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Qatar Qatar
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Annabi (The Maroon)
Association Qatar Football Association
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Vacant
Captain Bilal Mohammed
Top scorer Mansoor Muftah (48)
Home stadium Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code QAT
FIFA ranking 97
Highest FIFA ranking 51 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking 114 (December 2010)
Elo ranking 96
Highest Elo ranking 51 (September 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking 135 (April 1975)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Bahrain 2–1 Qatar Qatar
(Bahrain; 27 March 1970)
Biggest win
Qatar Qatar 8–0 Afghanistan 
(Guangzhou, China; 13 September 1984)
Qatar Qatar 8–0 Lebanon 
(Qatar; 27 March 1985)
Biggest defeat
 Kuwait 9–0 Qatar Qatar
(Kuwait; Date Unknown, 1973)
Asian Cup
Appearances 8 (First in 1980)
Best result Quarter-finals, 2000, 2011

The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. They have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup but are hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The team has also appeared in seven AFC Asian Cup tournaments and hosted the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

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[edit] History and overview

Football was brought to Qatar in the 1940s and 50s by oil workers. Soon after the formation of the Qatar Football Association in 1970, the national team played its first match against Bahrain in the Gulf Cup. Qatar have only once progressed beyond the group stage in continental championships and have never represented Asia in a FIFA World Cup. However, they have won the Gulf Cup twice, in 1992 and 2004, both times as host, and qualified for the Asian Cup finals in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007, and as hosts for 2011.

Qatar reached the Asian Zone's final qualifying round for France 1998 when they beat China and Iran to enter the last match against Saudi Arabia needing just a point to gain an automatic qualifying place. However, they lost out as the Saudis went through 1–0.

They reached the final qualifying round again four years later, but were defeated by Bora Milutinovic's China team, who topped the section to progress to their first FIFA World Cup. Frenchman Philippe Troussier took the manager's job after Korea–Japan 2002, but was unsuccessful in both the 2004 Asian Cup and the qualifying campaign for Germany 2006.

Troussier was sacked after the World Cup qualifying campaign, and under Bosnian Dzemaludin Musovic the team won the Gulf Cup in 2004 and the Asian Games gold in 2006. Musovic stepped down after Qatar took just two points from three matches in the AFC Asian Cup 2007. The job of coaching the team in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup fell to Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who led the team throughout the first and second AFC rounds up to the third one. After leaving them at the top of their group in the third round with only two played matches, Fossati had to undergo surgery. Subsequently, the Qatar FA ended their cooperation with him, who supposedly needed too long to recover from surgery. Bruno Metsu was called up for the job, but Qatar failed to qualify after finishing fourth in their qualifying group. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Qatar have qualified to the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games football tournaments.

Their U-17 youth team won the Asian Cup one time, while their Youth team made a famous appearance in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, where they finished as runners-up to Germany in the final match.

[edit] Honors

Winners, 1992, 2004
Gold Medalists, 2006
Winners, 1990
Qualifiers, 1984, 1992
Runners-Up, 1998
Runners-Up, 1981

[edit] FIFA World Cup

World Cup Finals World Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 to
West Germany 1974		 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 1 0 3 3 9
Spain 1982 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 5 3
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 6 3
Italy 1990 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 11 4 6 1 12 8
United States 1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 8 5 1 2 22 8
France 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 11 6 1 4 21 10
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 14 7 4 3 24 13
Germany 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 3 0 3 16 8
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 8 3 1 4 6 8
Brazil 2014 - - - - - - 6 3 2 1 12 5
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022 Host
Total - - - - - - - 90 40 19 31 136 93

[edit] FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 To Be Determined
Qatar 2021 Hosts

