Doha: The UAE national football team arrived in the Qatari capital to participate in the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup, which will be held from November 26 to December 8.

The UAE team received an official reception on arrival at Hamad International Airport before heading to their accommodation. Later in the evening, the team will start its first training sessions in one of the stadiums in preparation for tomorrow’s match against Yemeni counterpart.

The final list of the team will include 24 players, Ali Khasif, Salem Rashid, Khalfan Mubarak, Ali Mabkhout, Mohammed Al Attas, Waleed Hussein, Mohammed Marzouk, Yousef Jaber, Ismail Al Hammadi, Ahmed Khalil, Khalid Issa, Ahmad Burman, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Mohammed Barghash, Hamdan Al Kamali, Khalil Al Hammadi, Mohammed Al Shamsi, Adel Al Hosani, Al Hassan Saleh, Majid Sorour, Shaheen Abdulrahman, Tariq Ahmed, Jassim Yacoub and Ali Saleh.

The team will play in Group A alongside Qatar, Iraq and Yemen. It will start its first game in the first round tomorrow against the Yemeni team.