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Oman names squad for World Cup qualifiers

 
Muscat: Czech Jorslav Celavi, the national football team coach, on Tuesday announced the list of the squad for the matches against Iraq and South Korea in the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup

The Red Warriors have hopes to reach the FIFA World Cup as they are drawn in a balanced group that includes South Korea, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, and Kuwait in Group B.

Oman will begin their campaign in the Asian qualifiers with an away match against Iraq in Basra on September 5, before hosting South Korea in a key game on September 10.

the Red Warriors will meet Kuwait on October 10 in Muscat and it will be followed by Jordan clash on October 15 in Amman city. The concluding first leg matches will be against Palestine on November 14.

The second round of matches will begin as Oman will host Iraq in Muscat on November 19 before traveling to Seoul to face South Korea on March 20, 2025, and then Kuwait on March 25, 2025.

The final group matches will be against Jordan in Muscat on June 5, 2025, and the concluding game against Palestine in an away match on June 10, 2025.



The team

Ibrahim al Mukhaini

Faiz al Rashidi

Ibrahim al Rajhi

Ahmed al Khamisi,

Mohammed al Musalami

Khalid al Braiki,

Ghanim al Habashi

Ali al Busaidi

Ahmed al Kaabi

Abdul Aziz Al Shamousi

Amjad al Harthi

Arshad al Alawi

Harib al Saadi

Abdullah Fawaz

Salaah al Yahyaei

Zahir al Aghbari

Jameel al Yahmadi

Omar al Maliki

Sultan al Marzouq

Nasser al Rawahi

Essam Aal-Subhi

Abdulrahman Al-Mushaifri

Muhsen al-Ghassani

Mohammed al Ghafri

Mohammed Hamed al Ghafri