Nepal national football team

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Nepal
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Gorkhalis
AssociationAll Nepal Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachPrabesh Katuwal (interim)
CaptainKiran Chemjong
Most capsRaju Kaji Shakya (91)
Top scorerHari Khadka
Nirajan Rayamajhi (13)
Home stadiumDasarath Rangasala Stadium
FIFA codeNEP
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 178 Decrease 3 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest121 (December 1993 – February 1994)
Lowest196 (January 2016)
First international
 China 6–2 Nepal   
(Beijing, China; 13 October 1972)[2]
Biggest win
   Nepal 7–0 Bhutan 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 26 September 1999)[3]
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 16–0 Nepal   
(Incheon, South Korea; 29 September 2003)[2]
SAFF Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1993)
Best resultRunners-up (2021)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultChampions (2016)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultSemi-finals (2006)

The Nepal national football team (Nepali: नेपाल राष्ट्रिय फुटबल टोली) represents Nepal in International men's football, and is governed by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). A member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Nepali football team plays their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu.

History

Origins (1921–1993)

Football in Nepal had been a national sport as early as 1921 during the Rana dynasty. Several clubs were formed and several domestic tournaments such as the Ram Janaki Cup (1934), and the Tribhuvan Challenge Shield (1948) were organized. In 1951, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) was founded, and this saw the formation of the Nepal national football team.

Emergence (1963–1970)

In 1963, Nepal appeared in their first international away game in the Aga Khan Gold Cup; the predecessor of the President's Gold Cup, Asia Champion Club Tournament, and Asian Club Championship (now rebranded as the AFC Champions League) after various associations (including ANFA) insisted on entering national teams instead of clubs.[5] After Nepal entered an 18-man squad, ANFA flew the players to Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to play their first match. Nepal faced Western Railway, a Pakistani team in the Bangabandhu National Stadium. However, the match was lost 0–7. Two days later, Nepal played the Dhaka Wanderers, a local East Pakistani team. Though this match was also lost 0–7. After two disastrous games, Nepal was sure to be knocked out of the preliminary round. The final game was against Dhaka Police Club, though, despite the previous heavy losses, Nepal managed to win the game with a single goal. The goal scorer, Prakash Bikram Shah, became the first Nepali to score on foreign soil.[6] The goal took place at the 19th minute.

Modernisation & golden generation (1970–1999)

In 1970, Nepal became a member of FIFA. Two years later, Nepal joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). With this, Nepal played their first international match on 13 October 1972, where they lost 2–6 to the People's Republic of China. The first Nepali footballer to score the first international goal for Nepal in a FIFA-recognized tournament was Y.B Ghale. Ghale scored against Kuwait in the 1982 Asian Games. Despite the popularity of the game, the lack of appropriate footballing infrastructure and the dearth of trainers, technicians, and other facilities have always been obstacles in the way of the Nepali FA's endeavors to raise the standard of football among the players of a nation that has an official per capita income of just 1,196 US dollars. The woes of Nepali football, however, have been immensely relieved by FIFA's determination to promote football in Nepal through youth programs.

In the mid-1980s, FIFA provided financial assistance and sent a number of coaches to help Nepal's federation to launch its first youth program, which was geared towards spotting talent at the grassroots level (such as in schools, for example) and providing young players with the necessary know-how, both on and off the pitch. The initial five-year plan helped half the players groomed under the first youth program to find a place in the national side, and the team that won the 2 gold medals in the first and sixth South Asian Federation (SAF) Games mostly consisted of the players from that youth programme. Despite Nepal being considered among the lower-ranked nations, Nepal has been largely successful in the South Asian Games where they won two gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.

Nepal hosted several notable friendlies from teams outside the Asian Confederation during the mid to late 80s, against Denmark in 1986; USSR and East Germany in 1987; and West Germany in 1989.[7] While at the same time, Nepal still entered tournaments against club sides such as FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast in the 1989 ANFA Cup.

Nepal continued on with their winning ways through several minor tournaments which saw the nation showered with titles including the 1997 and 1998 Governor's Gold Cup, winning gold at the 1993 South Asian Games, and reaching 3rd place in the 1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup (the first edition of the SAFF Championship).

