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Appearance
2022
First appearance
Kit colours
Maroon / White
Qatar national football team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Mahmoud Abunada
Salah Zakaria
Meshaal Barsham
Pedro Miguel
Lucas Mendes
Issa Laye
Jassem Gaber
Ayoub Aloui
Homam Ahmed
Boualem Khoukhi
Sultan Albrake
Alhashmi Alhussein
Abdulaziz Hatem
Karim Boudiaf
Ahmed Alganehi
Ahmed Fathy
Assim Madibo
Ahmed Alaaeldin
Edmilson Junior
Mohammed Muntari
Hassan Alhaydos
Akram Afif
Yusuf Abdurisag
Almoez Ali
Tahsin Mohammed
Mohamed Manai
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
Qatar arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group B, representing AFC.
Julen Lopetegui leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether QAT can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
Qatar national football team
The Qatar national football team, nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. They play their home games at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. The team won the Arabian Gulf Cup in 1992, 2004 and 2014. They have appeared in ten Asian Cup tournaments and won it twice in 2019 and 2023, beating Japan, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea in the process during 2019, conceding just one goal. Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup and therefore qualified automatically for what was their first appearance in the event. Amidst the controversy, it was the first time an Arab nation hosted the competition. On 25 November 2022, Qatar were the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup; subsequently, they became the worst performing host nation in the history of the FIFA World Cup, losing every game. On 14 October 2025, Qatar qualified directly for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a 2–1 victory over the United Arab Emirates. Qatar has footballing rivalries with Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
See Qatar fixtures and simulate their possible path to the final.
A practical way to separate obvious contenders from teams whose bracket path can become dangerous in the expanded 48-team format.
A clear overview of how national teams reach the expanded 48-team World Cup and why qualification differs by confederation.
An explanation of group-stage ranking logic, football tiebreakers, and why goal difference can decide an entire tournament path.
How group rankings become knockout slots, why paths shift, and how the simulator advances teams round by round.