Afghanistan national under-23 football team

The Afghanistan national under-23 football team also known as (Olympic Team or Afghanistan U-23) represents Afghanistan[1] in international football competition in under-23 international football tournaments and Asian Games.[2]

Afghanistan Under-23
Nickname(s)خراسان
(The lions of Afghanistan)
Team Mili
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachHossein Saleh
CaptainSayed Mohammad Hashemi
Home stadiumGhazi Stadium
FIFA codeAFG
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
South Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best resultRunner Up 2010

History

Football is one of the most popular sports in the country. At present, Afghanistan has a low level of participation in football due to lack of funds and security problems inside the country. The team won Silver in 2010 South Asian Games, the first time Afghanistan reached the final of the tournaments. Balal Arezou of Afghanistan was named one of the most valuable player of the tournament.

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kawash Haidari (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 1 0 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.
35 1GK Mahboobullah Kalakhan (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 0 0 Mawjhai Amu F.C.
22 1GK Hamidullah Haji Abdullah 1993 2 0 unattached
2 2DF Sayed Navid Nadeem (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 3 0 Toofaan Harirod F.C.
3 2DF Sayed Mohammad Hashemi (Captain) 1993 3 1 Shaheen Asmayee F.C.
4 2DF Mustafa Rezai (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 1 0 Simorgh Alborz F.C.
5 2DF Mahmood Haji Sayed Ahmad 1993 1 0 unattached
12 2DF Abdul Manan Farahi (1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.
13 2DF Mir Ahmad Farshad (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 1 0 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.
24 2DF Roholla Iqbalzadeh (1994-11-02) November 2, 1994 3 0 Byåsen
33 2DF Masood Abdulsaeed 1993 1 0 unattached
6 3MF Mustafa Reza Rezaei (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 1 0 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.
7 3MF Sayed Ali Naser Hoseini (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 3 0 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.
9 3MF Anwar Akbari (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 1 0 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.
14 3MF Mohammad Marouf Jamhour (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 3 0 Toofaan Harirod F.C.
17 3MF Fardin Hakimi (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 2 0 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.
18 3MF Khalid Ahmad Sharif 1993 3 1 De Maiwand Atalan F.C.
21 3MF Mohammad Ghulam Sakhi (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994 2 0 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.
25 3MF Fardeen Shaiwany 1993 0 0 unattached
8 4FW Samim Kohestani 1993 3 0 unattached
10 4FW Abdul Raouf Qadiri (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 1 0 Toofaan Harirod F.C.
11 4FW Parwiz Kazemi (1993-08-24) 24 August 1993 3 0 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.
26 4FW Safiullah Azizi 1993 1 0 unattached

Recent results and fixtures

The following are Afghanistan's results and fixtures as of: 25 March 2015

Date Opponent Result Score* Venue Competition
23 March 2015  Palestine[3] 0-2 (L) Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran, Iran AFC U-23 Qualifications
25 March 2015    Nepal[4] 2-0 (W) Sharif (76'), Hashemi (90+1', pen.) Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran AFC U-23 Qualifications
27 March 2015  Saudi Arabia[5] 0-0 (D) Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran, Iran AFC U-23 Qualifications
29 March 2015  Iran[6] 0-6 (L) Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran AFC U-23 Qualifications
25 December 2018  Pakistan 1-1(D) Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Friendly

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss

Records

Summer Olympic Games

Young teams were favoured by FIFA and the IOC, and since 1992, male competitors must be under 23 years old, with three over-23 players allowed per squad.

gollark: Why are you only doing integers?
gollark: It has actually been very good for me despite the ongoing global pandemic, cascading supply chain problems, and failure of institutions to act remotely sanely.
gollark: Bees approach oh no why are there fireworks suddenly.
gollark: Fun fact.
gollark: I'm actually gay iff my random number generator says so.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.