Jordan national football team

Jordan

Nickname(s)	Al-Nashama
Association	Jordan Football Association
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Adnan Hamad
Captain	Hatem Aqel
Home stadium	Amman International Stadium
FIFA code	JOR
FIFA ranking	82
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (August 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	152 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	82
Highest Elo ranking	37 (23 July 2004)
Lowest Elo ranking	143 (September 1984, July 1985)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Syria 3–1 Jordan (Egypt: 1 August 1953)
Biggest win
Jordan 9–0 Nepal (Amman: Jordan; 23 July 2011)
Biggest defeat
Syria 6–0 Jordan (Beirut, Lebanon: 24 October 1957) China PR 6–0 Jordan (Guangzhou, China: 12 September 1984)
Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2004)
Best result	Quarter-finals: 2004, 2011

The Jordan national football team (المنتخب الأردني لكرة القدم) (known by its fans as النشامى Al-Nashama) is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association.The governing body for football in Jordan. Jordan's home ground is Amman International Stadium in Amman and their head coach is Adnan Hamad.They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, but have appeared twice in the finals of the Asian Cup, once in 2004 and again in 2011, both times reaching the quarter-final stage.

Jordan is a two-time winner of the Pan Arab Games, having won the 1997 and 1999 editions of the tournament.Jordan was the host country of the WAFF 2010 but was eliminated from the first round after drawing both their group stage matches with Syria and Kuwait, thus failing to progress to the semi-finals. So far, Jordan has hosted the West Asian Football Federation Championship 3 times in (2000, 2007 and 2010) and the Arab Nations Cup once in 1988.

Under the leadership of Egyptian head coach Mahmoud El-Gohary, Jordan began to developing in football, has begun making a strong name in the Asian continent and the Arab region, Mahmoud El-Gohary who took over in 2002, they qualified the first time to 2004. His achievement was development of the Jordanian football and made a strong name for in the Asian continent and the Arab region and has ever reached The highest FIFA ranking Jordan was 37th in August 2004. El-Gohary resigned from his position of head coach of Jordan in 2007. because he was failed to help Jordan reach the 2007 AFC Asian Cup he and failed to win the 2007 after his release from the semi-finals stage . after El-Gohary era , The Portuguese head coach Nelo Vingada took over in August 2007 but The worst times for Jordan was with him, because he failed to help Jordan reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup, He then resigned in 2009. Then the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took his place as head coach for Jordan, He has achieved amazing results with them, where to qualifed to 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, and reached the quarter-final and came out at the hands of Uzbekistan, and has achieved excellent start at the beginning of FIFA World Cup qualification and reaching the AFC Fourth Round fourth round of the qualifying it's the first time in the history of Jordan.

History

The Jordanian national football team's first international match was played in 1953 in Egypt where the team defeated Syria 3-1. The first FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Jordan took part in was the 1986 qualifiers, but they are yet to qualify for a World Cup.

Jordan qualified for the Asian Cup finals for the first time in 2004, losing to Japan in the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out in the end. Jordan missed out on the Asian Cup in 2007 but barely returned for the subsequent 2011 edition in Qatar after beating Singapore 2–1 at home to resolve a three-way tie for second place on the last day of qualifying.

Interviews with FIFA and the AFC

On December 2010, the head coach of Jordan Adnan Hamad was interviewed by FIFA and the AFC on how Jordan have possibly qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup (their second appearance in the AFC Asian Cup), how he improved Jordan's national team and made preparations for 2010 and 2011, and how Jordan feels about being placed in Group B of the 2011 Asian Cup, along with Asian champions, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Adnan Hamad first answered, "Well, to start off with, I have been coaching Jordan since 2009. My staff, the previous head coach of Jordan, and I had picked up some young players of Jordan who had participated in the 2007 U-20 World Cup, basically almost the whole squad; and also kept some of the oldest players of Jordan who had participated in the 2004 Asian Cup, and those who make great performances in the Jordan national league". He said he had prepared Jordan with many Friendly matches from 2009–2011 and the WAFF 2010, which he said was the first stage of their plan for preparations; and with some training sessions. He said he was not particularly worried about the result of Jordan only drawing both their group-stage matches with Syria and Kuwait and failing to progress to the semifinals. He said, "I was using that tournament to work on team tactics and to get the players to raise their own standards" Hamad said, "Our place in the 2011 Asian Cup will be a tough and challenging one for us. But if we start well, I believe we can make it past the group-stage. Our players are confident, and we have a great team spirit". But coach Hamad also believes that Jordan can play a lot better at their home stadiums, seeing how the players are pretty much used to playing at their stadiums and receiving much support from their fans. Some of the oldest players of Jordan who have participated in the 2004 Asian Cup have all been interviewed for their experiences back in 2004 and in their qualification for the Asian Cups.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Year	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP
1930 to 1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986 to 2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Qualifiers in progress
2018	TBD
2022
Total	0/19	-	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup
Year	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP
1956 to 1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976 to 1980	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984 to 1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 to 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Quarter-finals	6	1	3	0	3	1	2
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Quarter-finals	7	2	1	1	5	4	1
2015	TBD
Total	2/15	-	3	4	1	8	5	3