[edit] Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals Asian Cup Qualifications
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Hong Kong 1956 to Thailand 1972 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Iran 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - - 6 2 1 3 5 8
Kuwait 1980 Round 1 4 1 1 2 3 8 4 3 1 0 10 2
Singapore 1984 Round 1 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 3 0 1 11 1
Qatar 1988 Round 1 4 2 0 2 7 6
Japan 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 2
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 5 4
Lebanon 2000 Quarter-Finals 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 3 1 0 11 3
China 2004 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 6 3 2 1 10 7
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 6 5 0 1 14 4
Qatar 2011 Quarter-Finals 4 2 0 2 7 4
Total Best: Quarter-Finals 29 6 11 12 31 39 36 23 5 8 74 31

[edit] Gulf Cup of Nations Record

The Gulf Cup of Nations has been played on a bi-annual basis since 1970. The tournament has changed since the first edition from a round-robin basis to a knockout tournament in the latter years. Notably, the 2000 edition was cancelled and the 2003 and 2010 were moved due to congested fixture lists with other tournaments, such as the AFC Asian Cup.

Gulf Cup of Nations
Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Bahrain 1970 4th 3 0 1 2 4 7
Saudi Arabia 1972 4th 3 0 0 3 0 10
Kuwait 1974 Semi-Finals 3 1 0 2 5 4
Qatar 1976 3rd 6 4 1 1 11 6
Iraq 1979 5th 6 2 1 3 4 13
United Arab Emirates 1982 5th - - - - - -
Oman 1984 Runner Up 7 4 1 2 10 6
Bahrain 1986 4th - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 1988 6th 6 1 2 3 4 8
Kuwait 1990 Runner Up 4 1 2 1 4 4
Qatar 1992 Champions 5 4 0 1 8 1
United Arab Emirates 1994 4th - - - - - -
Oman 1996 Runner Up - - - - - -
Bahrain 1998 6th - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 2002 Runner Up - - - - - -
Kuwait 2003 3rd 6 2 3 1 5 3
Qatar 2004 Champions 5 3 2 0 10 7
United Arab Emirates 2007 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 2 4
Oman 2009 Semi-Finals 4 1 2 1 2 2
Yemen 2010 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 3 3
Total Best: Champions - 24 18 23 - -

[edit] West Asian Football Federation Championship

West Asian Football Federation Championship
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
2000 to 2007 Did not enter - - - - - -
Iran 2008 Semi-Finals 3 1 0 2 2 9
Jordan 2010 Did not enter - - - - - -
Total Best: Semi-Finals 3 1 0 2 2 9

[edit] Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1963 to 1966 Did not enter - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 1985 4th 4 1 0 3 3 2
1988 to 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
Qatar 1998 Runner Up 4 3 0 1 5 5
Kuwait 2002 Did not enter - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 2012
Total Best: Runner Up 8 4 0 4 8 7

[edit] Coaches

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Achievements
Sudan Mohammed Hassan Kheiri 1969–1972
Egypt Helmi Hussein Mahmoud 1974
England Frank Wignall 1975–1976
Sudan Hassan Othman 1979
Brazil Evaristo de Macedo 1980–1986
Brazil Procópio Cardoso 1987–1988
Soviet Union Anatoly Prokopenko 1988
Brazil Cabralzinho 1989
Brazil Dino Sani 1989–1990
Brazil Evaristo de Macedo 1992
Brazil Ivo Wortmann 1992
Brazil Sebastião Lapola 1992–1993
Qatar Abdul Mallalah 1993
Scotland Dave Mackay 1994–1995
Denmark Jørgen E. Larsen 1995–1996
Netherlands Jo Bonfrere 1996–1997
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Džemal Hadžiabdić 1997
Brazil Zé Mario 1998
Brazil Luiz Gonzaga Milioli 1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić 2000 – 2001
Brazil Paulo Luiz Campos ? – Dec 2001
France Pierre Lechantre Jan 2002 – May 2003
France Philippe Troussier June 2003 – July 2004
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović Aug 2004 – July 2007
Uruguay Jorge Fossati Aug 2007 – Sept 2008
France Bruno Metsu Sept 2008 – Feb 2011
Serbia Milovan Rajevac Feb 2011 – Aug 2011 7 1 2 4
Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni Aug 2011 – Dec 2011 10 2 6 2

