Saudi Arabia's coach, Italian Roberto Mancini, announced a list of 30 players for a training camp in preparation for the AFC Cup, which will be hosted in Qatar from January 12 to February 10. During their training camp in Qatar, the "Green" team will play three friendly matches against Lebanon, Palestine, and Hong Kong on the 4th, 9th, and 10th of next month, respectively. Saudi Arabia will compete in the Asian Cup finals in Group 6 alongside Oman, Kyrgyzstan, and Thailand.
Here is the list of players called up by Mancini:
- **Goalkeepers:** Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Raghed Najjar (Al-Nassr), Mohammed Al-Yami (Al-Ahli), Ahmed Al-Qassar (Al-Faih).
- **Defense:** Hassan Kadsh (Al-Ittihad), Aoun Al-Sulouli (Al-Taawun), Ali Al-Bulaihi, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Saud Abdul Hamid (Al-Hilal), Ali Lajami, Ayman Yahya, Abdulilah Al-Khaibari (Al-Nassr), Fawaz Al-Suqour (Al-Shabab).
- **Midfield:** Ali Hazzazi (Al-Ettifaq), Mukhtar Ali, Abbas Hassan (Al-Fateh), Faisal Al-Ghamdi (Al-Ittihad), Eid Al-Mawlid (Al-Okhdood), Salem Al-Dosari, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, Nasser Al-Dosari, Mohammed Kano (Al-Hilal), Sami Al-Najai (Al-Nassr).
- **Attack:** Fahd Al-Muwallad, Abdullah Radif (Al-Shabab), Khaled Al-Ghanam, Abdul-Rahman Ghareeb, Mohammed Maran (Al-Nassr), Feras Al-Breikan (Al-Ahli), Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal).
