Bahrain
World Cup Qualifying AFC · Bahrain
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World Cup Qualifying AFC
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Bahrain National Stadium
Country
Bahrain
Founded
1966
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The Bahrain national football team (Arabic: منتخب البحرين لكرة القدم) represents Bahrain in international football and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so. Bahrain won the FIFA's most improved team award in 2004, and finished fourth in the 2004 Asian Cup, beating Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals but losing to Japan in the semi-finals 4–3. Bahrain then lost to Iran in the third-place match, thus finishing in fourth place overall. Bahrain had …
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