[edit] Fixtures with Milovan Rajevac

[edit] Fixtures with Sebastião Lazaroni

[edit] Upcoming fixtures

Date Competition Location Opponent Score Result Scorers for Qatar
29 February 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifications Iran Tehran, Iran  Iran

[edit] Squad

The following 23-man squad was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) games on November 11, 2011 against Indonesia and on November 15, 2011 against Bahrain.[18]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Qasem Burhan 15 December 1985 (1985-12-15) (age 26) 32 0 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
12 GK Baba Malick 1 January 1983 (1983-01-01) (age 29) 5 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
21 GK Mohammed Mubarak 11 August 1984 (1984-08-11) (age 27) 0 0 Qatar Qatar SC
2 DF Hamid Ismail 15 January 1986 (1986-01-15) (age 26) 23 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan
3 DF Mohammed Kasola 13 August 1986 (1986-08-13) (age 25) 16 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
5 DF Marcone 5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) (age 33) 20 1 Qatar Al-Jaish
6 DF Meshal Mubarak 25 February 1982 (1982-02-25) (age 29) 49 2 Qatar Al-Rayyan
8 DF Mesaad Al-Hamad 11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 25) 34 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
13 DF Khaled Al Zakiba 22 November 1986 (1986-11-22) (age 25) 2 0 Qatar Qatar SC
14 DF Ibrahim Al Ghanim 27 June 1983 (1983-06-27) (age 28) 45 1 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
20 DF Mohammed Musa 23 March 1986 (1986-03-23) (age 25) 8 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
4 MF Lawrence Quaye 22 August 1984 (1984-08-22) (age 27) 16 0 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
7 MF Mohammed Omar 27 January 1983 (1983-01-27) (age 29) 5 0 Qatar Qatar SC
10 MF Khalfan Ibrahim 18 February 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 23) 47 15 Qatar Al-Sadd
16 MF Mohammed Razak 4 April 1986 (1986-04-04) (age 25) 7 3 Qatar Lekhwiya
17 MF Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti 11 June 1988 (1988-06-11) (age 23) 6 1 Qatar Al-Arabi
18 MF Younes Ali 3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) (age 29) 15 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan
19 MF Khaled Muftah 2 July 1992 (1992-07-02) (age 19) 3 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
22 MF Bilal Mohammed (Captain) 2 June 1986 (1986-06-02) (age 25) 61 4 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
9 FW Magid Mohamed 11 October 1985 (1985-10-11) (age 26) 33 6 Qatar Al-Sadd
11 FW Hassan Al Haidos 11 December 1989 (1989-12-11) (age 22) 3 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
15 FW Ali Afif 20 January 1988 (1988-01-20) (age 24) 23 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
23 FW Sebastián Soria 8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) (age 28) 68 26 Qatar Qatar SC

