2007 AFC Asian Cup: UAE arrive

The national football team of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), opponents of co-hosts Vietnam in their opening match in Group B of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup arrived in Hanoi.

The UAE team with 24 players, coached by French Bruno Metsu will stay at the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel.

They will play Vietnam in the opening match of Group B on July 8.

Following is a list of officials and players of the UAE team

Officials and coaches:

Yousuf Yaqoob Yousuf AlSerkal, president of UAE Football Federation

Mahamed Khalfan AlRomithi, vice president of UAE Football Federation

Mohamed AbdulWahab Darkhan, general secretary of UAE Football Federation

Abdulla Hassan Abdulla, team manager

Bruno Metsu, head coach

Coaches: Dominique Bathenay; Massimi Liano Marchesi, Patrice Coutard and Jozef Hros

Jalal El-Gali, doctor

Players: Abdulraheem Juma Anbar, Basheer Saeed Basheer, Hilal Saeed Humaid, Humaid Fakher Hussain, Ismail Matar Ibrahim, Haidar Alo Ali, Majed Naser Humaid, Ismail Rabee Juma, Essa Ali Moosa, Khaled Darwish Hassan, Amir Mubarak Ghanim, Mohamed Khamis Salem, Mohamed Qassim Juma, Faisal Khalil Mubarak, Ahmed Mohamed Mubarak, Mohamed Saeed Al Shihi, Saeed Hassan Al-Kas, Nawaf Mubarak Musabeh, Saif Mohamed Siddiq, Rashid AbdulRahman Mohamed, Ali Msarri Rashed, Waleed Salem Sulaiman, Yousef Jabel Naser, Hassan Ali Ibrahim.

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