This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup tournament held in Oman between January 4 and January 17, 2009.
Caps, goals and ages as of 3 January 2008.
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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Coach: Jorvan Vieira
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Ali Mutashar | 11 June 1989 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Al-Naft |
2 | DF | Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd | 11 March 1981 (aged 27) | 22 | 1 | Al-Baqa'a SC |
3 | DF | Bassim Abbas | 1 July 1982 (aged 26) | 57 | 2 | Al-Talaba |
4 | DF | Salam Shaker | 31 July 1986 (aged 22) | 6 | 0 | Al-Khor |
5 | MF | Nashat Akram | 12 September 1984 (aged 24) | 73 | 10 | Al-Gharafa |
6 | MF | Salih Sadir | 21 August 1981 (aged 27) | 45 | 11 | Al-Ahed |
7 | FW | Emad Mohammed | 24 July 1982 (aged 26) | 72 | 23 | Sepahan |
8 | FW | Mohammed Nasser | 12 March 1984 (aged 24) | 19 | 6 | Esteghlal Ahvaz |
9 | FW | Mustafa Karim | 21 July 1987 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | Ismaily SC |
10 | FW | Younis Mahmoud | 3 February 1983 (aged 25) | 66 | 27 | Al-Arabi |
11 | MF | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 1 July 1981 (aged 27) | 67 | 15 | Anorthosis FC |
12 | DF | Saad Attiya | 26 February 1987 (aged 21) | 12 | 1 | Al-Merrikh |
13 | MF | Karrar Jassim | 11 June 1987 (aged 21) | 19 | 1 | Al-Wakra |
14 | DF | Haidar Abdul-Amir | 2 November 1982 (aged 26) | 45 | 3 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
15 | DF | Ali Rehema | 8 August 1985 (aged 23) | 42 | 1 | Al-Wakra |
16 | DF | Khaldoun Ibrahim | 16 July 1987 (aged 21) | 12 | 0 | Erbil |
17 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 22 December 1987 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | Al-Khor |
18 | MF | Mahdi Karim | 10 December 1983 (aged 25) | 61 | 9 | Al-Khor |
19 | MF | Haitham Kadhim | 21 July 1983 (aged 25) | 37 | 0 | Sepahan |
20 | MF | Samer Saeed | 1 July 1987 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Al Ahly Tripoli |
21 | GK | Mohammed Gassid | 10 December 1986 (aged 22) | 4 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
22 | GK | Noor Sabri | 18 June 1984 (aged 24) | 60 | 0 | Al-Talaba |
23 | MF | Halgurd Mulla Mohammed | 1 July 1988 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Sulaymaniyah |
24 | MF | Qusay Munir | 12 April 1981 (aged 27) | 49 | 5 | Qatar SC |
25 | MF | Ahmad Abd Ali | 1 January 1986 (aged 23) | 15 | 0 | Erbil |
27 | DF | Ous Ibrahim | 1 January 1986 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
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[1] Head coach: Claude Le Roy
Head coach: Bruno Metsu
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