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{{short description|Kuwaiti footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Faisal Al-Dakhil
| image          = 
| fullname       = Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1957|08|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
| height         = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| position       = [[forward (basketball)|forward]]
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1973–1989
| clubs1         = [[Qadsia SC|Qadsia]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 141
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1988
| nationalteam1  = [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]
| nationalcaps1  = 85
| nationalgoals1 = 39
| nationalyears2 = 1974–1987
| nationalteam2  = [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait XI]]
| nationalcaps2  = 22
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate = 
}}
'''Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil''' ({{IPAc-en|d|æ|x|i:|l}}), also spelled '''Al-Dakheel''' ({{langx|ar|فيصل الدخيل}}) (born 13 August 1957) is a [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwaiti]] retired [[Association football|footballer]].

Al-Dakhil was among the Kuwaiti players who won the [[1980 Asian Cup]]. He played four matches for Kuwait at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] with three goals in only one match against [[Nigeria]] on 21 July in Dynamo Stadion in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Faisal Al-Daakhil Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/faisal-al-daakhil-1.html|access-date=2009-08-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007202746/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/faisal-al-daakhil-1.html|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>

Al-Dakhil played with [[Al Qadisiya Kuwait|Al-Qadsiya Club]]

== Club career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Kuwait Emir Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Independence Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Kuwait Joint League]] 
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|- align=center
|rowspan="15" align=center valign=center|[[Qadsia SC|Qadsia]]
|[[1973–74 Kuwaiti Premier League|1973–74]]
|rowspan="15"|[[Kuwait Premier League|KPL]]
|||2||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1974–75 Kuwaiti Premier League|1974–75]]
|||7||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1975–76 Kuwaiti Premier League|1975–76]]
|||15||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1976–77 Kuwaiti Premier League|1976–77]]
|||11||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1977–78 Kuwaiti Premier League|1977–78]]
|||4||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1978–79 Kuwaiti Premier League|1978–79]]
|||7||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1979–80 Kuwaiti Premier League|1979–80]]
|||18||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1980–81 Kuwaiti Premier League|1980–81]]
|||21||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1981–82 Kuwaiti Premier League|1981–82]]
|||0||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1982–83 Kuwaiti Premier League|1982–83]]
|||0||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1983–84 Kuwaiti Premier League|1983–84]]
|||7||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1984–85 Kuwaiti Premier League|1984–85]]
|||22||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1985–86 Kuwaiti Premier League|1985–86]]
|||7||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|-
|[[1986–87 Kuwaiti Premier League|1986–87]]
|||3||||||||2||||||||
|-
|[[1987–88 Kuwaiti Premier League|1987–88]]
|||11||||||colspan="2"|—||||||||
|- align=center
!colspan="3"|Career total
!!!141!!!!22!!!!2!!!!4!!!!169
|}
{{notelist}}

==International goals==
''only in AFC Asian Cup and World Cup Finals''
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1980-09-25 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|QAT}} || 4–0 || Win || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 1980-09-25 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|QAT}} || 4–0 || Win || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 1980-09-28 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|IRN}} || 2–1 || Win || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 1980-09-30 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|KOR}} || 3–0 || Win || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 1980-09-30 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait || {{fb|KOR}} || 3–0 || Win || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 1982-06-17 || [[Valladolid]], Spain || {{fb|TCH}} || 1–1 || Draw || [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 1984-12-09 || Singapore || {{fb|SYR}} || 3–1 || Win || [[1984 AFC Asian Cup]]
|}

==Honours==

===Club===
;Qadsia
* [[Kuwaiti Premier League]]: [[Kuwaiti Premier League|1972–73]], [[Kuwaiti Premier League|1974–75]], [[Kuwaiti Premier League|1975–76]], [[Kuwaiti Premier League|1977–78]]
* [[Kuwait Emir Cup]]:[[Kuwait Emir Cup|1973–74]], [[Kuwait Emir Cup|1974–75]], [[Kuwait Emir Cup|1978–79]], [[Kuwait Emir Cup|1988–89]]

===International===
* [[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]

===Regional===
* [[Arabian Gulf Cup]]: [[1976 Gulf Cup of Nations|1976]], [[1986 Gulf Cup of Nations|1986]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/aldekheel-intlg.html Faisal al-Dakhil-International Goals] at [[RSSSF]]
* {{sports links}}

{{1980 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{Kuwaiti Premier League top scorers}}
{{Kuwait squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Kuwait Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{Kuwait squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Kuwait Squad 1982 World Cup}}
{{Kuwait squad 1984 AFC Asian Cup}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kuwait City]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Kuwaiti men's footballers]]
[[Category:Kuwait men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1976 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:1980 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1984 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:AFC Asian Cup–winning players]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Kuwait]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Qadsia SC players]]
[[Category:Kuwait Premier League players]]


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