Coach Unai Melgosa has announced Qatar’s 21-member squad for this month’s Asian Games. Key players Almoez Ali, Akram Afif, Basam al-Rawi and Abdullah Abdulsalam have not been included since the quartet will appear for Al Duhail and Al Sadd in their AFC Champions League quarter-finals slated for later this month.
The Qatar Football Association (QFA) said the national squad left yesterday for Jakarta where the Games will be held from August 18-Sept 2. The football competition, however, will start early.
Qatar have been placed in Group B of the 2018 Asian Games. Group B also includes Thailand, Uzbekistan and Bangladesh. Al Anabi face Uzbekistan on August 14.
All countries participating at the Asian Games will be represented by a U-23 squad, with three overaged players permitted.
The top two from each group will advance to the round of 16.
Squad
Ahmed Moin, Khaled Munir, Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Hazem Ahmed, Adel Bader, Mishal Ibrahim, Hatem Kamal, Tariq Salman, Tamim al-Muhaize, Elias Ahmed, Ahmed al-Saadi, Saud Farhan, Mashaal al-Shammari, Mohamed al-Bakri, Yazen Naim, Jassim Mohamed, Marwan Sharif, Omar al-Emadi, Nasser al-Nasr, Ahmed Fadel and Mohamed Saeed.
Coach: Unai Melgosa
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