FACTBOX-Soccer-United Arab Emirates v Qatar - Asian Cup semi-final

FACTBOX-Soccer-United Arab Emirates v Qatar - Asian Cup semi-final

Factbox ahead of Tuesday's Asian Cup semi-final between United Arab Emirates and Qatar: WHERE & WHEN:

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (capacity: 40,000) Kickoff 6.00pm local time (1400 GMT)

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Cesar Ramos (Mexico)

Assistant referees: Miguel Hernandez, Alberto Morin (both Mexico) Fourth Official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

FIFA world ranking: 79 Ranking in Asia: 8

Previous Asian Cups: 9 Best performance: Runners-up (1996)

2015: Third place Nickname: The Whites

Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Ali Mabkhout (4)

Players suspended: None ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINAL

Group A (First) UAE 1-1 Bahrain

UAE 2-0 India UAE 1-1 Thailand

Round of 16 UAE 3-2 Kyrgyzstan (AET)

Quarter-final UAE 1-0 Australia

QATAR FIFA world ranking: 93

Ranking in Asia: 13 Previous Asian Cups: 9

Best performance: Quarter-finals (2000, 2011) 2015: Group stage

Nickname: The Maroons Coach: Felix Sanchez Bas

Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Almoez Ali (7) Players suspended: Abdulaziz Hatem, Bassam Al-Rawi

ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINAL Group E (First)

Qatar 2-0 Lebanon Qatar 6-0 North Korea

Qatar 2-0 Saudi Arabia Round of 16

Qatar 1-0 Iraq Quarter-final

Qatar 1-0 South Korea (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Amlan Chakraborty)

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