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Gulf News - The Al Wasl senior football team left for Germany yesterday to hold a 17-day training camp in Nuremburg under their Brazilian coach Arthur Bernardes.
The team will return to Dubai on August 18 and leave for Iran to participate in an international friendly tournament there.
Four clubs – Pirouzi and Sepahan of Iran, Al Riyadh of Saudi Arabia and Al Wasl – are taking part in the competition to be held in Tehran.
The training camp in Germany and the friendly tournament will act as their preparations for the new season.
They start their campaign with the preliminary round of the President's Cup, to commence on September 17. Al Wasl are in Group 'C' and their first match will be against Al Ittihad.
Al Wasl are looking towards achieving better results in the coming season after a none too impressive performance last season.
They finished eighth among the 12 teams in the league and were knocked out in the semifinals of the President's Cup.
The club renewed the contract of Brazilian coach Arthur Bernardes who took care of the team in the final two months last season. The Al Wasl new board chaired by Rashid Balhoul signed with new local players to strengthen the squad, with Ali Naho from Al Taawon, Ali Mahmoud of Al Arabi and Obaid Jamaan of Dubai Club among the main signings.
The Al Wasl delegation is led by Walid Al Sheibani, (general secretary) along with Badr Hareb (team manager), coach Bernardes, Hassan Mohammed (asst. coach), Robson Alves, (fitness trainer), Luis Alberto (goalkeepers' trainer), and team doctor Taha Al Rawi.
Players list
Salah Hussain, Mohammed Hussain, Sami Rabea, Ismail Rashid, Humaid Yousuf, Ali Issa, Munzir Ali, Jasim Bilal, Mohammed Obaid, Ali Hasan, Waheed Ismail, Ali Saeed Abdullah, Ali Mahmoud, Obaid Mubarak, Hasan Ali Issa, Jaber Darwish, Issa Ali Mussa, Ahmed Khalfan, Tariq Darwish, Ismail Obaid, Adil Omer, Mussa Jasim, Mohammed Khamis, Hamad Ali Ghuloom, Atiq Salim, Ahmed Issa Ali, Mohammed Khalil.
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