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Qatar national football team
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The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Despite an estimated population of 1.3 million, Qatar remains one of Asian football's enigmas, particular at the youth level. They advanced to the final of the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship final, losing to the then West Germany. They qualified for the FIFA event after finishing second in the AFC Youth Championship, losing to Korea Republic in the final. Then again, in 1990, Qatar finished fourth in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and prior to qualifying for the championship, finished as champions in the AFC U-17 Championship in the same year.
In the AFC U-17 Championship, Qatar finished as runner up at least five times in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994 and 1998.
At the senior level, Qatar had won the Gulf Cup twice in 2004 and 1992. On both these occasions, Qatar was the host. The national senior team has also qualified for the Asian Cup finals, at least seven times in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2004.
In order to sustain their success, the Qataris have once again turned their attention to youth development, particularly through the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence which was launched in September 2004.
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1978 to 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2010 - Currently reached fourth round of Asian qualifying [1]
Asian Cup record
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Iraq on 22 June 2008.
Recent Call Ups
1 Ruled to be ineligible to compete for Qatar having represented Brazil at youth level [1]
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9 titles :  Kuwait (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998)
3 titles :  Iraq (1979, 1984, 1988)  Saudi Arabia (1994, 2002, 2003)
2 titles :  Qatar (1992, 2004)
1 title :  United Arab Emirates (2007)
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