BAHRAIN’S Olympic football team head coach Samir Ben Chammam yesterday called up 33 players for training, which starts this evening at the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) pitches in Riffa.
The squad will also be travelling to Portugal next month where they will be holding an overseas training camp from July 8 to 27.
The Bahrainis will be preparing for their upcoming competitions, including the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, which is set to take place in Thailand in January. It will be the Bahrainis’ debut in the competition, which also acts as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The top three teams will book a berth.
The 33-player squad includes several talents from local clubs Muharraq, as well as players from Riffa, Al Najma, East Riffa, Al Shabab, Hidd, Sitra, Malkiya, Isa Town, Manama, Qalali, Al Hala and Al Ahli. It also features inspirational midfielder Mohammed Al Hardan, who currently plays Vejle Boldklub in Denmark.
Olympic Team Squad:
Abdulrahman Al Ahmadi, Faisal Ibrahim Isa, Hamza Al Jibn, Hassan Al Karrani, Mohammed Al Shamsi, Hussein Jameel, Ahmed Saleh and Ahmed Al Sherooqi (Muharraq), Salim Adel, Abdulaziz Khalid and Anwar Ahmed (Al Najma), Hussein Al Khayyat, Jassim Khal and Mosa’ab Omar (East Riffa), Adnan Fawaz, Saoud Al Assam, Saleh Mohammed, Jassim Noor, Abdulla Al Jazeeri, Hamad Shamsan and Sayed Hashim Isa (Riffa), Abbas Al Asfoor and Hassan madan (Al Shabab), Ahmed Bu Ghamar (Hidd), Sayed Moghammed Ameen (Sitra), Yusuf Habib (Malkiya), Abdulaziz Al Kandari (Isa Town), Ammar Mohammed (Manama), Rashid Al Sabea and Ibrahim Al Khattal (Qalali), Mahmoood Al Hayki (Al Hala) and Syaed Ibrahim Alawi (Al Ahli) and Mohammed Al Hardan (Vejle Boldklub, Denmark).