Qatar national under-23 football team

The Qatar national under-23 football team (also known as Qatar Under-23 or Qatar Olympics Team) represents Qatar in international football competitions in GCC U-23 Championship and football at the Summer Olympics, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments.

History
Compared to regional neighbours, Qatar has a decent record in Olympic football, with two prior Summer Olympics qualifications and a gold medal in the 2006 Asian games.

Qatar's first attempt to compete in the Olympic level proved fruitful, they cruised past Jordan and Syria in the preliminary stages of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, then finished atop of Group B in the final qualifications round after beating Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Iraq.

Qatar's Olympic debut under Brazilian legend Evaristo de Macedo came as stunning as it gets, a 2–2 draw with a Platini captained France (who went on to claim the gold medal eventually), sent ripples of shock across the football world, however; suffering two defeats to Chile and Norway deprived the first timers of a last 16 berth.

Eight years later, a new young squad dominated its qualifying campaign on the expense of Japan, China and Saudi Arabia, in the finals; the Qataris were given a tough draw next to host nation Spain, Colombia and Egypt. Qatar kicked off their matches at Barcelona with a crucial 1–0 win over fellow Arab nation Egypt, before registering a 1–1 draw with Colombia to secure a place in the knockout stage, turning the last group match against Spain into a formality.

A loss to Poland in the second stage fell a little bit short of rising expectations, but reaching the second stage led to the country's best Olympic result.

When hosting the 2006 Asian Games, Qatar found itself with a double objective; to show that it was capable of hosting a major event of that caliber, and demonstrate that its football team was worthy of standing alongside Asia's elite.

Undefeated throughout the whole tournament; Qatar's momentum escalated from one match to another, reaching its peak in the 2–0 final against Iraq.

Summer Olympics
Since 1992, football at the Summer Olympics changes into Under-23 tournament.

Asian Games
Since 2002, football at the Asian Games changes into Under-23 tournament.

Current squad
The following 23 players were named in the squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Previous squads

 * Olympic Games:
 * 1992 Summer Olympics


 * AFC U-23 Championship:
 * 2016 AFC U-23 Championship
 * 2018 AFC U-23 Championship
 * 2020 AFC U-23 Championship
 * 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
 * 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup


 * Asian Games:
 * 2022 Asian Games


 * WAFF U-23 Championship:
 * 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship
 * 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship