Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Iraq squads confirmed for Gulf Cup 27

The eight participating national teams have named their squads for the Gulf Cup 27, which will be hosted by Saudi Arabia during September and October 2026.

Each squad is listed below by position.

Saudi Arabia

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al Owais, Nawaf Al Aqidi, Hamed Al Shinqiti. Defenders: Hassan Tambakti, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Nawaf Boushal, Hassan Kadish, Moteb Al-Harbi, Jihad Dhakri, Rayan Hamed, Mohammed Mahzari, Zakaria Al-Hawsawi. Midfielders: Mohammed Kanno, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Mukhtar Ali, Ziyad Al-Johani, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Alaa Al-Haji. Forwards: Feras Al-Brikan, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Saleh Abu Al-Shamat, Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat, Sultan Mandash, Abdullah Al-Salem, Homam Al-Homami.

Iraq

Goalkeepers: Ahmed Basil, Hussein Hassan, Mohammed Saleh. Defenders: Zaid Tahseen, Akam Hashem, Merchas Doski, Mustafa Saadoun, Ahmed Yahya, Mitham Jabbar, Youssef Al-Imam, Mohammed Dalawar. Midfielders: Ibrahim Bayesh, Ahmed Qasim, Zidane Iqbal, Amir Al-Ammari, Ali Jasim, Zaid Ismail, Youssef Nasrawi, Karrar Nabeel, Abdul Razzaq Qasim, Haider Abdul Karim, Mohammed Qasim, Bassam Shakir. Forwards: Ali Al-Hamadi, Aymen Hussein, Saif Rashid.

United Arab Emirates

Goalkeepers: Khalid Eisa, Hamad Al-Maqbali, Fahad Al-Dhanhani. Defenders: Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Khalid Ibrahim, Marcus Meloni, Lucas Pimenta, Zayed Sultan, Ruben Canedo, Sasha Ivkovic, Alaa Al-Din Zuhair, Eric. Midfielders: Harib Abdalla, Fabio Lima, Issam Faiz, Abdulla Hamad, Neskens Kebano, Luanzinho, Mamadou Coulibaly. Forwards: Ali Saleh, Sultan Adil, Bruno, Richard Aconor, Guilherme Bala, Othman Kamara, Yuri Cesar.

Qatar

Goalkeepers: Mahmoud Abunada, Salah Zakaria, Meshaal Barsham. Defenders: Pedro Miguel, Tarek Salman, Issa Lay, Jassem Gaber, Ayoub Al-Awi, Homam Ahmed, Boualem Khoukhi, Sultan Al-Brake. Midfielders: Abdulaziz Hatem, Karim Boudiaf, Mohammed Manaei, Ahmed Fathi, Assim Madibo, Nayef Al-Hadhrami. Forwards: Ahmed Alaaeldin, Edmilson Junior, Ahmed Al-Janahi, Hassan Al-Haydos, Akram Afif, Yousef Abdulla Razzaq, Almoez Ali, Tahseen Jamshed, Hashem Ali.

Yemen

Goalkeepers: Osama Haidar, Mohammed Aman, Osama Makraf. Defenders: Haroun Al-Zubaidi, Rami Al-Wasmani, Ali Al-Daqeen, Radwan Al-Hubaishi, Nader Sahl, Hamza Al-Raimi, Imad Al-Jadima. Midfielders: Hamza Al-Sarabi, Osama Anbar, Omar Joulan, Mohammed Al-Najjar, Nawaf Abdullah, Anis Al-Maari, Tareq Shehab, Nasser Al-Jahoushi, Adel Abbas Qasim, Abdulwasea Al-Matari. Forwards: Abdulmajeed Sabara, Damani Mylor, Omar Al-Dahi, Ahmed Maher, Mamdouh Bin Ajaj.

Bahrain

Goalkeepers: Ibrahim Lutfalla, Omar Salem, Mohammed Al-Gharbli. Defenders: Waleed Al-Hayam, Sayed Baqer, Amin Ben Adi, Hamad Al-Shamsan, Abdullah Al-Khalasi, Vincent Emmanuel, Ahmed Rabia. Midfielders: Sayed Dhiya Saeed, Kamil Al-Aswad, Ali Madan, Mohammed Marhoon, Mahdi Al-Humaidan, Jassim Al-Sheikh, Ibrahim Al-Khattal, Abbas Al-Asfoor, Omar Saber, Hassan Al-Karani, Mohammed Abdulqayoum, Ali Al-Doseri. Forwards: Mohammed Al-Romaihi, Mahdi Abduljabbar, Hashem Sayed Issa, Hussein Abdulkarim.

Kuwait

Goalkeepers: Rakan Al-Saeed, Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli, Saud Al-Houshan, Khaled Al-Rashidi. Defenders: Fahad Al-Hajeri, Khaled Sabah, Yousef Al-Haqan, Abdulaziz Mehran, Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi, Rashed Al-Doseri, Muath Al-Dhafiri, Mohsen Falah. Midfielders: Redha Hani, Khaled Al-Murshid, Jassim Al-Matar, Ahmed Al-Dhafiri, Athbi Shehab, Abdullah Al-Fazai, Nasser Faleh, Mahdi Dashti. Forwards: Eid Al-Rashidi, Yousef Majed, Mohammed Daham, Mubarak Al-Feneini, Abdullah Al-Awadhi, Shabib Al-Khaldi, Yousef Nasser.

Oman

Goalkeepers: Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini, Ahmed Al-Rawahi, Ibrahim Al-Rajhi. Defenders: Harib Al-Saadi, Khalid Al-Braiki, Abdulmajeed Al-Balushi, Jameel Al-Yahmadi, Ahmed Al-Kaabi, Amjad Al-Harthi, Ghanem Al-Habsi. Midfielders: Abdullah Fawaz, Zahir Al-Aghbari, Musab Al-Shaqsi, Issam Al-Subhi, Nasser Al-Rawahi, Ahed Al-Mashaikhi, Arshad Al-Alawi, Waleed Al-Muslimi. Forwards: Abdul Salam Al-Shukaili, Sultan Al-Marzouqi, Turki Bait Rabia, Abdulhafidh Al-Mukhaini, Khaled Al-Dhafiri, Al-Harith Al-Habsi, Hussein Al-Saadi, Yousef Al-Malki.