[edit] Recent Callups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Mohamed Saqr 17 May 1981 (1981-05-17) (age 30) 79 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
GK Saad Al Sheeb 19 February 1990 (1990-02-19) (age 21) 3 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF Ahmed Faris Al-Binali 8 March 1977 (1977-03-08) (age 34) 45 1 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
DF Ibrahim Majid 12 May 1990 (1990-05-12) (age 21) 40 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF Abdullah Koni 19 July 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 32) 39 3 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF Mesaad Al-Hamad 11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 25) 30 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF Hamed Shami Zaher 13 November 1984 (1984-11-13) (age 27) 29 0 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
DF Mustafa Abdi 2 January 1984 (1984-01-02) (age 28) 20 3 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
DF Musa Haroon 13 September 1986 (1986-09-13) (age 25) 7 2 Qatar Umm-Salal
DF Nasser Nabeel 11 February 1990 (1990-02-11) (age 21) 3 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF Mousa Majid Al Allaq 30 June 1986 (1986-06-30) (age 25) 2 0 Qatar Qatar SC
DF Fawaz Al Khater 27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 30) 1 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
DF Taher Zakaria 22 August 1988 (1988-08-22) (age 23) 1 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
DF George Kwasi 6 January 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 24) 1 0 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
MF Saad Al-Shammari 6 August 1980 (1980-08-06) (age 31) 82 8 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
MF Wesam Rizik 25 February 1981 (1981-02-25) (age 30) 58 6 Qatar Al-Sadd
MF Talal Al-Bloushi 22 May 1986 (1986-05-22) (age 25) 38 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
MF Majdi Siddiq 9 March 1985 (1985-03-09) (age 26) 36 2 Qatar Al-Arabi
MF Fábio César Montezine 24 February 1979 (1979-02-24) (age 32) 27 11 Qatar Al-Rayyan
MF Abdurabb Al Yazeedi 30 October 1988 (1988-10-30) (age 23) 17 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
MF Hussain Ali Shehab 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 27) 2 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
MF Fahad Al Shammari 1 January 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 30) 1 0 Qatar Al-Gharrafa
MF Abdulaziz Hatem 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 27) 1 0 Qatar Al-Arabi
MF Daniel Goma 10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) (age 21) 0 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan
FW Yusef Ahmed 24 October 1988 (1988-10-24) (age 23) 24 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
FW Mohamed El Sayed 27 January 1987 (1987-01-27) (age 25) 15 2 Qatar Umm-Salal
FW Jaralla Al Marri 3 April 1988 (1988-04-03) (age 23) 10 3 Qatar Al-Rayyan
FW Fahad Khalfan 23 March 1992 (1992-03-23) (age 19) 1 0 Qatar Al-Rayyan

[edit] Kit Providers

  • BURRDA (until Asian cup 2011)
  • Nike (from February 2011)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Qatar shock Russia in draw" (Press release). QFA. 30 March 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-shock-russia-in-draw.aspx. 
  2. ^ "Un tout bon LS en seconde période !" (in French) (Press release). Lausanne Sport. http://www.lausanne-sport.ch/?a=87,395,397&id=119. 
  3. ^ "FCB gewinnt auch zweites Testspiel" (in German) (Press release). FC Bayern Munich Website. 9 July 2011. http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/spielbericht/2011/30141.php?fcb_sid=827ae633fb0c7e7b9f6a92662c37d0f5&xtmc=fcb_Katar&xtcr=02. 
  4. ^ "Matche: Compte rendu" (in French) (Press release). Neuchâtel Xamax Website. 12 July 2011. http://xamax.ch/compte-rendu.php?idmatch=199#. 
  5. ^ "India score shock win against Qatar" (Press release). Arunava About Football. 14 July 2011. http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/international-friendly-india-score.html. 
  6. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). FIFA. 23 July 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257787/match=300159185/report.html. 
  7. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). FIFA. 28 July 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257787/match=300165146/report.html. 
  8. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). 20 August 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-lose--to-iraq-in-friendly.aspx. 
  9. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). AFC. 25 August 2011. http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/36161-uae-overwhelm-qatar-in-tune-up. 
  10. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). 2 September 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257791/match=300172582/report.html. 
  11. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 7 September 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-and-iran-play-out-a-1-1-draw-in-wc-qualifier--.aspx. 
  12. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 11 October 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-shins-in-jakarta-and-down-indonesia-3-2-in-wc-qualifier-.aspx. 
  13. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 5 November 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-held-to-goalless-draw-by-oman-in-tune-up---.aspx. 
  14. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). FIFA. 11 November 2011. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257791/match=300172574/index.html. 
  15. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 15 November 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/1qatar-bahrain-settle-for-goalless-draw--.aspx. 
  16. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 10 December 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/bahrain-hold-qatar-in-arab-games-opening-match-.aspx. 
  17. ^ "Match Report" (Press release). QFA. 17 December 2011. http://www.qfa.com.qa/qatar-crash-out-of-arab-games.aspx. 
  18. ^ FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 Match summary - AFC

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