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PFA President has announced that Olympic Team manager Abdel Nasser Barakat will be handed the reigns of the senior team for their upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaigns.
Abdel Nasser Barakat was the popular choice amongst many fans following his success with the U23 team. The 39 year old Barakat recently led the Olympic Team to wins over Afghanistan and Nepal in Olympic qualifying while also earning plaudits in competitive losses vs. Saudi Arabia and Iran.
His claim to fame was last year’s Asian Games where he led Palestine to their first ever goals and wins of the competition against Oman and Tajiksitan en route to winning their group.
In preparation for June’s qualifying matches against Saudi Arabia and Malaysia the former Al-Brieh boss has summoned 37 WBPL and First Division players for a brief training camp on Thursday, April 23rd. With an eye to the future some notable national team veterans have been excluded from the camp- Raed Fares and Murad Ismail- chief amongst them.
Full squad after the jump…
Islami Qalqilya: Mohammed Yameen
Al-Am’ary: Ahmed Harbi, Ahmed Abdullah, Mahmoud Sheikhqasem, Mohammed Asfour
Ahli Al-Khaleel: Ahmed Maher, Wael Mrisat, Khaldoun Al-Halman, Mahmoud Dayfallah
Balata: Mahmoud Abu Wardeh, Adham Abu Rwais, Abdelhamid Abuhabib
Thaqafi Tulkarem: Oday Kharoub, Muath Mustafa
Khader: Rami Hammadi, Mohammed Mara’aba
Dora: Osama Shaaban
Shabab Al-Dhahrieh: Ghanem Mahajneh, Mus’ab Al-Battat, Laith Kharoub, Mohammed Darwish, Qasim Mahameed
Asker: Ahmed Al-Zureiqi
Al-Bireh: Toufic Abed
Hilal Al-Quds: Haitham Dheeb, Khaled Azzam, Obeidah Zbeidat, Abdullah Jaber, Tamer Salah
Shabab Al-Khaleel: Tamer Seyam, Yousef Al-Ashhab
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes: Toufic Ali, Mohammed Abukhamis, Khader Yousef, Ayman Kharbat, Fadi Zidan
Shabab Yatta: Sameh Mara’ba
