Kathmandu, June 6: Nepal and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are playing the qualifiers match under the FIFA World Cup-2026 today.
The match will be played at the Prince Mohammad bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia at 9:45 pm Nepali time.
Earlier, Nepal had lost 4-0 to UAE in the match played at the latter’s home ground. Head coach of the Nepali National Football Team Vincenzo Alberto Annese expressed the belief that the Nepali team would perform well in the match against UAE.
In the FIFA rankings, UAE has 67th position while Nepal is at 178th rank.
Nepali squad include goalkeepers Kiran Chemjong (captain), Bishal Sunar and Abhishek Baral. Likewise, Bimal Pandey, Abhishek Limbu, Ananta Tamang, Bishal Basnet, Tshering Lama, Saubhagya Rai and Rohit Chand are the defenders. Similarly, Bharat Khawas, Lucky Limbu, Mani Kumar Lama, Manish Dangi, Suman Shrestha, Basanta Zimba and Ashish Rai are the midfielders.
The forwards in the squad are Gillespi Jung Karki, Hisub Thapaliya, Sanjeev Bista, Ayush Ghalan and Ashik Babu Chaudhary.
