Teams

49

FIFA Ranking

0

Finals

-

Last World Cup

-

Best Performance

Hosts Qatar are taking part in their first ever World Cup, though they still have had quite a few competitive matches in recent years, and they should not be a side to be underestimated. In qualifying for the AFC Cup, they won 7 of their 8 games to top their group and qualify for the tournament this coming January, and also made it to the semi finals of the Gold Cup last summer before coming third in the Arab Cup last winter, but their greatest result would have been winning the Asian Cup in 2019, defeating Japan 3-1 in the final. They are a side who even featured in the Copa America in the same year, gaining a point with a 2-2 draw against Paraguay before being defeated by Colombia and Argentina.

Fixtures

Player to Watch

At the age of 26, Almoez Ali needs to score only 6 more goals for his nation to become the top goalscorer of all time for his nation. He scored a record 9 goals during Qatar’s triumphant Asian Cup run in 2019 and a further 4 in the 2021 Gold Cup where he clinched the top goalscorer award. Averaging a goal every other game for his nation, his form is sure to be key if Qatar are to escape Group A.

Squad List

Name

Saad Al Sheeb

Yousef Hassan

Meshaal Barsham

Ró-Ró

Abdelkarim Hassan

Tarek Salman

Musab Kheder

Homam Ahmed

Bassam Al-Rawi

Boualem Khoukhi

Ahmed Suhail

Jassem Gaber

Abdulaziz Hatem

Mohammed Waad

Ali Assadalla

Karim Boudiaf

Abdullah Al-Ahrak

Assim Madibo

Akram Afif

Ahmed Alaaeldin

Mohammed Muntari

Hassan Al-Haydos

Ismaeel Mohammad

Khalid Muneer

Almoez Ali

Yusuf Abdurisag

Position

GK

GK

GK

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

Club

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Gharafa (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Gharafa (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Arabi (Qatar)

Al-Arabi (Qatar)

Al-Rayyan (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Gharafa (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Wakrah (Qatar)

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Age

32

26

24

32

29

24

28

23

24

32

23

20

31

23

28

32

25

25

25

29

28

31

32

23

26

23

Caps

76

7

12

76

117

50

27

19

47

93

1

0

93

14

54

104

21

40

78

43

43

163

61

1

72

13

Goals

0

0

0

1

15

0

0

2

2

20

0

0

11

0

12

5

1

0

23

1

12

33

4

0

39

1