Afghanistan national football team

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Afghanistan

Nickname(s)

Melli Team / Team Melli
("The National Team")

Association

Football Federation of Afghanistan

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Klaus Stärk (2005-)

Most caps

Shamsuddin Amiri (20)

Top scorer

H.A. Habib (4)

Home stadium

Ghazi Stadium

FIFA code

AFG

FIFA ranking

182

Highest FIFA ranking

173 (July 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

204 (January 2003)

Elo ranking

194





First kit





Second kit

First international

Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran

(Afghanistan; August 25, 1941)

Biggest win

Afghanistan 2 - 1 Kyrgyzstan

(Kathmandu, Nepal; March 16, 2003)

Sri Lanka 1 - 2 Afghanistan

(Karachi, Pakistan; 11 December 2005)

Kyrgyzstan 0 - 1 Afghanistan

(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 7 May 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 to 2008

The Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Afghanistan.The national team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA in 1948 and AFC in 1954. The Afghanistan national team play their home games in Ghazi National Olympic Stadium which was built in the 1920s with capacity of over 25,000.

Afghanistan's best performance in international competition was in the 1951 Asian Games when they finished 4th. At present Afghanistan has low participation levels in football compared to many countries, and the game was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. Afghanistan played no international fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the team rose to a peak of 173rd in the FIFA World Rankings.

1 Fixtures and Results
2 FIFA World Cup record
3 Olympic Games record
4 AFC Asian Cup record
5 South Asian Football Federation Cup record
6 AFC Challenge Cup record
7 Notable players
8 Managers
9 Current squad
- 9.1 Recent Call Ups
10 Recent Call Up Members
- 10.1 Top goalscorers
11 References

[edit] Fixtures and Results

Date	Venue	Team # 1	Team # 2	Result	Competition
8 Oct 2007	Damascus, Syria	Syria	Afghanistan	3:0 (0:0)	World Cup Qualification
26 Oct 2007	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Afghanistan	Syria	1:2 (1:1)	World Cup Qualification
5 May 2008	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Bangladesh	Afghanistan	0:0 (0:0)	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
7 May 2008	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Afghanistan	0:1 (0:1)	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
4 Jun 2008	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	2:2 (1:1)	South Asian Football Federation Cup
6 Jun 2008	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	2:2 (2:0)	South Asian Football Federation Cup
8 Jun 2008	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	Bhutan	1:3 (0:1)	South Asian Football Federation Cup
30 Jul 2008	Hyderabad, India	India	Afghanistan	-:- (-:-)	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
1 Aug 2008	Hyderabad, India	Afghanistan	Turkmenistan	-:- (-:-)	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
3 Aug 2008	Hyderabad, India	Afghanistan	Tajikistan	-:- (-:-)	AFC Challenge Cup 2008

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

1930 to 2002 - Did not enter
2006 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Olympic Games record

Afghanistan's only appearance at Olympic Games football tournament was at 1948 Summer Olympic Games when they played Luxembourg on 31 July 1948 and lost 6-0.

Year	Round	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Scorers
1948	Round 1	1	0	0	1	0	6
1952 to 1956	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964 to 2008	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: Round 1	1	0	0	1	0	6	-

[edit] AFC Asian Cup record

1956 - 2000 - Did not enter
2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Did not enter

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 to 1999 - Did not enter
2003 to 2008 - Round 1

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Round 1
2008 - Qualified

[edit] Notable players

Shamsuddin Amiri (Goalkeeper)
H.A. Habib (Defender)
Sayed Maqsood (Midfielder)
Obaidullah Karimi (Forward)
Hafizullah Qadami (Forward)
Dominic Safar (Forward)
Ali Askar Lali (Midfielder)
Mustafa Nazri (Midfielder)

[edit] Managers

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses

Ali Askar Lali	2003-2005	7	1	0	6
Klaus Stark	2005-	13	2	5	6

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifying round.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Shamsuddin Amiri	12 February 1985	20		Maiwand Kabul FC
2	DF	Bashir Ahmad Saadat	13 September 1981	20		Maiwand Kabul FC
3	DF	Zohib Islam		7
4	DF	Qudratullah Hussaini
5	DF	Ali Ahmad Yarzada
6	MF	Raza Mahmoudi	12 May 1984
7	MF	Masood Hashemi		20	1
8	MF	Sayed Bashir Azimi
9	FW	Hashmatullah Barekzai		6
10	FW	Hafizullah Qadami	20 February 1985	20	4	Maiwand Kabul FC
11	FW	Mustafa Bayat
12	MF	Salem Nahimi	3 March 1988			Eintracht Frankfurt II
13	DF	Mohamed Ibrahim Jerban
14	MF	Israfeel Kohistani
15	FW	Mustafa Hadid		2	1
16	DF	Djelaluddin Sharityar	15 March 1983			SpVgg Weiden
17	MF	H.A. Habib	20 February 1982	7	4	FSC Lohfelden
18	GK	Emal Gariwal
19	DF	Yusuf Barak	2 February 1984	7		FSC Lohfelden
20	FW	Obaidullah Karimi	21 December 1979	7	1	Eintracht Norderstedt
21	MF	Ata Yamrali	5 July 1982	7	1	ASV Bergedorf 85
23	DF	Amanullah Omari