21st Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Main article: 21st Arabian Gulf Cup

Below are the squads for the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup in Bahrain played in 2013. Caps and goals are correct prior to the tournament.

Group A

Bahrain

Coach: Gabriel Calderón

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Sayed Mohammed Jaffer	(1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Muharraq
2	2 DF	Mohamed Husain	(1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 32)	Umm-Salal
3	2 DF	Abdulla Al-Marzooqi	(1980-12-12)12 December 1980 (aged 32)	Riffa
4	3 MF	Sayed Dhiya	(1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 20)	Al-Muharraq
5	3 MF	Hassan Jameel	(1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 21)	Unattached
6	2 DF	Dawood Saad	(1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 30)	Riffa
7	3 MF	Isa Moosa	(1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 25)	Manama Club
8	4 FW	Jaycee John Okwunwanne	(1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 27)	Al Kharaitiyat
9	3 MF	Abdulwahab Al-Malood	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Hidd
10	3 MF	Mohamed Salmeen	(1980-11-04)4 November 1980 (aged 32)	Al-Arabi
11	4 FW	Ismail Abdullatif	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Muharraq
12	3 MF	Faouzi Aaish	(1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Sailiya
13	2 DF	Fisal Bu-Dahoom	(1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 29)	Riffa
14	2 DF	Abdulwahab Al-Safi	(1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Qadisiyah
15	3 MF	Abdullah Omar	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 26)	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
16	3 MF	Abdulla Yusuf
17	2 DF	Hussain Ali Baba	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 30)	Kuwait SC
18	3 MF	Hussain Salman	(1982-12-20)20 December 1982 (aged 30)	Al-Riffa
19	2 DF	Mohamed Duaij	(1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 31)	Riffa
20	4 FW	Sami Al-Husaini	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Busaiteen
21	1 GK	Mohammed Al-Ogaimi	(1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Shabab
22	1 GK	Abbas Ahmed Khamis	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Ahli
23	2 DF	Rashed Al-Hooti	(1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 23)	East Riffa

Oman

Coach: Paul Le Guen ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mazin Al-Kasbi	(1993-04-27)27 April 1993 (aged 19)	Al-Seeb
2	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Maslami	(1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Shabab
3	2 DF	Jaber Al-Owaisi	(1989-11-04)4 November 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Shabab
4	3 MF	Ali Al-Jabri	(1990-01-29)29 January 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Nahda
5	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Balushi	(1989-08-27)27 August 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Nahda
6	3 MF	Raed Ibrahim Saleh	(1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 20)	Al-Oruba
7	4 FW	Hussain Al-Hadhri	(1990-05-21)May 21, 1990 (aged 22)	Dhofar Club
8	3 MF	Eid Al-Farsi	(1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Oruba
9	4 FW	Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali	(1989-04-23)23 April 1989 (aged 23)	Sohar
10	3 MF	Fawzi Bashir	(1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Dhafra
11	2 DF	Saad Al-Mukhaini	(1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 25)	Dhofar Club
12	3 MF	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri	(1985-02-23)23 February 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Ittifaq
13	2 DF	Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini	(1988-04-07)April 7, 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Raed
14	4 FW	Abdullah Abdul-Hadi	(1992-04-25)April 25, 1992 (aged 20)	Al-Oruba
15	4 FW	Ismail Sulaiman Al-Ajmi	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Faisaly
16	4 FW	Yaqoob Abdul-Karim	(1985-09-04)September 4, 1985 (aged 27)	Saham
17	2 DF	Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani	(1980-06-26)26 June 1980 (aged 32)	Dhofar Club
18	1 GK	Faiz Al-Rushaidi	(1988-07-19)19 July 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Suwaiq
19	2 DF	Ali Salim Al-Nahar	(1992-08-21)August 21, 1992 (aged 20)	Dhofar Club
20	4 FW	Imad Al-Hosni	(1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Ahli
21	3 MF	Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini	(1984-07-18)July 18, 1984 (aged 28)	El Jaish
22	1 GK	Hani Al-Sabti	(1984-02-27)February 27, 1984 (aged 28)	Dhofar Club
23	4 FW	Juma Darwish Al-Mashari	(1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 28)	Dhofar Club

