 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1980, United Arab Emirates kekutanga vakakwanisa kuenda kuAFC Asian Cup iyo yakaitirwa kuKuwait uye vakadhirowewa pamwe nevakundi vekupedzisira, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia neQatar muGroup B. Yakadhirowa 11 neKuwait uye yakarasikirwa nemimwe mitambo mitatu ndokupedza iri pachinzvimbo chechishanu muboka uye yechipfumbamwe kunze kwezvikwata gumi zvakazara. Yakakwanisawo kumakwikwi maviri akatevera, 1984 muSingapore uye 1988 muQatar uye zvakare yakabviswa mumapoka emapoka mune zvose. Kukunda kwayo kwekutanga kwemutambo kwakaitika kurwisa India musi wa 7 Zvita 1984, pasi pemaneja Heshmat Mohajerani. 