Afghanistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Mohammad Attai			?		3	?
	G.Jagi			?		2	?
	Mohammad Khogaini			?		3	?
	Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal	1928		?		3	1
	Ahmed Jahan Nuristani			?		3	?
	Abdul Kadir Nuristani	1925		?		3	?
	Din Mohammad Nuristani	1928		?		3	?
	Jahan Gulam Nuristani	1925		?		2	?
	Mohammad Amin Nuristani	1928		?		2	?
	Mohammad Jahan Nuristani			?		1	?
	Mohammad Kadir Nuristani	1925		?		3	?
	Ahmad Tajik			?		1
	Khan Nasrullah Totakhail	1925		?		3	?
	Ahmad Yusufzai			?		1	?

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	1	0	19	0	5		X	0:0	8:0	11:0
2.	Switzerland (SUI)	3	1	2	0	4	2	4		0:0	X	1:1	3:1
3.	Afghanistan (AFG)	3	1	1	1	3	9	3		0:8	1:1	X	2:0
4.	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3	1	16	0		0:11	1:3	0:2	X

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Squad

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
GK	Abdul Ghafoor Assar			?	Mahmoudiyeh F.C.	1	0	90	-	-	-
DF	Mohamed Ibrahim Gharzai			?		1	0	90	-	-	-
DF	Mohammed Sarwar Yusufzai			?		1	0	90	-	-	-
MF	Abdul Shacour Azimi	1923		?		1	0	90	-	-	-
MF	Yar Mohammed Barakzai	1923		?		1	0	90	-	-	-
MF	Abdul Ahad Kharot	1926		?	Mahmoudiyeh F.C.	1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Mohammad Anwal Afzal	1926		?		1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Abdul Ghani Assar	1923		?	Mahmoudiyeh F.C.	1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Mohamed Anwar Kharot			?		1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Abdul Hamid Tajik	1923		?		1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Abdul Gharfoor Yusufzai			?		1	0	90	-	-	-
	- Stand-by players -
	A.W.Aitimadi			?	Mahmoudiyeh F.C.	0	0	0	-	-	-
	M.M.Azami			?		0	0	0	-	-	-
	A.S.Mohamedzai			?		0	0	0	-	-	-
	M.U.Sadat			?		0	0	0	-	-	-
	M.I.Tokhi			?		0	0	0	-	-	-

Match

26 July 1948
18:00

Luxembourg	6–0	Afghanistan
Gales Schammel Kettel Paulus	Report

Goldstone Ground, Brighton

Referee: A.C. Williams (GBR)

Attendance: 5.000