QNB Stars League: Baghdad and Nam miss out as Xavi announces squad for Al-Wakrah game

Baghdad Bounedjah and Nam Tae-hee will both miss out on Al-Sadd’s QNB Stars League opener against Al-Wakrah. Head coach Xavi Hernandez announed the matchday squad for the game on Tuesday evening, with the Algerian striker Bounedjah serving a suspension, while Nam will be unavailable due to a muscle injury.

The full squad is as follows: Saad Al-Dosari, Meshaal Barsham, Ahmed Sayyar, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ali Asad, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Hassan Al-Haydos, Hussain Bahzad, Hamed Ismail, Gabi, Yasir Abubakar, Khoukhi Boualem, Salem Al-Hajri, Akram Afif, Tarek Salman, Jung Woo-young, Pedro Miguel, Hashim Ali

After the end of the final training session, the squad left for an overnight camp at the Torch, from where the team will leave for the game on Wednesday.