23rd Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Below were the squads for the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait in 2017.

Group A[edit]

Kuwait[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Khaled Al-Rashidi	(1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 30)	19	0	Al-Salmiya
2	2DF	Sami Al-Sanea	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 24)	1	0	Al-Kuwait
3	3MF	Ahmed Al-Dhefiri	(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 25)	15	0	Qadsia
4	2DF	Khalid El Ebrahim	(1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 25)	9	0	Qadsia
5	2DF	Fahad Al Hajeri	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 26)	25	3	Al-Ettifaq
6	3MF	Sultan Al Enezi	(1992-03-29)29 March 1992 (aged 25)	20	0	Al-Wakrah
7	3MF	Fahad Al Enezi	(1988-09-01)1 September 1988 (aged 29)	43	6	Al-Kuwait
8	3MF	Mashari Al Azmi	(1987-11-19)19 November 1987 (aged 30)	0	0	Kazma
9	4FW	Faisal Al-Azemi	(1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 24)	1	0	Al-Tadamon
10	3MF	Abdullah Al Buraiki	(1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 30)	14	2	Al-Kuwait
11	3MF	Fahad Al Ansari	(1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 30)	48	1	Al-Ittihad
12	2DF	Fahad Hammoud	(1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 27)	0	0	Al-Kuwait
13	2DF	Khaled Al-Qahtani	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32)	17	0	Qadsia
14	2DF	Dhari Said	(1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 30)	6	0	Qadsia
15	3MF	Faisal Zaid	(1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 26)	19	2	Jahra
16	4FW	Saad Al Ajmi	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 31)	1	0	Jahra
17	4FW	Bader Al-Mutawa (captain)	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 32)	158	51	Qadsia
18	3MF	Reda Hani	(1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 21)	0	0	Qadsia
19	2DF	Hummoud Melfi	(1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 29)	0	0	Jahra
20	2DF	Hussain Hakem	(1984-06-26)26 June 1984 (aged 33)	22	1	Al-Kuwait
21	3MF	Ali Maqseed	(1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 31)	64	8	Al-Arabi
22	1GK	Hameed Al-Qallaf	(1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 30)	31	0	Al-Kuwait
23	1GK	Sulaiman Abdulghafour	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 26)	9	0	Al-Arabi

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Coach: Krunoslav Jurčić^[2]

Hazaa Al-Hazaa withdrew before the tournament due to injury.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Moslem Al-Freej	(1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 29)	0	0	Al-Fayha
2	2DF	Salem Saeed	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 18)	0	0	Unattached
3	2DF	Abdullah Al-Shameri	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 24)	0	0	Al-Taawoun
4	2DF	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	(1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24)	2	0	Al-Qadsiah
5	2DF	Omar Hawsawi (vice-captain)	(1985-09-27)27 September 1985 (aged 32)	32	2	Al-Nassr
6	3MF	Nooh Al-Mousa	(1991-02-23)23 February 1991 (aged 26)	3	0	Al-Fateh
7	4FW	Salman Al-Moasher	(1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 29)	18	1	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Ali Al-Nemer	(1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 26)	0	0	Unattached
9	3MF	Naif Hazazi	(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Al-Qadsiah
10	4FW	Hattan Bahebri	(1992-07-16)16 July 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Al-Shabab
11	3MF	Maan Khodari	(1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 26)	0	0	Al-Batin
12	2DF	Abdulrahman Al-Obaid	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 24)	2	0	Al-Qadsiah
13	2DF	Sultan Al-Ghannam	(1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Al-Faisaly
14	3MF	Mohamed Kanno	(1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Al-Hilal
15	3MF	Ahmed Al-Fraidi (captain)	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 29)	34	6	Al-Nassr
16	3MF	Ahmed Al-Fiqi	(1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 24)	0	0	Unattached
17	3MF	Jaber Mustafa	(1997-06-07)7 June 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	Unattached
18	4FW	Khalid Kaabi	(1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Al-Shabab
19	4FW	Saleh Al-Amri	(1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24)	0	0	Al-Ahli
20	4FW	Mukhtar Fallatah	(1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 30)	9	1	Al-Hilal
21	1GK	Abdulquddus Atiah	(1997-03-01)1 March 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	Unattached
22	1GK	Assaf Al-Qarni	(1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 33)	8	0	Al-Ittihad
23	2DF	Hammam Ajaj	(1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 22)	0	0	Unattached
24	2DF	Abdullah Al-Ammar	(1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Al-Fateh

Oman[edit]

Coach: Pim Verbeek^[3]

United Arab Emirates[edit]

Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sultan Al-Monzeri	(1995-01-05)5 January 1995 (aged 22)	0	0	Al-Wasl
2	2DF	Mohammed Barqesh Al-Menhali	(1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 27)	0	0	Al Wahda
3	2DF	Mohammed Marzooq	(1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 28)	1	0	Shabab Al-Ahli
4	2DF	Khalifa Mubarak	(1993-10-30)30 October 1993 (aged 24)	2	0	Al-Nasr
5	3MF	Ali Salmeen	(1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 22)	32	2	Al-Wasl
6	2DF	Mohanad Salem	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 32)	57	2	Al Ain
7	4FW	Ali Mabkhout	(1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 27)	60	40	Al Jazira
8	3MF	Ahmed Barman	(1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 (aged 23)	7	0	Al Ain
9	3MF	Khaled Jalal	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 26)	2	0	Al-Nasr
10	3MF	Omar Abdulrahman	(1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 26)	57	9	Al Ain
11	4FW	Ahmed Al-Attas (vice-captain)	(1995-09-28)September 28, 1995 (aged 22)	5	1	Al Jazira
12	1GK	Khalid Eisa	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 28)	16	0	Al Ain
13	3MF	Khamis Esmaeel	(1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 (aged 28)	12	0	Shabab Al-Ahli
14	3MF	Rayan Yaslam	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Al Ain
15	3MF	Ismail Al Hammadi	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 29)	94	14	Shabab Al-Ahli
16	3MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman	(1989-02-04)February 4, 1989 (aged 28)	33	1	Al Ain
17	2DF	Fares Juma (captain)	(1988-12-30)December 30, 1988 (aged 28)	32	2	Al Jazira
18	2DF	Mohamed Fawzi	(1990-02-22)February 22, 1990 (aged 27)	33	0	Al Jazira
19	2DF	Ismail Ahmed	(1983-07-07)July 7, 1983 (aged 34)	26	0	Al Ain
20	4FW	Ahmed Malallah	(1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 26)	0	0	Emirates
21	2DF	Salem Al-Ozaizi	(1993-02-25)February 25, 1993 (aged 24)	0	0	Al-Wasl
22	1GK	Mohammed Al-Shamsi	(1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	Al Wahda
23	2DF	Mahmoud Khamees	(1987-10-28)October 28, 1987 (aged 30)	26	1	Al-Nasr

Group B[edit]

Qatar[edit]

Coach: Félix Sánchez^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Saad Al Sheeb	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 27)	32	0	Al Sadd
2	2DF	Bassam Hisham Al Rawi	(1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 20)	1	0	Al-Duhail
3	2DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	(1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 24)	58	9	Eupen
4	2DF	Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 25)	20	1	Al-Gharafa
5	3MF	Ahmed Fatehi	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 24)	2	0	Al Arabi
6	2DF	Ahmed Yasser	(1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 23)	27	0	Cultural Leonesa
7	2DF	Musab Kheder	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 24)	9	0	Al Sadd
8	3MF	Ahmed Moein	(1995-10-20)20 October 1995 (aged 22)	1	0	Cultural Leonesa
9	4FW	Ali Ferydoon	(1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Al Ahli
10	3MF	Hassan Al-Haydos (captain)	(1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 27)	88	18	Al Sadd
11	3MF	Akram Afif	(1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 21)	20	3	Eupen
12	3MF	Karim Boudiaf	(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 27)	40	4	Al-Duhail
13	4FW	Mohammed Muntari	(1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 24)	5	0	Al Ahli
14	3MF	Othman Al-Yahri	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 24)	1	0	Al-Rayyan
15	2DF	Pedro Miguel	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 27)	21	0	Al Sadd
16	3MF	Assim Madibo	(1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 21)	1	0	Eupen
17	4FW	Ismaeel Mohammad	(1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 27)	33	3	Al-Duhail
18	2DF	Abdulkarim Al-Ali	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 26)	10	1	Al-Sailiya
19	4FW	Almoez Ali	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 21)	15	3	Al-Duhail
20	3MF	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	(1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	Al-Duhail
21	1GK	Yousef Hassan	(1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 21)	5	0	Al-Gharafa
22	1GK	Mohammed Al Bakri	(1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 20)	1	0	Al-Duhail
23	3MF	Hamad Al-Obeidi	(1991-04-21)21 April 1991 (aged 26)	5	1	Al-Sailiya

Iraq[edit]

Coach: Basim Qasim^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jalal Hassan	(1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 26)	32	0	Al-Zawraa
2	2DF	Ahmad Ibrahim	(1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 25)	71	2	Al-Ettifaq
3	2DF	Ali Bahjat	(1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 25)	30	0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4	2DF	Mustafa Nadhim	(1993-09-23)23 September 1993 (aged 24)	20	3	Al-Najaf
5	2DF	Ali Faez	(1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 23)	11	0	Al-Shorta
6	3MF	Nabeel Sabah	(1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 27)	11	0	Al-Shorta
7	3MF	Ali Husni	(1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 23)	17	1	Al-Minaa
8	4FW	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	(1993-09-22)22 September 1993 (aged 24)	39	12	Al-Dhafra
9	4FW	Ayman Hussein	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 21)	12	1	Al-Shorta
10	4FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain)	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 30)	111	15	Al-Shorta
11	3MF	Humam Tariq	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 21)	38	1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
12	1GK	Mohammed Gassid	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 31)	67	0	Al-Minaa
13	4FW	Mohannad Ali	(2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 17)	1	0	Al-Shorta
14	2DF	Saad Natiq	(1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 23)	10	0	Al-Arabi
15	3MF	Ibrahim Bayesh	(2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 17)	0	0	Al-Zawraa
16	3MF	Hussein Ali	(1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 21)	5	0	Al-Zawraa
17	2DF	Alaa Mhawi	(1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 21)	11	0	Al-Shorta
18	3MF	Amjad Attwan	(1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 20)	18	0	Al-Najaf
19	3MF	Mahdi Kamel	(1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 22)	34	2	Al-Shorta
20	2DF	Rebin Sulaka	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 25)	10	0	Al-Markhiya
21	3MF	Saad Abdul-Amir (vice-captain)	(1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 25)	71	4	Al-Shabab
22	1GK	Mohammed Hameed	(1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 24)	20	0	Al-Shorta
23	4FW	Sajad Hussein	(1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (aged 19)	1	0	Amanat Baghdad

