49
FIFA Ranking
0
Finals
-
Last World Cup
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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.
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