Qatar

Coach: Paulo Autuori

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Qasem Burhan	(1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Gharrafa
2	2 DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	(1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 19)	Al-Sadd
3	2 DF	Mohammed Kasola	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Sadd
4	3 MF	Lawrence Quaye	(1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Gharrafa
5	2 DF	Marcone	(1978-04-05)5 April 1978 (aged 34)	Al-Rayyan
6	2 DF	Bilal Mohammed	(1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Gharrafa
7	3 MF	Wesam Rizik	(1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 31)	Al-Sadd
8	2 DF	Mesaad Al-Hamad	(1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Sadd
9	4 FW	Jaralla Al-Marri	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Rayyan
10	3 MF	Khalfan Ibrahim	(1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Sadd
11	4 FW	Hassan Al-Haydos	(1989-12-11)11 December 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Sadd
12	2 DF	Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 20)	Al-Sadd
13	2 DF	Ibrahim Majid	(1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Sadd
14	3 MF	Abdulaziz Hatem	(1990-10-28)28 October 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Arabi
15	3 MF	Talal Al-Bloushi	(1986-05-22)22 May 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Sadd
16	4 FW	Mohammed Razak	(1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 26)	Qatar SC
17	3 MF	Younes Ali	(1983-01-03)3 January 1983 (aged 30)	Al-Rayyan
18	4 FW	Jeddo	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 38)	El Jaish
19	3 MF	Ali Afif	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Sadd
20	4 FW	Yusef Ahmed	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Sadd
21	1 GK	Rajab Hamza	(1986-10-16)16 October 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Arabi
22	1 GK	Baba Malick	(1983-09-03) 3 September 1983 (age 41)	Lekhwiya
23	4 FW	Sebastián Soria	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 29)	Lekhwiya

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Mahdi Ali ^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ali Khasif	(1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Jazira
2	3 MF	Mohamed Fawzi	(1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 22)	Baniyas
3	2 DF	Walid Abbas	(1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
4	3 MF	Habib Fardan	(1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Nasr
5	3 MF	Amer Abdulrahman	(1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 21)	Baniyas
6	2 DF	Mohanad Salem	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Ain
7	4 FW	Ali Mabkhout	(1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Jazira
8	2 DF	Hamdan Al-Kamali	(1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Wahda
9	3 MF	Abdulaziz Hussain	(1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Ahli
10	4 FW	Ismail Matar	(1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Wahda
11	4 FW	Ahmed Khalil	(1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
12	1 GK	Khalid Eisa	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Jazira
13	3 MF	Khamis Esmaeel	(1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Jazira
14	2 DF	Abdelaziz Sanqour	(1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Ahli
15	4 FW	Ismail Al Hammadi	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Ahli
16	3 MF	Haboush Saleh	(1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 24)	Baniyas
17	3 MF	Majed Hassan	(1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
18	2 DF	Abdullah Mousa	(1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Jazira
19	3 MF	Ali Al-Amri	(1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Jazira
20	4 FW	Saeed Al-Kathiri	(1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Wahda
21	4 FW	Omar Abdulrahman	(1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 21)	Al-Ain
22	1 GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	(1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Ain
23	2 DF	Mohamed Ahmed	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Ain

Group B

Iraq

Coach: Hakeem Shaker

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Jalal Hassan	(1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 21)	Erbil
2	2 DF	Ahmad Ibrahim	(1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 20)	Erbil
3	2 DF	Ali Bahjat	(1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 20)	Duhok
4	3 MF	Khaldoun Ibrahim	(1987-06-16)16 June 1987 (aged 25)	Baghdad
5	2 DF	Mohammed Jabbar Rabat	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 19)	Al-Minaa
6	2 DF	Ali Adnan	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 19)	Baghdad
7	4 FW	Hammadi Ahmad	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
8	3 MF	Saif Salman	(1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 19)	Duhok
9	3 MF	Ahmed Yasin	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 21)	Örebro SK
10	4 FW	Younis Mahmoud (c)	(1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Wakrah
11	3 MF	Humam Tariq	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 16)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
12	1 GK	Mohammed Hameed	(1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 19)	Al-Shorta
13	3 MF	Nabeel Sabah	(1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 22)	Erbil
14	2 DF	Salam Shakir	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Khor
15	2 DF	Ali Rehema	(1985-08-08)8 August 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Wakrah
16	4 FW	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	(1993-09-22)22 September 1993 (aged 19)	Duhok
17	3 MF	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 25)	Duhok
18	4 FW	Hussam Ibrahim	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 25)	Baghdad
19	2 DF	Mustafa Nadhim	(1993-11-30)30 November 1993 (aged 19)	Najaf
20	2 DF	Dhurgham Ismail	(1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 18)	Al-Shorta
21	3 MF	Ahmad Abbas	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 18)	Naft Al-Janoob
22	1 GK	Noor Sabri (Vice-captain)	(1984-06-18)18 June 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Naft
23	2 DF	Waleed Salem	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 21)	Al-Shorta

