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Afghanistan national football team

National Football Team
NameAfghanistan
NicknameTeam-e Melli - تیم ملی
Stars of Ariana - ستاره های آریانا
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation (AFF)
ConfederationAFC
Head coachMohammad Yousef Kargar
Asst coachElyas Ahmad Manucher
Most capsShamsuddin Amiri (30)
Top scorerMohammad Saber Rohparwar (25)
Home stadiumGhazi Stadium
FIFA codeAFG
FIFA ranking195
Highest FIFA ranking173 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking204 (January 2003)
Elo ranking199
World Cup Statistics
First internationalAfghanistan Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran
(Afghanistan; August 25, 1941)
Biggest winSri Lanka 1 - 2 Afghanistan AF
(Karachi, Pakistan; 11 December 2005)
Biggest defeatTurkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan AF
(Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; November 19, 2003)

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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.

In 2010 the Afghanistan Football Federation signed a 5 year contract with Danish sports brand Hummel to sponsor both the men's and Afghanistan women's national football team.

Afghanistan national football team Video

AFSO is proudly hosting the first ever Afghan Soccer Celebration. The purpose of this event is to recognize and honor teams, players, individuals and organizations that have directly been involved and also have supported soccer inside and outside of Afghanistan from beginning until the present time. From the history of soccer to the inception of the National team to the independent clubs of Kabul and Kandahar and other parts of the country to the emergence of teams and clubs in the US, Europe and other Afghan communities in various parts of the globe. Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:00PM 1:00AM Live Performance by Ehsan Aman Fremont Marriott Hotel ® Silicon Valley 46100 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 413-3700 AFSO 1-800-518-8206 www.afso.org
0.65 min. | 5.0 user rating		 A video from a photoshoot with players from both the male and female national football team of Afghanistan. The setting is the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul - a stadium with a brutal history and an important story to be told.
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0.55 min. | 4.63 user rating		 BBC Look East News 10th11th09 Sports Football Peterborough united Darren Fergusonâ. Wittering's RAF troops head for Afghanistan Susie Hutson Felixstowe Woman wins on Scratch card. weather forecast
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Shuja Alcozai of AFSO distributing jackets and plaques to the Afghan Women's National Team members in Kabul, Afghanistan. December, 2010
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3.12 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Afghanistan Men's National Football Team Interviewed in Kabul, Afghanistan prior to their AFC 2012 Challenge Cup qualifying matches in Nepal in Group D against Nepal, Sri Lanka and North Korea
3.43 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Mashal Noory of Afghan Club, Fremont, CA Member of Afghanistan National Women's Team Participating at the 2010 SAFF Games in Bangladesh www.afso.org
3.95 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Sahar Latifi of Itifaq Soccer Club, Tracy CA Member of Afghanistan National Women's Team Participating at the 2010 SAFF Games in Bangladesh www.afso.org
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Winnipeg Free Press--The term "improvised explosive device" has entered the Canadian lexicon as a result of the mission in -Afghanistan-. Of the 154 Canadian soldiers to die in ... - Date : Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:23:34 GMT+00:00
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Commentary - Gen. Gould to fans: thank you! - Schriever Air Force Base Tweet this news
Schriever Air Force Base--Mark Wise, a 2007 Air Force Academy grad, who was seriously injured in an attack in -Afghanistan- last year, and throughout the game, we honored many other ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:38:44 GMT+00:00
Friends of Afghanistan hero Zak Cusack play charity football match - Stoke & Staffordshire Tweet this news
Stoke & Staffordshire--FRIENDS of a soldier who died while serving in -Afghanistan- played a charity -football- match in his honour. Teams from The Barrel pub, in Smallthorne, ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:31:58 GMT+00:00

Fixtures and Results :
Date Competition Location Opponent Result Scorers for Afghanistan
TBC, 2011 AFC Challenge qualifiers India New Delhi, India Bhutan
16 February 2011 AFC Challenge qualifiers India New Delhi, India Bhutan
23 November 2010 Friendly TJ Dushanbe Tajikistan U23 1-0 Kohistani 37'
17 November 2010 Friendly TJ Dushanbe Tajikistan 0-1 N/A
9 December 2009 SAFF 2009 Bangladesh Dhaka Nepal 0-3 N/A
7 December 2009 SAFF 2009 Bangladesh Dhaka Maldives 1-3 Barakzai 30'
5 December 2009 SAFF 2009 Bangladesh Dhaka India 0-1 N/A

Fixtures and Results :
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%
People%27s Republic of China 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0%
Taiwan 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 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0%
Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 0 18 -18 0%
Total 46 3 10 33 30 146 -118 6.66%

FIFA World Cup Record :
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

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 :
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

Asian Games record :
Year Round
1951 4th Place
1954 Round 1
1958 to 1998 Did not enter
2002 Round 1
2006 Did not enter

South Asian Football Federation :
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
1993 to 1999 Did not enter
2003 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 6
2005 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 11
2008 Group stage 3 0 2 1 5 7
2009 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7
Total
 Best: Group stage 12 1 2 9 9 31

AFC Challenge Cup :
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
2006 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 5
2008 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 10
2010 Withdrew
Total
Best: Group Stage
6
0
2
4
3
15

AFC Challenge Cup :
Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win%
Efimov USSR 1976
Holger Obermann Germany January 2003 3 0 0 3
Mir Ali Akbarzada Afghanistan March 2003 2 1 0 1
Ali Askar Lali Afghanistan 2003 � 2005 5 1 0 4 25%
Klaus Stark Germany 2005 � 2008 17 2 7 8 12%
Mohammad Yousef Kargar Afghanistan October 2008-November 2009 - - - -
Mohammad Farid Afghanistan December 2009 3 0 0 3 0%
Mohammad Yousef Kargar Afghanistan November 2010 1 0 0 1 0%

AFC Challenge Cup :
# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Mohammad Saber Rohparwar ?-1980 25 ?
2 Hafizullah Qadami* 2005 � present 3 25
3 Said Azimshah Garibzada* 1976 � 1980 2 20


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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club

Football in Afghanistan

National teamsAfghanistan, Afghanistan Women
League competitionsAfghan National League, Kabul Premier League

International association football

AsiaAFC � Asian Cup
AfricaCAF � Africa Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF � Gold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFC � Nations Cup
EuropeUEFA � European Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-Board � Viva World Cup

South Asian Football Federation

International CompetitionsSAFF Championship , South Asian Games
Club Competitions
Age Related
National TeamsAfghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka
Domestic LeaguesAfghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong*, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau*, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands �, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
� Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA



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