DOHA (Qatar): Qatar senior national team coach Felix Sanchez named a squad of 28 players for Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers in Hungary.
The squad will start training today at Aspire Academy following the conclusion of the 19th round of the QNB Stars League matches before flying out for Hungary on March 20.
The Asian champions will join Group A – alongside UEFA Euro 2016 winners Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, and Azerbaijan.
Qatar will play their ‘home’ fixtures on European soil in order to facilitate shorter travel times for their group opponents.
As the FIFA World Cup 2022 host nation, Qatar has already qualified for the tournament. Though Qatar automatically qualify being the hosts but are taking part in the qualifying to get match practice in the lead up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Qatar take on Luxembourg in their first match on March 24. The second match will be against Azerbaijan on March 27.
Squad: Pedro Miguel, Salem Al Hajri, Tariq Salman, Abdel-Karim Hassan, Boualam Khokhi, Hassan Al Haydos, Youssef Abdel-Razzaq, Ahmed Suhail, Musab Khader and Muhammad Waad (Al Sadd). Salah Zakaria, Bassam Al Rawi, Asim Madibu, Mu`zahin, Karim Boudiaf, Ismail Muhammad, Muhammad Muntari, and Abdullah Abd al-Salam (Al Duhail). Ahmed Ala Al Din, Humam Al Amin, Muayyad Hassan and Tamim Al Muhaizeh (Al Gharafa) Ahmed Fathi and Mahmoud Abu Nada (Al Arabi) Abdul Aziz Hatem (Al Rayyan) Khaled Munir (Al Wakrah)
Coach: Felix Sanchez
