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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)
Home colours
Away colours
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)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultRound of 16 (2024)
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 futsal had a magical journey in 2024, with their first tournament of AFC Futsal Asian Cup, they surprisingly finished in fifth place and qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Afghanistan  6–4  Angola Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30 UTC+5:00
Report
Stadium: Humo Arena
Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Dejan Veselič (Slovenia)
18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Argentina  2–1  Afghanistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00 Rosa Goal 02'46"32'14" Report Sarmiento Goal 31'50" (o.g.) Stadium: Humo Arena
Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes (Portugal)
21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Ukraine  4–1  Afghanistan Andijan, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00
Report Gholami Goal 25'04" Stadium: Andijan Universal Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)
25 September 2024 (2024-09-25) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup R16 Paraguay  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Afghanistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00
Report
Stadium: Humo Arena
Referee: Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)

Coaching staff

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

Players

Last selected squad

Match date: 15 September 2024
Tournament: 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Correct as of: October 2023 [2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mohammad Javad Safari (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 (aged 24) Iran Giti Pasand
2 1GK Ali Reza Jafari (2005-01-23)23 January 2005 (aged 19) Iran Safir Gofteman
3 1GK Ali Ahmad Mohseni (2003-06-03)3 June 2003 (aged 21) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
4 2DF Mahdi Nowrozi (captain) (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 (aged 28) Iran Sunich Saveh
5 3MF Hussain Mohammadi (2005-01-28)28 January 2005 (aged 19) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad
6 3MF Hamid Reza Hossaini (2000-09-30)30 September 2000 (aged 23) Afghanistan Saadat Nimrooz
7 2DF Reza Hosseinpoor (1999-08-23)23 August 1999 (aged 25) Afghanistan Asree Jadid
8 3MF Mehran Gholami (2005-10-31)31 October 2005 (aged 18) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
9 4FW Omid Qanbari (2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 20) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
10 4FW Akbar Kazemi (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 28) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
11 3MF Mohammad Moradi (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 (aged 19) Iran Giti Pasand
12 3MF Farzad Mahmoodi (1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 25) Afghanistan Piroze Panjsher
13 2DF Khodadad Ebrahimi (2004-03-02)2 March 2004 (aged 20) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
14 2DF Sayed Mojtaba Hosseini (2003-10-06)6 October 2003 (aged 20) Afghanistan Saadat Nimrooz

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 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 9 13
Total 1/10 4 1 0 3 9 13

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Thailand 2024 Quarter-final 5th 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.