Qatar coach Julen Lopetegui has finalised a 26-strong squad as the nation prepares to head to a second edition of the FIFA World Cup™.
Hosts four years ago, Qatar secured a return to the global showpiece in the fourth round of AFC qualification late last year.
Creative dynamo Akram Afif and prolific goal plunderer Almoez Ali headline the selection that will face co-hosts Canada, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Group B, prior to which they will tune up with a friendly against El Salvador on 6 June.
Mahmoud Abunada Meshaal Barsham Salah Zakaria
Al Hashemi Al Hussein Ayub Al Alawi Hommam Al Amin Sultan Al Brake Boualem Khoukhi Lucas Mendes Pedro Miguel
Karim Boudiaf Ahmed Fathi Jassem Gaber Abdulaziz Hatem Issa Lay Assim Madibo Mohammed Manaai Tahsin Mohammed
Youssef Abdelrisaq Akram Afif Ahmed Alaaeldin Hassan Al Haydos Almoez Ali Ahmed Al Janhi Edmilson Junior Mohammed Muntari
Several key players will be returning to the world's grandest stage, with defenders Pedro Miguel and Boualem Khoukhi and veteran Hassan Al Haydos among those who also featured during Qatar's debut campaign in 2022.
Mohammed Muntari, who scored the nation's first, and thus far only, goal at the World Cup, is back too, and will add to the firepower already provided by forwards Afif and Ali as Qatar target a maiden appearance in the knockout stage.
13 June: – San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Sources: FIFA Official
