Oman U-17 wraps up camp ahead of Asian Championships
Published: 04:08 PM,Aug 11,2024 | EDITED : 08:08 PM,Aug 11,2024
MUSCAT, August 11
The Oman Under-17 football team concluded the short domestic camp on Sunday on a successful note. The gathering featured two friendly matches against Seeb and Nizwa U-19 clubs as part of the junior Red Warriors preparations for the events including the West Asian Championship and 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
In the first game against Seeb U-19 team, Oman team players managed to register a 3-0 win. The first goal came by Seeb’s defender through an own goal while Osama al Mamari and Ahmed al Omrani netted the goals for Oman team.
In the following warm up game, Oman young players over won Nizwa U-19 team by 1-0 and the only goal came by Ahmed al Omrani. In both matches, the head coach of Oman team Anwar al Habsi, preferred to play with two different squads in order to taste the players technical performance and readiness.
In the preparatory match against Nizwa, the female referee Maryam al Hadhrami was appointed as the fourth referee in the match. It was the first time ever for an Omani referee women to officiate a match domestically.
Oman U-17 team will play against Yemen and Saudi Arabia in Group B at the 11th edition of the West Asian Championship which will take place in Jordan from September 2 to 11. The tournament will feature participation of nine teams which will be distributed into three groups. Group A will comprise from the hosts Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon while Bahrain will secure slot against Syria and Palestine teams in Group C.
Oman begins their group matches at the West Asian tournament with a match against defending champions Yemen on September 2 on the opening day and then meets Saudi Arabia on September 4. The topper from each group will advance to the semifinal besides the best second-placed team among the three groups.
Oman junior Red Warriors will eye to book slot at 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers. Oman team will compete against Tajikistan, Guam and host Singapore in Group J for the 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup Qualifiers. The qualifiers will take place from October 19 to 27 in Singapore. The ten group winners and five best second placed teams will advance to the finals accompanied by the hosts Saudi Arabia from April 3 to 20.
The national team will meet Singapore in the opener of the qualifiers on October 23 before meeting Guam in a key match on October 25. Then, the national team boys will conclude their group matches with an essential game against Tajikistan who is ranked as the top-seeded team in the group.
OMAN SQUAD: Fahad al Mashaikhi, Qais Ameen, Mohammed al Salhi, Muadh al Hinai, Al Waleed al Buraidi, Suleiman al Kharousi, Ali al Waini, Yazen al Khaldi, Al Yazen al Balushi, Aseel al Habsi, Osama al Maamari, Abdulaziz al Balushi, Abdullah al Saadi, Firas al Saadi, Al Waleed al Rashdi, Al Moutasim al Maqbali, Ahmed al Rawahi, Mohammed al Maskhaeyi, Ali al Shezawi, Ibrahim al Tamimi, Ibrahim al Shamsi, Shihab al Ghazali, Al Hassan al Qasmi and Ahmed al Omrani.
The Oman Under-17 football team concluded the short domestic camp on Sunday on a successful note. The gathering featured two friendly matches against Seeb and Nizwa U-19 clubs as part of the junior Red Warriors preparations for the events including the West Asian Championship and 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
In the first game against Seeb U-19 team, Oman team players managed to register a 3-0 win. The first goal came by Seeb’s defender through an own goal while Osama al Mamari and Ahmed al Omrani netted the goals for Oman team.
In the following warm up game, Oman young players over won Nizwa U-19 team by 1-0 and the only goal came by Ahmed al Omrani. In both matches, the head coach of Oman team Anwar al Habsi, preferred to play with two different squads in order to taste the players technical performance and readiness.
In the preparatory match against Nizwa, the female referee Maryam al Hadhrami was appointed as the fourth referee in the match. It was the first time ever for an Omani referee women to officiate a match domestically.
Oman U-17 team will play against Yemen and Saudi Arabia in Group B at the 11th edition of the West Asian Championship which will take place in Jordan from September 2 to 11. The tournament will feature participation of nine teams which will be distributed into three groups. Group A will comprise from the hosts Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon while Bahrain will secure slot against Syria and Palestine teams in Group C.
Oman begins their group matches at the West Asian tournament with a match against defending champions Yemen on September 2 on the opening day and then meets Saudi Arabia on September 4. The topper from each group will advance to the semifinal besides the best second-placed team among the three groups.
Oman junior Red Warriors will eye to book slot at 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers. Oman team will compete against Tajikistan, Guam and host Singapore in Group J for the 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup Qualifiers. The qualifiers will take place from October 19 to 27 in Singapore. The ten group winners and five best second placed teams will advance to the finals accompanied by the hosts Saudi Arabia from April 3 to 20.
The national team will meet Singapore in the opener of the qualifiers on October 23 before meeting Guam in a key match on October 25. Then, the national team boys will conclude their group matches with an essential game against Tajikistan who is ranked as the top-seeded team in the group.
OMAN SQUAD: Fahad al Mashaikhi, Qais Ameen, Mohammed al Salhi, Muadh al Hinai, Al Waleed al Buraidi, Suleiman al Kharousi, Ali al Waini, Yazen al Khaldi, Al Yazen al Balushi, Aseel al Habsi, Osama al Maamari, Abdulaziz al Balushi, Abdullah al Saadi, Firas al Saadi, Al Waleed al Rashdi, Al Moutasim al Maqbali, Ahmed al Rawahi, Mohammed al Maskhaeyi, Ali al Shezawi, Ibrahim al Tamimi, Ibrahim al Shamsi, Shihab al Ghazali, Al Hassan al Qasmi and Ahmed al Omrani.