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| Name = Afghanistan
| Name = Afghanistan
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| Nickname = افغان زمريان ،شیر های افغان<br> ('' Afghan Lions'')
| Nickname = شیر های خراسان<br> (''The lions of Khorasan'')
<ref> http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/2011/12/111211_ha_afghan_football_india_final.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/afghanistan-soccer-team-reaches-semifinals-of-saff-cup-in-india-amid-tragedy/2011/12/08/gIQAhwXWeO_story.html</ref> <ref> http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70137/bhutan-vs-afghanistan/report</ref> <ref>http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/07215925/Afghan Lions.html?h=B</ref> <br> تیم ملی <br> (Team-e Melli)
| <br> تیم ملی ، ملي لوبډله <br> (Team-e Melli)
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The '''Afghanistan national football team''' (Dari:تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان Pashto: د افغانستان د فوتبال ملي لوبډله ) aka '''شیر های افغان ''' is the national team of [[Afghanistan]] and is controlled by the [[Afghanistan Football Federation]]. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined [[FIFA]] in 1948 and the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] in 1954. The Afghanistan national team plays its home games at the [[National Stadium (Afghanistan)|Ghazi National Olympic Stadium]] in [[Kabul]].
The '''Afghanistan national football team''' ({{lang-fa|تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان }}) aka '''The Lions of Khorasan ''' <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/afghanistan-soccer-team-reaches-semifinals-of-saff-cup-in-india-amid-tragedy/2011/12/08/gIQAhwXWeO_story.html</ref> <ref> http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70137/bhutan-vs-afghanistan/report</ref> <ref>http://www.livemint.com/2011/12/07215925/Afghan Lions.html?h=B</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/2011/12/111211_ha_afghan_football_india_final.shtml</ref> is the national team of [[Afghanistan]] and is controlled by the [[Afghanistan Football Federation]]. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined [[FIFA]] in 1948 and the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] in 1954. The Afghanistan national team plays its home games at the [[National Stadium (Afghanistan)|Ghazi National Olympic Stadium]] in [[Kabul]].


Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the [[1951 Asian Games]] when they finished 4th. Afghanistan played no international fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the team rose to a peak of 164th in the [[FIFA World Rankings]]. The game was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. At present Afghanistan has low level of participation in football due to lack of funds and security problems inside the country. Despite this, Afghanistan's Olympic Football Team made to the final of (2010 South Asian Games) after winning all its matches in the group stage against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and winning its semi-final clash against Maldives.
Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the [[1951 Asian Games]] when they finished 4th. Afghanistan played no international fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the team rose to a peak of 164th in the [[FIFA World Rankings]]. The game was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. At present Afghanistan has low level of participation in football due to lack of funds and security problems inside the country. Despite this, Afghanistan's Olympic Football Team made to the final of (2010 South Asian Games) after winning all its matches in the group stage against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and winning its semi-final clash against Maldives.

Revision as of 15:52, 12 December 2011

Afghanistan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)شیر های خراسان
(The lions of Khorasan) [1][2] [3] [4]
تیم ملی
(Team-e Melli)
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation (AFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachMohammad Yousef Kargar
Top scorerBalal Arezou (7)
Home stadiumGhazi Stadium
FIFA codeAFG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current178
Highest164 (May 2011)
Lowest204 (January 2003)
First international
Afghanistan Afghanistan 0–0 Iran 
(Kabul, Afghanistan; 25 August 1941)[5]
Biggest win
 Bhutan 1–8 Afghanistan Afghanistan
(New Delhi, India; 7 December 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan Afghanistan
(Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November 2003)

The Afghanistan national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان) aka The Lions of Khorasan [6] [7] [8][9] is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954. The Afghanistan national team plays its home games at the Ghazi National Olympic Stadium in Kabul.

Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the 1951 Asian Games when they finished 4th. Afghanistan played no international fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the team rose to a peak of 164th in the FIFA World Rankings. The game was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. At present Afghanistan has low level of participation in football due to lack of funds and security problems inside the country. Despite this, Afghanistan's Olympic Football Team made to the final of (2010 South Asian Games) after winning all its matches in the group stage against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and winning its semi-final clash against Maldives.

In 2010 the Afghanistan Football Federation signed a 5 year contract with Danish sports brand Hummel to sponsor both the men's and Afghanistan women's national football team.

History

Early history

Football in Afghanistan is one of the main sport in the country. Formed in 1922 and affiliated to FIFA since 1948, the Afghanistan Football Federation was one of the founding members of Asian Football Confederation in 1954.[10] The first football club is Mahmoudiyeh F.C. which was founded in 1934. Three years later the team traveled to India and took part in 18 games of which won 8, lost 9 and tied 1. The second football club is Ariana Kabul F.C. which was established in 1941. This team traveled to Tehran, Iran upon invitation, played 3 games in which 1 was won and losing 2.

