Al Ahli set for Germany

Gulf News - The Al Ahli senior football team and the reserve team leave for a 16-day training camp to Germany today.

The camp will be held in Nuremburg under coach Juricic Srecko. Colonel Obaid Saeed, Member of the club's board directors, heads the delegation to Germany.

He will be accompanied by Mohammed Ahmed Hamdoon, manager; Mohammed Radwan and Ranko assistant coaches; Abbas Ibrahim,  goal keeper's trainer and 35 players.

Eight players are missing. Iran's Ali Karimi will be absent due to his commitment with the Iranian Olympic team, preparing for the Asian Games in Korea next month.

Salim Khamis, Abdullah Shah, Hasan Ali Ibrahim, Mohammed Qassim and Faisal Khalil are with the UAE Olympic team training in Sweden for the Asian Games. Adel Abdul Aziz and Issa Murad have undergone surgery and need time to recover.

Al Ahli's senior team will play several warm up matches during the training camp in Nuremburg.

The second stage of the training camp will be held in Cairo from August 17-28, where they will play four warm-up matches with the leading Egyptian teams.