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 had a respectable degree 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 have also been 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.

They hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup twenty years after their last appearance which took place in 2025 but went out in the group stage.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup Hosts / YearResult 1985Runners-up321041 1986541091 1988Group stage421163 1990Champions431060 1992Runners-up531196 19946402115 1996did not qualify 1998Runners-up6420125 2000did not qualify 2002Quarter-finals410346 2004Third place6420157 2006did not qualify 2008 2010 2012 2014Group stage302145 2016did not qualify 2018 2023Group stage301228 2025did not qualify 2026Group stage310235Total:11/201 Title522812128552

FIFA U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-17 World Cup recordYearRound 1985 Group stage300328 1987421145 1989did not qualify 1991Fourth place614133 1993 Group stage310237 1995301215 1997did not qualify 1999Quarter-finals420264 2001did not qualify 2003 2005Group stage3003414 2007did not qualify 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025Group stage302112 2026Qualified as hosts 2027 2028 2029Total:12/20Fourth place2968152448

Head-to-head record The following table shows Qatar's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup. In FIFA U-17 World Cup OpponentWin %Total

In AFC U-17 Asian Cup OpponentWin %2Total

Current squad The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup between 15 June and 2 July 2023.

Current coaching staff Last update: February 2014.

Technical staff Head coach Álvaro Mejía Assistant coach Jorge Peris Goalkeeping coach Husam Abu Shanab Fitness coach Rami Al-Salati Chief analyst Benjamin GoodsonAdministrative staff Director of administration Mohammed Al Obaidly Administrator Faraj Saleh Al Marri Media co-ordinator Abdullah Saleh Sulaiti

Managerial history

Ronald de Carvalho (1979–85) Saeed al-Misnad (1985) Cabralzinho (1985) José Roberto Avila (ca. 1991) Humberto Filho (1993) Wiel Coerver (ca. 1993) Bo Augustsson (ca. 1990s) René Meulensteen (ca. 1990s) Dave Mackay (1995) Eid Mubarak (1995–96) Ahmed Omar (1996) Ove Pedersen (1996–97) José Paulo (1998–99) Saeed al-Misnad (1999) José Paulo (1999–c. 00) Chris Dekker (2000–01) Ruud Dokter (2001–02) Patrick Revelli (2002–04) Tom Saintfiet (2004) Tini Ruijs (2004–05) Fahad Thani (2005–06) Tini Ruijs (2010–12) Félix Sánchez Bas (2012–13) Óscar Fernández (2012–15) Arno Buitenweg (2013–17) Ibrahim Shafie (2021–24) Ahmed Reda Madouni (2024–25) Álvaro Mejía (2025–)

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