Team Qatar ready for opening qualifier against Afghanistan
Doha: Qatar’s football national team has completed its preparations for the first match of the joint qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup finals against Afghanistan to be played at the Khalifa International Stadium on Thursday (November 16).
Qatar will also take on India in an away game at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar on November 21 in the first two of their Group A games. The group also includes Kuwait, who will meet India Nov 16), and Afghanistan (Nov 21).
Qatar Squad: Goalkeepers: Fahad Younes (Al Rayyan), Meshaal Barsham (Al Sadd), Salah Zakaria (Al Duhail), Yousef Hassan (Al Gharafa)
Defenders: Bassam al-Rawi (Al Rayyan), Boualem Khoukhi, Tariq Salman, Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd), Homam al-Amin (Al Gharafa), Yousef Ayman (Al Duhail), Hazem Ahmed, Lucas Mendez (Al Wakrah)
Midfielders: Abdullah al-Marafi, Ahmed Fathi, Jassem Jaber (Al Arabi), Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail), Hassan al-Haydos, Mustafa Meshaal, Mohamed Waad (Al Sadd)
Forwards: Akram Afif, Yousef Abdulrazaq (Al Sadd), Ahmed Alaaeldin (Al Gharafa), Almoez Ali, Mohamed Muntari (Al Duhail), Ahmed al-Rawi, Tamim Mansour (Al Rayyan)
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