Sri Lanka national football team

Sri Lanka
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Football Federation of Sri Lanka
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Sampath Perera
Captain	Rohana Ruwanthilake
Top scorer	Kasun Jayasuriya (27)
Home stadium	Sugathadasa Stadium
FIFA code	SRI
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	182
Highest	122 (August 1998)
Lowest	186 (March 2012)
First international
	Ceylon 0–2 India ; (Colombo, Ceylon; 1 January 1952)
Biggest win
	Sri Lanka 7–1 Pakistan ; (Taipei, Taiwan; 4 April, 2008) ; Sri Lanka 6–0 Bhutan ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 December, 2009)
Biggest defeat
	Ceylon 1–12 East Germany ; (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January, 1964) ; Iran 11–0 Sri Lanka ; (Singapore; 9 March 1980)

The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, the governing body for football in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's home grounds are Sugathadasa Stadium and Kalutara Stadium and their head coach is Jang Jung. Sri Lanka 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 finals. 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.

Fixtures and Results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Sri Lanka
April 07, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	North Korea	0–4	N/A
April 09, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	Afghanistan	0–1	N/A
April 11, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	Nepal	0–0	N/A
June 29, 2011	2014 World Cup qualifiers	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo	Philippines	1–1	Chathura Gunarathna 43'
July 3, 2011	2014 World Cup qualifiers	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila	Philippines	0–4	N/A
December 3, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Bhutan	3–0	Zain 29' Bandara 35', 65'
December 5, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Afghanistan	1–3	Zain 17'
December 7, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	India	0-3	N/A
April 28, 2012	Friendly	Shah Alam	Malaysia	0–6	N/A

Home Stadiums

Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo
Kalutara Stadium in Kalutara

Tournament records

Template:Sri Lanka national football team tournament History

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, black shorts, and white socks.

Players

Current squad

The 25-man player pool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification first round match against the Philippines.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
20	1GK	Sujan Perera		0	0	Kalutara Park SC
1	1GK	Fernando Manjula		5	0	Blue Star
21	1GK	Sampath Bandara		0	0	New Youngs SC

4	2DF	Rohana Ruwanthilake	(1984-09-21) September 21, 1984 (age 39)	30	3	Saunders
2	2DF	Bandara Warakagoda		13	0
	2DF	Chamira Krishantha		6	0	Navy
18	2DF	Dilki Kumara

5	3MF	Fazlur Rahman		7	0	Ratnam SC
	3MF	Janaka Chaminda
14	3MF	Mohamed Nazar		1	0	Air Force
	3MF	Danushka Wijesiri		2	0	Army SC
6	3MF	Mohamed Izzadeen	(1979-06-08) June 8, 1979 (age 45)	28	5	Army SC
	3MF	Tuwan Rizni		3	0	Renown Sports Club
12	3MF	Mohamed Zain		5	2	Renown Sports Club
14	3MF	Nagur Meera				Java Lane
32	3MF	Chathura Gunaratne	(1982-09-08) September 8, 1982 (age 41)	29	4	Don Bosco
8	3MF	Lahiru Tharaka		4	0	Navy

16	4FW	Nadeeka Pushpakumara	(1986-03-11) March 11, 1986 (age 38)	14	0	Police
10	4FW	Shafraz Kaiz		8	2	Renown Sports Club
	4FW	Nipuna Bandara		3	2	Don Bosco
	4FW	Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan	(1990-03-28) March 28, 1990 (age 34)	0	0	FC Germania Friedrichstal
11		Nimal Anthony
		K. L. K. C. Perera
		Kavindu Ishan
		K. Sundarshana
		Nuwan Priyankara
		Thilanka Nandasiri

Records

Top Goalscorers^[2]
#	Player	Goals	Career
1.	Kasun Jayasuriya	27	199?–2009
2.	Channa Ediri Bandanage	19	199?–2009
3.	Roshan Perera	16	199?–2001

Coaches

Burkhard Pape
Jorge Ferreira (1993–1995)
Marcus Ferreira (????–2004)

Sampath Perera (2004–2006)
Jang Jung (2007–2008)
Sampath Perera (2009)

Mohamed Amanulla (2009–2010)
Jang Jung (2010–2012)
Sampath Perera (2012–present)

Notes

References

^ Naushad Amit (2011-06-26). "Ruwanthilake retains captaincy for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers". The Sunday Times. Colombo. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
^ László Földesi. "International Goals of Sri Lanka". RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

External links

Preceded by 1993 India	South Asian Champions 1995 (First title)	Succeeded by 1997 India

[1] Naushad Amit (2011-06-26). "Ruwanthilake retains captaincy for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers". The Sunday Times. Colombo. Retrieved 2011-06-28.

[2] László Földesi. "International Goals of Sri Lanka". RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

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