Qatar national football team

Qatar
Nickname(s)	Al-Annabi (The Maroon)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Carlos Queiroz
Asst coach	Fahd Al-Turki
Captain	Hassan Al-Haydos
Most caps	Hassan Al-Haydos (172)
Top scorer	Mansour Muftah & Almoez Ali (42)
FIFA code	QAT
FIFA ranking	50 2 (6 October 2022)
Highest FIFA ranking	42 (August 2021)
Lowest FIFA ranking	113 (November 2010)
Elo ranking	47 (16 November 2022)
Highest Elo ranking	24 (February 2019)
Lowest Elo ranking	135 (April 1975)
First international	Bahrain 2–1 Qatar (Isa Town, Bahrain; 27 March 1970)
Biggest win	Qatar 15–0 Bhutan (Doha, Qatar; 3 September 2015)
Biggest defeat	Kuwait 9–0 Qatar (Kuwait; 8 January 1973)
World Cup appearances	1 (First in 2022)
Best result	TBD
AFC Asian Cup appearances	10 (First in 1980)
Best result	Winners, 2019

The Qatar national football team represents Qatar in association football and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, the governing body for football in Qatar. The team play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, and the latter is considered as home stadium. Félix Sánchez is the current head coach of the team.

Qatar's first participation at major tournament was at 1980 AFC Asian Cup. As of 2022, they have qualified for the Asian Cup for ten times, and won the tournament once in 2019, after eliminating the hosts United Arab Emirates in the semi-final and later beat Japan 3-1 in the final match. They have also been invited for the Copa América in 2019 and the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2021. In the latter tournament, the Qatari team made it into the semi-finals. In 2010, Qatar were selected as the hosts of 2022 FIFA World Cup, therefore qualified automatically to the tournament. Since they failed to qualify for the 2014 and 2018 World Cup, the 2022 tournament would be a debut for the Qatari team.

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

• Match date: 20 – 29 November 2022
• Opposition: Ecuador, Senegal, & Netherlands.
• Caps and goals correct as of 9 November, after the match against Albania.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Saad Al Sheeb	19 February 1990 (1990-02-19)	76	0	Al-Sadd
	1GK	Meshaal Barsham	14 February 1998 (1998-02-14)	20	0	Al-Sadd
	1GK	Yousef Hassan	24 May 1996 (1996-05-24)	7	0	Al-Gharafa
	2DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	28 August 1993 (1993-08-28)	130	15	Al-Sadd
	2DF	Boualem Khoukhi	7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)	105	20	Al-Sadd
	2DF	Ró-Ró	6 August 1990 (1990-08-06)	80	1	Al-Sadd
	2DF	Ismaeel Mohammad	5 April 1990 (1990-04-05)	70	4	Al-Duhail
	2DF	Bassam Al-Rawi	16 December 1997 (1997-12-16)	58	2	Al-Duhail
	2DF	Tarek Salman	5 December 1997 (1997-12-05)	58	0	Al-Sadd
	2DF	Musab Kheder	26 September 1993 (1993-09-26)	30	0	Al-Sadd
	2DF	Homam Ahmed	25 August 1999 (1999-08-25)	29	2	Al-Gharafa
	2DF	Jassem Gaber	20 February 2002 (2002-02-20)	0	0	Al-Arabi
	3MF	Karim Boudiaf	16 September 1990 (1990-09-16)	115	6	Al-Duhail
	3MF	Abdulaziz Hatem	28 October 1990 (1990-10-28)	107	11	Al-Rayyan
	3MF	Ali Assadalla	19 January 1993 (1993-01-19)	59	12	Al-Sadd
	3MF	Assim Madibo	22 October 1996 (1996-10-22)	43	0	Al-Duhail
	3MF	Salem Al-Hajri	10 April 1996 (1996-04-10)	22	0	Al-Sadd
	3MF	Mohammed Waad	18 September 1999 (1999-09-18)	21	0	Al-Sadd
	3MF	Mostafa Tarek	28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)	1	0	Al-Sadd
	4FW	Hassan Al-Haydos (captain)	11 December 1990 (1990-12-11)	169	36	Al-Sadd
	4FW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996 (1996-11-18)	89	26	Al-Sadd
	4FW	Almoez Ali	19 August 1996 (1996-08-19)	85	42	Al-Duhail
	4FW	Mohammed Muntari	20 December 1993 (1993-12-20)	48	13	Al-Duhail
	4FW	Ahmed Alaaeldin	31 January 1993 (1993-01-31)	47	2	Al-Gharafa
	4FW	Khalid Muneer	24 February 1998 (1998-02-24)	2	0	Al-Wakrah
	4FW	Naif Al-Hadhrami	18 July 2001 (2001-07-18)	1	0	Al-Rayyan

