Coach Felix Sanchez has announced the Qatar squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifying match against Afghanistan, which will be held in Tajikistan on November 19.
Qatar have already played three joint qualifying matches against Afghanistan (won 6-0), India (0-0 draw) and Bangladesh (won 2-0) since September.
Al Annabi will also use the match against Afghanistan to gauge player fitness and form for the 24th Gulf Cup to be held in Doha from November 27 to December 9. They are also scheduled take on Singapore in a friendly match this Thursday at home.
Meanwhile, Sanchez, who also doubles up as Qatar’s U-23 coach, named a 31-man squad for the AFC U-23 Championship, which will be held in Thailand from January 8-26 next year.
The Olympic team qualified for the AFC U-23 Championship winning the qualifying event in Doha. They had played out a draw with Oman 2-2, beat Afghanistan 2-0 and Nepal 5-0.
Qatar squad 
Saad al-Sheeb, Pedro Miguel, Salem al-Hajri, Tariq Salman Suleiman, Bualem Khoukhi, Hassan Khaled al-Haydos, Akram Hassan Afif, Bassam al-Rawi, Almoez Ali, Karim Boudiaf, Mohamed Musa Abbasi, Ali Hassan Afif, Ismail Mohamed, Mohamed Muntari, Ahmed Fateh Mohamed, Fahad Ali, Yusuf Abdulrazzaq, Musab Kamal, Yusuf Hassan Mohamed, Almehdi Ali, Ahmed Alauddin, Moeed Hassan, Abdulaziz Hatem, Fahad Younus, Abdulrehman Mohamed, Abdullah Abdulsalam, Ahmed Moeen and Mohamed Bakari
Coach: Felix Sanchez