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	Mohammad Yosuf Kargar (2008-)
Most caps	Hafizullah Qadami (25)
Top scorer	Mohammed Saber Rohparwar (25)
Home stadium	Ghazi Stadium
FIFA code	AFG
FIFA ranking	183
Highest FIFA ranking	173 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	204 (January 2003)
Elo ranking	199
Home colours Away colours
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, 2005, 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 1922 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.

Contents 1 FIFA World Cup Record 1.1 World Cup Qualification Records 2 Olympic Games record 3 AFC Asian Cup record 3.1 Asian Cup Qualification records 4 South Asian Football Federation 4.1 SAFF Championship Record 5 AFC Challenge Cup 5.1 AFC Challenge Cup Record 6 Notable players 7 Managers 8 Current squad 8.1 Recent call-ups 8.2 Top goalscorers 9 References

[edit] FIFA World Cup Record

[edit] World Cup Qualification Records

Asian Qualification Records
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	0	13
2010	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	1	5
Total		4	0	0	4	1	18

[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 1-0.

Olympic Games record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1900 to 1940 Did not enter - - - - - - 1948 Round 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 1952 to 1956 Did not enter - - - - - - 1960 qualify - - - - - - 1964 to 2008 Did not enter - - - - - - Total Best: Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 6

Olympic Games matches (by opponent) Against Wins Draws Losses Total  Luxembourg 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1

Olympic Games history Year Round Score Result 1948 Round 1 Afghanistan 0 – 6  Luxembourg Lose

[edit] AFC Asian Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup Qualification records

Asian Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956 to 2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	2	1	0	1	2	5
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	To Play	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/1	2	1	0	1	2	5

[edit] South Asian Football Federation

[edit] SAFF Championship Record

SAFF Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1993 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1995 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 1997 Did Not Enter - - - - - - 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 Total Best: Group Stage 9 1 2 6 8 24 [edit] AFC Challenge Cup [edit] AFC Challenge Cup Record 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 Total Best: Group Stage 6 0 2 4 3 15 [edit] Notable players Shamsuddin Amiri (Goalkeeper) Bashir Saadat (Defender) Sayed Maqsood Hashemi (Midfielder) Obaidullah Karimi (Forward) Hafizullah Qadami (Forward) Dominic Safar (Forward) Ali Askar Lali (Midfielder) Mustafa Nazari (Holding Midfielder) Wahid Rahman Mujaddedi (Forward) Edris Nazari (Attacking Midfielder) [edit] Managers Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Honours Ali Askar Lali 2003-2005 7 1 0 6 Klaus Stark 2005-2008 16 2 5 9 Mohammad Yosuf Kargar October 2008- - - - - [edit] Current squad The following players are called up for the 2008 Merdeka Cup. No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Shamsuddin Amiri 12 February 1985 22 Maiwand Kabul FC DF Bashir Ahmad Saadat 13 September 1981 22 Ardo FC DF Zohib Islam 9 Kabul Bank FC DF Qudratullah Husaini DF Faisal Sakhi Zada DF Ali Ahmad Yarzada 9 DF Mohamed Ibrahim Jebran 2 MF Sayed Bashir Azimi 21 MF Sayed Masood Hashemi 22 1 MF Israfeel Kohistani 9 FW Hashmatullah Barekzai 9 2 FW Hafizullah Qadami 20 February 1985 25 5 Kabul Bank FC Moqadar Qazazadah [edit] Recent call-ups No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 9 Hamidullah Rastagar (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) 12 FW Salem Nahimi 3 March 1988 Eintracht Frankfurt II (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) 16 MF Jalaluddin Shariatyar 15 March 1983 9 SpVgg Weiden (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) 18 GK Emal Gariwal 1 (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) 21 MF Ata Yamrali 5 July 1982 9 1 ASV Bergedorf 85 (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) 22 Abdul Saboor Aser (2008 AFC Challenge Cup) GK Mansur Faquiryar 3 January 1986 1 0 FC Oberneuland (2008 SAFF Championship) FW Mustafa Hadid 2 1 (2008 SAFF Championship) 6 MF Raza Mahmoudi 12 May 1984 (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) 11 FW Mustafa Bayat (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) 17 MF H.A. Habib 20 February 1982 7 4 KSV Hessen Kassel (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) 19 DF Yusuf Barak 2 February 1984 7 KSV Hessen Kassel (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) 20 FW Obaidullah Karimi 21 December 1979 7 1 Eintracht Norderstedt (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) 23 DF Amanullah Omari (2008 AFC Challenge Cup qual.) A. Shamsuddin # 1 Z. Islam # 3 M. Gullistani # 5 B. Yusuf # 19 B. Saadat # 2 S. Maqsood # 7 R. Mahmoudi # 6 H.A. Habib # 15 Ata Yamrali # 21 K. Obaidullah # 20 H. Qadami # 10 [edit] Top goalscorers The players with the most goals for Afghanistan are: # Player Career Goals (Caps) 1 Hafizullah Qadami 2005-2008 5 (25) 2 H.A. Habib 2007-2008 3 (7) 3 Sayed Masood Hashemi 2005-2008 2 (20) 4 Obaidullah Karimi 2007-2008 1 (7) 5 Ata Yamrali 2007-2008 1 (8) [edit] References ELORATINGS FIFA RSSSF Asian Games 1951 RSSSF Asian Games 1954 RSSSF Asian Games 2002 Afghanland 2001 International football v • d • e FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup  Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | Minor Tournaments World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Competitions | Organizations | Codes      Asia: AFC - Asian Cup      Africa: CAF - Africa Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América      Oceania: OFC - Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA - European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board - Viva World Cup National football teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e 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 | Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Syria | Tajikistan | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen * FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.