The Iraq national football team represents Iraq in men's international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home venue is the Basra International Stadium.
The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one point in the group stages. In the Asian Cup, Kuwait reached the final in 1976 and won the tournament in 1980.
The Jordan national football team represents Jordan in international football and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association. Jordan have never qualified for the World Cup finals but have appeared five times in the Asian Cup and reached the final match of a major tournament for the first time in the 2023 edition, finishing as runners-up for the first time.
The Qatar national football team, nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. They play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is considered the home stadium.
Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri, commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Hussein Saeed Mohammed is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in ninth place in the list of top international goal scorers, with 78 goals. Along with Ahmed Radhi, he is considered to be the best Iraqi player of the 20th century and features in 25th place in Asia's Best Players of the Century list. Hussein's 78 international goals make him currently the Iraqi national team's highest scoring player.
Badar Mubarak Saleh Al-Maimani, commonly known as Badar Al-Maimani, is an Omani football manager and a former footballer who is the current second assistant manager of Fanja SC in Oman Professional League.
Mohammed Mubarak Suwaid Al-Hinai, is an Omani footballer who plays for Fanja SC.
Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.
Mohammed Abdullah Mubarak al-Balushi, commonly known as Mohammed al-Sheiba, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Nahda Club.
Abdul Aziz Humaid Mubarak Al-Muqbali, commonly known as Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Seeb.
Mohammed Saleh Ali Al-Musalami, commonly known as Mohammed Al-Musalami, is an Omani footballer who plays as a centre back for Al-Seeb.
Mohammed Hameed Farhan Al-Dulaimi is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Iraq Stars League club Al-Karma and the Iraq national team. He was the team captain in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015.
Mohsin Jouhar Bilal Al-Khaldi, commonly known as Mohsin Al-Khaldi or Mohsin Jouhar, is an Omani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saham in the Oman Professional League.
The third round of AFC matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 2 September 2021 to 29 March 2022.
The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. This edition was the first since 2006 to be played as an under-17 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".
Abdullah Fawaz Afrah Bait Abdulghafur is an Omani professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Al Qadsia and the Omani national team.
Muntadher Mohammed is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Persian Gulf Pro League club Nassaji and the Iraq national team.
Juma Marhoon Juma Al-Habsi, is an Oman professional football player who plays for Al-Seeb and the Omani national team.
