From it’s first match in 1970 to collaborating within the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, right here is how soccer in Qatar and the nationwide crew have fared.
November 20 shall be a red-letter day for Qatari soccer.
Its males’s soccer crew will make its World Cup debut as hosts of the match, taking over Ecuador on the Al Bayt Stadium to mark the opening of the 2022 World Cup.
The Maroon have been on an upward trajectory lately.
Here's a timeline monitoring the crew’s, and the game’s, journey and the way it has established itself within the Asian soccer pyramid:
1960 – The Qatar Soccer Affiliation (QFA) is shaped. Three years later, it turns into an official FIFA member.
1970 – The nationwide crew performs its first official match towards Bahrain within the biennial Gulf Cup, dropping 2-1.
1972 – The QFA launches the Qatar soccer league.
1974 – Qatar win their first worldwide match, beating Oman 4-0 within the second group recreation of the Gulf Cup. Qatar finishes third within the six-team match.
1975 – The Maroon participate within the Asian Cup qualifiers however fail to qualify for the match.
1977 – Qatar beat Bahrain on its World Cup qualifiers debut however end third and fail to make it out of the group.
1980 – Managed by former Barcelona and Brazil winger Evaristo, Qatar makes its first look on the Asia Cup.
1984 – The crew reaches the Gulf Cup closing for the primary time however loses 4-3 to Iraq on penalties.
1992 – Qatar qualify for the Summer time Olympics, the place they beat Egypt and maintain Colombia to a draw. The identical 12 months, the crew wins its first-ever Gulf Cup, successful 4 out of its 5 video games within the match.
1997 – Qatar make it to the ultimate spherical of qualifiers for the 1998 World Cup however miss out on qualification after dropping to Saudi Arabia within the final recreation. A win would have secured a spot in France 1998.
2004 – Win a second Gulf Cup, this time as hosts.
2006 – The Maroon win their first Asian Video games gold, defeating Iraq within the closing.
2014 – A seminal 12 months in Qatar soccer because the crew loses only one match the whole 12 months and wins the West Asia Soccer Federation and the Gulf Cup championships.
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2019 – In opposition to all odds, Qatar wins the Asian Cup for the primary time. En path to the title, Qatar defeat South Korea within the quarter-finals and four-time champions Japan within the closing. They concede only one aim in the whole match. The identical 12 months, Qatar was invited to play within the Copa America the place, after a formidable 2-2 draw towards Paraguay, it loses the following two video games and finishes backside of the group.
2021 – The crew is invited to play the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the place it makes it to the semi-finals earlier than dropping 1-0 to hosts USA.
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