Doha: Qatar will field a revamped team at the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup to be held in Basra, Iraq, from January 6 to 19 next year.
The Qatar Football Association announced a 27-member squad for the tournament, with most of the senior players who took part in the FIFA World Cup being rested.
Those include regular captain Hassan Al Haydos, Akram Afif, Almoez Ali, Abdulaziz Hatem, Karim Boudiaf, Abdelkarim Hassan, Boualam Khoukhi, Bassam Al Rawi, Saad Al Sheeb and Pedro Miguel.
The team will be coached by Portuguese Bruno Pinheiro at the eight-nation tournament.
Qatar, three-time winners of Arabian Gulf Cup, will begin their campaign in Group B which will also feature Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE. Group A includes Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Qatar Squad:
Meshaal Barsham, Yousef Abdullah, Tarek Salman, Abdullah Al Yazidi, Faisal Mohammed, Mustafa Meshaal, Muhammad Waad, Yousuf Abdurisag, Hashim Ali, Salem Al Hajri, Ali Asad, Ismaeel Mohammed, Shehab El Laithi, Muhammad Ayash, Diab Haroun, Assim Madibo, Muhammed Muntari, Abdulrahman Fahmy, Naif Al Hadhrami, Tamim Mansour, Homam Al Amin, Amro Suraj, Ahmed Fadel, Khaled Muneer, Hazem Ahmed, Mahmoud Abunada and Jassim Jaber.
