Al-Azraq holds first training session with 28 players

Kuwait’s first national football team held its first training session yesterday evening at the Sadaqa wa al-Salam Stadium in Kazma Club, under the guidance of Portuguese coach Helio Sousa, with 28 players in attendance. Mohammed Daham and Mohammed Al-Huwaidi were absent from the session due to injury. The Kuwait Football Association also appointed Mohammed Al-Bunyan as general supervisor of the senior national team.

The training camp comes in preparation for two friendly matches against Syria and Honduras during the upcoming FIFA international break. These matches serve as final preparations ahead of the 2027 Asian Cup finals, which have been postponed from January next year to December 2027, providing an opportunity to trial several players.

Both matches will be held at the Sadaqa wa al-Salam Stadium. Kuwait will face Syria in the first match next Friday, followed by a clash with Honduras on the 17th of this month.

Kuwait is currently ranked 134th in the world, while Syria is ranked 86th, and Honduras holds the 67th position.

Coach Sousa has selected a 30-man squad for this international break, including several young and new players such as goalkeeper Dhari Al-Atiqi, Tadhamon defender Walid Saad, Al-Kuwait player Hamad Al-Sanousi, Kazma defender Saleh Al-Mutab, Tadhamon forward Abdulrahman Al-Rashidi, and Al-Jahra midfielder Abdullah Al-Dahhas. The rest of the squad includes: Khaled Al-Rashidi, Abdulrahman Al-Fadli, Fahad Al-Hajri, Khaled Subah, Abdulwahab Al-Awadi, Rashid Al-Dosari, Abdulaziz Bin Naji, Muath Al-Dhafiri, Abdullah Al-Qarazi, Nasser Falah, Ahmed Al-Dhafiri, Ali Hassan, Mohammed Al-Huwaidi, Jasem Al-Mutairi, Mehdi Dashti, Muath Al-Asime, Bandar Al-Salama, Mubarak Al-Funayyan, Eid Al-Rashidi, Shuaib Al-Khalidi, Youssef Nasser, Abdullah Al-Awadi, Mohammed Daham, and Youssef Majed.