Qatar national under-17 football team explained

Qatar Under-17
Fifa Trigramme:QAT
Association:Qatar Football Association
Sub-Confederation:WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Coach:Óscar Fernández
Home Stadium:Khalifa International Stadium
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
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Regional Name:FIFA U-17 World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:12
Regional Cup First:1991
Regional Cup Best:Fourth place (1991)
2Ndregional Name:AFC U-16 Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:10
2Ndregional Cup First:1985
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champions (1990)

The Qatar national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association.

History

Despite being a country with a small base of footballers; Qatar has had a respectable degree of achievements at the youth level. In addition to becoming champions of Asia in 1990 after winning the 1990 AFC U-16 Championship held in the UAE, they also finished runners up five times (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, and 1998). In addition, Qatar have also been the hosts of four of the U-16 championships; a record.

The youth players became consistent finalists in the Asian U-16 championships since they first reached the final in 1986 when they lost to South Korea in a dramatic penalty shoot-out on home soil, which was tightly clinched 5–4. This was followed by another appearance in 1988 before winning it 1990 after defeating China by a scoreline of 2–0.

One year later, they managed an Asian record high fourth-place finish in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, even with a relatively slow start as they failed to gain more than a single point in the first two group B matches, however, a Jassim Al Tammimi goal against Australia was enough for a quarterfinal place.

Qatar advanced to the semis on the expense of the United States, whom they defeated 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after the score had settled 1–1 at the end of regulation time. Shortly after, they themselves went down in a penalty shootout to eventual champions, Ghana, in the semi-finals, before suffering the same fate against Argentina in the third-place match respectively.

Qatar's tradition of youth teams' excellence was to be prolonged for another decade; they reached the World Cup three more times on 1993, 1995 and 2005.

In the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Qatar were drawn 2–2 with the mighty Netherlands before half-time in their first group match. Although Qatar went on to lose the match 5–3, many future talents were discovered during the tournament, including Khalfan Ibrahim who went on to win the Asian Player of the Year award one year later.

They will return to the FIFA U-17 World Cup twenty years after their last appearance which will take place in 2025 as when they will host the tournament.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record

Host nation(s) / YearRound
1985Runners-up
1986Runners-up
1988Group stage
1990Champions
1992Runners-up
1994Runners-up
1996did not qualify
1998Runners-up
2000did not qualify
2002Quarterfinals
2004Third place
2006did not qualify
2008did not qualify
2010did not qualify
2012did not qualify
2014Group stage
2016did not qualify
2018did not qualify
2020Qualified but later cancelled
2023Group Stage

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Host nation(s) / YearRound
1985Group stage
1987Quarterfinals
1989did not qualify
1991Fourth place
1993Group stage
1995Group stage
1997did not qualify
1999Quarterfinals
2001did not qualify
2003did not qualify
2005Group stage
2007did not qualify
2009did not qualify
2011did not qualify
2013did not qualify
2015did not qualify
2017did not qualify
2019did not qualify
2023did not qualify
2025qualified as host
2026qualified as host
2027qualified as host
2028qualified as host
2029qualified as host

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.[1]

Current coaching staff

Last update: February 2014.[2]

Technical staff
Head coach Óscar Fernández
Assistant coach Ibrahim El-Shafei
Goalkeeping coach Onala Iñaki
Fitness coach Xavier Pedro
Fitness coach Olivier Materne
Administrative staff
Director of administration Mohammed Al Obaidly
Administrator Faraj Saleh Al Marri
Media co-ordinator Abdullah Saleh Sulaiti

Managerial history

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: الموافقة على القائمة النهائية للناشئين المشاركين في بطولة آسيا تحت 17 سنة في تايلاند . 15 June 2023 . الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم . 13 June 2023 . Arabic.
  2. Web site: عنابى الناشئين يشارك فى بطولة هونج كونج الودية. Qatar Football Association. 12 December 2014.
  3. Web site: اختيار 30 لاعبًا لخوض النهائيات. Al Raya. Arabic. 16 April 1985. 10 June 2024.