Qatar national football team

Qatar
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)العنابي
(The Maroons)[1]
AssociationQatar Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachTintín Márquez
CaptainAbdulaziz Hatem
Most capsHassan Al-Haydos (183)[2]
Top scorerAlmoez Ali (59)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeQAT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 46 Decrease 2 (24 October 2024)[3]
Highest34 (April and July 2024)
Lowest113 (November 2010)
First international
 Bahrain 2–1 Qatar 
(Isa Town, Bahrain; 27 March 1970)
Biggest win
 Qatar 15–0 Bhutan 
(Doha, Qatar; 3 September 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Kuwait 9–0 Qatar 
(Kuwait; 8 January 1973)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
Asian Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1980)
Best resultChampions (2019, 2023)
Arab Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up (1998)
Gold Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best resultSemi-finals (2021)
Copa América
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
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The Qatar national football team (Arabic: منتخب قَطَر لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم), 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 Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is considered the home stadium.[5]

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.

Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup and therefore qualified automatically for what was their first appearance in the event. It was the first time an Arab nation hosted the competition.[6] On 25 November 2022, Qatar were the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup; subsequently, they became the worst performing host nation in the history of the FIFA World Cup, losing every game.

Qatar has footballing rivalries with Bahrain,[7] United Arab Emirates,[8] and Saudi Arabia.[9]

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  2. ^ "Hassan Khalid Al-Haydos - Century of International Appearances". Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Qatar stadia". qatarvisitor.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Host Country". Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Qatar World Cup 2022: A lost economic opportunity for Bahrain?". 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Beyond rivalry, shared passion brings football fans together in Dubai". 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Football, blockade and piracy at Asian Cup". 17 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.