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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)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Nicolás Córdova
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
Olympics
Appearances	2 (first in 1984)
Best result	Quarter-finals: 1992
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Bronze Medal (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances	3 (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
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	1/8	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 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
2022		13th	3	0	2	1	3	9
Total	4/5	0 title(s)	18	9	6	3	29	27

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	21th	3	0	1	2	1	8
Total	4/5	1 title(s)	16	8	4	4	31	14

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			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

2022

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Mohammed Jaber Dharman
Head Coach	Nicolás Córdova
Assistant Coach	Abderrazak Hedider
Goalkeeping Coach	Bruno Sebastian Vásquez Morales
Fitness Coach	Giampiero Ascenzi
Fitness Coach	Alessandro Ruspantini
Team Doctor	Alejandro Alvarez Mesa

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship.[1]
• Match dates: 2 – 15 November 2022
• Caps and goals correct as of: 3 November 2022, after the match against  Lebanon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yousef Abdulla Baliadeh	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Al Sadd
21	1GK	Karim Haidar	Unknown	0	0	Al Sadd
22	1GK	Abdulla Mohammed Ibrahim	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Al Sadd
2	2DF	Abdalla Yousif	(2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Gharafa
3	2DF	Diyab Taha	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 21)	11	0	Al-Duhail
4	2DF	Mohammed Emad Aiash	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 21)	13	0	Al-Wakrah
11	2DF	Abdulla Badr Al-Yazidi	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Al Sadd
13	2DF	Abdulla Ismail Al-Ali	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Rayyan
18	2DF	Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ishaq	(2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 17)	0	0	Al Ahli
19	2DF	Ahmed Mohammed Al-Saeed	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Al Sadd
23	2DF	Saifeldeen Fadlalla	(2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Al-Gharafa
5	3MF	Mostafa Esam	Unknown	1	0	Unattached
6	3MF	Osama Al-Tairi	(2002-06-16) 16 June 2002 (age 20)	11	2	Al-Rayyan
8	3MF	Nabil Irfan	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Al-Wakrah
12	3MF	Muhammad Emad Zidan	(2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Khor
16	3MF	Faisal Azadi	(2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Al Sadd
7	4FW	Hadi Tabasideh	(2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Al-Rayyan
9	4FW	Mekki Tombari	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Al-Rayyan
10	4FW	Khalid Ali Sabah	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Al-Rayyan
14	4FW	Tameem Mansour Al-Abdullah	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Al-Rayyan
17	4FW	Lotfi Madjer	(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Al-Duhail
20	4FW	Abdulrahman Al-Jassem	(2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Qatar

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

See also

• Qatar national football team
• Qatar national under-20 football team
• Qatar national under-17 football team

References

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