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Fifa Trigramme: | AFG |
Nickname: | Lions of Khorasan (شیران خراسان) |
Association: | Afghanistan Football Federation |
Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
Coach: | Majid Mortezaei |
Top Scorer: | Akbar Kazemi |
Fifa Rank: | 30 (6 May 2024)[1] |
Fifa Max: | 30 |
Fifa Max Date: | 6 May 2024 |
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First Game: | 23–2 (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007) |
Largest Win: | 18–2 (Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 October 2023) |
Largest Loss: | 23–2 (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007) |
World Cup Apps: | 1 |
World Cup First: | 2024 |
World Cup Best: | TBD (2024) |
Regional Name: | AFC Futsal Asian Cup |
Regional Cup Apps: | 1 |
Regional Cup First: | 2024 |
Regional Cup Best: | Quarter-final (2024) |
2Ndregional Name: | CAFA Futsal Cup |
2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
2Ndregional Cup First: | 2023 |
2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-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.
Position | Name | |
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Head coach | Majid Mortezaei | |
Assistant coach | Mahmoud Seyedi |
Match date: 11 October 2023
Tournament: 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification
Correct as of: October 2023 [2]
See main article: FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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1989 | Did not enter | |||||||
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1996 | ||||||||
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2004 | ||||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2020 | ||||||||
Qualified | ||||||||
Total | 1/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
See also: AFC Futsal Championship.
See also: CAFA Futsal Cup.
AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | |||||||||||||||||||
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width=150 | Year | width=150 | Round | width=35 | Pld | width=35 | W | width=35 | D* | width=35 | L | width=35 | GS | width=35 | GA | width=35 | Dif | width=35 | Pts |
2023 | Runners-Up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 10 | ||||||||||
Total | Best Position: 2nd | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 10 |
See also: Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | |||||||||||||||||||
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width=150 | Year | width=150 | Round | width=35 | Pld | width=35 | W | width=35 | D* | width=35 | L | width=35 | GS | width=35 | GA | width=35 | Dif | width=35 | Pts |
2005 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
2007 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 32 | -27 | 0 | ||||||||||
2009 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
2013 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 0 | ||||||||||
2017 | Fourth Place | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 14 | ||||||||||
2021 | TBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | Best Position: 4th | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 70 | -29 | 14 |