Decline (2000–2009)

The Nepali football came across a forgettable two years from 2001 to 2003 when the row between two factions (government-backed and FIFA-backed) led Nepali football into deep trouble. Nepal faced a ban and therefore could not participate in any events and the rankings slipped heavily. The dispute was settled, but not before it contributed to pushing Nepali football backward. Nepal celebrated their 100th international football match in January 2003 when they played Bangladesh in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship. Nepal failed to make any real impact at the tournament. During its 22 years of international participation, the Nepali team has only played 26 nations outside of South Asia, but it has defeated all of the country's South Asian neighbors during various regional tournaments. Nepal also faced non-AFC teams in competitive tournaments such as Ghana U23 in the 1999 Bangabandhu Cup, and Kazakhstan in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign (although Kazakhstan was a member of the AFC during this match).

Despite many attempts to raise the standard of football, the players of the resource-strapped nation have not been able to make their mark in international football beyond South Asia. In 2003 during the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, Nepal's A national team suffered a number of heavy defeats in international matches outside of South Asia. In a match during the Asian Cup qualifying round in South Korea, the hosts scored 16 goals to no reply. In their six matches, Nepal conceded 45 goals and failed to hit the back of the net even once. However, the qualifying competition for the 2002 FIFA World Cup witnessed one of Nepal's best performances in international football, with the Gorkhalis securing two wins in four matches and scoring 13 goals in two matches against Macao and Iraq. But with the Nepali national and youth teams failing to achieve any noticeable success at the international level and FIFA introducing new age restriction systems in several international tournaments, Nepal recently decided to compete only in the FIFA World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers as well as the SAFF Championship until 2006.

Resurgence (2010–present)

After the marquee appointments of Graham Roberts, Nepal had experienced a fair amount of success following the decade of decline. Nepal won Saff U-19 championship in 2015 and 3 major tournaments in 2016, the Bangabandhu Cup and the AFC Solidarity Cup and won a gold medal in 2016 South Asian Games. Nepal lost no match in 2016.[8][9]

Nepal managed a well performance in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, although the team was luckily chosen as replacement for Guam as Guam chose not to participate.[10] Nepal had two successful draws against much stronger Philippines and Yemen at home, both ended 0–0.[11][12] However, as the team lost to Tajikistan twice[13][14] and away loss to the Philippines[15] and Yemen,[16] the Nepalis failed to qualify to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Nepal participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification where they have to face strong Australia, Kuwait and Jordan, alongside minnows Chinese Taipei. The Nepalis only managed one single win over Chinese Taipei away 2–0, and lost to the other opponents without scoring a goal after five matches.

Nepal participated in the 2021 SAFF Championship Managing to qualify from the group 2nd place behind India national football team. They fought but Nepal couldn't win against the Blue Tigers and lost by 3–0.

Home stadium

Main article: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Dasrath Rangashala

The team's home ground is various around the nation one of the ground being Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal. Holding 18,000 spectators all of which are beautifully seated. It is the biggest stadium in Nepal. It is named after Dashrath Chand, one of the martyrs of Nepal.

Most recently, the stadium was used as a primary venue for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup and the 2013 SAFF Championship, with the Halchowk Stadium hosting some of the matches as well.

Apart from sporting events, the stadium is also used as a music venue for cultural events with Bryan Adams being the most notable act that performed at the site.

Before the 2013 SAFF Championship in Nepal, the stadium underwent a heavy renovation that saw several improvements such as the expansion of seats from 20,000 to 28,000.

The country also has some recenty added stadiums that include pokhara footbal stadium located at pokhara rangasala which has recently been consutucted on year 2021.

Team image

Kit evolution

The national team's kit employs a tricolor of red, blue, and white to reflect the colors of the national flag of Nepal. With red being used for home matches, and blue for away. The pattern in some kits reflects the triangular shaping of the flag, namely the 2013 kit. Nepal's kits are mostly template kits, as opposed to a custom team-specific kit. This is because the Nepal national team isn't lucrative enough to afford kit partnership deals with manufacturers.

