BAHRAIN national football team head coach Miroslav Soukup has named a 34-player squad for its summer training programme, in preparation for upcoming tournaments including the AFC Asian Cup 2019.
The Bahrain Football Association (BFA) announced the roster last night.
The BFA added that the Bahrainis are scheduled to begin training locally on June 18. Then, on June 24, they fly to the Czech Republic for an overseas camp that will last a couple of weeks.
The team includes professional players Waleed Al Hayyam and Sayed Dhiya Saeed, both of whom play for clubs in Kuwait. The others are all based in Bahrain.
They include: Sayed Shubbar Alawi, Kumail Abdulla, Sayed Mahdi Baqer, Ahmed Abdulla, Ibrahim Habeeb, Ali Madan, Mohammed Sahwan, Abdulaziz Khalid (Al Najma); Ahmed Juma’a, Mohammed Al Banna, Mahdi Abdullatif, Jamal Rashid, Isa Moosa, Abdulla Abdo, Abdulla Yousif (Muharraq); Mahmoud Mukhtar, Ali Isa, Hussain Jameel (Al Shabab); Abo Baker Adem, Kumail Al Aswad, Ali Haram (Riffa); Sayed Redha isa, Yousif Habeeb (Malkiya); Mahdi Abduljabbar (Ettihad); Mahdi Hemaidan, Jassim Al Shaikh (Al Ahli); Ahmed Bu Ghammar, Abdulwahab Al Malood (Al Hidd); Ashraf Waheed, Ali Habib, Ahmed Moosa, Mohammed Ahmed (Manama).
The Bahrainis have been drawn in Group ‘A’ for the Asian Cup alongside tournament hosts UAE, India and Thailand.