White Juniors continue their preparations for the Asian qualifiers

The UAE national under-17 football team continues its preparations at the Dhiab Awana Stadium at the headquarters of the Football Association in Dubai as part of its preparation program for upcoming participations, most notably the qualifiers for the Asian Junior Cup finals scheduled for next October, and other tournaments.

The current camp’s junior roster includes 24 players chosen by coach Majid Salem Al Zaabi, and they are: Hood Saleh Al Menhali, Falah Zayed Al Zaabi (Al Jazeera), Hazza Faisal bin Aqel, Abdullah Rashid Abdullah (Al Ain), Mayed Muhammad Al Yamahi, Saad Mubarak Al Mahri, Abdullah Fahd Yaqoub, Faisal. Muhammad Al-Buraiki (Al-Wahda), Suhail Al-Noubi, Mal Allah, Maid Adel Khamis, Fahd Khalil Ibrahim (Al-Nasr), Ibrahim Yousef Al-Jasmi, Muhammad Nasser Ahmed, Salem Issam Yaqut, Maid Muhammad Ali (Al-Wasl), Muhammad Ahmad Mashmoum, Muhammad Butti Muhammad, Ali Hassan Al-Jasmi ( Shabab Al-Ahly) Thani Jassim Al-Balushi, Omair Yousef Al-Raisi, Obaid Omran Obaid, Hamid Ibrahim Al-Suwaidi, Butti Hamad Abdullah (Sharjah) and Muhammad Yousef Abdullah (Fujairah).

Last month, the UAE junior national team played two friendly matches against its brother, the Omani national team, in the city of Al Ain, where they tied in the first match with a goal for the same, while they won the second match with a free goal.

The technical staff, led by national coach Majid Salem Al Zaabi, is keen to hold short gatherings on a monthly basis with the aim of preparing the players for the upcoming official participations, and increasing harmony among them, in addition to trying out a number of new players who have emerged in the Junior League competition.