UAE youth teams for friendly events

The UAE's youth and junior teams have gone to Hong Kong to take part in the International Youth Friendly Football Tournament.

The event kicks off on Friday with the UAE youth team facing hosts, Hong Kong.

Coached by Khalifa Mubarak, the UAE youth team will later meet Singapore on Saturday and a Chinese team in their last match on Sunday.

The UAE's junior team, led by Juma Rabie, kick of their campaign on Friday against Japan then meet Hong Kong on Saturday and Singapore on Sunday.

The delegation of two teams is headed by Khalifa Sulaiman, a member of the FA Technical Committee.

The team features Mahmoud Qasim, Ebrahim Hussain, Hamdan Qasim, all from Al Ahli, Ahmad Mohammad Mubarak, from Al Jazira, Tilal Ahmad from Sharjah, Musallam Fayez, Fawzi Fayez and Abdullah Mousa, all from Al Ain, Fahad Ebrahim and Majid Abdullah from Al Nasr, Yasir Abdullah, Eisa Ahmad, Abdullah Al Noobi, Mahmoud Khamis, Mohammad Saeed, Saeed Salim, Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman and Mohammad Othman, all from Al Wahda, as well as Ahmad Karam and Ali Khaseef from Al Fujairah Ahli.

The junior team consists of: Sa'ad Surour, Waleed Mahmoud, Ahmad Khalil and Abdullah Eisa, all from Al Ahli, Mohammad Fawzi, from Al Ittihad, Dhiyab Awanah from Bani Yas, Dawood Abdullah from Al Jazira, Salih Mohammad from Dibba Al Fujairah, Hussain Saeed and Rashid Ali from Sharjah, Fadhil Ishag from Al Ain, Ahmad Abdul Rahman from Al Nasr, Mohammad Jabir, Hamad Saif, Mohammad Ali Al Nugbi, Ahmad Ali and Yasir Khairullah, all from Al Wahda, as well as Nasir Mubarak and Ahmad Ali Gholom from Al Wasl.

The participation of the two teams comes as part of the FA's quest to build teams for the future.