FOOTBALL – Bahrain’s senior men’s football national team take on their counterparts from Yemen today in their opening match of the 2026 CFA China Team Zhaoqing International Football Invitational Tournament.
The kingdom’s squad are scheduled to hit the pitch at 9am, Bahrain time.
It will be the first of their two games in Zhaoqing.
The other will be against the host Chinese on Tuesday.
The Bahrainis have been training daily at the outdoor fields of Zhaoqing New Area Sports Centre since their arrival in China.
Newly took to the pitch yesterday under the supervision of newly signed head coach Felix Sanchez from Spain for technical and tactical drills ahead of today’s contest.
Sanchez has 30 players on his squad in this friendly competition with the senior men’s national team – his first foray with Bahrain.
The roster includes Mohammed Jassim Marhoon, Abdulla Yusuf, Komail Alaswad, Ali Madan, Sayed Dhiya Saeed, Amine Benaddi, Waleed Al Hayyam, Abdulla Alkhalasi, Moses Atede, Omar Saber, Vincent Emmanuel, Abbas Alasfoor, Hussain Abdulkarim, Ali Aldoseri, Ahmed Rabea, Ahmed Bughammar, Jassim Khelaif, Ahmed Alsherooqi, Mohammed Adel, Hashem Sayed Issa, Sayed Mahdi Baqer, Hazza Ali, Mohammed Abdulqayoom, Jassim Ben Jamea, Bader Alasam, Saud Mohsen, and goalkeepers Ebrahim Luthfallah, Godwill Chia Ndang, Omar Salem, and Mohammed Elgharably.
The 2026 CFA China Team Zhaoqing International Football Invitational Tournament also features Malaysia, who the Bahrainis will not be facing.
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