AFC Asian Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2004	Round 1	Jordan 0 – 0 South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Jordan 2 – 0 Kuwait	Win
	Round 1	Jordan 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Jordan 1 – 1 Japan	Draw
2011
	Round 1	Jordan 1 – 1 Japan	Draw
	Round 1	Jordan 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Round 1	Jordan 2 – 1 Syria	Win
	Quarter-finals	Jordan 1 – 2 Uzbekistan	Lose

West Asian Championship record

West Asian Football Federation Championship
Year	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP
2000	Fourth Place	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
2002	Second Place	2	3	0	1	6	4	2
2004	Third Place	3	2	1	1	7	3	4
2007	Semi Finals	3	1	0	2	3	2	1
2008	Second Place	2	2	1	1	7	3	4
2010	Round 1	5	0	2	0	3	3	0
Total	6/6	-	11	6	5	28	20	8

Arab Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Year	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP
1963	Group Stage	5	0	0	4	1	14	−13
1964	Group Stage	5	0	1	3	3	10	−7
1966	Round 1	6	1	1	2	6	7	−1
1985	Round 1	6	0	0	2	0	6	−6
1988	Fourth Place	4	2	1	3	4	7	−3
1992	Round 1	6	0	1	1	2	5	−1
1998	Round 1	6	1	0	1	2	3	−1
2002	Semi Finals	3	2	2	1	7	6	1
2012	Will not enter
Total	8/8	-	7	7	13	25	57	−33

Pan Arab Games record

Football at the Pan Arab Games
Year	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP
1953	Fourth Place	4	1	0	2	7	7	0
1957	Group Stage	6	0	0	2	2	5	−3
1961	Group Stage	5	0	1	1	2	4	−2
1965	Group Stage	6	0	0	2	0	3	−3
1976	Group Stage	5	0	1	1	2	3	−1
1985	Group Stage	6	0	0	2	1	4	−3
1992	Group Stage	6	0	1	1	2	5	−3
1997	Champions	1	4	1	0	7	2	5
1999	Champions	1	6	0	1	18	7	11
2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Runners-up	2	2	2	1	6	2	4
Total	10/12	-	13	6	13	47	42	5

Team Image

Main Sponsors for Stadiums

• Royal Jordanian
• Orange
• Pepsi
• Manasir Group
• Al-Ghad
• Arab Bank

Kit Providers

• Adidas (1999–2005)
• Jako (2005–2009)
• Uhlsport (2009–2010)
• Adidas (2010–2012)
• Jako (2012–to present)

