Qatar 2022: Five steps for Qatar to become competitive
Since winning the right to hold the World Cup in 2022 Qatar have been working to be able to field a competitive team, as BBC Sport's Alex South explains.
Ranked 109th in the Fifa rankings they are not expected to qualify for the next World Cup in Russia.
However, following a win on Thursday against Algeria and having beaten Australia earlier this year, Qatar are going into the qualification process for 2018 with some form.