Afghan women's national soccer team

Afghanistan
افغانستان

Nickname (s)

شیران خراسان
Lions of Khorasan

Association

Afghanistan Football Federation

confederacy

AFC

Technical sponsor

Peak Sport Products

Head coach

Kelly Lindsey , since 2016

Assistant coach

Haley Carter

captain

Shabnam Mobarez ,

Record scorer

Marjan Haydaree (5)

Home stadium

AFF stadium

FIFA code

AFG

FIFA rank

. (Points)
(as of August 14, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Nepal 13-0 Afghanistan ( Dhaka , Bangladesh ; December 14, 2010)

Biggest win Pakistan 0-4 Afghanistan ( New Delhi , India ; Sep 10, 2012)

Biggest defeat Uzbekistan 20-0 Afghanistan ( Tashkent , Uzbekistan ; November 23, 2018)

(As of July 12, 2019)

The Afghan national football team of women (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال زنان افغانستان tim-e Milli-e futbal-e Afghanestan, Pashto: د افغانستان د فوټبال ملي لوبډله Since Afghanestan since futbal Milli Lobḍala) is the women's football national team of Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF ). She has been coached by former US international Kelly Lindsey since 2016.

In 2007 the national team was established by the National Olympic Committee with students from Kabul. In 2008 she went to a preparatory camp in Germany. The national team played their first international match in 2010 as part of the South Asian Cup . The first competitive win followed in 2012 with a 2-0 win over Qatar . In the second edition of the South Asian Cup in 2012, the team reached the semi-finals, in which a defeat against India followed with 0:11. In 2014 the national team left the South Asian Football Association and became a member of the newly established Central Asian Football Association.

Former US international Kelly Lindsey has been national coach and Haley Carter has been her assistant since 2016 . Khalida Popal is the program director.

In December 2018, Hummel announced that it would no longer sponsor the Afghan Football Association after allegations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse by male employees against players on the country's national women's team surfaced

References and comments

↑ Anupam Kant Verma: The Lions of Khorasan . LiveMint, December 7, 2011.
↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).
↑ From The Archive: Afghan Girl Makes Mark As Soccer Star. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
^ DW English: The Afghan national womens soccer team | Journal reporter. July 18, 2010, accessed September 13, 2018 .
^ Afghan women footballers risk death threats, disapproval - CNN. March 13, 2012, accessed September 13, 2018 .
^ Women's football in Afghanistan. Retrieved September 13, 2018 (UK English).
↑ Coach Haley Carter Featured in United Soccer Coaches | Soccer Without Borders. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
↑ Khalida Popal, Afghanistan football pioneer: 'If the haters couldn't stop me, Trump can't'. March 15, 2017, accessed September 13, 2018 .
^ Hummel ends sponsorship of Afghan football federation. Retrieved December 5, 2018, August 3, 2019 (UK English).

[1] Anupam Kant Verma: The Lions of Khorasan . LiveMint, December 7, 2011.

[2] Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).

[3] From The Archive: Afghan Girl Makes Mark As Soccer Star. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .

[4] DW English: The Afghan national womens soccer team | Journal reporter. July 18, 2010, accessed September 13, 2018 .

[5] Afghan women footballers risk death threats, disapproval - CNN. March 13, 2012, accessed September 13, 2018 .

[6] Women's football in Afghanistan. Retrieved September 13, 2018 (UK English).

[7] Coach Haley Carter Featured in United Soccer Coaches | Soccer Without Borders. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .

[8] Khalida Popal, Afghanistan football pioneer: 'If the haters couldn't stop me, Trump can't'. March 15, 2017, accessed September 13, 2018 .

[9] Hummel ends sponsorship of Afghan football federation. Retrieved December 5, 2018, August 3, 2019 (UK English).