Muscat: Oman Olympic (U17) football team concluded the external camp in Qatar on Thursday with various technical outcomes. The six-day camp featured two warm-up matches against Qatar U17 team and Aspire Academy U16 team. Both the games ended for the hosts team as the first match ended for Qatar at 1-0 and then 2-0 for Aspire Academy in the following encounter.
Despite the loss, the coaching staff led by Anwar al Habsi capitalised on the required technical outputs from this crucial camp. The purpose of this camp was in line with the team’s preparatory plan for the forthcoming assignments including the AFC Asian U17 Cup qualifiers in October.
The AFC U17 Asian Cup will be held in April 2025, while the qualifiers draw will take place in June. The hosts of the finals will be unveiled in June too. In the qualifiers, the topper of the groups beside the best four second placed teams in all the groups will advance to the finals, beside the host country who confirmed their seat in the finals.
Ahead of Doha camp, the team went through an intensive camp in UAE with two preparatory games against the hosts. The first warm-up match ended in a 1-1 draw as Al Yazen al Balushi scored Oman’s goal. The host defeated Oman 1-0 in the next match.
Ahead of UAE camp, Oman players went under a comprehensive internal camp in Al Buraimi. Moreover, the camp included various training sessions that varied between physical and technical training sessions.
OMAN U-17 SQUAD: Qusai al Mashkhaeyi, Fahad al Mashkhaeyi, Ziyad al Maatani, Osama al Mamari, Ali al Suwaidi, Saad al Mamari, Ali al Awaini, Ibrahim al Shamsi, Mudathar al Batrani, Yazin al Khadli, Abdullah al Saadi, Muadh al Hinai, Al Yazen al Balushi, Firas al Saadi, Mohammed al Salhi, Al Waleed al Baradi, Mohammed al Salhi, Al Waleed al Baradi, Yazeed al Mushefri, Ahmed al Mayahi, Said al Abadi, Mazin al Yarubi, Ibrahim al Tamimi, Sulieman al Kharousi, Al Hassan al Qasmi and Qais Ameen.
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