Afghanistan national futsal team explained

Afghanistan
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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.

Coaching staff

PositionName
Head coach Majid Mortezaei
Assistant coach Mahmoud Seyedi

Players

Last selected squad

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

Tournaments

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See main article: FIFA Futsal World Cup.

YearRoundPldWD*LGSGA
1989Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016Did not qualify
2020
Qualified
Total1/10

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

See also: AFC Futsal Championship.

CAFA Futsal Cup

See also: CAFA Futsal Cup.

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
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2023Runners-Up2nd5311516-110
TotalBest Position: 2nd2nd5311516-110

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
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2005Did not enter--------
2007Group stage3003532-270
2009Did not enter--------
2013Group stage2002817-90
2017Fourth Place74212821+714
2021TBC
TotalBest Position: 4th 124264170-2914

Honours

Regional

Notes and References

  1. https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6371c7172bf2d465/original/Men-s-Futsal-World-Ranking.pdf FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
  2. Web site: Ashgabat 2017 . 26 September 2017 . 24 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224005307/http://ashgabat2017.com/results/futsal . dead .