# 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Below were the squads for the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait in 2017.

## Group A
### Kuwait

Coach: Boris Bunjak
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Khaled Al-Rashidi | (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 30) | 19 | 0 | Al-Salmiya |
| 2 | 2DF | Sami Al-Sanea | (1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Al-Kuwait |
| 3 | 3MF | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | (1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 25) | 15 | 0 | Qadsia |
| 4 | 2DF | Khalid El Ebrahim | (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 25) | 9 | 0 | Qadsia |
| 5 | 2DF | Fahad Al Hajeri | (1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 26) | 25 | 3 | Al-Ettifaq |
| 6 | 3MF | Sultan Al Enezi | (1992-03-29)29 March 1992 (aged 25) | 20 | 0 | Al-Wakrah |
| 7 | 3MF | Fahad Al Enezi | (1988-09-01)1 September 1988 (aged 29) | 43 | 6 | Al-Kuwait |
| 8 | 3MF | Mashari Al Azmi | (1987-11-19)19 November 1987 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Kazma |
| 9 | 4FW | Faisal Al-Azemi | (1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Al-Tadamon |
| 10 | 3MF | Abdullah Al Buraiki | (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 30) | 14 | 2 | Al-Kuwait |
| 11 | 3MF | Fahad Al Ansari | (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 30) | 48 | 1 | Al-Ittihad |
| 12 | 2DF | Fahad Hammoud | (1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Al-Kuwait |
| 13 | 2DF | Khaled Al-Qahtani | (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32) | 17 | 0 | Qadsia |
| 14 | 2DF | Dhari Said | (1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 30) | 6 | 0 | Qadsia |
| 15 | 3MF | Faisal Zaid | (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 26) | 19 | 2 | Jahra |
| 16 | 4FW | Saad Al Ajmi | (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 31) | 1 | 0 | Jahra |
| 17 | 4FW | Bader Al-Mutawa (captain) | (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 32) | 158 | 51 | Qadsia |
| 18 | 3MF | Reda Hani | (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Qadsia |
| 19 | 2DF | Hummoud Melfi | (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Jahra |
| 20 | 2DF | Hussain Hakem | (1984-06-26)26 June 1984 (aged 33) | 22 | 1 | Al-Kuwait |
| 21 | 3MF | Ali Maqseed | (1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 31) | 64 | 8 | Al-Arabi |
| 22 | 1GK | Hameed Al-Qallaf | (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 30) | 31 | 0 | Al-Kuwait |
| 23 | 1GK | Sulaiman Abdulghafour | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 26) | 9 | 0 | Al-Arabi |

### Saudi Arabia

Coach: Krunoslav Jurčić
* Hazaa Al-Hazaa withdrew before the tournament due to injury.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Moslem Al-Freej | (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Al-Fayha |
| 2 | 2DF | Salem Saeed | (1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 3 | 2DF | Abdullah Al-Shameri | (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Al-Taawoun |
| 4 | 2DF | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Al-Qadsiah |
| 5 | 2DF | Omar Hawsawi (vice-captain) | (1985-09-27)27 September 1985 (aged 32) | 32 | 2 | Al-Nassr |
| 6 | 3MF | Nooh Al-Mousa | (1991-02-23)23 February 1991 (aged 26) | 3 | 0 | Al-Fateh |
| 7 | 4FW | Salman Al-Moasher | (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 29) | 18 | 1 | Al-Ahli |
| 8 | 3MF | Ali Al-Nemer | (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 9 | 3MF | Naif Hazazi | (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Al-Qadsiah |
| 10 | 4FW | Hattan Bahebri | (1992-07-16)16 July 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Al-Shabab |
| 11 | 3MF | Maan Khodari | (1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Al-Batin |
| 12 | 2DF | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Al-Qadsiah |
| 13 | 2DF | Sultan Al-Ghannam | (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al-Faisaly |
| 14 | 3MF | Mohamed Kanno | (1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al-Hilal |
| 15 | 3MF | Ahmed Al-Fraidi (captain) | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 29) | 34 | 6 | Al-Nassr |
| 16 | 3MF | Ahmed Al-Fiqi | (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 17 | 3MF | Jaber Mustafa | (1997-06-07)7 June 1997 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 18 | 4FW | Khalid Kaabi | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Al-Shabab |
| 19 | 4FW | Saleh Al-Amri | (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Al-Ahli |
| 20 | 4FW | Mukhtar Fallatah | (1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 30) | 9 | 1 | Al-Hilal |
| 21 | 1GK | Abdulquddus Atiah | (1997-03-01)1 March 1997 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 22 | 1GK | Assaf Al-Qarni | (1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 33) | 8 | 0 | Al-Ittihad |
| 23 | 2DF | Hammam Ajaj | (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 24 | 2DF | Abdullah Al-Ammar | (1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al-Fateh |

