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Afghanistan national football team Afghanistan national football team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Afghanistan

Nickname(s)	Team-e Melli – تیم ملی

Lions of Khorasan – = شیر های خراسان Stars of Ariana - ستاره های آریانا Association	Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) Confederation	AFC Head coach	Mohammad Yousef Kargar Asst coach	Elyas Ahmad Manucher Most caps	Zohib Islam Amiri (26) Israfeel Kohistani (26) Top scorer	Mohammad Saber Rohparwar (7) Home stadium	Ghazi Stadium FIFA code	AFG FIFA ranking	184 Highest FIFA ranking	164 (May 2011) Lowest FIFA ranking	204 (January 2003) Elo ranking	201

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Away colours First international non-FIFA International Afghanistan 0 – 0 Iran (Kabul, Afghanistan; August 25, 1941[1]) FIFA International Luxembourg 6 – 0 Afghanistan (Brighton, England; July 26, 1948[2]) Biggest win Bhutan 0 – 3 Afghanistan (Gurgaon, India; 23 March 2011) Biggest defeat Turkmenistan 11 – 0 Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; November 19, 2003) 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. 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 164th 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. Contents [hide] 1 Fixtures and Results 2 Afghanistan all time record against all nations 3 Competition records 3.1 FIFA World Cup Record 3.2 Olympic Games record 3.3 AFC Asian Cup record 3.4 Asian Games record 3.5 South Asian Football Federation 3.6 AFC Challenge Cup 4 Managers 5 Current squad 6 Top goalscorers 7 References 8 External links [edit]Fixtures and Results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Afghanistan December 3, 2011	2011 SAFF Championship	 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Dehli	 India December 5, 2011	2011 SAFF Championship	 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Dehli	 Sri Lanka December 7, 2011	2011 SAFF Championship	 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Dehli	 Bhutan July 3, 2011	FIFA World Cup qualifiers	 Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium, Al-Ram	 Palestine	1–1	Arzou 63' June 29, 2011	FIFA World Cup qualifiers	 Stadium Metallurg 1st District, Tursunzoda	 Palestine	0–2	N/A April 11, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu	 North Korea	0–2	N/A April 9, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu	 Sri Lanka	1–0	Hadid 82' April 7, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	 Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu	 Nepal	0–1	N/A March 25, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	 Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon	 Bhutan	2–0	Nadeem 60', Kohistani 64' March 23, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	 Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon	 Bhutan	3–0	Walizada 2', 36', 80' 23 November 2010	Friendly	 Stadium Metallurg 1st District, Tursunzoda	 Tajikistan U23	1–0	Kohistani 37' 17 November 2010	Friendly	 Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe	 Tajikistan	0–1	N/A [edit]Afghanistan all time record against all nations

As of 3 July 2011 Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	 % Won Bangladesh	4	0	3	1	5	8	−3	0% Bhutan	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	66.67% China PR	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	1	0	0	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% North Korea	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0% Nepal	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	0% Pakistan	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0% Palestine	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0% Philippines	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0% Qatar	5	0	1	4	3	16	−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	5	3	1	1	5	4	+1	60% Tajikistan	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0% Turkmenistan	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0% Total	56	7	10	39	37	161	−124 [edit]Competition records

[edit]FIFA World Cup Record Asian Qualification Records Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA 1930 to 2002	Did not enter 2006 to 2014	Did not qualify Total		6	0	1	5	2	21 [edit]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 [edit]AFC Asian Cup record 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 [edit]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 U-23 team replaced the full team in the tournament. [edit]South Asian Football Federation SAFF Championship 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 2011	To Be Determined	0	0	0	0	0	0 Total Best: Group stage	12	1	2	9	9	31 [edit]AFC Challenge Cup 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[3] 2012	Did not qualify Total Best: Group Stage 6 0 2 4 3 15 [edit]Managers

