Nepal national football team

Nepal national football team
Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games

Nepal
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Gorkhalis
Association	All Nepal Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Krishna Thapa
Home stadium	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium ; Pokhara National Stadium
FIFA code	NEP
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	169
Highest	124 (December 1993)
Lowest	187 (November 2007)
First international
	China 6–2 Nepal ; (Beijing, China; October 13, 1972)
Biggest win
	Nepal 7–0 Bhutan ; (Kathmandu, Nepal; September 26, 1999)
Biggest defeat
	South Korea 16–0 Nepal ; (Incheon, South Korea; September 29, 2003)

The Nepal national football team is the national team of Nepal and is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association. A member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Nepalese football team play their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu. The All Nepal Football Association is the governing body of football in Nepal. It is responsible for the Nepal national football team as well as club competitions. The organisation was founded in 1951 as the All Nepal Football Association and became affiliated with FIFA in 1970. The present President of ANFA is Ganesh Thapa Who is also the Deputy Chairman of AFC.

World Cup record

1930 to 1982 - Did Not Enter
1986 to 1990 - Did Not Qualify
1994 - Did Not Enter
1998 to 2014 - Did Not Qualify

Asian Cup record

1956 to 1960 - Withdrew
1964 to 1968 - Did not enter
1972 to 1980 - Withdrew
1984 to 2011 - intered first round

AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Semi Finals
2008 - Group Stage
2010 - Did not qualify, 2nd in Qualifying Group
2012 - Group Stage

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Third Place
1995 - Semi Finals
1997 - Round 1
1999 - Fourth Place
2003 to 2005- Round 1
2008 - Group Stage
2009 - Group Stage
2011 SAFF Championship- Semi finalist .

Fixtures and results

Date:	Tournament	Location	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Scorers
23 August 2012	2012 Nehru Cup	New Delhi	Maldives	2-1	Nepal	Ju Manu Rai
10 March 2012	2012 AFC Challenge Cup	Kathmandu	Maldives	1–0	Nepal
8 March 2012	2012 AFC Challenge Cup	Kathmandu	Palestine	2–0	Nepal
9 December 2011	SAFF CUP 2011	New Delhi	Afghanistan	1–0	Nepal
6 December 2011	SAFF CUP 2011	New Delhi	Pakistan	1–1	Nepal	Khawas 37'
4 December 2011	SAFF CUP 2011	New Delhi	Bangladesh	0–1	Nepal	S.Thapa 90+5''
2 December 2011	SAFF CUP 2011	New Delhi	Maldives	1–1	Nepal	Sandeep 51'
15 October 2011	Friendly Match (ASEAN Tour)	Selangor	Malaysia U-23	2–0	Nepal
11 October 2011	Friendly Match (ASEAN Tour)	Manila	Philippines	4–0	Nepal
28 July 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Second Round	Kathmandu	Nepal	1–1	Jordan	Khawas 80'
23 July 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Second Round	Amman	Jordan	9–0	Nepal
02 July 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round	Kathmandu	Nepal	5–0^[1]	East Timor	saroj dahal, Bhola Silwal, Ju Manu Rai, Jagjit Shrestha and Sujal Shrestha
29 June 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round	Kathmandu	Nepal	2–1^[2]	East Timor	Dipesh Timalsina, Ju Manu Rai
11 April 2011	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	Kathmandu	Nepal	0–0	Sri Lanka
9 April 2011	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	Kathmandu	Nepal	0–1	North Korea	Jong II-Gwan
7 April 2011	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	Kathmandu	Nepal	1–0	Afghanistan	Khawas

All time team record

International record against all nations, correct as of 9th December, 2011.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Afghanistan	5	3	1	1
Bangladesh	16	5	1	10
Bhutan	7	7	0	0
Brunei	1	0	0	1
Cambodia	1	1	0	0
China	1	0	0	1
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0
India	12	2	1	9
Iran	5	0	0	5
Iraq	3	0	0	3
Japan	3	0	0	3
Jordan	2	0	1	1
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
Kuwait	4	0	0	4
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	1	1
Macau	5	3	1	1
Malaysia	6	0	1	5
Maldives	12	3	4	5
Myanmar	2	0	0	2
North Korea	3	0	0	3
Oman	11	0	0	11
Pakistan	12	5	3	4
Palestine	1	0	1	0
Philippines	2	0	0	2
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
Singapore	4	0	1	3
South Korea	7	0	0	7
Sri Lanka	13	2	6	5
Syria	1	0	0	1
Thailand	3	0	0	3
Timor-Leste	2	2	0	0
Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1
Vietnam	2	0	0	2
Yemen	1	0	0	1

Current squad

The following 23-man squad were named in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Bikash Malla	(1985-08-15)15 August 1985 (aged 26)	Nepal Army
16	1GK	Kiran Chemzong	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 21)	Three Star
20	1GK	Ritesh Thapa	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 27)	Nepal Police

2	2DF	Rabin Shrestha	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 21)	Nepal Police
3	2DF	Biraj Maharjan	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24)	Three Star
4	2DF	Deepak Bhushal	(1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 22)	Manang Marshyangdi
6	2DF	Rohit Chand	(1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 20)	HAL
13	2DF	Sandip Rai	(1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 23)	Manang Marshyangdi
19	2DF	Sagar Thapa (c)	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 28)	Himalayan Sherpa
24	2DF	Jitendra Karki		New Road
27	2DF	Sabindra Shrestha	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 20)	Manang Marshyangdi

8	3MF	Nirajan Khadka	(1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 23)	Manang Marshyangdi
15	3MF	Raju Tamang	(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 26)	Nepal Army
17	3MF	Bhola Silwal	(1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 25)	Nepal Police
28	3MF	Tanka Basnet		Nepal Army

9	4FW	Santosh Sahukhala	(1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 24)	Manang Marshyangdi
10	4FW	Anil Gurung	(1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 23)	Manang Marshyangdi
11	4FW	Ju Manu Rai	(1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 29)	Nepal Police
18	4FW	Ganesh Lawati	(1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 30)	Armed Police Force
21	4FW	Bharat Khawas	(1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 19)	Nepal Police

Coaches

Stephen Constantine (1999–2001)
Yoo Kee-Heung (2003)
Toshihiko Shiozawa (2005–2006)

Shyam Thapa (2006–2007)
Thomas Flath (2008)
Birat Krishna Shrestha (2008–2009)

Krishna Thapa (2011)*
Graham Roberts (2011–2012)
Krishna Thapa (2012–)*

*Caretaker

References

^ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168591367.html Nepal 5 – 0 East Timor
^ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168591367.html Nepal 2 – 1 East Timor

[1] ttp://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168591367.html Nepal 5 – 0 East Timor

[2] ttp://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168591367.html Nepal 2 – 1 East Timor

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Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
	1984 Kathmandu
	1985 Dhaka
	1987 Calcutta
	1993 Dhaka
	1999 Kathmandu
	2006 Colombo

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