DOHA (Qatar): Qatar coach Felix Sanchez announced a 27-member squad for the two international friendlies against Costa Rica and South Korea on the November 13 and 17 respectively.
The national team’s training started on Sunday until the return from Austria on November 18, after which the players will join the ranks of their clubs.
Squad: Mishal Barsham, Pedro Miguel, Tariq Salman, Abdel-Karim Hassan, Boualem Khoukhi, Hassan Al-Haydos, Akram Afif, Musab Khudar, Muhammad Waad, Yousif Abdulsaq, Ahmed Suhail, Al-Moez Ali, Karim Boudiaf, Ismail Muhammad, Abdullah Abd al-Salam, Mahdi Ali, Ahmad Alaa al-Din, Moayed Hassan, Humam Ahmad, Abdullah Maarifieh, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Moein, Abdel Aziz Hatem, Fahd Younis, Mohammed Abu Nada and Issa Ahmed.
Qatar are ranked 57 in the latest FIFA rankings released last month.
The matches comes within the framework of the team’s preparations for the upcoming events and within the program of preparing the national squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
The clash against Costa Rica will be the second major friendly this year after Qatar played a match against Ghana in the Turkish city of Antalya earlier this month.
These matches have been listed after the national team’s playing schedule was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe.
The Asian champions will make their first appearance at next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup where they will compete along with 16 of the world’s best teams from July 10 and are pitted in Group D with Honduras, Panama and Grenada for the first round.
Just before the North, Central and Caribbean region tournament, Qatar will travel to Colombia and Argentina for their second appearance at the Copa America, where they will compete against Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, from June 11
