FOOTBALL – Bahrain named their final 23-player squad yesterday that will compete in the Gulf Cup for Veteran Players 2026, which is scheduled to kick off tomorrow in Doha, Qatar.
The tournament will feature a selection of the most prominent football stars and legends from the eight member nations of the Gulf Football Federation, with 15 matches taking place across three stadiums.
The Bahrain Football Association announced yesterday the kingdom’s squad list for the event.
The team, composed of players aged 40 years old and above, features Talal Yusuf, Ismaeel Abdullatif, Mahmood Abdulrahman, Sayed Mohammed Adnan, Sayed Mahmood Jalal, Hussain Ali, Hamad Rakea, Abdulla Al Dakhel, Mohammed Salman, Basel Sultan, Saleh Abdulhameed, Ebrahim Alobaidli, Khaled Jassim, Hadi Ali, Mousa Mubarak, Ahmed Hassan, Yasser Amer, Hamad Alsaba, Dawood Saad, and Saleh Farhan, along with goalkeepers Ali Hassan, Abdulrahman Abdulkarim, and Ali Saeed.
The tournament format is set to be similar to the first edition held in Kuwait, with the draw placing Bahrain in Group B alongside the UAE, Yemen, and hosts Qatar. Group A is composed of Saudi, Kuwait, Oman, and Iraq.
Matches are to be held over two halves, with each match lasting 40 minutes.
The first and second place winners from each group qualify for the semi-finals.
Unlimited substitutions are allowed per game, and if any knockout contest ends in a draw after 40 minutes, penalty kicks will be used immediately to determine the victor.
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