Qatar national under-17 football team
| Association | Qatar Football Association | ||
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| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach |  Óscar Fernández |
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| Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | QAT | ||
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Qatar national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association.
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History
Despite being a country with a small base of footballers; Qatar has a respectable amount of achievements at the youth level. In addition to becoming champions of Asia in 1990 after winning the 1990 AFC U-17 Championship held in UAE, they also finished runners up at least four times in 1986, 1992, 1994, and 1998. In addition, Qatar were the hosts of four of the U-17 championships; a record.
The youth players became consistent finalists in the Asian U-17 championships since they first reached the final in 1986 when they lost to South Korea in a dramatic penalty shoot-out on home soil, which was tightly clinched 5-4. This was followed by another appearance in 1988 before winning it 1990 after defeating China by a scoreline of 2-0.
One year later, they managed an Asian record high fourth place finish in the FIFA-17 World Cup, even with a relatively slow start as they failed to gain more than a single point in the first two group B matches, however, a Jassim Al Tammimi goal against Australia was enough for a quarterfinal place.
Qatar advanced to the semis on the expense of the United States, whom they defeated 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after the score had settled 1-1 at the end of regulation time. Shortly after, they themselves went down in a penalty shootout to eventual champions, Ghana, in the semi-finals, before suffering the same fate against Argentina in the third-place match respectively.
Qatar's tradition of youth teams' excellence was to be prolonged for another decade; they reached the World Cup three more times on 1993, 1995 and 2005.
In the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Qatar were drawn 2-2 with the mighty Netherlands before half-time in their first group match. Although Qatar went on to lose the match 5-3, many future talents were discovered during the tournament, including Khalfan Ibrahim who went on to win the Asian Player of the Year award one year later.
AFC U-17 Championship record
| Host nation(s) / Year | Round |
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 1985 |
Unknown |
| 1986 |
Runners-up |
 1988 |
Group stage |
 1990 |
Champions |
 1992 |
Runners-up |
| 1994 |
Runners-up |
| 1996 |
Did not qualify |
| 1998 |
Runners-up |
 2000 |
Did not qualify |
| 2002 |
Quarter-finals |
 2004 |
Third place |
 2006 |
Did not qualify |
 2008 |
Did not qualify |
| 2010 |
Did not qualify |
 2012 |
Did not qualify |
| 2014 |
Group stage |
 2016 |
Did not qualify |
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
| Host nation(s) / Year | Round |
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 1991 |
Fourth place |
| 1993 |
Group stage |
 1995 |
Group stage |
 1999 |
"Quarterfinals" |
 2005 |
Group stage |
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Current squad
- Squad for 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification on 22 September 2011 (link)
Head coach: Óscar Fernández
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Current coaching staff
Last update: February 2014.[1]
| Technical staff | |
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| Head coach | Óscar Fernández |
| Assistant coach |  Ibrahim El-Shafei |
| Goalkeeping coach | Onala Iñaki |
| Fitness coach | Xavier Pedro |
| Fitness coach |  Olivier Materne |
| Administrative staff | |
| Director of administration | Mohammed Al Obaidly |
| Administrator | Faraj Saleh Al Marri |
| Media co-ordinator | Abdullah Saleh Sulaiti |
Managerial history
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See also
- Qatar national football team
- Qatar national under-20 football team
- Qatar national under-23 football team
References
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External links
- Qatar Football Association - official site
- Qatar Football Association - U-17
