The coaching staff of Jordan's U17 national team, led by coach Ashraf Shatat, has announced a 23-player squad in preparation for the 2027 AFC U17 Asian Cup qualifiers, which will take place from the 8th to the 20th of this month in Laos.
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The squad includes: Karam Al Najjar, Abdullah Hamad, Saif Al Din Atmeh, Hashem Al Khatib, Fayez Al Rawashdeh, Ibrahim Al Fawadleh, Ibada Al Riyahneh, Ahmad Bani Yassin, Ahmad Abu Dyeh, Fares Abu Zama', Muhannad Al Asal, Youssef Abu Sheikha, Mohammad Zaki, Yazan Qaddadeh, Asid Al Adwan, Abdulhameed Al Bdainah, Jamil Al Issa, Aws Amsitef, Abdulrahman Al Baba, Ibrahim Abu Hajar, Khaled Al Sa'sa', Musa Al Dajani, and Faisal Al Hawarneh.
The national team delegation departs at dawn tomorrow, Tuesday, for Laos, where it begins its campaign against the host nation on Sunday. It then faces Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the 11th of this month, before meeting Iran on Tuesday, and concludes its group matches against Pakistan on Friday.
In a friendly played today, Monday, at Al Salt Stadium as part of its preparations for the Asian qualifiers, the national team beat Bangladesh 3–2. Jordan's goals were scored by Faisal Al Hawarneh in the 8th and 11th minutes, and Mohammad Zaki in the 14th minute.
The draw for the 2027 AFC U17 Asian Cup qualifiers placed Jordan in Group D alongside Iran, Laos, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with Laos hosting the group's matches in a round-robin format.
Under the tournament's format, the 35 participating teams in the qualifiers have been divided into seven groups of five teams each. The seven group winners will qualify for the 2027 AFC U17 Asian Cup finals, hosted by Uzbekistan in early May next year.
The seven group winners will join the nine teams that have already qualified automatically for the 2026 FIFA U17 World Cup in Qatar: Australia, China, Japan (title holders), South Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Source: Al Ghad.
