Qatar national under-17 football team

Qatar Under-17

Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Óscar Fernández
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1991)
Best result	Fourth place: 1991
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1986)
Best result	Champions: 1990

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 a respectable amount of achievements at the youth level. In addition to becoming champions of Asia in 1990 after winning the 1990 AFC U-17 Championship held in UAE, they also finished runners up at least four times in 1986, 1992, 1994, and 1998. In addition, Qatar were the hosts of four of the U-17 championships; a record.

The youth players became consistent finalists in the Asian U-17 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-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.

AFC U-17 Championship record

Host nation(s) / Year	Round
1985	Unknown
1986	Runners-up
1988	Group stage
1990	Champions
1992	Runners-up
1994	Runners-up
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Runners-up
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Quarter-finals
2004	Third place
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Group stage
2016	Did not qualify

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Host nation(s) / Year	Round
1991	Fourth place
1993	Group stage
1995	Group stage
1999	"Quarterfinals"
2005	Group stage

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

Squad for 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification on 22 September 2011 (link)

Head coach: Óscar Fernández

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Suleiman Abdullah	19 January 1996		Al Sadd
28	GK	Yazan Naiem	5 June 1997		Al Ahli
2	DF	Salim Ali Shahwani	10 April 1996		Al Ahli
3	DF	Hamad Muftah	22 March 1996		Al Sadd
5	DF	Jassim Al-Mulla	6 February 1996		Al Ahli
16	DF	Faisal Jaidi	27 February 1996		Al Sadd
10	MF	Muath Salemi	15 August 1996		Sevilla
14	MF	Husam Kamal	25 January 1996		Al Sadd
18	MF	Osama Bassam	12 February 1996		Al-Gharafa
21	MF	Ali Al Balushi	21 September 1996		Al Rayyan
9	FW	Jassim Jalabi	21 February 1996		Al-Wakrah
11	FW	Jassim Al-Shammari	15 October 1996		Al Sadd
19	FW	Yousef Safar	9 December 1996		Qatar SC
20	FW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996		Sevilla

Current coaching staff

Last update: February 2014.^[1]

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

Ronald de Carvalho (1979–85) Cabralzinho (1985) José Roberto Avila (ca. 1991) Humberto Filho (1993) Wiel Coerver (ca. 1993) Bo Augustsson (ca. 1990s) René Meulensteen (ca. 1990s) Dave Mackay (1995) Eid Mubarak (1995–96) Ahmed Omar (1996) Ove Pedersen (1996–97) José Paulo (1998–99)

Saeed Al-Misnad (1999) José Paulo (1999–c. 00) Chris Dekker (2000–01) Ruud Dokter (2001–02) Patrick Revelli (2002–04) Tom Saintfiet (2004) Tini Ruijs (2004–05) Fahad Thani (2005–06) Tini Ruijs (2010–12) Felix Sanchez Bas (2012–13) Óscar Fernández (2013–)

See also

• Qatar national football team
• Qatar national under-20 football team
• Qatar national under-23 football team

References

1. "عنابى الناشئين يشارك فى بطولة هونج كونج الودية". Qatar Football Association. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

External links

• Qatar Football Association - official site
• Qatar Football Association - U-17