Qatar national under-23 football team

Qatar Under-23

Nickname	Al-Annabi (The Maroons)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Ilídio Vale
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Qatar  13–0 Brunei (Doha, Qatar; 3 September 2025)
Biggest defeat
Qatar  0–6 Uzbekistan (Cibinong, Indonesia; 16 August 2018) Qatar  0–6 Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 4 June 2022)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1992)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1992)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2016)
Best result	Bronze Medal (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Gold Medal (2006)

The 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.

Compared to regional neighbours, Qatar has a decent record in Olympic football, with two prior Summer Olympics qualifications and a gold medal in the 2006 Asian Games.

In 1992, the Qatar U-23 squad dominated its Olympic 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 knockout stage fell a little bit short of rising expectations, but reaching it led to the country's best Olympic result.

When hosting the 2006 Asian Games, Qatar U-23 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. Tallying five wins throughout the tournament, Qatar's momentum escalated from one match to another, reaching its peak in the 2–0 final against Iraq.

Since 1992, Football at the Summer Olympics has been an 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
2024
2028	to be determined
2032
Total	1/11	Best: 8th	4	1	1	2	2	5

AFC U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	did not qualify
2016	Semi-finals	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
2024	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2026	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	5
Total	6/7	0 title(s)	25	11	7	7	35	37

Since 2002, Football at the Asian Games has been an 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	21st	3	0	1	2	1	8
2022	Round of 16	16th	2	0	1	2	1	3
Total	5/6	1 title(s)	18	8	5	6	32	17

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	Best: 3rd	12	2	4	6	13	20

  Win   Draw   Lose

Qatar  v  Thailand

22 March Doha Cup	Qatar	2–1	Thailand	Doha, Qatar
21:15 UTC+3

Qatar  v  Australia

25 March 2025 Doha International U-23 Cup	Qatar	2–2	Australia	Doha, Qatar
21:15 UTC+3	Al-Sharshani 76' (pen.) Gouda 90+2'	Report	Grimaldi 7' Simmons 88'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Qatar  v  Sri Lanka

27 August 2025 (2025-08-27) Friendly	Qatar	1–1	Sri Lanka	Lusail, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Lusail Stadium

Qatar  v  Brunei

3 September 2026 AFC U23 Q	Qatar	13–0	Brunei	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	Asar 4', 23', 54', 58' Al-Sharshani 6' Hamza 11' (pen.) Surag 13' Al-Hussain 20' Abdulaziz 35' Tamer 56', 90+5' Brimil 70', 83'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 204 Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)

India  v  Qatar

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) 2026 AFC U23 Q	India	1–2	Qatar	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	Suhail 52'	Report	Al-Hussein 18' Al-Sharshani 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 1143 Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)

Qatar  v  Bahrain

9 September 2026 AFC U23 Q	Qatar	2–1	Bahrain	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	Al-Hussain 90+1' Al-Sharshani 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Al-Khayyat 71'	Stadium: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Vietnam  v  Qatar

9 October Friendly	Vietnam	0–1	Qatar	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4		Report	75'	Stadium: 321Sports

Qatar  v  Vietnam

13 October Friendly	Qatar	3–2	Vietnam	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4	10' (pen.) 20' 78'	Report	Lê Văn Thuận 24' Nguyễn Quốc Việt 68'	Stadium: 321Sports

Position	Name
Team manager	Mohammed Jaber Darman
Head coach	Ilídio Vale
Assistant coach	Joaquim Milheiro
Goalkeeping coach	Silvinho Morais
Head of Football Physical Performance	Sébastien Braillard
Team doctor	Diogo Miranda Santos

The following 23 players were named in the squad for the friendly tournament on the 30 May to 10 June 2025 window.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 22 March, after the match against Thailand

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ali Ghulais	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003	1	0	Al-Shamal
	1GK	Amir Hassan	(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004	4	0	Al Duhail
	1GK	Abubaker Osman	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005	0	0	Calahorra
	2DF	Nabil Irfan	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004	8	0	Al-Wakrah
	2DF	Ahmed Reyed	(2003-09-28) 28 September 2003	3	0	Al Ahli
	2DF	Ahmed Hagana	(2003-11-30) 30 November 2003	2	0	Al-Khor
	2DF	Hassan Al-Ghareeb	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004	1	0	Lusail
	2DF	Marwan Sherif	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006	0	0	Al-Arabi
	2DF	Rayan Al-Ali	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006	0	0	Al-Gharafa
	2DF	Abdalla Mugib	(2005-12-12) 12 December 2005	0	0	Al-Markhiya
	3MF	Fares Said	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003	7	0	Umm Salal
	3MF	Anas Abweny	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004	9	0	Al Shahaniya
	3MF	Abdulaziz Mohammed	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002	4	0	Al Shahaniya
	3MF	Jassem Al-Sharshani	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	3	0	Al Ahli
	3MF	Moath Taha	(2005-10-12) 12 October 2005	0	0	Calahorra
	3MF	Tameem Al-Qadi	(2008-05-19) 19 May 2008	0	0	Al Sadd
	3MF	Mahdi Salem	(2004-04-04) 4 April 2004	7	0	Al Sadd
	3MF	Yazan Mohamed	(2008-10-16) 16 October 2008	0	0	Al-Duhail
	3MF	Mostafa El-Sayed	(2004-08-26) 26 August 2004	2	1	Al-Rayyan
	4FW	Mubarak Shanan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004	8	0	Al-Duhail
	4FW	Rashid Al-Abdulla	(2004-02-21) 21 February 2004	1	1	Al-Duhail
	4FW	Mohamed Surag	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003	1	0	Al-Rayyan

Period	Manager
1998–1999	Jo Bonfrère
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
2017–2020	Félix Sánchez
2020–2022	Nicolás Córdova
2023–	Ilídio Vale

The following table shows Qatar national under-23 football team's head-to-head record in the Football at the Summer Olympics and AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Colombia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Egypt	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Poland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	025.00

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
China	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Iran	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Iraq	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Japan	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Oman	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Palestine	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
South Korea	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Syria	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	050.00
Turkmenistan	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Uzbekistan	2	1	0	1	1	6	−5	050.00
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total	22	11	7	4	35	32	+3	050.00

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