De Abasin Sape F.C.

De Abasin Sape
Full name De Abasin Sape
Nickname(s) Abasin Waves
Founded August 2012
Ground Kabul Stadium,
Kabul, Afghanistan
Ground Capacity 25,000
League Afghan Premier League

De Abasin Sape or (The Abasin Waves) is a football team in Afghanistan. They play in the Afghan Premier League.

Club history

The club was founded in August 2012 by the creation of the Afghan Premier League and the club played in one of the league's inaugural games.[1] Club players were chosen through a casting-show called Maidon-E-Sabz ("Green Field").[2]

The club represents the South-Eastern region of Afghanistan.[1]

The team is named after a Pashto language name for the Indus River – Abasin ("Father of Rivers").[3]

Current squad

Current squad as of January 2015:

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

No. Position Player
Afghanistan GK Abdul Moqim Matin
Afghanistan GK Nasim Eman
Afghanistan GK Salim
Afghanistan DF Ahmad Mansor Ghafori
Afghanistan DF Sediqullah Ashna
Afghanistan DF Rematullah Khosty
Afghanistan DF Esmatullah Shefayeei
Afghanistan DF Merza Gul Zazai
Afghanistan DF Shafiq Totakhil
Afghanistan DF Shabir Sharifi
Afghanistan DF Shabir Sharifi
No. Position Player
Afghanistan MF Rahimullah Ghaznawi
Afghanistan MF Abdul Mobin Rasoly
Afghanistan MF Emal Mangal
Afghanistan MF Yar Mohammad Malyar
Afghanistan MF Rohullah Nayeebi
Afghanistan MF Eid Marjan Zaheri
Iran MF Hadi Rezaei
Afghanistan FW M. Aref Yousufzai
Afghanistan FW Jawed Ahmad Ghaznawi
Afghanistan FW Said Obaidullah Sadat
Afghanistan FW M. Nawaz Zazai

References

  1. 1 2 Afghanistan launches first professional football league by Ben Farmer (The Daily Telegraph, 28 September 2012)
  2. ↑ Afghans gripped by domestic football fever (Bangkok Post, 19 September 2012)
  3. ↑ Nace la primera liga de fútbol de Afganistán (Qué!, 21 September 2012)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, October 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.