Qatar national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association.
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
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 |
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- 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
Current coaching staff
Last update: February 2014.[1]
| Technical staff |
| Head coach |
Óscar Fernández |
| Assistant coach |
 Ibrahim El-Shafei |
| Goalkeeping coach |
Onala Iñaki |
| Fitness coach |
Xavier Pedro |
| Fitness coach |
.svg.png) Olivier Materne |
| Administrative staff |
| Director of administration |
 Mohammed Al Obaidly |
| Administrator |
Faraj Saleh Al Marri |
| Media co-ordinator |
Abdullah Saleh Sulaiti |
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Managerial history
See also
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