# 19th Arabian Gulf Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup tournament held in Oman between January 4 and January 17, 2009.
Caps, goals and ages as of 3 January 2008.

## Group A
### Bahrain

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |

### Iraq

Coach: Jorvan Vieira
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ali Mutashar | (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Al-Naft |
| 2 | 2DF | Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd | (1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 27) | 22 | 1 | Al-Baqa'a SC |
| 3 | 2DF | Bassim Abbas | (1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 26) | 57 | 2 | Al-Talaba |
| 4 | 2DF | Salam Shaker | (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 22) | 6 | 0 | Al-Khor |
| 5 | 3MF | Nashat Akram | (1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 24) | 73 | 10 | Al-Gharafa |
| 6 | 3MF | Salih Sadir | (1981-08-21)21 August 1981 (aged 27) | 45 | 11 | Al-Ahed |
| 7 | 4FW | Emad Mohammed | (1982-07-24)24 July 1982 (aged 26) | 72 | 23 | Sepahan |
| 8 | 4FW | Mohammed Nasser | (1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 24) | 19 | 6 | Esteghlal Ahvaz |
| 9 | 4FW | Mustafa Karim | (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | Ismaily SC |
| 10 | 4FW | Younis Mahmoud | (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 25) | 66 | 27 | Al-Arabi |
| 11 | 3MF | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | (1981-07-01)1 July 1981 (aged 27) | 67 | 15 | Anorthosis FC |
| 12 | 2DF | Saad Attiya | (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 21) | 12 | 1 | Al-Merrikh |
| 13 | 3MF | Karrar Jassim | (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 21) | 19 | 1 | Al-Wakra |
| 14 | 2DF | Haidar Abdul-Amir | (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 26) | 45 | 3 | Shabab Al-Ordon |
| 15 | 2DF | Ali Rehema | (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 (aged 23) | 42 | 1 | Al-Wakra |
| 16 | 2DF | Khaldoun Ibrahim | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 21) | 12 | 0 | Erbil |
| 17 | 4FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | Al-Khor |
| 18 | 3MF | Mahdi Karim | (1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 25) | 61 | 9 | Al-Khor |
| 19 | 3MF | Haitham Kadhim | (1983-07-21)21 July 1983 (aged 25) | 37 | 0 | Sepahan |
| 20 | 3MF | Samer Saeed | (1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Al Ahly Tripoli |
| 21 | 1GK | Mohammed Gassid | (1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 22) | 4 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |
| 22 | 1GK | Noor Sabri | (1984-06-18)18 June 1984 (aged 24) | 60 | 0 | Al-Talaba |
| 23 | 3MF | Halgurd Mulla Mohammed | (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Sulaymaniyah |
| 24 | 3MF | Qusay Munir | (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 27) | 49 | 5 | Qatar SC |
| 25 | 3MF | Ahmad Abd Ali | (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 23) | 15 | 0 | Erbil |
| 27 | 2DF | Ous Ibrahim | (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Al-Zawraa |

### Kuwait

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |

### Oman

Head coach: Claude Le Roy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | 1GK | Sulaiman Al-Mazroui | 13 September 1972 | Muscat Club |
| 18 | 1GK | Mohammed Huwaidi Al-Hooti | 27 January 1984 | Oman |
| 22 | 1GK | Ali Al-Habsi | 30 December 1981 | Bolton Wanderers |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | 2DF | Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi | 10 May 1981 | Al-Sadd |
| 3 | 2DF | Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali | 1 March 1984 | Al-Sadd |
| 4 | 2DF | Said Al-Shoon | 28 August 1983 | Kazma |
| 5 | 2DF | Mohammed Al-Balushi | 27 August 1989 | Al-Arabi |
| 6 | 2DF | Saad Al-Mukhaini | 6 September 1987 | Dhofar |
| 15 | 2DF | Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Alawi | 9 August 1986 | Al Masn'aa |
| 17 | 2DF | Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani | 26 June 1980 | Al-Rayyan |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | 3MF | Eid Al-Farsi | 31 January 1987 | Al-Oruba Sur |
| 10 | 3MF | Fawzi Bashir | 6 May 1984 | Kazma |
| 12 | 3MF | Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri | 23 February 1985 | Al-Sailiya |
| 16 | 3MF | Mohammed Mubarak Al-Hinai | 19 July 1984 | Al-Tadamon |
| 19 | 3MF | Ahmed Manaa Al-Noobi | 9 April 1988 | Dhofar |
| 21 | 3MF | Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini | 18 July 1984 | Al-Ittihad |
| Strikers |||||||
| 6 | 4FW | Hussain Al-Hadhri | 21 May 1990 | Dhofar |
| 8 | 4FW | Badr Al-Maimani | 16 July 1984 | Al-Sailiya |
| 9 | 4FW | Hashim Saleh | 15 October 1981 | Al-Suwaiq |
| 14 | 4FW | Hassan Rabia | 1 February 1984 | Al-Suwaiq |
| 20 | 4FW | Amad Al-Hosni | 18 July 1984 | Al-Rayyan |

## Group B
### Qatar

Head coach: Bruno Metsu
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | 1GK | Mohamed Saqr | 17 May 1981 | Al-Sadd |
| 22 | 1GK | Qasem Burhan | 15 December 1985 | Al-Gharafa |
| 23 | 1GK | Rajab Hamza | 16 October 1986 | Al-Arabi |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | 2DF | Bilal Mohammed | 2 June 1986 | Al-Gharafa |
| 6 | 2DF | Saad Al-Shammari | 6 August 1980 | Al-Gharafa |
| 13 | 2DF | Mustafa Abdullah | 2 January 1984 | Al-Rayyan |
| 19 | 2DF | Abdulrahman Mesbeh | 7 January 1984 | Al-Rayyan |
| 21 | 2DF | Abdullah Koni | 19 July 1979 | Al-Sadd |
| 24 | 2DF | Ibrahim Majid | 12 May 1990 | Al-Sadd |
| 25 | 2DF | Marcone | 5 April 1978 | Al-Gharafa |
| 28 | 2DF | Musa Haroon | 13 September 1986 | Al-Arabi |
| 30 | 2DF | Mesaad Al-Hamad | 11 February 1986 | Al-Sadd |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | 3MF | Majdi Siddiq | 3 September 1985 | Al-Rayyan |
| 9 | 3MF | Younes Ali Rahmati | 3 January 1983 | Al-Rayyan |
| 10 | 3MF | Abdurabb Al Yazeedi | 30 October 1988 | Al-Sadd |
| 11 | 3MF | Hassan Al Haidos | 12 December 1990 | Al-Sadd |
| 14 | 3MF | Khalfan Ibrahim | 18 February 1988 | Al-Sadd |
| 15 | 3MF | Talal Al-Bloushi | 22 May 1986 | Al-Sadd |
| 20 | 3MF | Adel Lamy | 13 November 1985 | Al-Rayyan |
| Strikers |||||||
| 7 | 4FW | Yusef Ahmed | 14 October 1988 | Al-Sadd |
| 8 | 4FW | Ali Afif | 20 January 1988 | Al-Sadd |
| 12 | 4FW | Waleed Jassem | 2 August 1986 | Qatar SC |
| 17 | 4FW | Sayed Ali Bechir | 6 September 1982 | Al-Arabi |
| 18 | 4FW | Sebastián Soria | 8 November 1983 | Qatar SC |

### Saudi Arabia

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |

### United Arab Emirates

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |

### Yemen

Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |