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Qatar head coach Djamel Belmadi unveiled 23-players roster for sixteenth Asian Cup on 23 December. Khalfan Ibrahim has been given responsibility to handle a young Qatar football team in Asian cup at Australia. Qatar is in group C of tournament along with Iran, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Qatar to face UAE in their opening game of Asian Cup on 11 January at Canberra Stadium.
Qatar 23 man Asian Cup squad
| PLAYER | POSITION |
| Khalfan Ibrahim (Captain) | Midfielder |
| Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud | Midfielder |
| Saad Al Sheeb | Goalkeeper |
| Ahmed Soufiane | Goalkeeper |
| Qasem Burhan | Goalkeeper |
| Karim Boudiaf | Midfielder |
| Mohammed Muntari | Midfielder |
| Mohammed Tresor Abdullah | Forward |
| Ismaeel Mohammad | Midfielder |
| Boualem Khoukhi | Midfielder |
| Abdurahman Abubakar | Defender |
| Khalid Abdulraouf | Midfielder |
| Ibrahim Majid | Defender |
| Magid Mohamed | Forward |
| Hassan Al Haidos | Forward |
| Meshal Abdullah | Forward |
| Ali Assadalla | Midfielder |
| Khalid Muftah | Defender |
| Bilal Mohammed | Defender |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | Midfielder |
| Mohammed Musa | Defender |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | Defender |
| Almahdi Ali Mukhtar | Defender |