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win% Efimov[4]		1976 Holger Obermann		January 2003	3	0	0	3 Mir Ali Akbarzada		March 2003	2	1	0	1 Ali Askar Lali		2003–2005	5	1	0	4	25% Klaus Stark		2005 – June 2008[5]	17	2	7	8	12% Mohammad Yousef Kargar[6]		July 2008[7] -November 2009	-	-	-	- Mohammad Farid		December 2009	3	0	0	3	0% Mohammad Yousef Kargar		November 2010	6	3	0	3	50% [edit]Current squad

The following players are called up to the squad by manager Mohammad Yousef Kargar for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers which will be held in Tajikistan on June 29, 2011 and in Palestine on July 3, 2011. Caps and goals as of July 4, 2011. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only. 1	GK	Hamidullah Yosufzai	9 October 1981 (age 30)	6	0	 Kabul Bank 26	GK	Mansur Faqiryar	3 January 1986 (age 25)	5	0	 Oldenburg 2	DF	Muqadar Qazizadah	11 September 1988 (age 23)	7	0	 Kabul Bank 3	DF	Zohib Islam Amiri	2 May 1987 (age 24)	26	0	 Mumbai FC 4	DF	Faisal Sakhizada	22 October 1990 (age 21)	7	0	 Ordu Kabul 5	DF	Zakria Rezai	29 July 1989 (age 22)	7	0	 Ordu Kabul 16	DF	Djelaludin Sharityar	15 March 1983 (age 28)	16	0	 Ethnikos Achna 19	DF	Mujtaba Faiz	21 November 1989 (age 21)	1	0	 Kabul Bank 6	MF	Maqsood Hashemi	22 January 1985 (age 26)	21	2	 Ordu Kabul 7	MF	Israfeel Kohistani	5 June 1987 (age 24)	26	1	 Kabul Bank 8	MF	Waheed Nadeem	2 June 1989 (age 22)	7	1	 Kabul Bank 12	MF	Zubayr Amiri	2 May 1990 (age 21)	2	0	 Eintracht Frankfurt II 17	MF	Harez-Arian Habib	12 February 1982 (age 29)	13	4	 Hessen Kassel 20	MF	Mohammad Mashriqi	7 July 1987 (age 24)	7	0	 New York Red Bulls Reverves 23	MF	Masihullah Barakzai	6 December 1990 (age 20)	5	0	 Seramiasht 24	MF	Ghulam Hazrat Niazi	1 January 1992 (age 19)	2	0	 Ordu Kabul 9	FW	Bilal Arzou	28 December 1988 (age 22)	2	1	 Asker 10	FW	Sidiq Walizada	27 December 1991 (age 19)	8	3	 Ordu Kabul 11	FW	Hashmatullah Barakzai	4 June 1987 (age 24)	14	2	 Kabul Bank 18	FW	Mustafa Hadid	25 August 1988 (age 23)	7	3	 Altona 93 [edit]Top goalscorers
 * 1) 	Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club

As of April 14, 2011, the players with the most goals for Afghanistan are: Please note that only Goals scored in A International are counted and not goals scored in unofficial matches. It must also be noted that, Mohammad Saber Rohparwar may have scored 25 goals for Afghanistan, but majority of Rohparwar's goals are not counted in official records. 1	Mohammad Saber Rohparwar	?-1980	25	? 2	Harez-Arian Habib*	2007–present	4	11 Hashmatullah Barakzai*	2007–present	4	20 3	Sidiq Walizada*	2010–present	3	6 Mustafa Hadid*	2008–present	3	6 Hafizullah Qadami*	2005–present	3	25 4	Said Azimshah Garibzada	1976–1980	2	20 Israfeel Kohistani*	2002–present	1	26 Sayed Maqsood Hashemi*	2005–present	2	26 (*) – denotes a player that is still active with national team [edit]References
 * 1) 	Name	Career	Goals	Caps

^ http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matches.php? ^ "Afghanistan: Fixtures and Results". FIFA.com. ^ "Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out". thehimalayantimes.com. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.[dead link] ^ http://afg-de-sport.npage.de/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_43653607.html ^ http://www.afghanistanonlineforums.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=print;num=1217198699 ^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=252&matchId=1716 ^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=252&matchId=1707 [edit]External links

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