Sri Lanka national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Lion, The brave reds | |||
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| Association | Football Federation of Sri Lanka |
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| Confederation | AFC | |||
| Head coach |  Kolonnage Mayura Sampath Perera |
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| Top scorer | Bob Surendran | |||
| Home stadium | Sugathadasa Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | SRI | |||
| FIFA ranking | 162 | |||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 122 (August 1998) | |||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 170 (February 2008) | |||
| Elo ranking | 185 | |||
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| First international | ||||
 India 2 - 1 Ceylon  (Ceylon; Date Unknown, 1952) |
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| Biggest win | ||||
Sri Lanka 7 - 1 Pakistan  (Taipei, Taiwan; April 4, 2008) |
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| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Ceylon 1 - 12 East Germany  (Colombo, Ceylon; January 12, 1964) |
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| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | None | |||
| AFC Asian Cup | ||||
| Appearances | None | |||
| South Asian Football Federation Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1993) | |||
| Best result | Winners - 1995 | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| South Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 1993 Dhaka | |
| Bronze | 1995 Madras | |
| Bronze | 2004 Islamabad | |
| Silver | 2006 Colombo | |
The Sri Lanka national football team is the national team of Sri Lanka and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. It was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972, when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.
A member of the AFC, the team have yet to make their first appearance in FIFA World Cup or AFC Asian Cup championship play. They have been South Asian champions once, in 1995. As is true elsewhere on the sub-continent, top-level football in Sri Lanka stands somewhat in the shadow of the country's test cricket team. However, the side did qualify for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.
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[edit] Home Stadiums
[edit] Tournament records
[edit] World Cup
- 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Withdrew
- 1978 - Withdrew due to not being able to pay the entry fee[1]
- 1982 to 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Did not enter
- 1992 - Did not enter
- 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Withdrew
[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record
[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record
- 1993 - Runners Up
- 1995 - Winners
- 1997 - Fourth Place
- 1999 to 2005 - Round 1
- 2008 - Hosts, Semi-Finalists
[edit] Kit
The Official Team Kit representing Sri Lanka is characterized by the yellow jersey, the black shorts, and yellow socks. The away jersey features a blue jersey, white shorts, and blue socks. The team also have their third kit that features a red jersey, the black shorts, and white socks
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup final round.
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| Preceded by 1993 India |
South Asian Champions 1995 (First title) |
Succeeded by 1997 India |
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