Qatar national under-17 football team

Qatar Under-17

Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Óscar Fernández
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Fourth place: 1991
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 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
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
2020	Qualified

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

Host nation(s) / Year	Round
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
2021	To be determined

Current squad[]

Squad for 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification on 22 September 2011 (link)^{[permanent dead link]}

Head coach: Óscar Fernández

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK		(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 26)		Al Sadd
28	1GK	Yazan Naim	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 24)		Al Ahli
2	2DF		(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 25)		Al Ahli
3	2DF		(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 26)		Al Sadd
5	2DF	Jassem Al-Mulla	(1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 (age 26)		Al Ahli
16	2DF		(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 26)		Al Sadd
10	3MF	Muaaz Al-Salemi	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 25)		Sevilla
14	3MF	Hossam Kamal	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 26)		Al Sadd
18	3MF		(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 26)		Al-Gharafa
21	3MF		(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 25)		Al Rayyan
9	4FW	Jassem Al-Jalabi	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 26)		Al-Wakrah
11	4FW	Jassim Al-Shammeri	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 25)		Al Sadd
19	4FW	Yousef Hani Ballan	(1996-12-09) 9 December 1996 (age 25)		Qatar SC
20	4FW	Akram Afif	(1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 25)		Sevilla

Current coaching staff[]

Last update: February 2014.^[1]

Technical staff
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[]

See also[]

• Qatar national football team
• Qatar national under-20 football team
• Qatar national under-23 football team

References[]

External links[]

• Qatar Football Association - official site
• Qatar Football Association - U-17