Afghanistan national futsal team

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Afghanistan
Nickname(s)Lions of Khorasan
(شیران خراسان)
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMajid Mortezaei
Top scorerAkbar Kazemi
FIFA codeAFG
FIFA ranking30 (6 May 2024)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking30 (6 May 2024)
First international
 Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan 
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
Biggest win
 Afghanistan 18–2 Macau 
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan 
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultTBD (2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup)
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultQuarter-final (2024)
CAFA Futsal Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2023)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)

The Afghanistan national futsal team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Afghanistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions.

In the first edition of the CAFA Futsal Cup, the country came second in the 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup.

Afghanistan qualified for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, making it their first appearance in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup after going undefeated in the qualification competition.

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Iran Majid Mortezaei
Assistant coach Afghanistan Mahmoud Seyedi

Players

Last selected squad

Match date: 11 October 2023
Tournament: 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification
Correct as of: October 2023 [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Mohammad Javad Safari
2 GK   Sayed Reza Hussani
4 DF   Mahdi Norouzi
7 DF   Hamid Reza Hossani
5 MF   Bahman Gorgej
11 MF   Ali Amiri
13 FW   Seyed Hossein Mousavi
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   Farzad Mahmoodi
8 FW   Akbar Kazemi
9 FW   Abdul Ghafar Sadeqi
14 FW   Hassan Ali Jafari
6 DF   Hosain Hasan Zadah
12 DF   Reza Hossein Poor
3 MF   Mehran Gholami

Tournaments

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004
Brazil 2008
Thailand 2012
Colombia 2016 Did not qualify
Lithuania 2020
Uzbekistan 2024 Qualified
Total 1/10

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Thailand 2024 Quarter-final 7th 6 3 1 2 18 16

CAFA Futsal Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA Dif Pts
Tajikistan 2023 Runners-Up 2nd 5 3 1 15 16 -1 10
Total Best Position: 2nd 2nd 5 3 1 15 16 -1 10
* Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA Dif Pts
Thailand 2005 Did not enter - - - - - - - -
Macau 2007 Group stage 3 0 0 3 5 32 -27 0
Vietnam 2009 Did not enter - - - - - - - -
South Korea 2013 Group stage 2 0 0 2 8 17 -9 0
Turkmenistan 2017 Fourth Place 7 4 2 1 28 21 +7 14
Thailand 2021 TBC
Total Best Position: 4th 12 4 2 6 41 70 -29 14

Honours

Regional

References

  1. ^ FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
  2. ^ "Ashgabat 2017". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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