Kuwait

Coach: Goran Tufegdžić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Abdulaziz Kamil
2	3 MF	Amer Al Fadhel	(1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Qadsia
3	2 DF	Fahad Awadh	(1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Kuwait
4	2 DF	Hussain Fadel	(1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Qadsia
5	2 DF	Mohammad Rashed	(1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Qadsia
6	2 DF	Mohammad Al-Rashedi	(1988-11-24)November 24, 1988 (aged 24)	Sahel
7	3 MF	Fahad Al-Enezi	(1988-09-01)1 September 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Kuwait
8	4 FW	Talal Nayef	(1985-11-30)30 November 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Arabi
9	4 FW	Fahad Al-Rashidi	(1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Arabi
10	3 MF	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari		Al Naser
11	3 MF	Fahad Al-Ansari	(1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 38)	Al-Qadsia
12	4 FW	Nasser Al Shaqqath
13	2 DF	Mesaed Al-Enezi	(1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Qadsia
14	3 MF	Waleed Ali	(1980-11-03)3 November 1980 (aged 32)	Al-Kuwait
15	3 MF	Hamad Aman	(1989-12-06)6 December 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Qadsia
16	3 MF	Abdulaziz Al Salimi	(1991-09-19)19 September 1991 (aged 21)	Al-Arabi
17	4 FW	Bader Al-Mutwa	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 27)	Al-Qadsia
18	3 MF	Abdulhadi Al-Khamis		Kuwait SC
19	3 MF	Ali Maqseed	(1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Arabi
20	4 FW	Yousef Nasser	(1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 22)	Kazma
21	1 GK	Nawaf Al Khaldi	(1981-05-25)25 May 1981 (aged 31)	Al-Qadsia
22	1 GK	Hameed Youssef	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37)	Al-Yarmouk
23	2 DF	Hussain Hakem	(1984-06-26)26 June 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Frank Rijkaard

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Waleed Abdullah	(1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Shabab
2	2 DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	(1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Ahli
3	2 DF	Osama Hawsawi	(1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Ahli
4	2 DF	Bader Al-Nakhli	(1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Fateh
5	2 DF	Osama Al-Muwallad	(1984-05-15)15 May 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Ittihad
6	3 MF	Ahmed Otaif	(1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Shabab
7	2 DF	Kamel Al-Mousa	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 30)	Al-Ahli
8	3 MF	Yahya Al-Shehri	(1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Ettifaq
9	4 FW	Essa Al-Mehyani	(1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Ahli
10	4 FW	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Nassr
11	4 FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	(1983-11-23)23 November 1983 (aged 29)	Al-Shabab
12	2 DF	Sultan Al-Bishi	(1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Hilal
13	3 MF	Moataz Al-Musa	(1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Ahli
14	3 MF	Saud Kariri	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 32)	Al-Ittihad
15	3 MF	Salman Al-Faraj	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 23)	Al-Hilal
16	3 MF	Ibrahim Ghaleb	(1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 22)	Al-Nassr
17	3 MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	(1984-07-25)25 July 1984 (aged 28)	Al-Ahli
18	3 MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 21)	Al-Hilal
19	3 MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	(1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 18)	Al-Ittihad
20	4 FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	(1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 30)	Al-Hilal
21	1 GK	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	(1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 21)	Al-Fateh
22	1 GK	Khalid Sharahili	(1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 25)	Al-Hilal
23	3 MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	(1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Fateh

Yemen

Coach: Tom Saintfiet

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mohammed Ibrahim Ayyash	(1986-03-06)6 March 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Hilal
2	2 DF	Mudir Abdurabu
3	2 DF	Mohammed Fuad Mohammed	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 23)
4	2 DF	Ahmed Sadeq El-Khamri	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 20)
5	2 DF	Nateeq Hizam		Al-Tilal
6	2 DF	Abdulaziz Al Gumaei		Al-Ahli
7	3 MF	Najib Al Haddad	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 22)
8	4 FW	Wahid Al Khyat	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 27)	Al-Ahli
9	3 MF	Ala Al-Sasi	(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 25)	Almina'a
10	4 FW	Ayman Al Hagri	(1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 19)
11	3 MF	Munassar Ba Haj	(1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 23)	Al-Hilal
12	2 DF	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	(1993-11-25)25 November 1993 (aged 19)	Al-Oruba
13	3 MF	Akram Al Selwi	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 26)	Al-Hilal
14	4 FW	Ahmed Al Zahira	(1986-09-08) 8 September 1986 (age 38)
16	2 DF	Khaled Baleid	(1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 (age 38)	Al-Tilal
17	4 FW	Kameel Tareq	(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 39)	Al-Shula
19	2 DF	Mohammed Boqshan
22	1 GK	Salem Saeed	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 41)
23	1 GK	Saoud Al Sawedi	(1988-04-10)10 April 1988 (aged 24)	Al-Wahda
24	2 DF	Ahmed Al Sadek	(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 42)	Al-Shula

References

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