Afghan national football team (U-23 men)

Afghanistan U-23

Association	Afghanistan Football Federation
confederacy	AFC
Technical sponsor	bumblebee
Head coach	Mujtaba Faiz , since 2018
captain	Omran Haydary , since 2019
Record scorer	Belal Arezou (6)
Record player	Sayed Mohammad Hashemi , Rohollah Iqbalzadeh , Fardin Hakimi (7 each)
Home stadium	AFF stadium
FIFA code	AFG
home Away
Balance sheet
29 games 6 wins 4 draws 19 losses
statistics
First international match Afghanistan 0:10 Iran ( Busan , South Korea ; September 28, 2002)
Biggest win Sri Lanka 0-2 Afghanistan ( Chittagong , Bangladesh ; February 2, 2010)
Biggest defeat Qatar 11: 0 Afghanistan {{{date3}}}
Successes in tournaments
Asian Games football tournament
Participation	2 ( first : 2002 )
Best results	Group stage 2002 , 2014
(As of March 26, 2019)

The Afghanistan U-23 national soccer team is a selection team of Afghan soccer players . It is subject to the Afghanistan Football Federation and represents it internationally at the U-23 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the Summer Olympics .

Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 23 and who are Afghan citizens ; In the Summer Olympics and its offshoots, three players who are over the age of 23 are also entitled to play.

history

The U-23 national team was formed after the fall of the Taliban regime; first coach was Mir Ali Asghar Akbarzada . Their first international tournament played the selection at the Asian Games in 2002 in Busan, South Korea . Participation was made possible after Mongolia's withdrawal through a grant from FIFA of $ 40,000. On September 28, 2002, the team then played their first official international game against the selection of Iran and lost 0:10. The following two games against Qatar and Lebanon were each lost 0:11 and represent the biggest defeat of a U-23 selection in Afghanistan to date.

In 2004 he participated in the South Asian Games in Islamabad , Pakistan , and in 2006 the second in Colombo , Sri Lanka ; both tournaments ended after the preliminary round.

In February 2007 Afghanistan met in qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in Vietnam . However, the first leg was canceled because the Afghan Football Association was unable to finance the trip to Vietnam. The game, actually dated February 7th, was postponed by FIFA to February 14th and a second leg was waived; the team of South Korean coach Sung Jea Lee lost with 0: 2nd

The biggest achievement of the Afghan U-23 national team was second place at the 2010 South Asian Games . After the victories against India (1: 0), Pakistan (2: 1) and Sri Lanka (2: 0), the selection coached by Elyas Manochehr was the winner of Group A. After the semi-final victory against Nepal (1: 0) reached the final, where they lost 4-0 to Bangladesh and won the silver medal.

In the spring of 2015, Afghanistan took part in the qualification for the U-23 Asian Cup in 2016 and at the same time for the Olympic soccer tournament for Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . The Iranian Hosein Saleh took over the position of his predecessor Khoda Dad Zahir , who looked after the team during the 2014 Asian Games , and became the second foreign coach after Sung Jea-lee. After two defeats, one draw and one win, the qualification failed. You couldn't qualify for the 2018 and 2020 tournaments either.

Trainer

No.	Surname	Year (s)
1	Mir Ali Asghar Akbarzada	2002
2	Abdul Rasul Rasekh	2004
3	?	2006
4th	Sung Jea-lee	2007
5	Elyas Manochehr	2010
6th	Khoda Dad Zahir	2014
7th	Hosein Saleh	2015
8th	Elyas Manochehr	2017
9	Mujtaba Faiz	2018–

Current

International matches

→ Main article: List of the national matches of the Afghan national football team (U-23 men)

The matches of the last twelve months as well as future international matches are listed. The results are mentioned from an Afghan perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Type of game	Result	Goal scorers
Dec 25, 2018	Doha	Pakistan	Friendly match	1: 1 (0: 0)	Sharifi (78th)
22 Mar 2019	Doha	Qatar	Asian Cup 2020 qualification	0: 2 (0: 2)
24 Mar 2019	Doha	Oman	Asian Cup 2020 qualification	1: 2 (0: 0)	Haydary (77.)
26th Mar 2019	Doha	Nepal	Asian Cup 2020 qualification	2: 0 (2: 0)	Khorami (24th), Haydary (34th)

• green background color = victory of the Afghan team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the Afghan team

Squad

Current squad

The table lists all players who are in the squad for the U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers from July 19-23, 2017.