Very little is known about the history prior to 1998. However, during the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, the Nepali national team hired Bijay Shah to provide technical assistance to the squad, while also acting as the assistant coach. At the time, the team didn't have printed sportswear for the tournament. After printing makeshift kits, Bijay was inspired to start a T-shirt printing company known as Attsh, where through the partnership with a US printing company, and colleagues in South Korea, they produced their first batch of kits for the national team prior to the 1999 South Asian Games.[17]

On 4 March 2019, ANFA has revealed two new jerseys for members of the national football team along with new national football anthem. The new jerseys have ANFA logo on the left where used to be national flag in the old jerseys. There is also national flag and picture of Mount Everest above the ANFA logo. This new sign is designed by Sandeep Tiwari.[18] ANFA also made provision of white jerseys for friendly matches.

In 2021, ANFA ended the contract with Kelme, the previous kit sponsor, and signed with KTM CTY.[19]

Nepal Red & Blue

See also: Nepal national football B team

During the ANFA Cup, the All Nepal Football Association occasionally entered two teams for Nepal; Nepal Red & Nepal Blue. This is very much akin to other South Asian teams such as Pakistan (Pakistan Green & Pakistan White, 1993 SAFF Championship; Pakistan Reds, 1976 Quaid-e-Azam exhibition matches), and Bangladesh (Bangladesh Red, 1983 President's Gold Cup). Nepal Red was a selection of Nepali players that played as the full Nepal national football team. Whereas, Nepal Blue was effectively the B-team.[20][21]

Most of the Nepali top players play in the Nepal Red team, and it is also described as "the Nepal senior team", and is captained by the regular national team captain. While Nepal Blue is described as the "second string team"..

Results and fixtures

Main article: Nepal national football team results (2010–present)
See also: Nepal national football team results

Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) Friendly Nepal    1–0  Mauritius Kathmandu, Nepal
16:45 UTC+5:45 Bimal Gharti Magar 53' Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
Attendance: 5000
1 February 2022 (2022-02-01) Friendly Nepal    1–0  Mauritius Kathmandu, Nepal
16:45 UTC+5:45 Sujal Shrestha 10' Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
Attendance: 5000
24 March 2022 Friendly Thailand  2–0    Nepal Chonburi, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
27 March 2022 Unofficial friendly Chonburi Thailand 3–1    Nepal Chonburi, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
25 May 2022 (2022-05-25) Friendly Nepal    Cancelled  Afghanistan Qatar
--:-- UTC+3
28 May 2022 (2022-05-28) Friendly East Timor  2–2    Nepal Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
29 May 2022 (2022-05-29) Friendly Nepal    Cancelled  Afghanistan Qatar
--:-- UTC+3
3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) Friendly Nepal    0–2  Oman Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) AFC AC Qualifier R3 Jordan  2–0    Nepal Kuwait City, Kuwait
22:15 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) AFC AC Qualifier R3 Nepal    1–4  Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 10,360
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) AFC AC Qualifier R3 Indonesia  7–0    Nepal Kuwait City, Kuwait
22:15 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 3,145
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) FIFA Friendly Nepal    3–1  Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
Attendance: 8365
16 November 2022 (2022-11-16) Friendly Nepal    1–0  Pakistan Kathmandu, Nepal
Bista Report Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala

Coaching staff

Head Coach Nepal Prabesh Katuwal (interim)
Assistant Coach Nepal Yugal Kishor Rai
Goalkeeping Coach Nepal Binod Dangol
Team Manager Nepal Madhusudan Upadhyaya
Physio Nepal Avishkar Pudasaini

