Qatar 's national team will use the Football Association 's national football centre at St George 's Park , Burton , as its base for internationals against European opposition in May . The Qatar team will be based at St George 's Park and are expected to play a friendly against Northern Ireland at a venue in the Midlands on May 31 and possibly other internationals too . The move comes despite FA chairman Greg Dyke 's unflattering comments about Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup . Wayne Rooney trains at St George 's Park with the England squad , where the FA will welcome the Qatar national team in May despite outspoken opposition to the country hosting the 2022 World Cup . Roy Hodgson is all smiles as the likes of Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere are put through their paces . Dyke said last month , after FIFA 's decision to play the World Cup in winter : 'The best option would be to not hold it in Qatar , but we are now beyond that so November/December would seem to be the best of the bad options . ' An FA source said Qatar 's use of St George 's Park was a commercial arrangement similar to visits by Spanish side Barcelona and Turkish giants Galatasaray last year and more recently Montserrat , and that all surplus income would be invested into grassroots football . Northern Ireland have a Euro 2016 qualifier on June 13 and are also expected to play Wales in Cardiff on June 4 . Qatar are ranked as 120th in the world by FIFA while Northern Ireland 's latest ranking is 51st .
Qatar will train at St George 's Park in lead up to friendly match . The Cardiff World Cup hosts are expected to face Northern Ireland . FA chairman Greg Dyke previously criticised Qatar for hosting World Cup .