Kuwait veterans set for Gulf Cup campaign in Qatar

Kuwait veterans’ soccer team delegation.

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 28: Kuwait’s national veterans team departed for Doha on Monday to compete in the Gulf Cup, scheduled to run from October 29 to November 4.

The Blue team will open its campaign against Saudi Arabia tomorrow, then face Iraq on Saturday. It is scheduled to wrap up its group-stage campaign on Sunday, though the opponent listed in the original report still needs confirmation.

Head coach Thamer Enad and assistant coach Waleed Nassar named a 23-player squad for the tournament.

The squad comprises Khaled Al-Fadhli, Shehab Konkoni, Saleh Mahdi, Yaqoub Al-Taher, Hussein Fadhel, Jamal Mubarak, Ali Al-Shimali, Waleed Ali, Naheer Al-Shammari, Saleh Al-Buraiki, Khaled Al-Qahtani, Obaid Al-Shammari, Faisal Al-Adwani, Mohammed Ashkanani, Jarrah Al-Otaibi, Mohammed Al-Adwani, Nasser Al-Othman, Nawaf Al-Mutairi, Hussein Hakem, Ali Maqsid, Malek Al-Qallaf, Abdulrahman Mousa and Mohammed Al-Ajmi.