Current squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Amer Shafia 14 February 1982 (1982-02-14) 74 0 Al-Wahdat 12 GK Lo'ai Al-Amaireh 2 October 1978 (1978-10-02) 33 0 Al-Faisaly 22 GK Feras Saleh 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25) 0 0 Al-Yarmouk 2 DF Mohammad Muneer 17 April 1982 (1982-04-17) 23 0 Al-Jazeera 3 DF Suleiman Al-Salman 16 June 1987 (1987-06-16) 25 0 Al-Muharraq 5 DF Mohammad Al-Dmeiri 30 August 1987 (1987-08-30) 19 1 Al-Wahdat 8 DF Bashar Bani Yaseen (Vice Captain) 1 June 1977 (1977-06-01) 84 1 Al-Wahdat 13 DF Khalil Bani Attiah 8 June 1991 (1991-06-08) 16 0 Al-Faisaly 16 DF Basem Fat'hi 21 February 1982 (1982-02-21) 47 0 Al-Wahdat 17 DF Hatem Aqel (Captain) 20 June 1978 (1978-06-20) 83 7 Al-Arabi 19 DF Anas Bani Yaseen 29 November 1988 (1988-11-29) 30 3 Al-Arabi 23 DF Mohammad Mustafa 29 October 1989 (1989-10-29) 6 0 Al-Muharraq 4 MF Baha' Abdul-Rahman 5 January 1987 (1987-01-05) 30 3 Al-Faisaly 6 MF Saeed Murjan 12 February 1990 (1990-02-12) 16 1 Al-Arabi 7 MF Amer Deeb 4 February 1980 (1980-02-04) 76 14 Al-Faisaly 11 MF Anas Hijah 23 June 1987 (1987-06-23) 13 0 Duhok 15 MF Shadi Abu Hash'hash 20 January 1981 (1981-01-20) 29 1 Al-Fateh 18 MF Hassan Abdel-Fattah 17 August 1982 (1982-08-17) 60 20 Al-Khor 9 FW Mahmoud Shelbaieh 20 May 1980 (1980-05-20) 72 32 Al-Wahdat 10 FW Ahmed Hayel 30 October 1983 (1983-10-30) 29 6 Al-Faisaly 14 FW Abdallah Deeb 10 March 1987 (1987-03-10) 48 22 Al-Wahdat 20 FW Hamza Al-Dardour 12 May 1991 (1991-05-12) 15 3 Al-Ramtha 21 FW Odai Al-Saify 26 May 1986 (1986-05-26) 43 14 Al-Salmiya

Recent Callups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Moataz Yaseen 3 November 1982 (1982-11-03) 3 0 Shabab Al-Ordon GK Mohammad Fayiz 1 March 1985 (1985-03-01) 1 0 Al-Ramtha DF Mohammad Khamees 28 January 1981 (1981-01-28) 23 0 Al-Faisaly DF Khaled Saad 24 November 1981 (1981-11-24) 47 5 Al-Faisaly DF Alaa' Matalqa 7 October 1982 (1982-10-07) 24 1 Al-Faisaly DF Mohammad Al-Basha 5 February 1985 (1985-02-05) 4 0 Al-Jazeera MF Qusai Abu Alieh 20 December 1978 (1978-12-20) 55 5 Al-Jazeera MF Alaa' Al-Shaqran 21 April 1987 (1987-04-21) 10 0 Shabab Al-Ordon MF Hassouneh Al-Sheikh 26 January 1977 (1977-01-26) 70 7 Al-Faisaly MF Mohammad Jamal 16 February 1976 (1976-02-16) 12 0 Al-Wahdat MF Ra'fat Ali 20 May 1973 (1973-05-20) 58 16 Al-Wahdat MF Ahmad Abdel-Halim 14 September 1986 (1986-09-14) 26 1 Al-Wahdat MF Yaseen Al-Bakhit 1 January 1988 (1988-01-01) 3 0 Al-Taawon FC MF Hazem Jawdat 5 March 1984 (1984-03-05) 0 0 Hajer Club FW Mohannad Maharmeh 30 December 1986 (1986-12-30) 10 1 Al-Faisaly FW Lo'ay Omran 22 July 1988 (1988-07-22) 6 1 Al-Jazeera FW Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 15 September 1981 (1981-09-15) 13 4 Al-Faisaly FW Tha'er Bawab 1 March 1985 (1985-03-01) 10 1 Gaz Metan Mediaș FW Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek 27 April 1982 (1982-04-27) 33 1 Al-Jazeera FW Ra'ed Al-Nawateer 5 May 1988 (1988-05-05) 16 4 Al-Faisaly

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
Danny McLennan		1984	?	?	?	?
Edson Tavares		1986	?	?	?	?
Mohammad Awad	?	1997-2000	?	?	?	?
Branko Smiljanić		2000–2002	19	5	8	6
Mahmoud El-Gohary		2002–2007	46	21	11	14
Nelo Vingada		2007–2009	27	10	6	11
Adnan Hamad		2009–present	39	16	17	9
Total			131	52	42	40

Current Coaching Staff

Manager	Osama Talal
Head coach	Adnan Hamad
Assistant coach 1	Yaseen Omal
Assistant coach 2	Ahmed Abdel-Qader
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmad Jassim
Fitness coach	Manuel Barrionuevo
Team doctor	Bashir Al-Nasour

See also

• Jordan national under-23 football team
• Jordan women's national football team

External links

• Jordan at FIFA.com
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