### Oman

Coach: Pim Verbeek

### United Arab Emirates

Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Sultan Al-Monzeri | (1995-01-05)5 January 1995 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Al-Wasl |
| 2 | 2DF | Mohammed Barqesh Al-Menhali | (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Al Wahda |
| 3 | 2DF | Mohammed Marzooq | (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Shabab Al-Ahli |
| 4 | 2DF | Khalifa Mubarak | (1993-10-30)30 October 1993 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Al-Nasr |
| 5 | 3MF | Ali Salmeen | (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 (aged 22) | 32 | 2 | Al-Wasl |
| 6 | 2DF | Mohanad Salem | (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 32) | 57 | 2 | Al Ain |
| 7 | 4FW | Ali Mabkhout | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 27) | 60 | 40 | Al Jazira |
| 8 | 3MF | Ahmed Barman | (1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | Al Ain |
| 9 | 3MF | Khaled Jalal | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Al-Nasr |
| 10 | 3MF | Omar Abdulrahman | (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 26) | 57 | 9 | Al Ain |
| 11 | 4FW | Ahmed Al-Attas (vice-captain) | (1995-09-28)September 28, 1995 (aged 22) | 5 | 1 | Al Jazira |
| 12 | 1GK | Khalid Eisa | (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 28) | 16 | 0 | Al Ain |
| 13 | 3MF | Khamis Esmaeel | (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 (aged 28) | 12 | 0 | Shabab Al-Ahli |
| 14 | 3MF | Rayan Yaslam | (1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al Ain |
| 15 | 3MF | Ismail Al Hammadi | (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 29) | 94 | 14 | Shabab Al-Ahli |
| 16 | 3MF | Mohamed Abdulrahman | (1989-02-04)February 4, 1989 (aged 28) | 33 | 1 | Al Ain |
| 17 | 2DF | Fares Juma (captain) | (1988-12-30)December 30, 1988 (aged 28) | 32 | 2 | Al Jazira |
| 18 | 2DF | Mohamed Fawzi | (1990-02-22)February 22, 1990 (aged 27) | 33 | 0 | Al Jazira |
| 19 | 2DF | Ismail Ahmed | (1983-07-07)July 7, 1983 (aged 34) | 26 | 0 | Al Ain |
| 20 | 4FW | Ahmed Malallah | (1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Emirates |
| 21 | 2DF | Salem Al-Ozaizi | (1993-02-25)February 25, 1993 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Al-Wasl |
| 22 | 1GK | Mohammed Al-Shamsi | (1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Al Wahda |
| 23 | 2DF | Mahmoud Khamees | (1987-10-28)October 28, 1987 (aged 30) | 26 | 1 | Al-Nasr |

## Group B
### Qatar

Coach: Félix Sánchez
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Saad Al Sheeb | (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 27) | 32 | 0 | Al Sadd |
| 2 | 2DF | Bassam Hisham Al Rawi | (1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Al-Duhail |
| 3 | 2DF | Abdelkarim Hassan | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 24) | 58 | 9 | Eupen |
| 4 | 2DF | Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 25) | 20 | 1 | Al-Gharafa |
| 5 | 3MF | Ahmed Fatehi | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Al Arabi |
| 6 | 2DF | Ahmed Yasser | (1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 23) | 27 | 0 | Cultural Leonesa |
| 7 | 2DF | Musab Kheder | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 24) | 9 | 0 | Al Sadd |
| 8 | 3MF | Ahmed Moein | (1995-10-20)20 October 1995 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Cultural Leonesa |
| 9 | 4FW | Ali Ferydoon | (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Al Ahli |
| 10 | 3MF | Hassan Al-Haydos (captain) | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 27) | 88 | 18 | Al Sadd |
| 11 | 3MF | Akram Afif | (1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 21) | 20 | 3 | Eupen |
| 12 | 3MF | Karim Boudiaf | (1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 27) | 40 | 4 | Al-Duhail |
| 13 | 4FW | Mohammed Muntari | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 24) | 5 | 0 | Al Ahli |
| 14 | 3MF | Othman Al-Yahri | (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Al-Rayyan |
| 15 | 2DF | Pedro Miguel | (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 27) | 21 | 0 | Al Sadd |
| 16 | 3MF | Assim Madibo | (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Eupen |
| 17 | 4FW | Ismaeel Mohammad | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 27) | 33 | 3 | Al-Duhail |
| 18 | 2DF | Abdulkarim Al-Ali | (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 26) | 10 | 1 | Al-Sailiya |
| 19 | 4FW | Almoez Ali | (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 21) | 15 | 3 | Al-Duhail |
| 20 | 3MF | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | (1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Al-Duhail |
| 21 | 1GK | Yousef Hassan | (1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Al-Gharafa |
| 22 | 1GK | Mohammed Al Bakri | (1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Al-Duhail |
| 23 | 3MF | Hamad Al-Obeidi | (1991-04-21)21 April 1991 (aged 26) | 5 | 1 | Al-Sailiya |

