{"id":6959,"date":"2026-11-10T03:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=6959"},"modified":"2026-11-10T03:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:51:31","slug":"reijnders-joao-felix-lead-saudi-based-contingent-in-uefa-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/reijnders-joao-felix-lead-saudi-based-contingent-in-uefa-nations-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Reijnders, Joao Felix lead Saudi-based contingent in UEFA Nations League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tijjani Reijnders and Joao Felix are among 15 Saudi Pro League players selected by 10 national teams for this month\u2019s UEFA Nations League matches.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal have called up three Saudi-based players for their first fixtures since Cristiano Ronaldo announced his international retirement last week.<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr forward Felix joins Al Hilal midfielder Ruben Neves and Al Ahli winger Francisco Trincao as Portugal prepare to face Denmark and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions have already reached the quarter-finals after winning their opening four matches and need one more point to secure top spot in Group A4.<\/p>\n<p>They host Denmark on November 14 before visiting Wales three days later.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands have selected Al Qadsiah midfielder Reijnders and Al Hilal winger Crysencio Summerville for their closing group matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch host Greece on November 13 before travelling to Germany on November 16, with a quarter-final place still to be secured.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxv6jp7N5vE?si=__ua6wOrnkYseMhE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Greece have called up NEOM winger Georgios Masouras, while Al Hilal midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has been selected by Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahli defender Merih Demiral completes the Saudi Pro League\u2019s eight-player contingent in League A, with Turkiye facing Belgium and France.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s Jack Hendry is the league\u2019s sole representative in League B, with the Al Ettifaq defender selected for matches against North Macedonia and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Slovakia match Portugal\u2019s total of three Saudi-based players, calling up Al Ettifaq goalkeeper Marek Rodak and midfielder Ondrej Duda alongside Al Fateh forward Lukas Haraslin.<\/p>\n<p>They face the Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan in League C, which accounts for six of the Saudi league\u2019s selections.<\/p>\n<p>Al Diriyah defender Berat Gjimshiti has been called up by Albania, while Al Taawoun\u2019s Marin Petkov and Al Khaleej goalkeeper Anthony Moris have been selected by Bulgaria and Luxembourg respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Pro League resumes on November 20 when Al Ahli face Al Nassr in a rearranged fixture, before Matchweek 13 runs from November 26\u201328, live on SPOTV NOW.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3k26pzfR3dA?si=ZC42WpgoIpPuWWXz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tijjani Reijnders and Joao Felix are among 15 Saudi Pro League players selected by 10 national teams for this month\u2019s UEFA Nations League matches. Portugal have called up three Saudi-based players for their first fixtures since Cristiano Ronaldo announced his international retirement last week. Al Nassr forward Felix joins Al Hilal midfielder Ruben Neves and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/reijnders-joao-felix-lead-saudi-based-contingent-in-uefa-nations-league\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reijnders, Joao Felix lead Saudi-based contingent in UEFA Nations League<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[127,198,1365],"class_list":["post-6959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-football","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-uefa-nations-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6962,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959\/revisions\/6962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}