2-00	Kuwait City 	Iran    	1-1	
44   14- 2-00	Kuwait City 	Bhutan         20-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
45   16- 2-00	Kuwait City 	Yemen   	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
46   25- 6-00	Tripoli 	Lebanon 	1-3	
47   24- 9-00	Kuwait City 	Qatar   	0-0	
48   30- 9-00	Kuwait City 	Thailand	3-2	
49   13-10-00	Tripoli 	Indonesia	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
50   16-10-00	Tripoli 	South Korea	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
51   24-10-00	Beirut   	Saudi Arabia	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
52    3- 2-01	Singapore	Bahrain 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
53    6- 2-01	Singapore	Singapore	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
54    9- 2-01	Singapore	Kyrgyzstan	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
55   15- 2-01	Kuwait City 	Finland 	4-3	
56   24- 2-01	Kuwait City 	Kyrgyzstan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
57   27- 2-01	Kuwait City 	Bahrain 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
58   16- 1-02	Riyadh   	Saudi Arabia	1-1	Gulf Cup
59   19- 1-02	Riyadh   	Oman    	1-3	Gulf Cup
60   22- 1-02	Riyadh   	Bahrain 	0-0	Gulf Cup
61   26- 1-02	Riyadh   	Qatar   	0-1	Gulf Cup
62   29- 1-02	Riyadh   	UA Emirates	2-1	Gulf Cup
63   18-12-02	Kuwait City 	Sudan   	1-0	Arab Nations Cup
64   23-12-02	Kuwait City 	Jordan  	1-2	Arab Nations Cup

[1] Kuwait lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Kuwait won 3-1 on penalty kicks.


NB: the match against Japan U-21 (1-2, 9-12-98 in Bangkok, Asian Games, was not full A
    and is therefore not included here.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    64    31   14   19   133-  62      76       59.37

Types of Matches
Gulf Cup		15
World Cup Qualifier	15
Friendlies		11
Asian Nations Cup	 9
Asian Games		 7
Asian Cup Qualifier	 2
Arab Nations Cup	 5

Total 			64


Goals:	
Cap 32	1 goal
Cap 33	1 goal
Cap 34	1 goal
Cap 44	1 goal

Total   4 goals

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