Yaser Kasim named in Iraq squad to face Thailand and UAE

Basim Qasim has announced his preliminary squad to face Thailand and the United Arab Emirates in the final two games of the 2018 World Cup qualification. The list included a number of new faces who received their first call-up, as well as the return of Yaser Kasim.

Goalkeepers:

Jalal Hassan (Naft Al-Wasat)

Mohammed Gassid (Al-Zawraa)

Fahad Talib (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Ali Yassen (Al-Naft)

Defenders:

Ali Adnan (Udinese, Italy)

Waleed Salim (Al-Shorta)

Mustafa Nadhim (Al-Minaa)

Ahmed Ibrahim (Al-Ettifaq FC, Saudi Arabia)

Saad Natiq  (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Rebin Sulaka (Al-Markhiya, Qatar)

Ahmed Abdul-Ridha (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Alaa Ali Mhawi (Al-Zawraa)

Ali Bahjet (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Midfielders:

Brwa Nouri (Östersunds FK, Sweden)

Saad Abdul-Amir (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia)

Mahdi Kamel (Al-Shorta)

Amjad Attwan (Naft Al-Wasat)

Bashar Resan (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Ahmed Yasin (BK Hacken, Sweden)

Humam Tariq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Amjad Khalaf (Al-Zawraa)

Yaser Kasim (Northampton Town, England)

Ali Husni (Al Arabi, Kuwait)

Hussein Ali (Al-Zawraa)

Ahmed Jalal (Al-Naft)

Forwards

Hammadi Ahmed (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)

Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (Al-Zawraa)

Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al-Zawraa)

Ayman Hussein (Al-Naft)

Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (Al-Minaa)

Mazen Fayad (Al-Naft)

Sherko Karim (Grasshopper, Switzerland)

Hassan Ali  (Al-Kahraba)