National football team begin Slovenia Camp
Bahrain's senior men's football team departed yesterday for Slovenia to begin a twoweek training camp running until July 24. This camp is the first major step in preparing for upcoming tournaments, including the Arab Cup 2025 in Doha, Qatar.
28-Player Squad
At the end of last month, coach Dragan Talajić named a 28-player squad for the camp
• Sayed Mahdi Baqer
• Amine Benaddi
• Waleed Al Hayyam • Mohamed Al Ghurabli
• Yousif Habib
• Abdulkarim Fardan
• Ebrahim Lutfallah
• Hazaa Ali
• Hussain Jameel
• Abdullah Al Khalasi
• Ahmed Dhiyaa
• AlSayed Mahmood Al Mousawi
• Ahmed Bughamar
• Hamad Shamsan
• Omar Saber
• Jassim AlShaikh
• Komail Al Aswad
• Sayed Diyaa Saeed
• Hussain AlEker
• Vincent Emmanuel
• Ahmed Abdul - Hameed
• Abdulla Al Sabeei
• Hussain Abdulkarim
• Mehdi Abduljabbar
• Ebrahim Al Khattal
• Mehdi Humaidan
• Ali Madan
• Ahmed AlSherooqi
Eyes on the Arab Cup
Bahrain's participation in the 2025 Arab Cup depends on winning a playoff against Djibouti scheduled for November 25 or 26. The winner will join Group D alongside Algeria, Iraq, and the winner of Lebanon vs. Sudan.
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