Afghanistan national futsal team

Afghanistan

Nickname(s)	Lions of Khorasan (شیران خراسان)
Association	Afghanistan Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Top scorer	Akbar Kazemi
FIFA code	AFG
FIFA ranking	108 (13 July 2016)
Highest FIFA ranking	94 (23 November 2015)
Lowest FIFA ranking	108 (13 July 2016)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
Biggest win
Afghanistan 6–1 China (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 16 September 2017) Afghanistan 6–1 Maldives (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 18 September 2017)
Biggest defeat
Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	None
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	None
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Appearances	3 (First in 2007)
Best result	Fourth Place, 2017

The Afghanistan national futsal team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Afghanistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions.

Coaching staff

Head Coach

Abdul Razaq Momrak

Assistant Coach

Mahmood Seyedi

Players

Current squad

Match date: 17 - 27 September 2017
Opposition: 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Correct as of: September 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK		Salahuddin Ehrari
2	GK		Ali Hosain Namazi
3	FW		Ali Jafari
4	DF		Mahdi Norowzi
5	DF		Mohsen Rezayi
6	FW		Hussein Khademi
7	FW		Mohammad Ali Fayazi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW		Mohammad Reza Karimi
9	DF		Seyed Mehdi Hashemi
10	FW		Akbar Kazemi
11	FW		Farzad Mahmoodi
12	GK		Ali Reza Qurbani
13	FW		Hadi Jafari
14	FW		Jawad Haidari

Tournaments

FIFA Futsal World Cup

• 1989 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not enter
• 1996 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not enter
• 2004 – Did not enter
• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2012 – Did not enter
• 2016 – Did not qualify

AFC Futsal Championship

• 1999 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not enter
• 2001 – Did not enter
• 2002 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Did not enter
• 2004 – Did not enter
• 2005 – Did not enter
• 2006 – Did not enter
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2010 – Did not qualify
• 2012 – Did not enter
• 2014 – Did not enter
• 2016 – Did not qualify
• 2018 – Did not qualify

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	5	32	-27	0
2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Group stage	2	0	0	2	8	17	-9	0
2017	Fourth Place	7	4	2	1	28	21	+7	14
Total	Fourth Place	12	4	2	6	41	70	-29	14