KARACHI, Sept 1: National football team which will face Oman on Wednesday in the 14th Asian Cup Football Qualifiers (Group-C) will leave for Muscat here on Saturday.The return leg between the two nations will be played at Muscat's Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Oman had already won the first Asian Cup tie in Islamabad last month.

The Pakistan team comprises the same players that won the gold medal in recently concluded 10th South Asian Games.

Jaffar Khan, Tanveer Ahmed, Kamran Khan and Imran Niazi are other four players included in the squad.

September 6’s fixtures: Yemen v Japan at Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen; Iraq v Palestine at Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain; Qatar v Bangladesh at Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha; Syria v Iran at Al Abbassiyin Stadium, Damascus: UAE v Jordan at Al Shaab Stadium, Dubai; Singapore v China at National Stadium, Singapore; Korea Republic v Chinese Taipei at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Korea; Oman v Pakistan at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat; Hong Kong v Uzbekistan at Hong Kong Stadium, Saudi Arabia v India at Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah; Kuwait v Australia at Kuwait Stadium.—PPI

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