De Abasin Sape F.C.

De Abasin Sape (Pashto: د اباسین څپې‎) or the Abasin Waves is a football team in Afghanistan. They play in the Afghan Premier League. Based in the city of Khost, the club represents the provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika, and Logar in the southeastern region of Afghanistan.

De Abasin Sape
Nickname(s)Abasin Waves
FoundedAugust 2012
GroundKhost City Ground, Khost
Capacity18,000
LeagueAfghan Premier League

Etymology

De Abasin Sape is named after Abāsīn (Pashto: اباسین‎), the Pashto name of the Indus River, a major river in eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The Kabul River (flowing through Kabul, Nangarhar, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces) and the Kurram River (which flows through Paktia, Khost, Kurram, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) are two major western tributaries flowing from Afghanistan into the Indus River.

Club history

The club was founded in August 2012 by the creation of the Afghan Premier League and the club played in one of the league's inaugural games.[1] Club players were chosen through a casting-show called Maidon-E-Sabz ("Green Field").[2]

The club represents the South-Eastern region of Afghanistan around Khost.[1]

The team is named after a Pashto language name for the Indus River – Abasin ("Father of Rivers").[3]

Players

Current squad

[4] 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  AFG Abdul Moqim Matin
2 DF  AFG Hidayat Qureshi
3 DF  AFG Ahmad Mansoor Ghafori
4 DF  AFG Sakhi Yousof Por
5 DF  AFG Sohrab Niazih Ahmadi
6 DF  AFG Said Mssihullah Ahmadi
7 MF  AFG Maiwand Tokhi
8 FW  AFG Rahmatullah Rahmat
9 FW  AFG Abdul Khalid Ghafuri
10 FW  AFG Nawaz Zazai
11 MF  AFG Mohammad Naeem Stanikzai
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF  AFG Ahsanullah Heejran
13 DF  AFG Shafiq Totakhil
14 MF  AFG Sayed Wahedullah Musavi
15 FW  AFG Baryali Totakhil
16 MF  AFG Abdul Fatah Wakman
17 FW  AFG Mohammad Arif Yousufzai
18 MF  AFG Raqib Matanwal
19 MF  AFG Rohullah Nabikhel
20 FW  AFG Abdul Jamil Shaghasi
21 GK  AFG Musadiq Alawi

References
  1. Afghanistan launches first professional football league by Ben Farmer (The Daily Telegraph, 28 September 2012)
  2. Afghans gripped by domestic football fever (Bangkok Post, 19 September 2012)
  3. Nace la primera liga de fútbol de Afganistán Archived 2018-05-29 at the Wayback Machine (Qué!, 21 September 2012)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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