Afghanistan national football team
 | For current information on this topic, see Afghanistan national football team results. |
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | Team-e Melli - تیم ملی | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Mohammed Farid | ||
| Most caps | Shamsuddin Amiri (30) | ||
| Top scorer | Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (25) | ||
| Home stadium | Ghazi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | AFG | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 189 | ||
| Highest | 173 (July 2006) | ||
| Lowest | 204 (January 2003) | ||
| First international | |||
 Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran  (Afghanistan; August 25, 1941) | |||
| Last international | |||
 Afghanistan 1 - 2  Syria(Dushanbe, Afghanistan; October 26, 2007) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Sri Lanka 1 - 2 Afghanistan
(Kathmandu, Nepal; March 16, 2003) Sri Lanka 1 - 2 Afghanistan (Karachi, Pakistan; 11 December 2005)  Kyrgyzstan 0 - 1 Afghanistan (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; May 7, 2008) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; November 19, 2003) | |||
| South Asian Football Federation Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2003) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage - 2003, 2005, 2008 | ||
The Afghanistan national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان; Pashto: دافغانستان ملی فوتبال تیم)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 and will soon play its home games on a turf pich in Khushal Khan of 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 173rd 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.
ّFixtures
No fixtures confirmed yet.
Afghanistan all time record against all nations
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0% |
 Bhutan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0% |
 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 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0% |
 Iran |
2 | 0 | 1 | 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% |
 Nepal |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0% |
 Pakistan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0% |
 Philippines |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Qatar |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -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 |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% |
 Tajikistan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0% |
| Turkmenistan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 0% |
| Total | 46 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 146 | -118 | 6.66% |
FIFA World Cup Record
World Cup Qualification Records
| Asian Qualification Records | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1930 to 2002 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 2006 and 2010 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18
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Olympic Games record
- 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.
| 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 Qualification records
| 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 |
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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 U23 team replaced the full team in the tournament.
South Asian Football Federation
SAFF Championship Record
AFC Challenge CupAFC Challenge Cup Record
References
External links
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