 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuhaya varairidzi vekunze, muna 2012, United Arab Emirates yakasarudza murairidzi wechikwata cheOlympic Mahdi Ali semaneja wechikwata chevakuru. Ali akatanga kugadzira chikwata chekukoka vatambi vaainge ashanda navo padanho revechidiki. Akatungamira Emirates kuhwina mukombe wavo wechipiri weGulf Cup muna 2013. Pa2015 AFC Asian Cup, United Arab Emirates yakakunda Qatar 41 neBahrain 21 ndokurasikirwa neIran nechinangwa. Sezvo boka runner-up, yakatarisana vaidzivirira vakwikwidzi Japan vari kota-fainari uye akawana kukunda pamusoro chirango kuti mberi kune vokupedzisira mana. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, vakarasikirwa ne2-0 neAustralia. Mumutambo wokupedzesera wechitatu, rakarova Iraq 32. United Arab Emirates yakakwanisa kuburikidza neAFC kukodzera uko yakapedza chechina muBoka B nekudaro ichitadza kukwanisa kuenda ku2018 FIFA World Cup. Ahmed Khalil ndiye akanga ari mugadzi mukuru mumakwikwi aya. Panenge panguva iyi Mahdi Ali akasiya basa rake. 