First international match was played against Iran[11] on 25 August 1941 which was drawn 0-0 in Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's only appearance in an Olympic Games football tournament was at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games when they played Luxembourg on 31 July 1948 and lost 6–0. Afghanistan was last seen on international stage during 1984 Asian Cup Qualification. Afghanistan played no international games from 1984 to 2001, due to Russian invasion, Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996) and Taliban regime. The condition of the country under decades of war made it impossible to keep football in domestic level or international level in the country. Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the 1951 Asian Games when they finished 4th.

2001-present

A football match between members of ISAF and Afghan National Army in 2009.

Post Taliban regime Afghanistan participated in 2003 SAFF Gold Cup where they lost all three group stage matches to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Later the same year, Afghanistan took part in 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification where they won against Kyrgyzstan but lost to Nepal and failed to make to the next round. Afghanistan started its FIFA World Cup campaign for the first time in 2003 while they played Turkmenistan in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification which they lost both matches in aggregate of 13-0. It was first time that Afghanistan participated in FIFA World Cup qualification to which affiliated in 1948. Afghanistan lost a friendly match against Tajikistan in November 2005, after which the team went to Pakistan to take part in 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup, which they lost to Maldives and Pakistan but won against Sri Lanka. Afghanistan also participated in the first edition of AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 which they drawn both matches with Chinese Taipei and Philippines, Afghan footballers Hafizullah Qadami and Sayed Maqsood Hashemi save the team to a drawn result. Afghanistan on their second campaign of world cup in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was eliminated by Syria. In SAFF Championship 2008. Afghanistan lost only to Bhutan but drawn with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Afghanistan never made it to the finals of SAFF Championship since its participation, but performed well to recover the age of war that destroyed the country. Afghanistan entered the second edition of AFC Challenge Cup in 2008,[12] by winning group D of AFC Challenge Cup Qualification which drawn with Bangladesh and won against Kyrgyzstan. During the AFC Challenge Cup campaign, Afghanistan played two friendlies with Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan which one was drawn and second won respectively. In 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Afghanistan lost all group matches to India, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Afghanistan all time record against all nations

As of 07 ِثزثئذثق 2011
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD % Won
 Bangladesh 4 0 3 1 5 8 −3 0%
 Bhutan 4 3 0 1 14 4 +10 75%
 China 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0%
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0%
 Hong Kong 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 0%
 India 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 0%
 Iran 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0%
 Iraq 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0%
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0%
 Jordan 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5 0%
 Kyrgyzstan 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
 Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0%
 Malaysia 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0%
 Maldives 2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 0%
 North Korea 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0%
   Nepal 5 1 1 3 2 10 −8 2%
 Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0%
 Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 0%
 Philippines 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
 Qatar 5 0 1 4 3 16 −10 0%
 Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0%
 Syria 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0%
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 2 8 −6 0%
 Sri Lanka 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 80%
 Tajikistan 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0%
 Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0%
Total 58 8 11 39 41 162 −121

Home stadium

File:Ghazi Stadium 2009.jpg
The Ghazi Stadium in kabul is home ground of Afghanistan national football team and the first sport ground that was constructed in 1923.
Teens playing football inside the Ghazi Stadium, built during the 1920s under King Amanullah Khan.

Ghazi Stadium is home stadium of Afghanistan which is a multi-purpose stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was built during the reign of Amānullāh Khān in 1923, who was regarded as Ghazi (Hero) for winning the war with British and gaining independence of his nation. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. First international match played between Iran and Afghanistan in 1941 which was drawn 0-0. 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification second leg match was played against Turkmenistan to which Afghanistan lost 2-0 at home ground, earlier they lost to the same opponent 11-0. Ghazi Staidum is used more for executions and public works than sport during taliban regime. Post Taliban regime stadium is being maintained and cotrolled by Afghanistan Football Federation. Kabul Premier League and other local football tournaments take place in the stadium.

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record

Asian Qualification Records
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 2002 Did not enter
2006 to 2014 Did not qualify
Total 6 0 1 5 2 21

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1900 to 1940 Did not enter
1948 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
1952 to 1956 Did not enter
1960 Did not qualify
1964 to 2004 Did not enter
2008 Did not qualify
Total Best: Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 6

AFC Asian Cup record

Asian Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
1956 to 1972 Did not enter
1976 to 1984 Did not qualify
1988 to 2000 Did not enter
2004 Did not qualify
2007 Did not enter
2011 Did not qualify
Total

Asian Games record

Year Round
1951 4th Place
1954 Round 1
1958 to 1998 Did not enter
2002 Round 1
2006 Did not enter
  • From the 2002 Asian Games Campaign onwards, the U-23 team replaced the full team in the tournament.

South Asian Football Federation

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