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Amin also confirmed that the club has changed the dates meaning that Umm Salal will leave from the 6th to 26 of August. The change has been made following the confirmation that the QSL season will now start on the 16th of September.
Head coach Bülent Uygun will now begin preparations in earnest for his side, arranging key friendly matches and finalizing the training regime of his squad with his backroom staff. Umm Salal finished in fifth place in the QSL standings, just missing out on a Qatar Cup place with a tally of forty one points.