Qatar national under-17 football team
| Association | Qatar Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Álvaro Mejía |
| Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium |
| FIFA code | QAT |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1991 ) |
| Best result | Fourth place (1991) |
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 11 (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
[edit ]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.
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar 1985 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Qatar 1986 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Thailand 1988 | Group stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates 1990 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia 1992 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Qatar 1994 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |
| Thailand 1996 | did not qualify | ||||||
| Qatar 1998 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| Vietnam 2000 | did not qualify | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates 2002 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Japan 2004 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| Singapore 2006 | did not qualify | ||||||
| Uzbekistan 2008 | |||||||
| Uzbekistan 2010 | |||||||
| Iran 2012 | |||||||
| Thailand 2014 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| India 2016 | did not qualify | ||||||
| Malaysia 2018 | |||||||
| Thailand 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia 2025 | did not qualify | ||||||
| Total | 11/20 | 49 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 47 |
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
[edit ]| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| China 1985 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Canada 1987 | Group stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Scotland 1989 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Italy 1991 | Fourth place | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Japan 1993 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Ecuador 1995 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Egypt 1997 | did not qualify | |||||||
| New Zealand 1999 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago 2001 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Finland 2003 | ||||||||
| Peru 2005 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| South Korea 2007 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Nigeria 2009 | ||||||||
| Mexico 2011 | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates 2013 | ||||||||
| Chile 2015 | ||||||||
| India 2017 | ||||||||
| Brazil 2019 | ||||||||
| Indonesia 2023 | ||||||||
| Qatar 2025 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
| Total | 8/20 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 46 | |
Head-to-head record
[edit ]The following table shows Qatar's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
In FIFA U-17 World Cup
[edit ]| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Gambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Ghana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 023.08 |
In AFC U-17 Asian Cup
[edit ]| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 100.00 |
| China | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Iran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Iraq | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 100.00 |
| North Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 080.00 |
| Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 040.00 |
| South Korea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Syria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 033.332 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Total | 49 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 055.10 |
Current squad
[edit ]The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.[1]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Anas Erraji | (2006年11月16日) 16 November 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Gharafa | ||
| 21 | 1GK | Zeiad Mohamed Shoaib | (2006年02月06日) 6 February 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Gharafa | ||
| 22 | 1GK | Galal Amir El-Sharkawy | (2006年02月26日) 26 February 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 2 | 2DF | Abdolaziz Abbas Jafari | (2006年01月14日) 14 January 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 3 | 2DF | Ahmad Samir Al-Mughanni | (2006年04月27日) 27 April 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 4 | 2DF | Yousef Ziyad Marei | (2007年02月02日) 2 February 2007 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Ahli | ||
| 5 | 2DF | Ali Mohammad Shahabi | (2006年01月29日) 29 January 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Ahli | ||
| 12 | 2DF | Yazan Emad Awwad | (2006年09月29日) 29 September 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 16 | 2DF | Abdurrahman Iwan Kuswanto | (2006年08月14日) 14 August 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Wakrah | ||
| 23 | 2DF | Abdulla Salman Al-Otaibi | (2006年04月15日) 15 April 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 6 | 3MF | Salem Reda | (2006年07月30日) 30 July 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Arabi | ||
| 8 | 3MF | Mohammed Aman Al-Sulaiti | (2006年07月06日) 6 July 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Arabi | ||
| 10 | 3MF | Bassam Adel Eid | (2006年09月25日) 25 September 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 15 | 3MF | Khalid Atiyaq Al-Shaaibi | (2007年06月03日) 3 June 2007 (age 17) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 18 | 3MF | Awab Mirghani Fadil | (2006年04月05日) 5 April 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 20 | 3MF | Esmail Musaed Al-Ahrak | (2006年02月05日) 5 February 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Gharafa | ||
| 7 | 4FW | Tahsin Mohammed Jamshid | (2006年06月16日) 16 June 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 9 | 4FW | Dekhayel Tariq Al-Hamad | (2006年02月22日) 22 February 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 11 | 4FW | Rayyan Ahmed Al-Ali | (2006年03月26日) 26 March 2006 (age 19) | Qatar Al-Gharafa | ||
| 13 | 4FW | Mohamed Muatasim Elsiddig | (2007年05月18日) 18 May 2007 (age 17) | Qatar Al-Duhail | ||
| 14 | 4FW | Aws Adel Al-Muhiarat | (2006年11月30日) 30 November 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Sadd | ||
| 17 | 4FW | Nasser Adil Babiker | (2006年08月26日) 26 August 2006 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Ahli | ||
| 19 | 4FW | Ethan Socorro | (2007年02月01日) 1 February 2007 (age 18) | Qatar Al-Rayyan | ||
Current coaching staff
[edit ]Last update: February 2014.[2]
| Technical staff | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Spain Óscar Fernández |
| Assistant coach | Egypt Ibrahim El-Shafei |
| Goalkeeping coach | Spain Onala Iñaki |
| Fitness coach | Spain Xavier Pedro |
| Fitness coach | Belgium Olivier Materne |
| Administrative staff | |
| Director of administration | Qatar Mohammed Al Obaidly |
| Administrator | Qatar Faraj Saleh Al Marri |
| Media co-ordinator | Qatar Abdullah Saleh Sulaiti |
Managerial history
[edit ]- Brazil Ronald de Carvalho (1979–85)
- Qatar Saeed Al-Misnad (1985)[3]
- Brazil Cabralzinho (1985)
- Brazil José Roberto Avila (ca. 1991)
- Brazil Humberto Filho (1993)
- Netherlands Wiel Coerver (ca. 1993)
- Sweden Bo Augustsson (ca. 1990s)
- Netherlands René Meulensteen (ca. 1990s)
- Scotland Dave Mackay (1995)
- Qatar Eid Mubarak (1995–96)
- Qatar Ahmed Omar (1996)
- Denmark Ove Pedersen (1996–97)
- Brazil José Paulo (1998–99)
- Qatar Saeed Al-Misnad (1999)
- Brazil José Paulo (1999–c. 00)
- Netherlands Chris Dekker (2000–01)
- Netherlands Ruud Dokter (2001–02)
- France Patrick Revelli (2002–04)
- Belgium Tom Saintfiet (2004)
- Netherlands Tini Ruijs (2004–05)
- Qatar Fahad Thani (2005–06)
- Netherlands Tini Ruijs (2010–12)
- Spain Félix Sánchez Bas (2012–13)
- Spain Óscar Fernández (2013–)
See also
[edit ]- Qatar national football team
- Qatar national under-20 football team
- Qatar national under-23 football team
References
[edit ]- ^ "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.
- ^ "اختيار 30 لاعبًا لخوض النهائيات" (in Arabic). Al Raya. 16 April 1985. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
External links
[edit ]- Qatar Football Association - official site
- Qatar Football Association - U-17