Team Overview
The Qatar national football team ( Arabic : منتخب قطر لكرة القدم ), nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football , and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA . They play their home games at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium . The latter is considered the home stadium. The team won the Arabian Gulf Cup in 1992 , 2004 and 2014 . They have appeared in ten Asian Cup tournaments and won it twice in 2019 and 2023 , beating Japan , Saudi Arabia , and South Korea in the process during 2019, conceding just one goal.
2026 Fixtures
| Date | Match | Group / Round | Venue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-13 12:00 UTC-7 | Qatar vs Switzerland | Group B | San Francisco Bay Area (Santa Clara) | SCHEDULED |
| 2026-06-18 15:00 UTC-7 | Canada vs Qatar | Group B | Vancouver | SCHEDULED |
| 2026-06-24 12:00 UTC-7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar | Group B | Seattle | SCHEDULED |
Honours
| Continental: AFC Asian Cup Champions (2) : 2019 , 2023 |
| Regional: Arab Cup / FIFA Arab Cup 1 Runners-up (1): 1998 Third place (1): 2021 |
| Regional: Arabian Gulf Cup Champions (3) : 1992 , 2004 , 2014 Runners-up (4): 1984 , 1990 , 1996 , 2002 Third place (2): 1976 , 2003–04 |
| Regional: WAFF Championship Champions (1) : 2013 |
| Friendly: International Friendship Championship (1) : 2018 |
| Awards: AFC Asian Cup Fair Play Award (1) : 2023 |
| Awards: Arabian Gulf Cup Fair Play Award (1) : 2019 |
| Summary: Official regional competition organized and recognized by FIFA since 2021 . Previous editions were organized by UAFA . |
Competition Records
Competitive record
| Overview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Total |
| AFC Asian Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FIFA Arab Cup | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| WAFF Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arabian Gulf Cup | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup | Qualification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 to 1958 | Protectorate of the United Kingdom | Protectorate of the United Kingdom | ||||||
| 1962 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||
| 1966 and 1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1974 | Withdrew from qualifiers | Withdrew from qualifiers | ||||||
| 1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1982 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1986 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1990 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 1994 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | ||
| 1998 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 2002 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 |
AFC Asian Cup
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1956 | Protectorate of the United Kingdom | Protectorate of the United Kingdom | ||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1980 | Group stage | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1984 | 5th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad |
| 1988 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Squad |
| 1992 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
AFC Asian Cup
| AFC Asian Cup history | |
|---|---|
| First match | Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates (17 September 1980; Kuwait City , Kuwait) |
| Biggest win | North Korea 0–6 Qatar (13 January 2019; Al Ain , United Arab Emirates) |
| Biggest defeat | Kuwait 4–0 Qatar (25 September 1980; Kuwait City , Kuwait) |
| Best result | Champions ( 2019 , 2023 ) |
| Worst result | Group stage ( 1980 , 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 2004 , 2007 , 2015 ) |
FIFA Arab Cup
| FIFA Arab Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1963 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1964 | |||||||
| 1966 | |||||||
| 1985 | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1988 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1992 | |||||||
| 1998 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 2012 | |||||||
| 2021 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Copa América
| Copa América record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2019 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
| CONCACAF Gold Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2021 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | Semi-finals | 2/28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
Gulf Cup
| Gulf Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1970 | Fourth place | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1972 | Fourth place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1974 | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 1976 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 1979 | Fifth place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 1982 | Fifth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 1984 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 1986 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 1988 | Sixth place | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 1990 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1992 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Current Squad
| Pos | Name | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| GK | Fahad Younis | 0 | 0 | Al-Sailiya |
| GK | Marwan Badreldin | 0 | 0 | Al-Ahli |
| GK | Saad Al-Sheeb | 79 | 0 | Al-Sadd |
| GK | Shehab Ellethy | 1 | 0 | Al-Shahaniya |
| Defenders | ||||
| DF | Abdullah Al-Yazidi | 5 | 0 | Al-Sadd |
| DF | Abdullah Yousef | 6 | 0 | Al-Rayyan |
| DF | Ahmed Suhail | 13 | 1 | Al-Sadd |
| DF | Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar | 39 | 2 | Al-Wakrah |
| DF | Amro Surag | 5 | 2 | Al-Gharafa |
| DF | Bassam Al-Rawi | 70 | 2 | Al-Duhail |
| DF | Eisa Palangi | 0 | 0 | Qatar SC |
| DF | Hazem Shehata | 11 | 1 | Al-Rayyan |
| DF | Marwan Sherif | 0 | 0 | Al-Arabi |
| DF | Mohammed Ayash | 1 | 0 | Qatar SC |
| DF | Nabil Irfan | 0 | 0 | Al-Wakrah |
| DF | Niall Mason | 0 | 0 | Qatar SC |
| DF | Rayyan Al-Ali | 1 | 0 | Al-Gharafa |
| DF | Tarek Salman | 90 | 0 | Al-Sadd |
| DF | Yousef Aymen | 9 | 1 | Al-Duhail |
| Midfielders | ||||
| MF | Abdelrahman Moustafa | 13 | 0 | Al-Ahli |
| MF | Anas Abweny | 0 | 0 | Al-Sadd |
| MF | Guilherme Torres | 2 | 0 | Al-Sadd |
| MF | Ibrahim Al-Hassan | 12 | 3 | Al-Rayyan |
| MF | Khaled Mohammed | 3 | 0 | Al-Ahli |
| MF | Khalid Ali Sabah | 2 | 0 | Al-Sailiya |
| MF | Mohammed Waad | 49 | 0 | Al-Shamal |
| MF | Mostafa Meshaal | 26 | 2 | Eupen |
| Forwards | ||||
| FW | Ahmed Al-Rawi | 9 | 3 | Qatar SC |
| FW | Ismaeel Mohammad | 84 | 4 | Al-Duhail |
| FW | Mohamed Gouda | 7 | 0 | Al-Arabi |
| FW | Mubarak Shanan | 2 | 0 | Al-Duhail |
| FW | Sebastián Soria | 124 | 39 | Qatar SC |
All-Time Leaders
| Most Caps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Stat | Years |
| Hassan Al-Haydos | 188 Caps | 2008–present |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | 135 Caps | 2010–present |
| Akram Afif | 133 Caps | 2015–present |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | 130 Caps | 2009–present |
| Karim Boudiaf | 128 Caps | 2013–present |
| 128 | 21 Caps | 2013–present |
| Sebastián Soria | 126 Caps | 2007–present |
| Almoez Ali | 126 Caps | 2016–present |
| Top Scorers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Stat | Years |
| Hassan Al-Haydos | 188 Goals | 2008–present |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | 135 Goals | 2010–present |
| Akram Afif | 133 Goals | 2015–present |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | 130 Goals | 2009–present |
| Karim Boudiaf | 128 Goals | 2013–present |
| 128 | 21 Goals | 2013–present |
| Sebastián Soria | 126 Goals | 2007–present |
| Almoez Ali | 126 Goals | 2016–present |