| Association | Qatar Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Emanuel Mesquita | ||
| Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | QAT | ||
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| Biggest win | |||
 Qatar 13–0 Bhutan(Doha,Qatar; 8 November 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Qatar 1–9 Australia(Tashkent,Uzbekistan; 7 March 2023) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in1981) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1981) | ||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 16 (first in1980) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2014) | ||
TheQatar national under-20 football team is the national youth team ofQatar and is controlled by theQatar Football Association. Qatar's U-20 national team played an important role in the development of football in Qatar and gave it one of its first shining moments on the global stage when the youth squad finished second in the1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.
In response to the recently establishedWorld Youth Championship, Qatar established its national youth team in 1976. However, they were unable to qualify for the first two World Youth Championships in1977 in Tunisia and in1979 in Japan.[1]
In the1980 AFC Youth Championship which was held in Thailand, the Qatar U20 team finished as runners-up after losing to South Korea in the final. This granted them a spot in the1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted in Australia. Under the supervision of Brazilian coachEvaristo de Macedo, the championships proved to be a success. FacingBrazil in the quarter-finals, they were able to secure a 3–2 victory by utilizing the offside trap. They went on to face England in the semi-finals, where they earned a 2–1 victory after a fine performance by their goalkeeper.[1]
The team finished second after losing 0–4 toWest Germany in the final on a wet pitch which was unfavorable to the Qataris as they were not used to playing in such conditions.[1] As a result of achieving runners-up position, each Qatari player received 100,000 Qatari riyals, a Mercedes Benz, and a bungalow. The population of Qataris was only 120,000 at the time of this achievement.[2]
Qatar earned its second international U-20 World Cup appearance in 1995 as hosts. While Nigeria was preparing to host the1995 edition, an Ebola epidemic broke out in west Africa, and as a result, FIFA decided to award the hosting rights to Qatar with only twenty days remaining till the start of the championships.[1]
Qatar's youth team won theAFC U-19 Championship for the first time in its history after defeating DPR Korea 1–0 in the final of the2014 edition which took place in Myanmar.[3] Advancing undefeated from a group which included DPR Korea and Iraq, they defeated China 4–2 in the quarter-finals, and earned a 3–2 victory after extra time against the hosts in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Qataris would be victorious against DPR Korea for a second time in the tournament, with super sub Akram Afif scoring the only goal of the match in the second half. The entire squad was composed ofAspire Academy students. As a result of Aspire's HOPE Project (Holistic Overseas Player Experience), most of the squad were European-based.[4]
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1977 | did not qualify | ||||||
 1979 | |||||||
| 1981 | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
 1983 | did not qualify | ||||||
 1985 | |||||||
 1987 | |||||||
 1989 | |||||||
 1991 | |||||||
| 1993 | |||||||
| 1995 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 1997 | did not qualify | ||||||
 1999 | |||||||
 2001 | |||||||
 2003 | |||||||
 2005 | |||||||
 2007 | |||||||
 2009 | |||||||
 2011 | |||||||
 2013 | |||||||
 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
 2017 | did not qualify | ||||||
 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | did not qualify | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
  2027 | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 4/25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1980 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1982 | did not qualify | ||||||
| 1985 | |||||||
| 1986 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 1988 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
 1990 | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 1992 | Round 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 1994 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1996 | Round 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 1998 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 2000 | did not qualify | ||||||
| 2002 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
 2006 | did not qualify | ||||||
| 2008 | |||||||
 2010 | |||||||
| 2012 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 2014 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
 2016 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | Semifinals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
| 2023 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2025 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 16/22 | 65 | 29 | 9 | 27 | 104 | 104 |
v Qatar| 23 February 2023 (2023-02-23)Friendly | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Qatar | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
| 17:00 (UTC+4) | Al-Zubaidi 3',50' | Report | 27' | Stadium:The Sevens Stadium |
v Iran| 1 March 2023 (2023-03-01)2023 AFC U-20 GS | Qatar | 0–1 | Iran | Istiqlol Stadium, Fergana |
| 19:00 | Report | Attendance: 6,120 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea) |
v Qatar| 4 March 2023 (2023-03-04)2023 AFC U-20 GS | Vietnam | 2–1 | Qatar | Istiqlol Stadium, Fergana |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Akhrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan) |
v Australia| 7 March 2023 (2023-03-07)2023 AFC U-20 GS | Qatar | 1–9 | Australia | JAR Stadium, Tashkent |
| 15:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 123 Referee:Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia) |
Evaristo de Macedo (xx)José Faria (1979)Evaristo de Macedo (xx)João Francisco (1986)Edison de Souza (1987)Celso Roth (1991–92)Marcio Maximo (1994)
Jørgen E. Larsen (1995)Alejandro Sabella (1995)José Paulo (1995–97)Marcelo Buarque (1997)José Paulo (1998)Obeid Jumaa (1998)Ruud Doctor (2001–03)Tiny Ruys (xx–2005)
Roberto Landi (2005–06)Remco Boere (2007)Tiny Ruys (xx–2011)Marcel van Buuren (2011–2013)
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The following table shows Qatar's head-to-head record in theFIFA U-20 World Cup andAFC U-20 Asian Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
 England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
 Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
 Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
 United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 020.00 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 000.00 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
 Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| China | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 033.33 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 080.00 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
 Iraq | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 025.00 |
 Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 020.00 |
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 North Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 080.00 |
 Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 033.33 |
| South Korea | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 000.00 |
| Syria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 020.00 |
| Thailand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 100.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
 Yemen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 65 | 29 | 9 | 27 | 104 | 104 | +0 | 044.62 |
