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The Afghanistan national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان)(Pashto: دافغانستان ملی فوتبال تیم)is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation.The national team was founded in 1922 and joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954. The Afghanistan national team play their home games at the Ghazi National Olympic Stadium, which was built in the 1920s with a capacity of over 25,000.
Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the 1951 Asian Games when they finished 4th. At present Afghanistan has low levels of participation in football compared to many countries[citation needed], and the game was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. Afghanistan played no international fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the team rose to a peak of 173rd in the FIFA World Rankings.
[edit] Afghanistan all time record against all nations
[edit] Fixtures
No Upcoming Fixtures Confirmed as of 31 May 2009
[edit] FIFA World Cup Record
[edit] World Cup Qualification Records
[edit] Olympic Games record
[edit] AFC Asian Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup Qualification records
| Asian Cup |
| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
1956 to 1972 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1976 |
Did not qualify |
6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
18 |
1980 |
Did not qualify |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
1984 |
Did not qualify |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
20 |
1988 to 2000 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2004 |
Did not qualify |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
   2007 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2011 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
0/4 |
16 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
54 |
[edit] Asian Games record
- From the 2002 Asian Games Campaign onwards, the U23 team replaced the full team in the tournament.
[edit] South Asian Football Federation
| SAFF Championship |
| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
1993
|
Did Not Enter
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1995
|
Did Not Enter
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1997
|
Did Not Enter
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1999
|
Did Not Enter
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2003
|
Group Stage
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
2005
|
Group Stage
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
11
|
2008
|
Group Stage
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
|
Total
|
Best: Group Stage
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
24
|
[edit] AFC Challenge Cup
| AFC Challenge Cup |
| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
2006
|
Group Stage
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
2008
|
Group Stage
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
2010
|
Withdrew[1]
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total
|
Best: Group Stage
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
15
|
[edit] Managers
[edit] Current squad
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
|
GK |
Shamsuddin Amiri |
February 12, 1985 (1985-02-12) (age 24) |
30 |
0 |
Kabul Bank F.C. |
|
GK |
Mansur Faqiryar |
January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03) (age 23) |
0 |
0 |
FC Oberneuland |
|
GK |
Emal Gariwal |
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
DF |
Bashir Ahmad Saadat  |
September 13, 1981 (1981-09-13) (age 27) |
9 |
0 |
Maiwand Kabul FC |
|
DF |
Zohib Islam |
June 15, 1984 (1984-06-15) (age 25) |
9 |
0 |
Kabul Bank F.C. |
|
DF |
Yusuf Barak |
February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 25) |
6 |
0 |
KSV Hessen Kassel |
|
DF |
Maqadar Qazizadah |
|
|
|
|
|
DF |
Sayed Maqsood Hashemi |
|
20 |
2 |
|
|
DF |
Qudratullah Husaini |
|
|
|
|
|
DF |
Mohammad Ibrahim Jebran |
|
|
|
|
|
DF |
Amanullah Omari |
|
|
|
|
|
DF |
Faisal Sakhizada |
|
|
|
|
|
DF |
Ali Ahmad Yarzada |
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
MF |
Obaidullah Karimi |
December 21, 1979 (1979-12-21) (age 29) |
10 |
1 |
Hamm United FC |
| 21 |
MF |
Ata Yamrali |
July 5, 1982 (1982-07-05) (age 27) |
7 |
2 |
Niendorfer TSV |
|
MF |
Raza Mahmoudi |
May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12) (age 25) |
4 |
0 |
free agent |
|
MF |
Said Daftari |
November 26, 1982 (1982-11-26) (age 26) |
3 |
1 |
Wuppertaler SV Borussia II |
|
MF |
Harez Habib |
February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12) (age 27) |
6 |
3 |
KSV Hessen Kassel |
|
MF |
Djelaludin Sharityar |
February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12) (age 27) |
5 |
ß |
1.FC Schweinfurt 05 |
|
MF |
Saboor Khalili |
September 5, 1985 (1985-09-05) (age 23) |
|
|
SV Curslack-Neuengamme |
|
MF |
Sayed Bashir Azimi |
|
|
|
|
|
MF |
Israfeel Kohistani |
|
|
|
|
|
MF |
Ahmad Khesraw |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FW |
Milad Salem |
March 3, 1988 (1988-03-03) (age 21) |
1 |
0 |
 |
|
FW |
Hafizullah Qadami |
February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 24) |
25 |
5 |
Maiwand Kabul FC |
|
FW |
Hashmatullah Barakzai |
|
9 |
3 |
Kabul Bank F.C. |
|
FW |
Mustafa Hadid |
August 25, 1988 (1988-08-25) (age 20) |
3 |
2 |
Eintracht Norderstedt |
|
FW |
Hamidullah Rastagar |
|
|
|
|
|
FW |
Abdul Saboor Aser |
|
|
|
|
|
FW |
Azam Ayoubi |
April 25, 1991 (1991-04-25) (age 18) |
26 |
15 |
Kabul Bank F.C. |
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[edit] Top goalscorers
As of January 1, 2009[update], the players with the most goals for Afghanistan are: Please note that only Goals scored in A International are counted and not goals scored in unofficial matches. It must also be noted that, Mohammad Saber Rohparwar may have scored 25 goals for Afghanistan, but as the national team have only ever scored 28 in total in full 'A' internationals, then the majorty of Rohparwar's goals would not have been counted in official records.
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
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