Sri Lanka national football team

Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games

Sri Lanka
Nickname(s)	The Lion, The brave reds
Association	Football Federation; of Sri Lanka
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Juan Barbas
Top scorer	Bob Surendran
Home stadium	Sugathadasa Stadium
FIFA code	SRI
FIFA ranking	166
Highest FIFA ranking	122 (August 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	169 (October 2007)
Elo ranking	185
	Home colours
	Away colours
	Third colours
First international
	India 2 - 1 Ceylon ; (Ceylon; Date Unknown, 1952)
Biggest win
	Sri Lanka 7 - 1 Pakistan ; (Taipei, Taiwan; April 4, 2008)
Biggest defeat
	Ceylon 1 - 12 East Germany ; (Colombo, Ceylon; January 12, 1964)
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1993)
Best result	Winners - 1995

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The Sri Lanka national football team is the national team of Sri Lanka and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. It was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972, when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.

A member of the AFC, the team have yet to make their first appearance in FIFA World Cup or AFC Asian Cup championship play. They have been South Asian champions once, in 1995. As is true elsewhere on the sub-continent, top-level football in Sri Lanka stands somewhat in the shadow of the country's test cricket team. However, the side did qualify for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Withdrew
1978 - Withdrew
1982 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not enter
1980 - Did not qualify
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not enter
1992 - Did not enter
1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Withdrew

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Runners Up
2008 - Group Stage

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Runners Up
1995 - Winners
1997 - Fourth Place
1999 to 2005 - Round 1
2008 - Hosts, Semi-Finalists

[edit] Kit

The Official Team Kit representing Sri Lanka is characterized by the yellow jersey, the black shorts, and yellow socks. The away jersey features a blue jersey, white shorts, and blue socks. The team also have their third kit that features a red jersey, the black shorts, and white socks

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[edit] Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Sugath Dammika Thilakaratne	6 October 1977	Ratnam SC
2	DF	Selapperuma Nirantha Perera
3		Agampodi Sanjay Silva
	DF	Mohamed Ramees
4	DF	Rohana Ruwan Well Don
5	DF	Cristeen Fernando	7 August 1982	Jupiters SC
	FW	Chathura Lakruwan Samarasekera
6	MF	Mohamed Izzadeen	8 June 1979	Ratnam SC
7	FW	Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna	28 January 1981	Ratnam SC
8	DF	Shrikhanth Sinnavan
9	MF	Yianni Petrohilos isafag		Ratnam SC
10	MF	Channa Ediri	22 September 1978	Victory SC
11	FW	Kasun Jayasuriya	25 March 1981
12	MF	Chathura Gunarathna		Negombo Youth SC
13	MF	Chandradasa Karunaratne		Negombo youth SC
14	MF	Asmeer Lathif Mohamed	28 February 1982	Negombo Youth SC
15	DF	Thuwan Raheem		Air Force SC
16	FW	Nadeeka Pushpakumara
17	DF	Thilina Suranaga Bandara
18	GK	Viraj Asanka

[edit] Recent Call Ups 2007

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
9	DF	Madushka Peiris

[edit] Results and Upcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
31 July 2008	2008 AFC Challenge Cup	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad	Korea DPR	3:0	Sri Lanka
2 August 2008	2008 AFC Challenge Cup	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad	Myanmar	3:1	Sri Lanka	Jayasuriya 51'
4 August 2008	2008 AFC Challenge Cup	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad	Sri Lanka	0:3	Nepal