Qatar national under-17 football team
Association | Qatar Football Association | ||
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Óscar Fernández | ||
Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | ||
FIFA code | QAT | ||
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AFC U-16 Championship | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1985) | ||
Best result | 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
One year later, they managed an Asian record high fourth-place finish in the
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
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) / Year | Round |
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1985 | Runners-up |
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 | Quarterfinals |
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 |
2018 | did not qualify |
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Qualified but later cancelled |
2023 | Group Stage |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Host nation(s) / Year | Round |
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1985 | Group stage |
1987 | Quarterfinals |
1989 | did not qualify |
1991 | Fourth place |
1993 | Group stage |
1995 | Group stage |
1997 | did not qualify |
1999 | Quarterfinals |
2001 | did not qualify |
2003 | did not qualify |
2005 | Group stage |
2007 | did not qualify |
2009 | did not qualify |
2011 | did not qualify |
2013 | did not qualify |
2015 | did not qualify |
2017 | did not qualify |
2019 | did not qualify |
2023 | did not qualify |
2025 | qualified as host |
2026 |
qualified as host |
2027 |
qualified as host |
2028 |
qualified as host |
2029 |
qualified 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 | |
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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)
- Félix Sánchez 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
- ^ "الموافقة على القائمة النهائية للناشئين المشاركين في بطولة آسيا تحت 17 سنة في تايلاند" (in Arabic). الاتحاد القطري لكرة القدم. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "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