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United Arab Emirates (Group B)
Updated: 2007-07-07 20:13
The United Arab Emirates will head into this year's Asian Cup full of
confidence after lifting the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history
last January, and Bruno Metsu's side will hoping for similar success in a
competition they have not been serious contenders in for over 10 years.
The UAE made their Asian Cup bow in 1980 but, disappointingly, did not
qualify from the group stage in their first three attempts.
It was a different story in 1992 when they lost in the semi-finals to
Saudi Arabia and eventually finished fourth, but it was just a taste of
things to come.
Four years later as hosts the Emriates made it into the final for the
first time before once again being undone by the Saudis, this time in a
penalty shoot-out.
But after failing to qualify in 2000, they fell at the first hurdle three
years ago in China, finishing bottom of Group B with only one point from
three matches.
They got the better of the Jordanians in the qualifiers for the 2007
edition as the UAE topped Group C with four victories, a draw and a
solitary defeat against fellow qualifiers Oman.
Goalkeepers
1 Majed Nasser
12 Waleed Salem
28 Ismail Rabee
Defenders
3 Mohammed Khamis
6 Rashid Abdul Rahman
8 Haidar Alo Ali
14 Basheer Saeed
17 Yousef Jaber
21 Humaid Fakher
22 Mohammad Qassim
25 Tariq Hassan
30 Fayez Jumaa
Midfielders
2 Abdulraheem Jumaa
4 Ali Msarri
5 Essa Ali
13 Ahmed Mubarak
16 Hassan Ali Ibrahim
18 Amir Mubarak
20 Helal Saeed
24 Ali Al Wehaibi
27 Abdulla Belal
29 Tariq Ahmed
Forwards
7 Khaled Darwish
9 Nawaf Mubarak
10 Ismail Matar
11 Faisal Khalil
15 Mohamed Saeed
19 Saeed Alkas
23 Saif Mohammed
26 Salem Saad
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