FOOTBALL – Bahrain’s senior men’s football national team kicked off their latest training gathering last night in preparation for the Fifa international break next month, during which they will play two friendly matches against Qatar and the UAE.
Bahrain head coach Dragan Talajic welcomed his squad yesterday but is missing a few players due to various other commitments, such as the trio of Abdulla Al Subaie, Sayed Mahmoud Al Mosawi, and Ahmed Dhiya.
They are currently in Doha, Qatar, with the kingdom’s under-23 Olympic team for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers, kicking off on Wednesday.
The rest of his call-ups include Mohammed Jassim Marhoon, Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Amine Benaddi, Waleed Al Hayyam, Abdulla Al Khalasi, Ahmed Bughammar, Hamad Shamsan, Sayed Mahdi Baqer, Sayed Dhiya Saeed, Hussain Al Eker, Vincent Emmanuel, Hazza Ali, Hussain Jameel, Mahdi Humaidan, Ali Madan, Ahmed Al Sherooqi, Omar Saber, Jassim Al Shaikh, Komail Al Aswad, Hussain Abdulkarim, Mahdi Abduljabbar, Ebrahim Al Khattal, Hussain Zuhair, Sayed Mahdi Sharaf, and goalkeepers Ebrahim Luthfallah, Mohammed Al Gharably, Abdulkarim Al Fardan, and Yousef Habib.
The nationals conducted their first session of this training period at the Bahrain Football Association pitches in Riffa.
They will hold another practice tonight at the same venue, before travelling tomorrow to Doha ahead of their tune-up against their Qatari counterparts, also on Wednesday.
They then travel to Dubai in the UAE on Thursday ahead of their friendly clash with the Emirates’ senior men’s side on September 8.
The kingdom’s squad are scheduled to fly back to Bahrain the next day.
Bahrain are gearing up for their upcoming competitions, headlined by the Fifa Arab Cup 2025 this December, also to be held in the Qatari capital.
The two friendlies will be the nationals’ first international games since their disappointing exit from the third round of Asian qualifiers for the Fifa World Cup 2026 last June.
They had also played a number of exhibitions against European clubs during their overseas training camp in Maribor, Slovenia, in July.
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