Qatar national under-23 football team

Qatar national under-23 football team (also known as Qatar Under-23 or Qatar Olympics Team) represents Qatar in international football competitions in GCC U-23 Championship and Football at the Summer Olympics, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments.

Qatar Under-23
Nickname(s)Annabi (The Maroon)
AssociationQatar Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Home stadiumKhalifa International Stadium
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA codeQAT
First colours
Second colours
Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 1984)
Best resultQuarter-finals: 1992
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2016)
Best result Bronze Medal (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold Medal (2006)

History

Compared to regional neighbours; Qatar has a decent record to show for in Olympic football, with two prior Summer Olympics qualifications and a gold medal in the 2006 Asian games.

Qatar’s first attempt to compete in the Olympic level proved fruitful, they cruised past Jordan and Syria in the preliminary stages of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, then finished atop of Group B in the final qualifications round after beating Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Iraq.

Qatar’s Olympic debut under Brazilian legend Evaristo de Macedo came as stunning as it gets, a 2–2 draw with a Platini captained France (who went on to claim the gold medal eventually), sent ripples of shock across the football world, however; suffering two defeats to Chile and Norway deprived the first timers of a last 16 berth.

Eight years later, a new young squad dominated its qualifying campaign on the expense of Japan, China and Saudi Arabia, in the finals; the Qataris were given a tough draw next to host nation Spain, Colombia and Egypt. Qatar kicked off their matches at Barcelona with a crucial 1–0 win over fellow Arab nation Egypt, before registering a 1–1 draw with Colombia to secure a place in the knockout stage, turning the last group match against Spain into a formality.

A loss to Poland in the second stage fell a little bit short of rising expectations, but reaching the second stage led to the country’s best Olympic result.

When hosting the 2006 Asian Games, Qatar found itself with a double objective; to show that it was capable of hosting a major event of that caliber, and demonstrate that its football team was worthy of standing alongside Asia’s elite.

Undefeated throughout the whole tournament; Qatar’s momentum escalated from one match to another, reaching its peak in the 2–0 final against Iraq.

Tournament records

Summer Olympics

Since 1992, football at the Summer Olympics changes into Under-23 tournament.

Olympics Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1992 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 2 5
1996Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020

U-23 Asian Cup
AFC U-23 Championship Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2013Did not qualify
2016 Semi Finalist 4th 6 4 0 2 13 10
2018 Third place 3rd 6 5 1 0 10 5
2020 Group Stage 11th 3 0 3 0 3 3

Asian Games

Since 2002, football at the Asian Games changes into Under-23 tournament.

Asian Games Record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
2002Group stage3120132
2006 Gold6501132
2010Round of 16421142
2014Withdrew
2018Group stage301218
Total4/4168443114

GCC U-23 Championship
GCC U-23 Championship Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2008 Final group 3rd 4 1 2 1 8 5
2010Semi-finals4th 4 0 2 2 2 6
2011 4 1 0 3 3 9

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2018
9 January 2018 (2018-01-09) 2018 AFC U-23 GS Qatar  1–0  Uzbekistan Changzhou, China
19:30 (UTC+8) Almoez Ali  55' Live Report
Report		 Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) 2018 AFC U-23 GS Oman  0–1  Qatar Changzhou, China
19:30 (UTC+8) Live Report
Report		 Afif  43' Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 820
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
15 January 2018 (2018-01-15) 2018 AFC U-23 GS China PR  1–2  Qatar Changzhou, China
16:00 (UTC+8) Yao Junsheng  3' Live Report
Report		 Almoez Ali  44', 77' Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 2018 AFC U-23 QF Qatar  3–2  Palestine Changzhou, China
19:30 (UTC+8) Almoez Ali  32', 34'
Hashim Ali  53'		 Live Report
Report		 Dabbagh  60'
Darwish  87'		 Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 226
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
23 January 2018 (2018-01-23) 2018 AFC U-23 SF Qatar  2–2
(3–4 p)		  Vietnam Changzhou, China
16:00 (UTC+8) Afif  39' (pen.)
Almoez Ali  87'		 Live Report
Report		 Nguyễn Quang Hải  69', 88' Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 630
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Penalties
Afif
Moein
Al-Shammeri
Almoez Ali
Al-Brake 		Nguyễn Quang Hải
Lương Xuân Trường
Hà Đức Chinh
Phan Văn Đức
Vũ Văn Thanh
26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) 2018 AFC U-23 3rd Place Qatar  1–0  South Korea Kunshan, China
16:00 (UTC+8) Afif  39' Live Report
Report		 Stadium: Kunshan Stadium
Attendance: 168
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 2018 AG GS Thailand  1–1  Qatar Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00 (UTC+7) Supachai  90+2' Report Shehata  6' Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) 2018 AG GS Qatar  0–6  Uzbekistan Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00 (UTC+7) Report Urinboev  37'
Alibaev  43'
Khamdamov  47'
Sidikov  49'
Masharipov  54'
Abdixolikov  74'		 Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2018 AG GS Bangladesh  1–0  Qatar Bekasi, Indonesia
19:00 (UTC+7) Bhuyan  90+3' Report Stadium: Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium
Referee: Jansen Foo Chuan Hui (Singapore)

Players

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 20) Al-Wakrah
21 1GK Marwan Badreldin (1999-04-17)17 April 1999 (aged 19) Al-Ahli
22 1GK Mohammed Al-Bakri (1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 21) Al-Markhiya
2 2DF Tarek Salman (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 20) Júpiter Leonés
3 2DF Elias Ahmed (1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (aged 20) Al-Gharafa
5 2DF Tameem Al-Muhaza (1996-07-21)21 July 1996 (aged 22) Al-Gharafa
12 2DF Jassem Mohammed Omar (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 23) Al-Ahli
4 3MF Omar Al-Amadi (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 23) Qatar SC
14 3MF Andri Syahputra (1999-06-29)29 June 1999 (aged 19) Al-Gharafa
7 3MF Khalid Muneer (1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 20) Astorga
8 3MF Ahmed Moein (1995-10-20)20 October 1995 (aged 22) Leonesa
11 3MF Nasser Ibrahim Al-Nassr (1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (aged 23) Al-Markhiya
13 3MF Meshaal Ibrahim (1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (aged 19) Al Sadd
15 3MF Adel Bader (1997-01-17)17 January 1997 (aged 21) Al-Duhail
16 3MF Hazem Shehata (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 20) Al-Duhail
17 3MF Abdurahman Mostafa (1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 21) Al-Duhail
18 2DF Salah Al-Yahri (1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 22) Al-Khor
9 4FW Meshaal Al-Shammeri (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 23) Al Kharaitiyat
10 4FW Saoud Farhan (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 23) CA Bizertin
14 4FW Ahmed Al Saadi (1995-10-02)2 October 1995 (aged 22) Al-Rayyan

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads

Managers
Period Manager
1998–1999 Jo Bonfrere
1999–2000 José Paulo
2003 Alex Dupont
2007 Hassan Hormatallah
2011–2012 Paulo Autuori
2012–2013 Alain Perrin
2013 Marcel van Buuren
2013–2014 Julio César Moreno
2014–2017 Fahad Thani
2017– Felix Sanchez Bas

References
  1. "Qatar announce Asian Games squad". Qatar Football Association. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "Qatar announce Asian Games squad". Gulf Times. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

See also
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