No.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goal
01	Faisal Hamidi	Tofan Harirod	0July 6, 1997	5	0	July 21, 2017	26th Mar 2019
22nd	Mohammadullah Mangal	unknown		0	0	-	-
23	Mohammad Edris Wajodi	unknown		0	0	-	-
Defense
02	Mortaza Rezahi	unknown		4th	0	Dec 25, 2018	26th Mar 2019
03	Ali Baset Nazari	unknown		4th	0	Dec 25, 2018	26th Mar 2019
04th	Amanullah Sardari	De Spinghar Bazan	0Apr 1, 1994	6th	0	19th July 2017	26th Mar 2019
05	Najim Haidary	BVV Barendrecht	Dec 26, 1999	3	0	July 22, 2017	July 26, 2017
12	Mahboob Hanafi	unknown		2	0	Dec 25, 2018	24 Mar 2019
13	Mujeebullah Faizi	unknown		0	0	-	-
14th	Atiqullah Sultani	unknown		1	0	24 Mar 2019	24 Mar 2019
15th	Shir Ali Lali	De Spinghar Bazan	May 14, 1993	0	0	-	-
midfield
06th	Abdul Rashid Achekzai	unknown		4th	0	Dec 25, 2018	26th Mar 2019
07th	Omran Haydary	FC Dordrecht	Jan. 13, 1998	3	2	22 Mar 2019	26th Mar 2019
08th	Nematullah Karimi	unknown		4th	0	Dec 25, 2018	26th Mar 2019
10	Said Ramin Akbar Said	unknown		2	0	22 Mar 2019	26th Mar 2019
16	Ali Reza Rahman	unknown		0	0	-	-
17th	Yar Mohammad Zakarkhel	De Maiwand Atalan		6th	0	19th July 2017	26th Mar 2019
18th	Hamid Nezami	unknown		4th	0	Dec 25, 2018	26th Mar 2019
19th	Aria Mohammadi	unknown		0	0	-	-
20th	Mohammad Noman Walizada	unknown		3	0	22 Mar 2019	26th Mar 2019
attack
09	Fareed Sadat	FC Lahti	Nov 10, 1998	3	0	22 Mar 2019	26th Mar 2019
11	Suliman Shah Khorami	unknown		3	1	22 Mar 2019	26th Mar 2019
21st	Maiwand Tokhi	unknown		0	0	-	-
As of March 26, 2019

Extended squad

The table lists all players who have been on the U-23 national team in the last twelve months.

No.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goal
	Hamidullah Haji Abdullah	Tofan Harirod	June 30, 1994	6th	0	25th Mar 2015	Dec 25, 2018
Defense
	Nik Qadam Ahmadi	unknown		0	0	-	-
	Tamim Jan Arabzada	unknown		0	0	-	-
midfield
	Fardin Hakimi	Shaheen Asmayee	05th Sep 1995	7th	0	23 Mar 2015	Dec 25, 2018
	Abdul Raziq Ghafoori	unknown		2	0	July 21, 2017	23rd July 2017
	Gholam Rasool Fasali	unknown		0	0	-	-
	Ahmad Rabi Noshad	unknown		0	0	-	-
attack
	Amruddin Sharifi	Alai Osh	02nd July 1992	1	0	24 Mar 2019	24 Mar 2019
	Abdul Wahid Noorzai	De Maiwand Atalan	21 Sep 1993	0	0	-	-
As of December 25, 2018

Current supervisory staff

position	Surname
Head coach	Mujtaba Faiz
Assistant coach	Hamidullah Masoudi
Goalkeeping coach	Hamidullah Yousufzai
Team manager	Masood Hashimi

Balance sheets

Participation in the Olympic Games

• 1992 in Barcelona participation withdrawn
• 1996 - 2004 did not participate
• 2008 Beijing did not qualify
• Did not take part in London in 2012
• Did not qualify in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

Participation in the Asian Games

• 2002 in Busan : preliminary round
• 2006 to 2010 : did not participate
• 2014 Incheon : Preliminary round
• 2018 : Not participated

Participation in the Asian Championships

• 2016 - 2020 : not qualified

Participation in the South Asian Games

• 2004 in Islamabad preliminary round
• 2006 in Colombo preliminary round
• 2010 in Dhaka final

Web links

• Profile on soccerway.de
• Profile on the website of the Afghan Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ^ Under-23 Football Team Leaves for South Korea ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Tolo News . (Memento in the Internet Archive of March 4, 2016; English)
2. ↑ Football in Afghanistan: Back in world rankings and normality In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 18, 2002, accessed October 19, 2014
3. ↑ Report on the Asian Games 2002 on afghanland.com (English)
4. ↑ Afghanistan go home after conceding 32 goals ( Memento from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: e-ariana.com . October 6, 2002 (Memento in the Internet Archive of February 22, 2016; English)
5. ↑ Vietnam beat Afghanistan 2-0 in Olympic soccer qualifier ( Memento from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: afghansportsfederation.org . (Memento in the Internet Archive of July 15, 2010; English)
6. ↑ Afghan fans are a great advantage says Hosein Saleh ( Memento of 30 March 2015, Internet Archive ) In: aff.org.af . March 22, 2015, accessed March 24, 2015