Qatar national football team

Qatar

Nickname(s)	Annabi (The Maroon)
Association	Qatar Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bruno Metsu
Most caps	Adel Khamis AlNoubi(110 caps)
Top scorer	Mansour Muftah (48 goals)
Home stadium	Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
FIFA ranking	98
Highest FIFA ranking	51 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	107 (December 1999)
Elo ranking	81
Highest Elo ranking	51 (September 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	135 (April 1975)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Bahrain 2 - 1 Qatar (Bahrain; 27 March 1970)
Biggest win
Qatar 8 - 0 Afghanistan (China; 13 September 1984) Qatar 8 - 0 Lebanon (Qatar; 27 March 1985)
Biggest defeat
Kuwait 9 - 0 Qatar (Kuwait; Date Unknown, 1973)
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. They have never reached the FIFA World Cup finals, but have appeared in seven AFC Asian Cup tournaments, and will host the event in 2011.

History and overview

Football was brought to Qatar in the 1940s and 50s by oil workers. Soon after the formation of the Qatar Football Association in 1970, the national team played its first match against Bahrain. Qatar have only once progressed beyond the group stage in continental championships and have never represented Asia in a FIFA World Cup. However, they have won the Gulf Cup twice, in 1992 and 2004, both times as host, and qualified for the Asian Cup finals in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007, and as hosts for 2011.

Qatar reached the Asian Zone's final qualifying round for France 1998 when they beat China and Iran to enter the last match against Saudi Arabia needing just a point to gain an automatic qualifying place. However, they lost out as the Saudis went through 1–0.

They reached the final qualifying round again four years later, but were defeated by Bora Milutinovic's China team, who topped the section to progress to their first FIFA World Cup. Frenchman Philippe Troussier took the manager's job after Korea–Japan 2002, but was unsuccessful in both the 2004 Asian Cup and the qualifying campaign for Germany 2006.

Troussier was sacked after the World Cup qualifying campaign, and under Bosnian Dzemaluddin Musovic the team won the Gulf Cup in 2004 and the Asian Games gold in 2006. Musovic stepped down after Qatar took just two points from three matches in the AFC Asian Cup 2007. The job of coaching the team in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup fell to Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, who led the team throughout the first and second AFC rounds up to the third one. After leaving them at the top of their group in the third round with only two played matches, Fossati had to undergo surgery. Subsequently, the Qatar FA ended their cooperation with him, who supposedly needed too long to recover from surgery. Bruno Metsu was called up for the job, but Qatar failed to qualify after finishing fourth in their qualifying group.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals										World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1974	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	1	0	3	3	9
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	2	0	2	5	3
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	2	0	2	6	3
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		11	4	6	1	12	8
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	5	1	2	22	8
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		11	6	1	4	21	10
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		14	7	4	3	24	13
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	3	0	3	16	8
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		78	36	16	26	125	82

Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals Asian Cup Qualifications Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA 1956 to 1972 Did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - - 6 2 1 3 5 8 1980 Round 1 4 1 1 2 3 8 4 3 1 0 10 2 1984 Round 1 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 3 0 1 11 1 1988 Round 1 4 2 0 2 7 6 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 8 2 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 5 4 2000 Quarter-Finals 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 3 1 0 11 3 2004 Round 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 6 3 2 1 10 7 2007 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 6 5 0 1 14 4 2011 Hosts - - - - - - Total Best: Quarter-Finals 25 4 11 10 24 34 36 23 5 8 74 31

Asian Cup Finals Results Year Round Score Result 1980 Round 1  Qatar 2 – 1  United Arab Emirates Win Round 1  Qatar 0 – 2  Korea Republic Loss Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Malaysia Draw Round 1  Qatar 0 – 4  Kuwait Loss 1984 Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Syria Draw Round 1  Qatar 0 – 1  Kuwait Loss Round 1  Qatar 0 – 1  Saudi Arabia Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 0  Korea Republic Win 1988 Round 1  Qatar 0 – 2  Iran Loss Round 1  Qatar 2 – 1  United Arab Emirates Win Round 1  Qatar 2 – 3  Korea Republic Loss Round 1  Qatar 3 – 0  Japan Win 1992 Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Thailand Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Saudi Arabia Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 2  China PR Loss 2000 Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Uzbekistan Draw Round 1  Qatar 0 – 0  Saudi Arabia Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Japan Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 3  China PR Loss 2004 Round 1  Qatar 1 – 2  Indonesia Loss Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Bahrain Draw Round 1  Qatar 0 – 1  China PR Loss 2007 Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Japan Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 1  Vietnam Draw Round 1  Qatar 1 – 2  United Arab Emirates Loss

Gulf Cup of Nations Record

The Gulf Cup of Nations has been played on a bi-annual basis since 1970. The tournament has changed since the first edition from a round-robin basis to a knockout tournament in the latter years. Notably, the 2000 edition was cancelled and the 2003 and 2010 were moved due to congested fixture lists with other tournaments, such as the AFC Asian Cup.

