OFA names Oman team for AFC U-19 qualifiers
The Sultanate’s youth squad will leave for Kyrgyzstan on October 24 to take part in Group A qualifying event for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship
MUSCAT: A 23-member Oman youth football team will leave for Kyrgyzstan on October 24 to take part in the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.
Coach Rasheed Jaber on Wednesday revealed the list of players who will be travelling to the Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek where Oman will be competing in the five-team Group A competition from October 31 to November 8.
Oman delegation to Bishkek will be headed by Oman Football Association (OFA) board member Ibrahim bin Mubarak Al Alawi.
Rasheed’s boys have prepared well for the Asian U-19 qualifiers with a series of domestic and international training camps. They have also participated in a few international tournaments, including a friendly invitational tournament hosted by the OFA.
In Bishkek, Oman will start their campaign with a match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 31. They will play hosts Kyrgyzstan on November 22. The Sultanate squad are scheduled to play Bahrain on November 6 before completing their group engagements with a match against Nepal on November 8.
The top teams from ten groups and five best second-placed teams qualify for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship, which is scheduled to take place in Indonesia from October 18 to November 4, 2018.
Oman squad: Sultan Said (Al Nasr), Arshad Al Alawi (Sur), Mohammed Al Alawi (Oman), Ahmed Al Araimi (Sur), Al Barra Al Alawi (Al Shabab), Faisal Al Harthy (Seeb), Nawaf Al Yahyaie (Al Mudhaibi), Abdullah bin Jameel Al Shabibi (Seeb), Ali Al Amri (Seeb), Zaher Al Aghbari (Seb), Mohannad Al Maamari (Saham), Mohammed Al Balushi (Saham), Ibrahim Al Muqbali (Sohar), Yousuf Al Shiyadi (Suwaiq), Ali Al Harrasi (Salalah), Yousuf Al Malki (Seeb), Mahmood Al Balushi (Quriyat), Thamir Al Zaabi (Al Khabourah), Laith Al Said (Oman), Mohammed Al Qaidi (Salam), Saud Al Habsi (Muscat), Salah Al Dohani (Muscat) and Mohammed Said Al Farah (Dhofar).