Yemen[edit]

Coach: Abraham Mebratu^[7]

Bahrain[edit]

Coach: Miroslav Soukup^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sayed Shubbar Alawi	(1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 32)	3	0	Al-Najma
2	2DF	Sayed Mahdi Baqer	(1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 23)	3	0	Al-Najma
3	2DF	Waleed Al-Hayam	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 26)	12	0	Al-Muharraq
4	3MF	Sayed Saeed	(1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 25)	19	5	Al-Riffa
5	2DF	Adel Hasan	(1996-09-20)20 September 1996 (aged 21)	3	0	Manama
6	3MF	Abdulla Yaser	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 29)	6	0	Al-Muharraq
7	3MF	Abdulwahab Al-Safi (captain)	(1984-06-04)4 June 1984 (aged 33)	39	1	Al-Muharraq
8	3MF	Ibrahim Ahmed Habib	(1989-02-05)5 February 1989 (aged 28)	0	0	Al-Najma
9	4FW	Mahdi Abduljabbar	(1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 26)	3	0	Al-Ittihad
10	3MF	Ali Habib Haji	(1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Manama
11	3MF	Ali Madan	(1995-11-30)30 November 1995 (aged 22)	3	1	Al-Najma
12	3MF	Mohmmed Sahwaan	(1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 28)	0	0	Al-Shabab
13	2DF	Abdulla Al-Haza'a	(1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 27)	28	0	Al-Hidd
14	4FW	Abdulla Yusuf Helal	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 24)	3	0	Al-Muharraq
15	3MF	Ali Haram	(1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 29)	12	1	Manama
16	2DF	Sayed Reda Issa	(1994-08-07)7 August 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Malkiya
17	2DF	Ahmed Bughammar	(1997-12-30)30 December 1997 (aged 19)	3	0	Al-Hidd
18	2DF	Ahmed Abdulla Ali	(1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 34)	0	0	East Riffa Club
19	3MF	Kamil Al Aswad	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 23)	12	4	Al-Riffa
20	4FW	Sami Al-Husaini	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 28)	40	29	East Riffa Club
21	1GK	Ashraf Waheed Al Sebaie	(1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 26)	0	0	Manama
22	1GK	Abdulkarim Fardan	(1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Malkiya
23	3MF	Jamal Rashid	(1988-11-07)7 November 1988 (aged 29)	3	2	Al-Muharraq

References[edit]

^ "KUNA : Boris Bunjak to coach Kuwait nat'l football team for Gulf Cup".
^ "مدرب "المواليد" يقود الأخضر في خليجي 23" (in Arabic).
^ "Verbeek names Oman probables ahead of Gulf Cup".
^ "UAE given green light to play in Gulf Cup after Qatar forfeits hosting rights to Kuwait - Article - Sport360".
^ "Sanchez names 20-player squad for Gulf Cup".
^ "ننشر قائمة المنتخب العراقي في «خليجي 23»" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ "تعرف على البعثة التي غادرت اليوم.. منتخب اليمن يواجه نظيره العُماني استعداداً لخليجي23" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ "البحرين تشارك في كأس الخليج دعماً لكرة القدم الكويتية" (in Arabic).

External links[edit]

Official site

[1] "KUNA : Boris Bunjak to coach Kuwait nat'l football team for Gulf Cup".

[2] "مدرب "المواليد" يقود الأخضر في خليجي 23" (in Arabic).

[3] "Verbeek names Oman probables ahead of Gulf Cup".

[4] "UAE given green light to play in Gulf Cup after Qatar forfeits hosting rights to Kuwait - Article - Sport360".

[5] "Sanchez names 20-player squad for Gulf Cup".

[6] "ننشر قائمة المنتخب العراقي في «خليجي 23»" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[7] "تعرف على البعثة التي غادرت اليوم.. منتخب اليمن يواجه نظيره العُماني استعداداً لخليجي23" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[8] "البحرين تشارك في كأس الخليج دعماً لكرة القدم الكويتية" (in Arabic).

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