Qatar national under-23 football team

Qatar Under-23
Nickname(s)	Al-Annabi (The Maroons)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Ilídio Vale
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium; Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours	Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1984)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1992)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2016)
Best result	Bronze Medal (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Gold Medal (2006)

The 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.

History

Compared to regional neighbours, Qatar has a decent record 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
1996	did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be determined
2032	to be determined
Total	1/11	Best: 8th	4	1	1	2	2	5

U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	did not qualify
2016	Semi-finals	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
2022	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	3	9
2024	Quarter-finals	TBD	4	2	1	1	6	5
2026	To be determined
Total	4/7	0 title(s)	22	11	7	4	35	32

Asian Games

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

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Group stage	11th	3	1	2	0	13	2
2006	Final	Gold	6	5	0	1	13	2
2010	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	4	2
2014	Withdrew
2018	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	1	8
2022	Round of 16	16th	2	0	1	2	1	3
Total	5/6	1 title(s)	18	8	5	6	32	17

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
2010	Semi-finals	4th	4	0	2	2	2	6
2011	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	0	3	3	9
Total	3/3	0 title(s)	12	2	4	6	13	20

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Lose

2023

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) Friendly	Qatar	1–2	Australia	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST	45+1'	Report	Toure 27' Brook 40'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

2024

2 April 2024 (2024-04-02) Friendly	Qatar	0–2	China	Al Rayyan, Qatar
15:00 UTC+3			Liang Shaowen 38' Abduweli 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

7 April 2024 Friendly	Qatar	1–0	Malaysia	Doha, Qatar
--:-- UTC+3	Husham 45+1' (pen.)			Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	Qatar	2–0	Indonesia	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Sabah 45+1' (pen.) Al-Rawi 54'			Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

18 April 2024 (2024-04-18) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	Jordan	1–2	Qatar	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Aref Al-Haj 52' (pen.)		Al-Yazidi 40' Al-Manai 90+13'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

21 April 2024 (2024-04-21) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	Qatar	0–0	Australia	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

25 April 2024 (2024-04-25) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF	Qatar	2–4	Japan	Al Rayyan, Qatar
17:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Mohammed Jaber Darman
Head coach	Ilídio Vale
Assistant coach	Joaquim Milheiro
Goalkeeping coach	Silvinho Morales
Fitness coach	Sébastien Braillard
Team doctor	Alejandro Álvarez Mesa

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Yousef Baliadeh	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 22)	Al-Sadd
21	1GK	Ali Nader Mahmoud	(2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22)	Al-Khor
22	1GK	Amir Hassan	(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 20)	Al-Arabi

2	2DF	Abdullah Yousif	(2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 22)	Al-Gharafa
3	2DF	Saifeldeen Fadlalla	(2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 21)	Al-Gharafa
4	2DF	Mohamed Aiash	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)	Al-Ahli
5	2DF	Hashemi Al-Hussain	(2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 (age 21)	Calahorra
11	2DF	Abdullah Al-Yazidi	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)	Al-Sadd
13	2DF	Abdullah Al-Ali	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)	Al-Rayyan

6	3MF	Mostafa Meshaal	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)	Al Sadd
7	3MF	Fares Said	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 21)	Al-Duhail
8	3MF	Naif Al-Hadhrami	(2001-07-18) 18 July 2001 (age 23)	Al-Rayyan
14	3MF	Mahdi Salem	(2004-04-04) 4 April 2004 (age 20)	Al-Shamal
15	3MF	Jassem Gaber	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22)	Al-Arabi
16	3MF	Jassem Al-Sharshani	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)	Al Ahli
17	3MF	Lotfi Madjer	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22)	Al-Duhail
18	3MF	Nabil Irfan	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 20)	Al-Wakrah
23	3MF	Mohamed Al-Manai	(2002-10-25) 25 October 2002 (age 22)	Al-Markhiya

9	4FW	Tameem Al-Abdullah	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)	Al-Rayyan
10	4FW	Khalid Ali Sabah	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23)	Al-Wakrah
12	4FW	Mubarak Shanan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 20)	Calahorra
19	4FW	Ahmed Al-Rawi	(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 20)	Al-Rayyan
20	4FW	Mohamed Khaled Gouda	(2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)	Calahorra

Previous squads

Olympic Games

1992 Summer Olympics

AFC U-23 Championship

Asian Games

2022 Asian Games

WAFF U-23 Championship

Managers

Period	Manager
1998–1999	Jo Bonfrère
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
2017–2020	Félix Sánchez
2020–2022	Nicolás Córdova
2023–	Ilídio Vale

References

^ "📋 - List of our U-23 national team 🇶🇦 called up for the Asian Cup.🏆". Twitter. Qatar Football Association. 5 April 2024.

[1] "📋 - List of our U-23 national team 🇶🇦 called up for the Asian Cup.🏆". Twitter. Qatar Football Association. 5 April 2024.

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