U23 Yemen summons many stars, waiting for the decisive match against U23 Vietnam

(Dan Tri) - U23 Yemen announced the list of 23 players participating in the 2026 Asian qualifiers taking place in Viet Tri (Phu Tho) in September. Notably, all 3 strikers registered by the West Asian team are national team players.

Forwards Abdulaziz Masnoum, Qassem Al-Sharafi and Hamza Mahrous all played for Yemen in June's FIFA Days against Bhutan and Lebanon in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Among them, Hamza Mahrous is considered outstanding at only 19 years old but is already the third choice in attack of the national team.

Yemen U23 striker Hamza Mahrous (Photo: Getty).

To prepare for the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers, coach Amin Al Suneini and his team have undergone a thorough training process. The team will be stationed in Marib City (Yemen), before going to Fujairah (UAE) to train and play friendly matches with a number of domestic and UAE clubs. The results of these matches will not be disclosed to ensure professional confidentiality.

In the list of participants in the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers, U23 Yemen only has one player playing abroad, goalkeeper Muhammad Ramadan Shuey Jumaan (currently playing in Saudi Arabia). The remaining 22 players are all playing for domestic clubs.

Yemeni media also reported that coach Al Suneini had expressed his desire to call up 17-year-old striker Adel Abbas Qasem (a young talent who is considered to have great potential) but was not approved because this player had to concentrate with the Yemen U20 team to participate in the 2025 West Asian U20 tournament.

According to the plan, U23 Yemen will travel from Dubai and arrive in Hanoi in the early afternoon of August 31, then continue their journey to Viet Tri. In the group stage, the West Asian team will meet U23 Singapore (September 3), U23 Bangladesh (September 6) and U23 Vietnam (September 9).

List of Yemen U23 team participating in the 2026 AFC U23 qualifiers:

Goalkeepers : Osama Ali Ahmed Makraf, Mabrouk Kamel Mabrouk bin Talib, Muhammad Ramadan Shuey Jumaan

Defenders : Ahmed Muhammad Al-Badawi, Faisal Muhammad Maarouf, Muhammad Saleh Al-Batoul, Imad Hamoud Al-Judeimah, Nasser Hammadi Al-Asabi, Hashem Fouad Al-Khalaqi, Ali Khalid Al-Daqeen, Muhammad Naji Al-Qashmi

Midfielders : Anwar Hussein Al-Tariqi, Muhammad Khalid Muqbel, Hisham Ahmed Balabil, Muhammad Radi Wadi, Mamdouh Saleh bin Ajaj, Nasser Abu Bakr Saleh

Forwards : Hamza Mahrous, Abdulaziz Masnoum, Abdulrahman Al-Shami, Omar Al-Kathiri, Qassem Al-Sharafi, Muhammad Issam Al-Awami

Schedule of Group C of the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers (Photo: VFF).

Ahead of the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers, Coach Kim Sang Sik hopes that the Vietnam U23 team will be fueled in the upcoming matches at Viet Tri Stadium: “At the 2024 Southeast Asian Championship taking place in Viet Tri in December 2024, as well as the recent 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship in Viet Tri and Hai Phong , we all witnessed the stands glowing with the red color of the national flag.

It was a truly wonderful image and a great source of motivation for the players. We really hope that the passionate and inspiring atmosphere will continue to be recreated in the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers.”

To serve fans, match tickets are sold online exclusively on the OneU app, with three denominations of VND100,000, VND200,000 and VND300,000.

The organizers have opened online ticket sales, phase 1 from 9:00 on August 25 to 23:59 on August 27, phase 2 from 0:00 on August 28 to 23:59 on September 2 and phase 3 from 0:00 on September 3 to 23:59 on September 5, depending on the match situation. Tickets sold directly at the counter will be announced later.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/u23-yemen-trieu-tap-nhieu-ngoi-sao-cho-quyet-dau-u23-viet-nam-20250829101523664.htm