Hossam Hassan Hussein is an Egyptian professional football coach and former player who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer with 83 goals in 176 appearances. His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers.
Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani is a former Saudi footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. Yasser is widely recognised as one of the greatest Asian footballers of the 21st century.
Al-Muharraq Sports Club is a professional football club based in Muharraq, Bahrain. It was founded in 1928 and is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Bahrain. The club has won numerous domestic and regional titles, including 34 Bahraini Premier League titles and 6 GCC Champions League titles. Al-Muharraq Sports Club is known for its passionate fanbase and its rivalry with Al-Ahli Club, which is considered one of the biggest in Bahraini football.
The Jordan Football Association is the governing body for football in Jordan. The JFA was awarded best association of the AFC in 2013.
Younis Mahmoud Khalaf is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Iraq national football team and is currently the second vice-president of the Iraq Football Association. One of the country's greatest ever players, Mahmoud captained the team for ten straight years and became an icon of Asian football. He also played for a number of clubs including teams in Iraq, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, winning three Golden Boots in Qatar and breaking numerous records.
Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Al-Ittihad Kalba SC in UAE Pro League.
The Jordanian Pro League is a Jordanian professional league for men's football clubs and represents the top flight of Jordanian football. The championship consists of twelve competing teams in a home and away league system. The league not held in the years : 1948, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1968, 1969, and not finished in the 1998 in 2002 the league change calendar to a fall spring season. In 2020 the league return to a spring fall season, From the 2023-24 season, the JFA decided to return to the fall spring calendar to match the date of the league with the Asian championships.
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi, is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League.
Mohamed Al-Zeno is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Taliya in the Syrian Premier League.
Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal is a Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top goalscorer of the Palestine national team with 14 official goals and 16 in all competitions.
Nasser Al-Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays former the Saudi Arabia national team as a forward. Often considered one of the most versatile, effective Saudi Arabian strikers of all time, he won the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2014.
Dragan Talajić is a Croatian former footballer who is a Technical Director of Bahrain Football Association. Talajić played as a goalkeeper and is a football manager who has managed many clubs in the Middle East, Thailand and China. He is the winning coach of the 2004 AFC Champions League with Al-Ittihad. For the 2010–11 season Talajić was declared Best Coach of Asia and Best Coach of Arabic football world by television Al Jazeera Sport TV, Best Coach of Arabic football world by MBC Sport TV and Best Coach of Jordan by votes of fans and press. In Croatia Football Federation-HNS, Talajić is regarded as the prodigy of the Most successful manager in history by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tomislav Ivić.
Ahmed Khalil Sebait Mubarak Al-Junaibi is an Emirati footballer who plays as a forward for Al Bataeh and United Arab Emirates national team.
Amjad Kalaf Mansour Al-Muntafiq is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a right winger and sometimes as a striker. In 2005, he became the youngest player ever to play in the Iraqi Premier League.
Abdelatif Bahdari is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Markaz Balata. From 2007 to 2020, he earned 71 caps for Palestine national football team.
Ashraf Nu'man Al-Fawaghra is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Shabab Al-Khalil of the West Bank Premier League and the Palestine national team as a forward or attacking midfielder.
Hammadi Ahmed Abdullah Al-Daiya is a retired Iraqi professional footballer who played as a striker for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraq national team. He is currently a member of the administrative board at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and has served as caretaker manager for the club.
Omar Jehad Al Somah is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi, and the Syria national team. Nicknamed in Syria as Al ʿAqqid which is a historical civil character in Damascus known for participating in the resistance against occupiers and for being courageous, helpful, and generous.
Younis Abed Ali is an Iraqi former football forward who played for Iraq in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 1988 Arab Nations Cup in Amman and 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup in Kuwait.
