Coach Souza announces Bahrain squad for Gulf Cup
Doha, Qatar: Bahrain coach Helio Souza announced a 23-man squad for the 24th Gulf Cup which will start in Doha on November 26.
Bahrain are in Group B alongside Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait. They will open their campaign on November 27, with a match against Oman at Al Duhail Stadium.
Abdulla Yusuf Helal, who plays for Czech club Slavia Prague, is the notable exclusion from the squad.
Bahrain squad: Sayed Mohamed Jafar, Walid Alhayam, Ismail Abdullatif, Mohamed Yusuf Hardan, Thiago Vizandandez, Al-Shibr Hashim, Sayed Reda Issa, Ali Abdullah Haram, Mehdi Baqer, Mohamed Jassim Marhoon, Kamil al-Aswad, Ali Jafar Moden, Ahmed Nabil Ghilan, Abdullah Al Hazaa, Mohammed al-Rumaihi, Ahmed Mubarak Bogmar, Rashed al-Houti, Mohamed Abdulwahab Shaaban, Abdulwahab al-Maloud, Hamad al-Dossari, Jassim al-Sheikh, Mehdi Humaidan, Sayyid Zia Saeed.
Meanwhile, UAE coach Berr Van Marwijk named a 28-member squad which squad will be trimmed to 24 on Saturday before the squad flies to Doha.
UAE squad: Ali Khusaif, Salim Rashid, Khalifa al-Hammadi, Khalfan Mubarak, Ali Mabkhout, Omar AbdelRahman, Mohamed al-Attas, Abdullah Ramadan, Zayed al-Ameri, Waleed Hassan, Mohamed Marzouq, Yusuf Jabir, Ismail al-Hammadi, Ahmed Khalil, Khalid Essa, Ahmed Barman, Bandar al-Ahbabi, Hamdan al-Kamali, Mohamed Barghash, Khalil al-Hammadi, Mohamed Hassan al-Shamsi, Adel al-Hosani, Al Hassan Salih, Majid Suror, Shahin AbdulRahman, Jasim Yaqoub, Tariq Ahmed, Ali Salih.
