“White Junior” qualified for the World Cup, despite the difficult circumstances

The Emirates Football Junior team qualified for the 2025 U-17 World Cup, scheduled for Qatar, after drawing against its counterpart, Vietnam 1-1, during the confrontation that brought them together, the day before yesterday, at the King Fahd Sports City Stadium in Taif in Saudi Arabia, within the third and final round of the second group competitions in the Asian Cup for the youth qualified to the World Cup, Note that the team was late in the match with a goal before the player Hazza Faisal was able to score the equalizer from a “87” header, to lead the “white” to this achievement.

The team’s qualification for the World Cup is a historic achievement after 12 years, an amazing ball, during which it has not been achieved, during which it has been achieved from the last achievement achieved by the first team by winning the NOS 21, which was held in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2013.

The junior national team qualified for the World Cup after raising its score to four points, as he had won the second round of Australia with two clean goals scored by both Maid Adel and Mohamed Butti, while the team had lost its match in the first round against Japan with four goals to one goal.

The junior national team will face its counterpart, Uzbekistan, in the quarter -finals of the tournament at the King Fahd Sports City Stadium in Taif, at 21:15 Emirates time.

The team played during the Asian Junior Cup, which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted during the period from the third to 20 in the second group, along with the teams of Japan, Australia and Vietnam.

The teams with the first eight places in the Asian Cup are qualified for the 2025 World Cup, which is the newly expanded version that includes 48 teams for the first time.

According to the official website of the Emirates Football Association, the national team players gifted qualifying for the World Cup to the deceased Dr. Abdullah Baron, the national team doctor, who was absent from death during the team’s participation in the Asian Cup of Junior.

The national team coach, Majid Salem Al -Zaabi, succeeded in leading the Emirati white to achieve this achievement.

For his part, the coach of the national team, Majed Salem, said that the team deserves to be in the World Cup for Junior, and that he managed to win the qualification card despite the difficulty of the teams he faced in the second group, especially in the first match against Japan, which he lost with four goals against a goal, as well as the second match against Australia, during which he managed to win 2-0.

Majid Salem added in press statements: “The players played the first match against Japan in a difficult atmosphere, as the atmosphere of sadness dominated the departure of Dr. Abdullah Baron, the national team doctor, who died during the tournament, but in the second match against Australia we were able to get the players out of sadness, so that the team could beat Australia, and return again to the championship atmosphere before facing Vietnam in the third round.”

Hamdan bin Mubarak: The Federation will provide the best conditions for preparing for the World Cup

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, President of the Emirates Football Association, congratulated the UAE U -17 team, on the occasion of its qualification for the World Cup for Junior Cups held in the State of Qatar 2025, praising the efforts of the technical and administrative staff and players.

He appreciated the efforts of all those who worked to prepare the junior team in the way that enabled him to achieve his goals in the Asian Cup currently held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and expressed his thanks to the clubs for their cooperation.

The President of the Federation expressed his happiness with the birth of a new generation of talented players who will be one of the basic pillars of the national teams, wishing the junior team success in the quarter -finals of the tournament.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak said that the Emirates Football Association will provide the best conditions for the junior national team, in order to prepare for the World Cup, and added: “We will work to prepare the team in a way that enables it to face challenges in the World Cup, and help him to perform its role well.”

23 players in the list of heroes

The list of the junior team who achieved the achievement of qualification to the World Cup finals led by the national coach Majid Salem included 23 players, namely: Hood Al -Menhali, Ahmed Ekrami (Al -Jazeera), Hazza Faisal, Abdullah Rashid (Al Ain), Maid Mohamed, Faisal Muhammad (Al -Wahda), Suhail Al Nubi, Maid Adel, Muhammad Salem, Fahd Khalil, Muhammad Jamal (Al -Nasr), Ibrahim Al Jasmi, Muhammad Butti, Ali Al Jasmi (Al -Ahly Youth), Obaid Omran, Hamid Al -Suwaidi, Saeed Al -Rashdi, Abdullah Manad (Sharjah), Jayden Adeteiba (Arsenal), Abdullah Hatem (Al -Ahly of Egypt).