### Iraq

Coach: Basim Qasim
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Jalal Hassan | (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 26) | 32 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
| 2 | 2DF | Ahmad Ibrahim | (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 25) | 71 | 2 | Al-Ettifaq |
| 3 | 2DF | Ali Bahjat | (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 25) | 30 | 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 4 | 2DF | Mustafa Nadhim | (1993-09-23)23 September 1993 (aged 24) | 20 | 3 | Al-Najaf |
| 5 | 2DF | Ali Faez | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 23) | 11 | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| 6 | 3MF | Nabeel Sabah | (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 27) | 11 | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| 7 | 3MF | Ali Husni | (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 23) | 17 | 1 | Al-Minaa |
| 8 | 4FW | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 (aged 24) | 39 | 12 | Al-Dhafra |
| 9 | 4FW | Ayman Hussein | (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 21) | 12 | 1 | Al-Shorta |
| 10 | 4FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) | (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 30) | 111 | 15 | Al-Shorta |
| 11 | 3MF | Humam Tariq | (1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 21) | 38 | 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 12 | 1GK | Mohammed Gassid | (1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 31) | 67 | 0 | Al-Minaa |
| 13 | 4FW | Mohannad Ali | (2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| 14 | 2DF | Saad Natiq | (1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 23) | 10 | 0 | Al-Arabi |
| 15 | 3MF | Ibrahim Bayesh | (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
| 16 | 3MF | Hussein Ali | (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
| 17 | 2DF | Alaa Mhawi | (1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 21) | 11 | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| 18 | 3MF | Amjad Attwan | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 20) | 18 | 0 | Al-Najaf |
| 19 | 3MF | Mahdi Kamel | (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 22) | 34 | 2 | Al-Shorta |
| 20 | 2DF | Rebin Sulaka | (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 25) | 10 | 0 | Al-Markhiya |
| 21 | 3MF | Saad Abdul-Amir (vice-captain) | (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 25) | 71 | 4 | Al-Shabab |
| 22 | 1GK | Mohammed Hameed | (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 24) | 20 | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| 23 | 4FW | Sajad Hussein | (1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Amanat Baghdad |

### Yemen

Coach: Abraham Mebratu

### Bahrain

Coach: Miroslav Soukup
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Sayed Shubbar Alawi | (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 32) | 3 | 0 | Al-Najma |
| 2 | 2DF | Sayed Mahdi Baqer | (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | Al-Najma |
| 3 | 2DF | Waleed Al-Hayam | (1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 26) | 12 | 0 | Al-Muharraq |
| 4 | 3MF | Sayed Saeed | (1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 25) | 19 | 5 | Al-Riffa |
| 5 | 2DF | Adel Hasan | (1996-09-20)20 September 1996 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Manama |
| 6 | 3MF | Abdulla Yaser | (1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 29) | 6 | 0 | Al-Muharraq |
| 7 | 3MF | Abdulwahab Al-Safi (captain) | (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 (aged 33) | 39 | 1 | Al-Muharraq |
| 8 | 3MF | Ibrahim Ahmed Habib | (1989-02-05)5 February 1989 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Al-Najma |
| 9 | 4FW | Mahdi Abduljabbar | (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 26) | 3 | 0 | Al-Ittihad |
| 10 | 3MF | Ali Habib Haji | (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Manama |
| 11 | 3MF | Ali Madan | (1995-11-30)30 November 1995 (aged 22) | 3 | 1 | Al-Najma |
| 12 | 3MF | Mohmmed Sahwaan | (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Al-Shabab |
| 13 | 2DF | Abdulla Al-Haza'a | (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 27) | 28 | 0 | Al-Hidd |
| 14 | 4FW | Abdulla Yusuf Helal | (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | Al-Muharraq |
| 15 | 3MF | Ali Haram | (1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 29) | 12 | 1 | Manama |
| 16 | 2DF | Sayed Reda Issa | (1994-08-07)7 August 1994 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Malkiya |
| 17 | 2DF | Ahmed Bughammar | (1997-12-30)30 December 1997 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Al-Hidd |
| 18 | 2DF | Ahmed Abdulla Ali | (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 34) | 0 | 0 | East Riffa Club |
| 19 | 3MF | Kamil Al Aswad | (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 23) | 12 | 4 | Al-Riffa |
| 20 | 4FW | Sami Al-Husaini | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 28) | 40 | 29 | East Riffa Club |
| 21 | 1GK | Ashraf Waheed Al Sebaie | (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Manama |
| 22 | 1GK | Abdulkarim Fardan | (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Malkiya |
| 23 | 3MF | Jamal Rashid | (1988-11-07)7 November 1988 (aged 29) | 3 | 2 | Al-Muharraq |