Coaching history

As of 11 August 2022

Players

Current squad

  • The following players were called up for the friendly match.[50]
  • Match dates: 16 November 2022
  • Opposition:  Pakistan
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against  Bangladesh
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Deep Karki (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Nepal Biratnagar City
1GK Bikesh Kuthu (1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 30) 9 0 Nepal Kathmandu Rayzrs
1GK Bishal Shrestha (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Nepal Butal Lumbini
2DF Rohit Chand (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32) 75 0 Indonesia Persik Kediri
2DF Bikash Khawas (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 22) 7 0 Unattached
2DF Dinesh Rajbanshi (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) 25 0 Nepal Pokhara Thunders
2DF Gautam Shrestha (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000 (age 24) 16 0 Nepal Sporting Ilam De Mechi
2DF Ananta Tamang (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) 46 2 Nepal Chitwan
2DF Bikash Tamang (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Nepal Lalitpur City
3MF Sesehang Aangdembe (2000-11-03) 3 November 2000 (age 23) 5 0 Nepal Jhapa
3MF Sunil Bal (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) 21 1 Nepal Kathmandu Rayzrs
3MF Arik Bista (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24) 12 0 Nepal Pokhara Thunders
3MF Ayush Ghalan (2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 20) 10 1 Nepal Chitwan
3MF Nishan Khadka (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Nepal Jhapa
3MF Ritik Khadka Unknown 0 0 Nepal Jhapa
3MF Tej Tamang (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26) 22 1 Nepal Sporting Ilam De Mechi
3MF Suraj Jeu Thakuri (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23) 9 0 Nepal Birgunj United
3MF Pujan Uparkoti (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28) 16 0 Nepal Dhangadhi
4FW Anjan Bista (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 25) 51 10 Nepal Jhapa
4FW Awas Lamichhane Unknown 0 0 Nepal Biratnagar City
4FW Bimal Gharti Magar (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 26) 40 9 Nepal Lalitpur City
4FW Nawayug Shrestha (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 33) 40 7 Nepal Dhangadhi
4FW Sujal Shrestha (1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 31) 46 2 Nepal Pokhara Thunders

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Nepal squad in the last 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kiran Chemjong (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 (age 34) 85 0 India RoundGlass v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
GK Tikendra Thapa (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Nepal Jawalakhel v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
GK Bishal Sunar (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
DF Suman Aryal (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24) 28 0 Nepal Tribhuwan Army Club v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
DF Rajin Dhimal (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) 10 0 Nepal Machhindra v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
DF Rajan Gurung (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Nepal APF Club v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
DF Shiva Gurung (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 22) 1 0 Nepal New Road Team v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
DF Nabin Gurung (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Nepal New Road Team v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
DF Devendra Tamang (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 30) 17 0 Nepal Machhindra v.  Mauritius; 1 February 2022
MF Bishal Rai (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) 36 4 Nepal Machhindra v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
MF Sudip Gurung (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Nepal Satdobato v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
MF Santosh Tamang (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 29) 18 0 Nepal Tribhuwan Army Club v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
MF Akash Budha Magar (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Nepal Satdobato v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
MF Nir Kumar Rai (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 32) 1 0 Nepal Nepal Police Club v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
MF Roshan Rana Magar (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Nepal Brigade Boys Club v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
MF Jagjit Shrestha (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 31) 29 1 Nepal Tribhuvan Army Club v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
MF Suvash Gurung (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991 (age 32) 2 0 Nepal Sankata BSC v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
MF Nitin Thapa (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
MF Prashant Awasthi (1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 (age 25) 1 0 Nepal Satdobato v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
FW Manish Dangi (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 22) 16 2 Bahrain Etehad Al-Reef v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
FW Ashish Chaudhary 1 0 Nepal Church Boys United v.  Bangladesh, 27 September 2022
FW George Prince Karki (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 30) 7 0 Nepal Tribhuwan Army Club v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
FW Darshan Gurung (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 21) 7 1 Nepal New Road Team v.  Indonesia; 14 June 2022
FW Suman Lama (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28) 22 1 Nepal Nepal Police Club v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
FW Aashish Lama (1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 27) 5 0 Nepal Nepal A.P.F. Club v.  Thailand; 24 March 2022
Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury.
  • PRE = Preliminary squad / standby.
  • RET = Retired from the national team.
  • SUS = Serving suspension.
  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Player records

As of 24 March 2022[51]
Players in bold are still active with Nepal.

