The 2019 WAFF Championship was an international football tournament held in Iraq from 30 July to 14 August 2019. The nine national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The age listed for each player is on 30 July 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Group A
Iraq
Coach: Srečko Katanec Iraq's 44-man preliminary squad was announced on 24 June 2019. The squad was reduced to 36 players on 12 July, then to 33 players on 20 July. The final squad was announced on 22 July.
Coach: Hélio Sousa Bahrain's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 11 July 2019. The final squad was announced on 2 August.
Jordan
Coach: Vital Borkelmans Jordan's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 17 July 2019. The final squad was announced on 30 July.
Statistics
Age
Of the seven teenagers in the competition, Yemen's Ahmed Maher was the youngest at as of the first day of the tournament, and Yemen's Salem Al-Harsh was the youngest goalkeeper. At, Syria's Firas Al-Khatib was the oldest player and oldest captain, and Jordan's Moataz Yaseen was the oldest goalkeeper.
Player representation by league system
League systems with the country's national team present are listed. In all, WAFF Championship squad members played for clubs in 14 countries.
Country
Players
Percentage
Outside national squad
Kuwait
29
14.01%
6
Lebanon
24
11.59%
1
Saudi Arabia
24
11.59%
1
Iraq
22
10.63%
2
Jordan
22
10.63%
1
Bahrain
20
9.66%
0
Palestine
19
9.18%
0
Syria
15
7.25%
0
Yemen
13
6.28%
0
Others
13
6.28%
13
Total
207
100%
24
Three squads were made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.
The Yemen squad had the most players from a single foreign federation, with six players employed in Qatar.
Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Qatar's league provided the most squad members.
Player representation by club
Clubs with six or more players represented are listed.
Al-Ahed
Al-Faisaly
Al-Qadsia
Al-Zawraa
Al-Riffa