Qatar Under-17
AssociationQatar Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachÓscar Fernández
Home stadiumKhalifa International Stadium
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA codeQAT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1991)
Best resultFourth place: 1991
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions: 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 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 (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, and 1998). 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-17 Asian Cup record

Host nation(s) / Year Round
Qatar 1985Runners-up
Qatar 1986Runners-up
Thailand 1988Group stage
United Arab Emirates 1990Champions
Saudi Arabia 1992Runners-up
Qatar 1994Runners-up
Thailand 1996did not qualify
Qatar 1998Runners-up
Vietnam 2000did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2002Quarterfinals
Japan 2004Third place
Singapore 2006did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2008did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2010did not qualify
Iran 2012did not qualify
Thailand 2014Group stage
India 2016did not qualify
Malaysia 2018did not qualify
Bahrain 2020Qualified but later cancelled
Thailand 2023Group Stage
  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Host nation(s) / Year Round
China 1985Group stage
Canada 1987Quarterfinals
Scotland 1989did not qualify
Italy 1991Fourth place
Japan 1993Group stage
Ecuador 1995Group stage
Egypt 1997did not qualify
New Zealand 1999Quarterfinals
Trinidad and Tobago 2001did not qualify
Finland 2003did not qualify
Peru 2005Group stage
South Korea 2007did not qualify
Nigeria 2009did not qualify
Mexico 2011did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013did not qualify
Chile 2015did not qualify
India 2017did not qualify
Brazil 2019did not qualify
Indonesia 2023did not qualify

Current squad

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 (2006-11-16) 16 November 2006 Qatar Al-Gharafa
21 1GK Zeiad Mohamed Shoaib (2006-02-06) 6 February 2006 Qatar Al-Gharafa
22 1GK Galal Amir El-Sharkawy (2006-02-26) 26 February 2006 Qatar Al-Duhail

2 2DF Abdolaziz Abbas Jafari (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 Qatar Al-Duhail
3 2DF Ahmad Samir Al-Mughanni (2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 Qatar Al-Sadd
4 2DF Yousef Ziyad Marei (2007-02-02) 2 February 2007 Qatar Al-Ahli
5 2DF Ali Mohammad Shahabi (2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 Qatar Al-Ahli
12 2DF Yazan Emad Awwad (2006-09-29) 29 September 2006 Qatar Al-Sadd
16 2DF Abdurrahman Iwan Kuswanto (2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 Qatar Al-Wakrah
23 2DF Abdulla Salman Al-Otaibi (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 Qatar Al-Sadd

6 3MF Salem Reda (2006-07-30) 30 July 2006 Qatar Al-Arabi
8 3MF Mohammed Aman Al-Sulaiti (2006-07-06) 6 July 2006 Qatar Al-Arabi
10 3MF Bassam Adel Eid (2006-09-25) 25 September 2006 Qatar Al-Sadd
15 3MF Khalid Atiyaq Al-Shaaibi (2007-06-03) 3 June 2007 Qatar Al-Sadd
18 3MF Awab Mirghani Fadil (2006-04-05) 5 April 2006 Qatar Al-Duhail
20 3MF Esmail Musaed Al-Ahrak (2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 Qatar Al-Gharafa

7 4FW Tahsin Mohammed Jamshid (2006-06-16) 16 June 2006 Qatar Al-Duhail
9 4FW Dekhayel Tariq Al-Hamad (2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 Qatar Al-Duhail
11 4FW Rayyan Ahmed Al-Ali (2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 Qatar Al-Gharafa
13 4FW Mohamed Muatasim Elsiddig (2007-05-18) 18 May 2007 Qatar Al-Duhail
14 4FW Aws Adel Al-Muhiarat (2006-11-30) 30 November 2006 Qatar Al-Sadd
17 4FW Nasser Adil Babiker (2006-08-26) 26 August 2006 Qatar Al-Ahli
19 4FW Ethan Socorro (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 Qatar Al-Rayyan

Current coaching staff

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

See also

References

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