Newly appointed Saudi Arabia coach Paqueta recalled 27 players to join the Saudi team's two-week training camp that kicks-off on January 12th and in which they will play three friendly matches against Sweden, Finland and Greece. Veteran striker Sami Al-Jaber, Ittihad Jeddah Skipper Mohamed Nour and Ahli Jeddah's Hussein Abdul-Ghani's names were overlooked in Paqueta's players list. The training camp will witness the return of Hilal goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Daieie, Ittihad's Ahmed Al-Doukhi and Ahli's Talal Al-Mashaal. The Saudi team will face Sweden, Finland and Greece on January 18th, 21st and 25th in preparation for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The Brazilian boss chose: Hilal player: Mohamed Al-Daieie, Ahmed Khalil, Abdul-Aziz Al-Khothran, Khaled Aziz, Mohamed Shalhoub, Nawaf Al-Temiat, Yasser Al-Qahtani, Mohamed Al-Anbar and Abdul-Latif Al-Ghannam. Ittihad Jeddah: Mabrouk Zayed, Hamad Al-Montasheri, Osama Al-Muwallad, Ahmed Al-Doukhi, Soud Kriri, Mnaf Abou-Sghair, Mohamed Amin, Ibrahim Al-Suwaiad. Al-Ansar: Mostafa Malaeka Ahli Jeddah: Naief Al-Kadi, Tayseer Al-Jasim, Mohamed Musaad, Talal Al-Mushaal. Al-Wehda: Soliman Amido, Eissa Al-Muhiani Al-Shabab: Zeid Al-Muwalad, Ahmed Al-Bahari Al-Nassr: Saad Al-Harthi