• Ismail Ahmed of the UAE (right) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Ismail Ahmed of the UAE (right) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Khalid Eisa of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Khalid Eisa of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Ali Mabkhout of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Ali Mabkhout of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Omar Abdulrahman of the UAE (third right) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Omar Abdulrahman of the UAE (third right) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    UAE coach Mahdi Ali during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Omar Abdulrahman of the UAE (left) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Omar Abdulrahman of the UAE (left) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Khamis Esmail (left) and Mohammed Abdulrahman of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Khamis Esmail (left) and Mohammed Abdulrahman of the UAE during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
  • Mohamed Ahmed of the UAE (centre) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA
    Mohamed Ahmed of the UAE (centre) during a UAE national football team training session in preparation for matches against South Korea and East Timor. 8 June 2015 Photo Courtesy: UAE FA

UAE football team trains in Kuala Lumpur – in pictures


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The UAE national football squad are in Kuala Lumpur for training ahead of an upcoming friendly against South Korea on June 11 and then for their first 2018 Asian World Cup qualifier against Timor-Leste on June 16. Both matches will be played in Kuala Lumpur. The team worked out on Sunay under the watchful eye of coach Mahdi Ali. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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