Qatar national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Annabi (The Maroon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Qatar Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Jorge Fossati (2007-) |
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| Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | QAT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 51 (August 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 107 (December 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bahrain 2 - 1 Qatar  (Bahrain; March 27, 1970) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qatar 8 - 0 Afghanistan  (China; September 13, 1984) Qatar 8 - 0 Lebanon  (Qatar; March 27, 1985) |
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 Kuwait 9 - 0 Qatar (Kuwait; Date Unknown, 1973) |
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| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarterfinals, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Despite an estimated population of 500,000, Qatar remains one of Asian football's enigmas, particular at the youth level. They advanced to the final of the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship final, losing to the then West Germany. They qualified for the FIFA event after finishing second in the AFC Youth Championship, losing to Korea Republic in the final. Then again, in 1990, Qatar finished fourth in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and prior to qualifying for the championship, finished as champions in the AFC U-17 Championship in the same year.
In the AFC U-17 Championship, Qatar finished as runner up at least five times in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994 and 1998.
At the senior level, Qatar had won the Gulf Cup twice in 2004 and 1992. On both these occasions, Qatar was the host. The national senior team has also qualified for the Asian Cup finals, at least seven times in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2004.
In order to sustain their success, the Qataris have once again turned their attention to youth development, particularly through the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence which was launched in September 2004.
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1972 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1980 to 1992 - Round 1
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Quarterfinals
- 2004 to 2007 - Round 1
- 2011 - Qualified
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. (against Iraq on 26 March 2008)
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[edit] Recent Call Ups
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