Competitive record

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup finals record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Kingdom of Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Withdrew Withdrew
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 3rd (Group 3A) 4 0 1 3 0 11 −11 1
Italy 1990 4th (Group 4) 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0
United States 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
France 1998 Did not qualify 4th (Group 4) 6 0 1 5 2 19 −17 1
South KoreaJapan 2002 3rd (Group 6) 6 2 0 4 13 25 −12 6
Germany 2006 Withdrew Withdrew
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Brazil 2014 Round 2 4 2 1 1 7 11 −4 7
Russia 2018 Round 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
Qatar 2022 Round 2 8 2 0 6 4 22 −18 6
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/22 – – – – – – – – 8/22 38 6 4 28 26 122 −96 22

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hong Kong 1956 Not an AFC member Not an AFC member
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972 Withdrew Withdrew
Iran 1976
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984 Did not qualify 5th (Group 2) 4 0 0 4 0 30 −30 0
Qatar 1988 5th (Group 3) 4 0 1 3 0 7 −7 1
Japan 1992 Withdrew Withdrew
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not qualify 4th (Group 5) 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0
Lebanon 2000 4th (Group 5) 4 1 0 3 3 13 −10 3
China 2004 4th (Group E) 8 1 0 7 4 45 -41 3
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007 Withdrew Withdrew
Qatar 2011 Did not qualify Withdrew and berth unsecured[a]
Australia 2015 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
United Arab Emirates 2019 Round 1[b] 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
Qatar 2023 Round 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 30 2 2 26 10 129 −119 8

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup record AFC Challenge Cup qualification record
Year Result Pts Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts Result Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bangladesh 2006 Semi-finals 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 7 No qualification tournament
India 2008 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 +3 3 1st (Group D) 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
Sri Lanka 2010 Did not qualify 2nd (Group C) 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0 2
Nepal 2012 Round 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0 2nd (Group D) 3 1 1 1 1 1 +0 4
Maldives 2014 Did not qualify 3rd (Group D) 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
Total 3/5 10 7 1 3 7 8 10 −2 10 4/4 10 4 4 2 12 6 +6 16

AFC Solidarity Cup

Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia 2016 Champions 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10
2020 Cancelled
Total 1/1 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10

SAFF Championship

Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
Pakistan 1993 Third place 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Sri Lanka 1995 Fourth place 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
Nepal 1997 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
India 1999 Fourth place 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
Bangladesh 2003 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Pakistan 2005 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Maldives Sri Lanka 2008 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
Bangladesh 2009 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
India 2011 Semi-finals 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
Nepal 2013 Semi-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
India 2015 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Bangladesh 2018 Semi-finals 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
Maldives 2021 Runners-up 5 2 1 2 5 7 –2 7
Total 11/11 43 13 7 23 48 62 6 46

Olympic Games

See also: Nepal national under-23 football team
Year Result Q Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
Greece 1896 No football tournament held
France 1900 Not an IOC Member
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
United States 1932 No football tournament held
Nazi Germany 1936 Not an IOC Member
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964 Did not enter
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Age bar restriction after 1996, U23s only
Australia 2000 Did not enter
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020
Total — 0/27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Asian Games

See also: Nepal national under-23 football team
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
India 1951 Not an IOC Member
Philippines 1954
Japan 1958
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966 Withdrew
Thailand 1970
Iran 1974
Thailand 1978
India 1982 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
South Korea 1986 Round 1 4 0 0 4 0 17 −17 0
China 1990 Withdrew
Japan 1994 Round 1 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Thailand 1998 Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Age bar restriction after 1999, U23s only
Total 4/13 12 0 0 12 1 52 −51 0

South Asian Games

See also: Nepal national under-20 football team and Nepal national under-23 football team
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
Nepal 1984  Gold 4 3 0 1 13 7 6 6[c]
Bangladesh 1985  Bronze 3 2 0 1 3 4 –1 4[c]
India 1987  Silver 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 4[c]
Pakistan 1989 4th 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
Sri Lanka 1991 4th 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1
Bangladesh 1993  Gold 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 7
India 1995 4th 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
Nepal 1999  Silver 5 3 0 2 12 7 +5 9
Age bar restriction after 1999, U23s only
Total 2 titles 27 12 4 11 43 32 11 36

Other tournaments

In these tournaments, Nepal was sometimes fielded as 'ANFA XI', 'Nepal XI', or 'Nepal Sports Development Authority' despite being the de facto national football team endorsed by the ANFA.[citation needed]

Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts Team Name[d]
India 1975 DCM Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Bangladesh 1979 President's Gold Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Bangladesh 1979 Agatha Gold Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Bangladesh 1979 Aga Khan Gold Cup Round 1 4 0 1 3 2 14 1
Bangladesh 1981 President's Gold Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Pakistan 1981 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1981 King's Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
India 1982 Darjeeling Gold Cup[clarification needed] Unknown - - - - - - - -
Pakistan 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup 6th 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6 4[c]
Thailand 1982 King's Cup Round 1 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 2[c]
Nepal 1982 ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament Runners-up 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 4[c]
Malaysia 1983 Merdeka Tournament[52] Round 1 5 0 0 5 0 14 –14 0
Thailand 1983 President's Gold Cup Round 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Nepal 1984 ANFA Cup Runners-up - - - - - - - -
Pakistan 1985 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup Round 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 −9 1
Nepal 1986 Panchayat Silver Jubilee Cup 4th 5 1 1 3 2 6 −4 3
Pakistan 1986 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup 5th 3 1 1 3 4 17 −13 5
Nepal 1986 ANFA Cup Runners-up 4 2 1 1 unknown[53] 3
Pakistan 1987 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup Round 1 unknown[54] unclear whether National team[55]
Nepal 1987 ANFA Cup Champions unknown[56]
Bangladesh 1989 Aga Khan Gold Cup - - - - - - - - -
Nepal 1989 ANFA Cup Runners-up 4 2 0 2 3 6 –2 4[c]
India 1995 Airlines Gold Cup Unknown - - - - - - - -
India 1997 Governor's Gold Cup[clarification needed] Champions - - - - - - – -
India 1998 Governor's Gold Cup[57] Champions 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 ANFA XI
India 1998 Durand Cup[58] Round 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 Nepal XI
Bangladesh 1999 Bangabandhu Cup Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Nepal 2000 ANFA Coca Cola Invitational Tournament Runners-up 2 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7 Nepal Red
Malaysia 2008 Merdeka Tournament Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Nepal 2009 Prime Minister's Invitational Tournament Champions 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Nepal Red
India 2012 Nehru Cup Round 1 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
Bangladesh 2016 Bangabandhu Cup Champions 5 3 2 0 8 1 +7 11
Bangladesh 2018 Bangabandhu Cup Group Stage 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 11
Nepal 2021 Three Nations Cup Champions 3 1 2 0 1 1 +1 11
Total 6 titles 69 23 14 38 55 128 2 66
**Former rules, win = 2pts.

Head-to-head record

Updated 28 September 2022 after match against  Bangladesh[59]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Afghanistan 6 3 1 2 10 4 +6
 Australia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8
 Bangladesh 28 9 5 14 23 34 −11
 Bhutan 14 14 0 0 45 6 +39
 Brunei 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
 Cambodia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 China 4 0 0 4 2 31 −29
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 India 22 2 4 16 9 39 −30
 Indonesia 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9
 Iran 5 0 0 5 0 25 −25
 Iraq 4 0 0 4 5 22 −17
 Japan 5 0 0 5 0 28 −28
 Jordan 4 0 1 4 1 18 -17
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10
 Kuwait 8 0 1 7 1 30 −29
 Kyrgyzstan 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
 Laos 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
 Malaysia 7 0 1 6 0 23 −23
 Macau 6 4 1 1 16 7 +9
 Maldives 17 5 4 8 20 23 −3
 Mauritius 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
 Myanmar 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9
 North Korea 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10
 Northern Mariana Islands 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
 Oman 12 0 0 12 3 50 −47
 Pakistan 20 7 5 8 21 25 −4
 Palestine 4 0 2 2 0 3 −3
 Philippines 6 1 1 4 2 14 −12
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7
 Sri Lanka 17 4 7 6 20 25 −5
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12
 South Korea 8 0 0 8 1 55 −54
 Syria 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5
 Tajikistan 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6
 Thailand 8 0 0 8 3 21 -18
 Tibet 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6
 East Timor 4 2 2 0 9 3 +6
 Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 0 11 −11
 Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7
 Yemen 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6
Total 244 57 40 149 215 584 −369

Honours

Continental

Regional

Invitational

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Withdrew from qualification and failed to qualify for 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Also part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
  3. ^ a b c d e f g prior to the Three points for a win rule
  4. ^ unless otherwise noted, the team played as the Nepal National Football Team

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