Gulf Cup of Nations
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1970	4th	3	0	1	2	4	7
1972	4th	3	0	0	3	0	10
1974	Semi-Finals	3	1	0	2	5	4
1976	3rd	6	4	1	1	11	6
1979	5th	6	2	1	3	4	13
1982	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Runner Up	7	4	1	2	10	6
1986	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	6th	6	1	2	3	4	8
1990	Runner Up	4	1	2	1	4	4
1992	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	1
1994	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Runner Up	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Runner Up	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	3rd	6	2	3	1	5	3
2004	Champions	5	3	2	0	10	7
2007	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	4
2009	Semi-Finals	4	1	2	1	2	2
Total	Best: Champions	3	1	0	2	2	9

West Asian Football Federation Championship

West Asian Football Federation Championship
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2000 to 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Semi-Finals	3	1	0	2	2	9
Total	Best: Semi-Finals	3	1	0	2	2	9

Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1963 to 1966	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	4th	4	1	0	3	3	2
1988 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Runner Up	4	3	0	1	5	5
2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Runner Up	8	4	0	4	8	7

Coaches

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Achievements
Mohammed Hassan Kheiri	1969 - 1972
Helmi Hussein Mahmoud	1974
Frank Wignall	1975 - 1976
Hassan Othman	1979
Evaristo de Macedo	1980 - 1986
Procópio Cardoso	1987 - 1988
Anatoly Prokopenko	1988
Cabralzinho	1989
Dino Sani	1989 - 1990
Evaristo de Macedo	1992
Ivo Wortmann	1992
Sebastião Lapola	1992 - 1993
Abdul Mallalah	1993
Dave Mackay	1994 - 1995
Jørgen E. Larsen	1995 - 1996
Jo Bonfrere	1996 - 1997
Džemal Hadžiabdić	1997
Zé Mario	1998
Luiz Gonzaga Milioli	1998
Džemal Hadžiabdić	2000 – 2001
Paulo Luiz Campos	? – Dec 2001
Pierre Lechantre	Jan 2002 – May 2003
Philippe Troussier	June 2003 – July 2004
Dzemaludin Musovic	Aug 2004 – July 2007
Jorge Fossati	Aug 2007 – Sept 2008
Bruno Metsu	Sept 2008 –

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the Oman friendly match on September 7, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 22 GK Saad Al Sheeb 19 February 1990 (1990-02-19) (age 20) Al-Sadd 24 GK Mohammed Mubarak 11 August 1984 (1984-08-11) (age 26) Qatar SC 21 DF Fawaz Al Khater 27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 29) Lekhwiya 3 DF Mohammed Kasola 13 August 1986 (1986-08-13) (age 24) Al-Sadd 8 DF Mesaad Al-Hamad 11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) (age 25) Al-Sadd 7 DF Nasser Nabeel 11 February 1990 (1990-02-11) (age 21) Al-Sadd 26 DF Taher Zakaria 22 August 1988 (1988-08-22) (age 22) Al-Sadd 2 MF Hamid Ismail 9 December 1987 (1987-12-09) (age 23) Al-Rayyan 6 MF Wesam Rizik 25 February 1981 (1981-02-25) (age 29) Al-Sadd 13 MF Daniel Goma 10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) (age 20) Al-Rayyan 14 MF Khalfan Ibrahim 2 June 1988 (1988-18-02) (age 22) Al-Sadd 16 MF Abdurabb Al Yazeedi 30 October 1988 (1988-10-30) (age 22) Al-Sadd 18 MF Abdulaziz Hatem 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 26) Al-Arabi 11 MF Fábio César Montezine 24 February 1979 (1979-02-24) (age 31) Al-Rayyan 10 MF Hussein Yasser 1 January 1984 (1984-01-01) (age 27) Al-Zamalek 5 MF Majdi Siddiq 9 March 1985 (1985-03-09) (age 25) Al-Sadd 20 FW Ali Afif 20 January 1988 (1988-01-20) (age 23) Al-Sadd 17 FW Fahad Khalfan 23 March 1992 (1992-03-23) (age 18) Al-Rayyan 30 FW Jaralla Al Marri 3 April 1988 (1988-04-03) (age 22) Al-Rayyan 12 FW Hassan Al Haidos 12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) (age 20) Al-Sadd 29 Abdulkarim Hassan {{{age}}} Al-Sadd TBA Mousa Al Alak {{{age}}} Lekhwiya

Recent call-ups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Qasem Burhan 15 December 1985 (1985-12-15) (age 25) Al-Gharrafa DF George Kwasi 6 January 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 23) Al-Gharrafa DF Hamed Shami Zaher 13 November 1984 (1984-11-13) (age 26) Al-Gharrafa DF Ibrahim Al Ghanim 27 June 1983 (1983-06-27) (age 27) Al-Gharrafa DF Bilal Mohammed 2 June 1986 (1986-06-02) (age 24) Al-Gharrafa MF Saad Al-Shammari 6 August 1980 (1980-08-06) (age 30) Al-Gharrafa FW Magid Mohamed 11 October 1985 (1985-10-11) (age 25) Al-Sadd MF Talal Al-Bloushi 22 May 1986 (1986-05-22) (age 24) Al-Sadd MF Younes Ali 3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) (age 28) Al-Rayyan GK Mohamed Saqr 17 May 1981 (1981-05-17) (age 29) Al-Sadd DF Marcone Amaral 5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) (age 32) Al-Gharrafa DF Abdullah Koni 19 July 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 31) Al-Sadd DF Meshal Mubarak 25 February 1982 (1982-02-25) (age 28) Al-Rayyan DF Mustafa Abdi 2 January 1984 (1984-01-02) (age 27) Al-Gharrafa DF Musa Haroon 13 September 1986 (1986-09-13) (age 24) Al-Arabi DF Ahmed Faris Al-Binali 8 March 1977 (1977-03-08) (age 33) Al-Gharrafa FW Sebastián Soria 8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) (age 27) Qatar SC

External links

• news about Annabi-www.qatarfootball.tk
• Qatar Football Association
• Official Kit Provider of Qatar National Football Team

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