However, Zagallo resigned before the tournament and Parreira returned. Zagallo led the team to the qualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Parreira led the team at the 1988 Asian Cup and left his position after the tournament.

In 1984, Mohajerani resigned and was replaced with Carlos Alberto Parreira. Its first victory of the tournament occurred against India on 7 December 1984, under manager Heshmat Mohajerani. It also qualified for the next two tournaments, 1984 in Singapore and 1988 in Qatar and was again eliminated in the group stages in both. It drew 1–1 with Kuwait and lost the three other matches and finished in fifth place in the group and ninth (out of ten teams) overall. In 1980, United Arab Emirates first-time qualified for the AFC Asian Cup which was held in Kuwait and were drawn with eventual winners, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar in Group B. It again finished third as did in the two previous tournaments.

After participating in four Gulf Cup tournaments since 1972, United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the 1982 edition. Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively and beating Bahrain 3 to nothing. The first match of the team was played on 17 March 1972 against Qatar at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and won with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. It finished third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and hosted the 2019 edition in which it was eliminated in the semi-finals. United Arab Emirates took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup and runner-up in 1996 as host. It has made one World Cup appearance in 1990 in Italy and lost all three of its games. The United Arab Emirates national football team ( Arabic: منتخب الإمَارَاتُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ الْمُتَّحِدَة لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents United Arab Emirates in international football and serves under the auspices of the country's Football Association.

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