2019_WAFF_Championship_squads

2019 WAFF Championship squads

2019 WAFF Championship squads

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The 2019 WAFF Championship was an international football tournament held in Iraq from 30 July to 14 August 2019. The nine national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.[1]

The age listed for each player is on 30 July 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament.[note 1] The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Group A

Iraq

Coach: Slovenia Srečko Katanec

Iraq's 44-man preliminary squad was announced on 24 June 2019.[2] The squad was reduced to 36 players on 12 July, then to 33 players on 20 July.[3] The final squad was announced on 22 July.[4]

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Syria

Coach: Fajr Ibrahim

Syria's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 23 July 2019.[5] The final squad was announced on 29 July.[6] Mohammed Al Wakid withdrew injured and was replaced by Ahmad Al Douni on 1 August.[7]

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Yemen

Coach: Sami Al Nash

Yemen's 30-man preliminary squad was announced on 11 July 2019.[8] The final squad was announced on 27 July.[9]

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Palestine

Coach: Algeria Noureddine Ould Ali

Palestine's final squad was announced on 26 July 2019.[10]

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Lebanon

Coach: Romania Liviu Ciobotariu

Lebanon's 42-man preliminary squad was announced on 28 June 2019.[11] The final squad was announced on 24 July.[12] Ali Sabeh withdrew injured and was replaced by Ali Daher on 31 July.[13]

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Group B

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Yousef Anbar

Saudi Arabia's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 30 July 2019.[14] The final squad was announced on 2 August.[15]

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Kuwait

Coach: Croatia Romeo Jozak

Kuwait's final squad was announced on 28 July 2019.[16]

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Bahrain

Coach: Portugal Hélio Sousa

Bahrain's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 11 July 2019.[17] The final squad was announced on 2 August.

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Jordan

Coach: Belgium Vital Borkelmans

Jordan's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 17 July 2019.[18] The final squad was announced on 30 July.[19]

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Statistics

Age

Of the seven teenagers in the competition, Yemen's Ahmed Maher was the youngest at 17 years, 187 days as of the first day of the tournament, and Yemen's Salem Al-Harsh was the youngest goalkeeper. At 36 years, 51 days, Syria's Firas Al-Khatib was the oldest player and oldest captain, and Jordan's Moataz Yaseen was the oldest goalkeeper.

Player representation by league system

League systems with the country's national team present are listed. In all, WAFF Championship squad members played for clubs in 14 countries.

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  • Three squads (Kuwait, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia) were made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.
  • The Yemen squad had the most players from a single foreign federation, with six players employed in Qatar.
  • Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Qatar's league provided the most squad members.

Player representation by club

Clubs with six or more players represented are listed.

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Notes

  1. This is the club a player was last able to play for during the previous season in the event a player did not play a competitive match.

References

  1. "خمسة حراس في منتخب لبنان". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. "44-man preliminary squad for WAFF Championship revealed". Soccer Iraq. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. "Iraq final squad announced". Shafaaq (in Arabic). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. "26-man preliminary squad for WAFF Championship revealed". So3ody. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. "42 إسماً ضمن قائمة تشيوبوتاريو". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. "استدعاء ضاهر للالتحق بالمنتخب بدلا من السبع". football-lebanon.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. "24 لاعبا لبطولة غرب آسيا". SAFF. Al Watan. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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