The delegation of our national team arrived in Kuwait to participate in the 26th Gulf Championship, and the Spanish Luis Garcia announced the final list for Al-Anabi, consisting of 26 players, concerned with participating in the 26th Gulf Finals, in preparation for the tournament, which will be held during the period from tomorrow until next January 3rd. Nayef Al-Hadrami and goalkeeper Muhammad were excluded. Al-Bakri, Hazem Ahmed, and Muhammad Ayyash, who suffered an injury, and Abdulaziz Khaled was included in the final list, and the delegation of our national team will evaluate At the Regency Hotel, Al-Annabi’s list included: Salah Zakaria, Marwan Sharif, Mishal Barshim, goalkeeper, Ahmed Fathi, Ahmed Al-Rawi, Akram Afif, Ibrahim Al-Hassan, Al-Moez Ali, Al-Hashemi Al-Hussein, Bahaa Al-Laithi, Jassim Jaber, Rabah Majer, Rashid. Al-Abdullah, Sultan Al-Breik, Tariq Salman, Asim Madbou, Abdulaziz Khaled, Abdullah Al-Ahraq, Abdullah Youssef, Abdul Rahman Mustafa, Muhammad Khaled, Muhammad Muntari, Mustafa Tariq, Hammam Al-Amin, Lucas Mendez, Youssef Abdul Razzaq.
“Al-Anabi clings to its position”
On the other hand, our first national football team maintained its new world ranking issued by FIFA yesterday, as Al-Anabi remained in 48th place, the position it reached last November, after falling two places from 46th.
At the same time, Annabi remained in fifth place on the continental level, while Japan continued to lead the continent, followed by Iran, South Korea and Australia. At the Arab level, Annabi remained in fourth place after the teams of Morocco, Egypt and Algeria. Al-Anabi has not played any matches, whether at the friendly or official level, since his last match with the Emirates, last November 19, in the sixth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Al-Anabi is preparing to return to the matches by participating in Gulf 26 in Kuwait, where he will play his first match tomorrow, Saturday, against the Emirati team in the first group.