Current coaching staff

Technical staff
Head coach	Carlos Queiroz
Assistant coach	Fahd Al-Turki
Goalkeeping coach	Thamer Bashir
Official	Saad Al-Alawi
Fitness coach	Carlos Domenech
Fitness coach	Jassim Al-Owais
Video Analyst	Javier Ramos
Medical staff
Physiotherapist	Maqbool Al-Khelaifi
Physiotherapist	Thamer Al-Ghul
Doctor	Humaid Enad
Administrative staff
Administrator	Mohamed Salem Al Etawi
Media co-ordinator	Ali Hassan Al-Salat

Alumni

Former players

Main article: List of Qatari international players

Managers

Main article: List of Qatar international managers

Honours

Major

• AFC Asian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2019
• Arabian Gulf Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2004, 2014

• WAFF Championship
  • Winners (1): 2014

• Football at the Asian Games
  • Winners (1): 2006

Minor

• International Friendship Championship
  • Winners (1): 2018

Qatar – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1. Saqr 2. Al-Hamad 3. Mohammed 4. Al-Ghanim 5. Siddiq 6. Mubarak 7. Nasser 8. Al-Shammari 9. Bechir 10. Yasser 11. Afeef 12. Mohamed 13. Abdulla 14. Ali 15. Al-Bloushi 16. Blooshi 17. Rizik 18. Jassem 19. Majed 20. Lamy 21. Koni 22. Soria 23. Kassim Manager:   Džemaludin Mušović

Qatar – 2015 AFC Asian Cup

1. Burhan 2. Musa 3. Hassan 4. Mukhtar 5. Hatem 6.  B. Mohammed 7. Muftah 8. Assadalla 9. Abdullah 10. Ibrahim (c) 11. Al-Haidos 12. M. Mohamed 13. Majid 14. Abdulraouf 15. Abubakar 16. Khoukhi 17. Mohammad 18. Kangambu 19. Muntari 20. Boudiaf 21. Soufiane 22. Al-Sheeb 23. Maqsoud Manager:   Djamel Belmadi

Qatar – 2019 AFC Asian Cup – Winners (1st title)

1. Al Sheeb 2. Ró-Ró 3. A. Hassan 4. Salman 5. Fatehi 6. Hatem 7. Alaaeldin 8. Ismail 9. Mohammed 10. Al-Haydos 11. Ak. Afif 12. Boudiaf 13. Al-Muhaza 14. Al-Hajri 15. Al-Rawi 16. Khoukhi 17. Moustafa 18. Al-Ali 19. Ali 20. Al. Afif 21. Y. Hassan 22. Al-Bakri 23. Madibo Manager:   Félix Sánchez Bas

Qatar – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Al-Sheeb 2. Ró-Ró 3. A. Hassan 4. Waad 5. Salman 6. Hatem 7. Alaaeldin 8. Assadalla 9. Muntari 10. Al-Haydos (c) 11. Afif 12. Boudiaf 13. Kheder 14. Ahmed 15. Al-Rawi 16. Khoukhi 17. Mohammad 18. Muneer 19. Ali 20. Al-Hajri 21. Y. Hassan 22. Barsham 23. Madibo 24. Al-Hadhrami 25. Gaber 26. Meshaal Manager:   Félix Sánchez