Oman team arrives in Dubai for second camp
Published: 09:05 PM,May 16,2021 | EDITED : 07:05 PM,May 16,2021
Oman team
Muscat, May 16 - Oman national football team arrived in Dubai on Sunday to continue the second part of the overseas camp which will conclude by May end. A total of 29 players, including newly joined Al Mundher al Alawi and Jameel al Yahmadi, will train under the watchful eyes of coach Branko Ivankovic for preparation for the joint qualification of the 2022 Fifa World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup Championship.
The ‘Red Warriors’ players will have two vital friendly games in this external preparatory camp as they will face Thailand and Indonesia on May 25 and 29 respectively.
Both warm-up matches will assist the Croatian coach Branko and his technical staff to identify the starting list of the team for the upcoming qualifier matches. Moreover, Dubai camp will act as the crucial step to increase the physical and fitness aspects prior to the final camp which will take place in Doha from June 1 to 5 ahead of the first match in the qualifier against the hosts Qatar, on June 7
Shaikh Salim al Wahaibi, Chairman of Oman Football Association (OFA), was eager to meet the Oman players and the technical staff ahead of their trip on Saturday. During the gathering, the OFA chief affirmed that the camp will boost the players technical skills. “Upgrading the technical skills of the players will help our team prepare well for the top assignment at the joint qualifier matches. Looking forward that this external camp will accomplish all the desired targets which will assist the national team to register top results in the qualification matches,” he added.
The OFA chairman reminded there is long way to go and focus is on joint qualification matches.
The ‘Red Warriors’ will resume the matches in the joint World Cup and AFC Asian qualifiers through top clash against the hosts Qatar on June 7 at Al Sadd club’s Jassim bin Hamed Stadium in Doha. They will take on Afghanistan on June 11 and will face Bangladesh in the concluding match on June 15 at the same venue in Doha.
Oman are currently positioned second in Group E with 12 points while Asian champions Qatar are topping the group with 13 points from five games. Afghanistan are placed third with four points. India (3 points) and Bangladesh (1 point) are in the third and fourth positions respectively.
OMAN PLAYERS FOR THE DUBAI CAMP: Fayez al Rushaidi, Ahmed al Rawahi, Ibrahim al Mukhaini, Khalid al Buraiki, Omran al Hedi, Essam al Subhi, Fahmi Said, Juma al Habsi, Abdulaziz al Ghailani, Ali al Busaidy, Ahmed al Kaabi, Jameel al Yahmadi, Arshad al Alawi, Abdullah Fawaz, Mohammed al Musallami, Harib al Saadi, Yazeed al Mashani, Amjad al Harthi, Zaher al Aghbari, Salah al Yahyaei, Omar al Fazari, Mohsin Jawher, Yaseen al Shiyadi, Abdulaziz al Maqbali, Mohammed al Ghafri, Khalid al Hajri, Mohsin al Ghassani, Saud al Habsi and Al Mundher al Alawi.
The ‘Red Warriors’ players will have two vital friendly games in this external preparatory camp as they will face Thailand and Indonesia on May 25 and 29 respectively.
Both warm-up matches will assist the Croatian coach Branko and his technical staff to identify the starting list of the team for the upcoming qualifier matches. Moreover, Dubai camp will act as the crucial step to increase the physical and fitness aspects prior to the final camp which will take place in Doha from June 1 to 5 ahead of the first match in the qualifier against the hosts Qatar, on June 7
Shaikh Salim al Wahaibi, Chairman of Oman Football Association (OFA), was eager to meet the Oman players and the technical staff ahead of their trip on Saturday. During the gathering, the OFA chief affirmed that the camp will boost the players technical skills. “Upgrading the technical skills of the players will help our team prepare well for the top assignment at the joint qualifier matches. Looking forward that this external camp will accomplish all the desired targets which will assist the national team to register top results in the qualification matches,” he added.
The OFA chairman reminded there is long way to go and focus is on joint qualification matches.
The ‘Red Warriors’ will resume the matches in the joint World Cup and AFC Asian qualifiers through top clash against the hosts Qatar on June 7 at Al Sadd club’s Jassim bin Hamed Stadium in Doha. They will take on Afghanistan on June 11 and will face Bangladesh in the concluding match on June 15 at the same venue in Doha.
Oman are currently positioned second in Group E with 12 points while Asian champions Qatar are topping the group with 13 points from five games. Afghanistan are placed third with four points. India (3 points) and Bangladesh (1 point) are in the third and fourth positions respectively.
OMAN PLAYERS FOR THE DUBAI CAMP: Fayez al Rushaidi, Ahmed al Rawahi, Ibrahim al Mukhaini, Khalid al Buraiki, Omran al Hedi, Essam al Subhi, Fahmi Said, Juma al Habsi, Abdulaziz al Ghailani, Ali al Busaidy, Ahmed al Kaabi, Jameel al Yahmadi, Arshad al Alawi, Abdullah Fawaz, Mohammed al Musallami, Harib al Saadi, Yazeed al Mashani, Amjad al Harthi, Zaher al Aghbari, Salah al Yahyaei, Omar al Fazari, Mohsin Jawher, Yaseen al Shiyadi, Abdulaziz al Maqbali, Mohammed al Ghafri, Khalid al Hajri, Mohsin al Ghassani, Saud al Habsi and Al Mundher al Alawi.