Qatar national under-17 football team

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.

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.

Squad for 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification on 22 September 2011 (link)

Head coach: Óscar Fernández

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

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

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

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