Qatar national under-23 football team

Qatar Under-23

Nickname(s)	Annabi (The Maroon)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Fahad Thani
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
Olympics
Appearances	2 (first in 1984)
Best result	Quarter-finals: 1992

Qatar national under-23 football team (also known as Qatar Under-23 or Qatar Olympics Team) represents Qatar in international football competitions in Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 and Football at the Summer Olympics, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments.

History

Compared to regional neighbors; Qatar has a decent record to show for in Olympic football, with two prior Summer Olympics qualifications and a gold medal in the 2006 Asian games.

Qatar’s first attempt to compete in the Olympic level proved fruitful, they cruised past Jordan and Syria in the preliminary stages of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, then finished atop of Group B in the final qualifications round after beating Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Iraq.

Qatar’s Olympic debut under Brazilian legend Evaristo de Macedo came as stunning as it gets, a 2-2 draw with a Platini captained France (who went on to claim the gold medal eventually), sent ripples of shock across the football world, however; suffering two defeats to Chile and Norway deprived the first timers of a last 16 berth.

Eight years later, a new young squad dominated its qualifying campaign on the expense of Japan, China and Saudi Arabia, in the finals; the Qataris were given a tough draw next to host nation Spain, Colombia and Egypt. Qatar kicked off their matches at Barcelona with a crucial 1-0 win over fellow Arab nation Egypt, before registering a 1-1 draw with Colombia to secure a place in the knockout stage, turning the last group match against Spain into a formality.

A loss to Poland in the second stage fell a little bit short of rising expectations, but reaching the second stage led to the country’s best Olympic result.

When hosting the 2006 Asian Games, Qatar found itself with a double objective; to show that it was capable of hosting a major event of that caliber, and demonstrate that its football team was worthy of standing alongside Asia’s elite.

Undefeated throughout the whole tournament; Qatar’s momentum escalated from one match to another, reaching its peak in the 2-0 final against Iraq.

Tournament records

Summer Olympics

Since 1992, football at the Summer Olympics changes into Under-23 tournament.

Olympics Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	2	5
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Semi Finalist	4th	6	4	0	2	13	10

Asian Games

Since 2002, football at the Asian Games changes into Under-23 tournament.

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Group stage	3	1	2	0	13	2
2006	Champions	6	5	0	1	13	2
2010	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	2
2014	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gulf Cup of Nations

Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2008	Final group	3rd	4	1	2	1	8	5
2010	Semi-finals	4th	4	0	2	2	2	6
2011	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	0	3	3	9

Current squad

Head coach: Félix Sánchez Bas

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Yousef Hassan	24 May 1996 (aged 19)	Al-Gharafa
2	DF	Musab Kheder	1 January 1993 (aged 23)	Al Sadd
3	DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	28 August 1993 (aged 22)	Al Sadd
4	MF	Ahmed Moein	20 October 1995 (aged 20)	El Jaish
5	MF	Ahmed Fadhel	07 April 1993 (aged 22)	Al-Wakrah
6	DF	Ahmed Yasser	17 May 1994 (aged 21)	Lekhwiya
7	FW	Ahmed Alaaeldin	31 January 1993 (aged 22)	Al-Rayyan
8	MF	Ali Assadalla	19 January 1993 (aged 22)	Al Sadd
9	MF	Abdullah Ali Abdulsalam	10 May 1997 (aged 18)	Lekhwiya
10	FW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996 (aged 19)	Eupen
11	FW	Mohammed Muntari	20 December 1993 (aged 22)	Lekhwiya
12	GK	Mohammed Al Bakari	28 March 1997 (aged 18)	Lekhwiya
13	DF	Sultan Al-Brake	7 April 1996 (aged 19)	Al-Wakra
14	MF	Ahmed Al Saadi	2 October 1995 (aged 20)	Lekhwiya
15	DF	Salem Al-Hajri	10 April 1996 (aged 19)	Al Sadd
16	DF	Tameem Al-Muhizea	21 July 1996 (aged 19)	Al-Gharafa
17	DF	Mohammed Alaaeldin	24 January 1994 (aged 21)	Al-Rayyan
18	MF	Assim Madibo	22 October 1996 (aged 19)	LASK Linz
19	FW	Almoez Ali	19 August 1996 (aged 19)	Cultural Leonesa
20	DF	Bassam Alrawi	16 December 1997 (aged 18)	Al-Rayyan
21	MF	Abdurahman Mostafa	5 April 1997 (aged 18)	Al-Rayyan
22	GK	Muhannad Naim	1 January 1993 (aged 23)	Al Sadd
23	DF	Fahad Ali Shanin	6 April 1995 (aged 20)	Eupen

Former managers

Period	Manager
1998–1999	Jo Bonfrere
1999–2000	José Paulo
2003	Alex Dupont
2007	Hassan Hormatallah
2011–2012	Paulo Autuori
2012–2013	Alain Perrin
2013	Marcel Van Buuren
2013–14	Julio César Moreno
2014–	Fahad Thani

See also

• Qatar national football team
• Qatar national under-20 football team
• Qatar national under-17 football team