19th Arabian Gulf Cup squads

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.

Group A

Bahrain

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Iraq

Coach: Jorvan Vieira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ali Mutashar	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 19)	0	0	Al-Naft
2	2DF	Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd	(1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 27)	22	1	Al-Baqa'a SC
3	2DF	Bassim Abbas	(1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 26)	57	2	Al-Talaba
4	2DF	Salam Shaker	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 22)	6	0	Al-Khor
5	3MF	Nashat Akram	(1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 24)	73	10	Al-Gharafa
6	3MF	Salih Sadir	(1981-08-21)21 August 1981 (aged 27)	45	11	Al-Ahed
7	4FW	Emad Mohammed	(1982-07-24)24 July 1982 (aged 26)	72	23	Sepahan
8	4FW	Mohammed Nasser	(1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 24)	19	6	Esteghlal Ahvaz
9	4FW	Mustafa Karim	(1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 21)	7	0	Ismaily SC
10	4FW	Younis Mahmoud	(1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 25)	66	27	Al-Arabi
11	3MF	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	(1981-07-01)1 July 1981 (aged 27)	67	15	Anorthosis FC
12	2DF	Saad Attiya	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 21)	12	1	Al-Merrikh
13	3MF	Karrar Jassim	(1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 21)	19	1	Al-Wakra
14	2DF	Haidar Abdul-Amir	(1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 26)	45	3	Shabab Al-Ordon
15	2DF	Ali Rehema	(1985-08-08)8 August 1985 (aged 23)	42	1	Al-Wakra
16	2DF	Khaldoun Ibrahim	(1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 21)	12	0	Erbil
17	4FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 21)	7	0	Al-Khor
18	3MF	Mahdi Karim	(1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 25)	61	9	Al-Khor
19	3MF	Haitham Kadhim	(1983-07-21)21 July 1983 (aged 25)	37	0	Sepahan
20	3MF	Samer Saeed	(1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 21)	4	0	Al Ahly Tripoli
21	1GK	Mohammed Gassid	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 22)	4	0	Al-Zawraa
22	1GK	Noor Sabri	(1984-06-18)18 June 1984 (aged 24)	60	0	Al-Talaba
23	3MF	Halgurd Mulla Mohammed	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 20)	2	0	Sulaymaniyah
24	3MF	Qusay Munir	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 27)	49	5	Qatar SC
25	3MF	Ahmad Abd Ali	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 23)	15	0	Erbil
27	2DF	Ous Ibrahim	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 23)	0	0	Al-Zawraa

Kuwait

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Oman

Head coach: Claude Le Roy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	1GK	Sulaiman Al-Mazroui	13 September 1972			Muscat Club
18	1GK	Mohammed Huwaidi Al-Hooti	27 January 1984			Oman
22	1GK	Ali Al-Habsi	30 December 1981			Bolton Wanderers
Defenders
2	2DF	Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi	10 May 1981			Al-Sadd
3	2DF	Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali	1 March 1984			Al-Sadd
4	2DF	Said Al-Shoon	28 August 1983			Kazma
5	2DF	Mohammed Al-Balushi	27 August 1989			Al-Arabi
6	2DF	Saad Al-Mukhaini	6 September 1987			Dhofar
15	2DF	Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Alawi	9 August 1986			Al Masn'aa
17	2DF	Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani	26 June 1980			Al-Rayyan
Midfielders
7	3MF	Eid Al-Farsi	31 January 1987			Al-Oruba Sur
10	3MF	Fawzi Bashir	6 May 1984			Kazma
12	3MF	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri	23 February 1985			Al-Sailiya
16	3MF	Mohammed Mubarak Al-Hinai	19 July 1984			Al-Tadamon
19	3MF	Ahmed Manaa Al-Noobi	9 April 1988			Dhofar
21	3MF	Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini	18 July 1984			Al-Ittihad
Strikers
6	4FW	Hussain Al-Hadhri	21 May 1990			Dhofar
8	4FW	Badr Al-Maimani	16 July 1984			Al-Sailiya
9	4FW	Hashim Saleh	15 October 1981			Al-Suwaiq
14	4FW	Hassan Rabia	1 February 1984			Al-Suwaiq
20	4FW	Amad Al-Hosni	18 July 1984			Al-Rayyan

Group B

Qatar

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	1GK	Mohamed Saqr	17 May 1981			Al-Sadd
22	1GK	Qasem Burhan	15 December 1985			Al-Gharafa
23	1GK	Rajab Hamza	16 October 1986			Al-Arabi
Defenders
3	2DF	Bilal Mohammed	2 June 1986			Al-Gharafa
6	2DF	Saad Al-Shammari	6 August 1980			Al-Gharafa
13	2DF	Mustafa Abdullah	2 January 1984			Al-Rayyan
19	2DF	Abdulrahman Mesbeh	7 January 1984			Al-Rayyan
21	2DF	Abdullah Koni	19 July 1979			Al-Sadd
24	2DF	Ibrahim Majid	12 May 1990			Al-Sadd
25	2DF	Marcone	5 April 1978			Al-Gharafa
28	2DF	Musa Haroon	13 September 1986			Al-Arabi
30	2DF	Mesaad Al-Hamad	11 February 1986			Al-Sadd
Midfielders
5	3MF	Majdi Siddiq	3 September 1985			Al-Rayyan
9	3MF	Younes Ali Rahmati	3 January 1983			Al-Rayyan
10	3MF	Abdurabb Al Yazeedi	30 October 1988			Al-Sadd
11	3MF	Hassan Al Haidos	12 December 1990			Al-Sadd
14	3MF	Khalfan Ibrahim	18 February 1988			Al-Sadd
15	3MF	Talal Al-Bloushi	22 May 1986			Al-Sadd
20	3MF	Adel Lamy	13 November 1985			Al-Rayyan
Strikers
7	4FW	Yusef Ahmed	14 October 1988			Al-Sadd
8	4FW	Ali Afif	20 January 1988			Al-Sadd
12	4FW	Waleed Jassem	2 August 1986			Qatar SC
17	4FW	Sayed Ali Bechir	6 September 1982			Al-Arabi
18	4FW	Sebastián Soria	8 November 1983			Qatar SC

Saudi Arabia

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

United Arab Emirates

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Yemen

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

External links

• Official Site
• Gulf Cup website (Arabic)