AFC U-22 Asia Cup 2013 Group D Qualifier: Jordan Under-22 team to play Tournament in Palestine

 Jordan under 22 national team is leaving for the Palestinian territories to participate in the Second International tournament(Alnakba), which will start on Monday at Faisal AlHusseini stadium in the suburbs of Ram under the patronage of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and with the participation of 10 teams distributed by lot into three groups,  Jordan came in Group C with Tunisia and Mauritania, group A included Palestine, Vietnam, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Group B included Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Kurdistan(Iraq)

The matches will be played on: Faisal Husseini International Stadium - Ram, Municipality of Nablus stadium, Majid Asa’d stadium Al-Bireh, Hussein bin Ali- Alkhalil, and Dura stadium.
Jordan Under-22 team will play its first match on Thursday, 17 against Mauritania, and meets Tunisia on Saturday, 19th.
   Jordan Football Association delegation is headed by His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Alian HH Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Football Association, and includes Ahmad Qteishat technical department director.

Palestine U-22 Team

   Captain Islam Thiabat – the team coach, said that participation in the tournament has many meanings first and foremost to reflect the depth of the historical relationship between Jordan and Palestine in all fields as well as the importance of participating with their brothers in Palestine on all of their national occasions, also it is considered to be the first phase of the team preparation process for the Under-22 Asian qualifiers which will be held in Nepal from 2nd june to 12th June /2012. Thiabat added that facing two African teams in the tournament will be a good test for the players and an important addition to the team, he also praised the players moral situation that have emerged during the training games the team played recently, pointing that the team will play an international friendly against Lebanon- after they return from Palestine- in Amman on June 27 and then travel to Nepal to participate in the Asian qualifiers.

The Squad consists of the coaching staff, which includes team Director Ali Shehab, Coach Diane Saleh, coach Faisal Ibrahim and goalkeeping coach Ahmed Abu Nasouh, Dr. Samir Sara,

Players : Ahmad Alsageer - Anas AlKhalayleh - Mustafa Abu Mosameh - Ibrahim Dledum - Ahmed Samir - Ahmed Mazen Alsageer - Abdullah Abu Zaiton - Mahmoud Za'tara - Abdalmattiy Khaldun – Rowad  Abu Khaizran - Zaid Jaber - Saddam Abdul Mohsen - Salah Abou-Sayed - Suhaib Wahaibi - Tariq Ziad - Amer Ali - Abdullah Al-Attar – Udai Alqarra- Udai Zahran - Mohamed Rateb - Musab al-laham - Mohammed Zureikat - Monzer Abu-Amara