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The Qatar national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Qatar's U-20 national team played an important role in the development of football in Qatar and gave it one its first shining moment on the global stage when the youth squad finished second in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.

Qatar Under-20

Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Félix Sánchez Bas
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Qatar 13–0  Bhutan (Doha, Qatar; 8 November 2007)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1981)
Best result	Runners-up (1981)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1980)
Best result	Champions: 2014

History

Formation

In response to the recently established World Youth Championship, Qatar established its national youth team in 1976. However, they were unable to qualify for the first two World Youth Championships in 1977 in Tunisia and in 1979 in Japan.[1]

1981 World Youth Championship

In the 1980 AFC Youth Championship which were held in Thailand, Qatar U20s finished as runners-up after losing to South Korea in the final. This granted them a spot in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted in Australia. Under the supervision of Brazilian coach Evaristo de Macedo, the championships proved to be a success. Facing Brazil in the quarter-finals, they were able to secure a 3–2 victory by utilizing the offside trap. They went on to face England in the semi-finals, where they earned a 2–1 victory after a fine performance by their goalkeeper.[1]

The team finished second after losing 0–4 to West Germany in the final on a wet pitch which was unfavorable to the Qataris as they were not used to playing in such conditions.[1] As a result of achieving runners-up position, each Qatari player received 100,000 Qatari riyals, a Mercedes Benz, and a bungalow. The population of Qataris was only 120,000 at the time of this achievement.[2]

1995 World Youth Championship

Qatar earned its second international U-20 World Cup appearance in 1995 as hosts. While Nigeria was preparing to host the 1995 edition, an Ebola epidemic broke out in west Africa, and as a result, FIFA decided to award the hosting rights to Qatar with only twenty days remaining till the start of the championships.[1]

2014 AFC U-19 Championship

Qatar's youth team won the AFC U-19 Championship for the first time in its history after defeating DPR Korea 1–0 in the final of the 2014 edition which took place in Myanmar.[3] Advancing undefeated from a group which included DPR Korea and Iraq, they defeated China 4–2 in the quarter-finals, and earned a 3–2 victory after extra time against the hosts in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Qataris would be victorious against DPR Korea for a second time in the tournament, with super sub Akram Afif scoring the only goal of the match in the second half. The entire squad was composed of Aspire Academy students. As a result of Aspire's HOPE Project (Holistic Overseas Player Experience), most of the squad were European-based.[4]

Competitive record

AFC U-19 Championship record

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1980	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	4
1982	Did not qualify
1985
1986	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	7	6
1988	Third place	5	3	1	1	12	5
1990	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	5	3
1992	Round 1	4	3	0	1	9	5
1994	Round 1	4	1	2	1	5	7
1996	Round 1	4	0	1	3	3	12
1998	Round 1	4	1	1	2	2	6
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Round 1	3	1	0	2	7	8
2004	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	3	1
2006	Did not qualify
2008
2010
2012	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	6
2014	Champions	6	5	1	0	14	6
2016	Round 1	3	1	1	1	2	4
2018	Semifinals	5	3	0	2	19	13
2023	Qualified
Total	14/20	59	28	9	22	96	86

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Host nation(s) / Year	Round
1977 to 1979	Did not enter
1981	Runners-up
1983 to 1993	Did not enter
1995	Group stage
1997 to 2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage
2023	To be decided

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

The following players were selected to take part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Salah Zakaria	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 23)	Al-Gharafa
2	2DF	Nasir Peer	(1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 23)	Qatar SC
3	2DF	Ahmed Al-Minhali	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999 (age 23)	Al-Sailiya
4	3MF	Abdullah Ali Saei	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999 (age 23)	Al-Gharafa
5	2DF	Yousef Aymen	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 23)	Qatar SC
6	3MF	Nasser Al Yazidi	(2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 22)	Al-Duhail
7	4FW	Abdulrasheed Umaru	(1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 23)	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Andri Syahputra	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 23)	Al-Gharafa
9	4FW	Yusuf Abdurisag	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 23)	Al-Arabi
10	3MF	Khaled Mohammed	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 22)	Al-Duhail
11	3MF	Abdullah Murisi	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 23)	Al-Khor
12	2DF	Homam Ahmed	(1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 23)	Al-Gharafa
13	2DF	Ali Malolah	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 23)	Al-Wakrah
14	3MF	Eisa Ahmad	(1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 23)	Qatar SC
15	2DF	Bahaa Ellethy	(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 23)	Qatar SC
16	3MF	Hashim Ali	(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 22)	Al-Sadd
17	3MF	Mohammed Waad	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 23)	Al-Wakrah
18	1GK	Shehab Mamdouh	(2000-04-18) 18 April 2000 (age 22)	Al-Kharaitiyat
19	2DF	Ahmed Suhail	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 23)	Al-Wakrah
20	3MF	Ahmed Al-Sibai	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 23)	Al-Duhail
21	1GK	Marwan Badreldin	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 23)	Al-Ahli

Results and fixtures

2020

Managerial history

References

External links

• QFA - U-20

See also

• Qatar national football team
• Qatar national under-17 football team
• Football in Qatar
• AFC Youth Championship

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