Qatar

National team · Qatar

«The Maroons»

97 Matches

39 wins

24 draws

34 losses

136–141 Goals

−5 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form L L D D L L

Qatar currently hold the Asian Cup, having become the first side ever to retain the title: a 3-1 win over Japan sealed it in 2019, and they defended it successfully in 2023. At home, 2019 is remembered as the moment the national game arrived — Almoez Ali finished that tournament as both its top scorer and best player, and he has since become the side's all-time leading scorer with 60 goals.

None of that continental form carried over three years later, when Qatar became the first Arab nation to host a World Cup. Playing in front of their own crowd in 2022, the hosts lost to Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands in turn and left the group stage as the first World Cup host never to take a single point from the tournament.

The team plays in maroon with a white change kit, colours lifted from the national flag, and goes by the Maroons. The Qatar Football Association has run the game from Doha since 1960. Of the rivalries built up around the side, the fixture against Saudi Arabia carries the most weight off the pitch — supporters call it the Blockade Derby, a nod to the diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Doha's Khalifa International Stadium has served as the team's main home ground since 1976 and holds 45,857; the smaller Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, with room for 15,000, fills in from time to time. It is in Doha, between the two grounds, that the Maroons are watched by their own crowd.

Latest results

All matches

24 Jun	World Cup	Bosnia & Herzegovina A	1:3	L
18 Jun	World Cup	Canada A	0:6	L
13 Jun	World Cup	Switzerland H	1:1	D
6 Jun	Friendlies	El Salvador H	0:0	D
28 May	Friendlies	Republic of Ireland A	0:1	L
21 May	Friendlies	Sudan H

Standing

Asian Cup

Group stage · Group A

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	5:0	9
2	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	2:2	4
3	China	3	0	2	1	0:1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1:5	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 97

97 Matches

39 wins

24 draws

34 losses

136–141 Goals

−5 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 97

39 24 34

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	97	56	41
Scored	136	92	44
Conceded	141	72	69
Scored per game	1.4	1.6	1.1
Conceded per game	1.5	1.3	1.7
Difference	−5	+20	−25

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Mohammed Muntari Forward 4 Matches

Tahsin Mohammed Jamsheed Forward 4 Matches

Ahmed Alaaeldin Abdelmotaal Forward 4 Matches

Y. Abdurisaq Forward 4 Matches

Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif Forward 4 Matches

Edmilson Junior Forward 4 Matches

Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam Midfielder 4 Matches

Abdulaziz Hatem Mohammed Abdullah Midfielder 4 Matches

Squad of Qatar

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
9	Mohammed Muntari	Forward	4
24	Tahsin Mohammed Jamsheed	Forward	4
7	Ahmed Alaaeldin Abdelmotaal	Forward	4
15	Y. Abdurisaq	Forward	4
11	Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif	Forward	4
8	Edmilson Junior	Forward	4
5	Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam	Midfielder	4
6	Abdulaziz Hatem Mohammed Abdullah	Midfielder	4
1	Mahmud Ibrahim Abunada	Goalkeeper	4
16	Boualem Khoukhi	Defender	4
2	Pedro Miguel	Defender	4
13	Ayoub Al-Ui	Defender	4
21	Salah Zakaria	Goalkeeper	4
22	Meshaal Aissa Mohammed Barsham	Goalkeeper	4
4	I. Laje	Defender	4
18	Sultan Hussain Al Braik	Defender	4
3	Lucas Mendes	Defender	4
10	Hassan Khalid Hassan Al Haydos	Forward	4
17	Ahmed Mohammed Al Ganehi	Forward	4
20	Ahmed Fathi Abdoun	Midfielder	4
12	Karim Boudiaf	Midfielder	4
26	Mohamed Naceur Al Manai	Midfielder	4
19	Almoez Ali Zainalabedeen Moham Abdulla	Forward	3
25	Al Hashmi Al Hussain Mohi Aldin	Defender	3
14	Homam Elamin Mohamed Ahmed	Defender	3
23	Assim Madibo	Midfielder	3
25	A. Al Hussain	Defender	1
27	Rayyan Ahmed Al-Ali	Defender	1