Qatar national under-17 football team


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 a respectable amount 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. In addition, Qatar were 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.

AFC U-16 Championship record

Host nation / 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
2021To be determined

Current squad

Head coach: Óscar Fernández
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Current coaching staff

Last update: February 2014.

Managerial history