Soccer South Asian Cup 2011 / Afghanistan
This article covers the Afghan national soccer team at the 2011 South Asian Cup . Afghanistan participated for the fifth time. For the first time, Afghanistan was able to qualify for a final of a soccer competition.
preparation
The national team entered the tournament without having played a preparatory game beforehand. Since there is no qualifying round at the South Asian Cup, Afghanistan, like all other member states, was automatically qualified. The last international matches before the South Asian Cup were played by the national team as part of the 2014 World Cup qualification against Palestine on June 29 and July 3, 2011, respectively. Despite the 1-1 draw in the second leg, Afghanistan failed due to the 2-0 defeat in the first leg first qualifying round.
Squad
The table lists all players who were in the squad for the 2011 South Asian Cup from December 2 to December 11, 2011. No permanent captain was determined during the tournament: while Zohib Islam Amiri was still in the captain's armband in the first game against India, Djelaludin Sharityar (against Sri Lanka), Belal Arezou (Bhutan), Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi (Nepal in the semifinals ) were in the semi-finals ) and Hamidullah Yousufzai (India in the final), who led the Afghan team onto the field. In the final, Yousufzai received the red card and Amiri took over the captaincy. That is why he is included in the squad as captain:
No. | Surname | society | birth date |
International matches |
Länderspiel- gates |
Games | Gates | Previous participations |
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goal | ||||||||
1 | Hamidullah Yousufzai | Feruzi FC | Oct 9, 1981 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2005, 2009 |
22nd | Bashir Darwan | Saramyasht FC | Sep 11 1989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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3 |
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May 2, 1987 | 19th | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2005, 2008, 2009 |
16 | Djelaludin Sharityar |
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15th Mar 1983 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
2 | Muqadar Qazizadah | Feruzi FC | Sep 11 1988 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2009 |
4th | Faisal Sakhizada | Ordu Kabul FC | Oct 22, 1990 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2009 |
5 | Zakria Rezai | Ordu Kabul FC | July 29, 1989 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
13 | Ghulam Hazrat Niazi | Ordu Kabul FC | Nov 30, 1991 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
21st | Mujtaba Faiz | Feruzi FC | Nov 21, 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
midfield | ||||||||
7th | Israfeel Kohistani | Feruzi FC | 5th June 1987 | 18th | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2005, 2009 |
6th | Sayed Maqsood Hashimi | Ordu Kabul FC | June 2, 1989 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2009 |
17th | Ata Yamrali |
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5th July 1982 | 7th | 1 | 4th | 2 | |
8th | Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi |
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July 7, 1987 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
20th | Waheed Nadeem | Feruzi FC | June 2, 1986 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2009 |
19th | Masih Barekzai | Ordu Kabul FC | Dec 6, 1990 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
14th | Yousuf Sameh |
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Apr 11, 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
18th | Ahmad Hatifie | without a club | 13 Mar 1986 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Mustafa Mohammad Hashimi | unknown | Feb. 4, 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
attack | ||||||||
11 | Hashmatullah Barekzai | Feruzi FC | 4th June 1987 | 15th | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2009 |
9 | Belal Arezou |
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Dec. 28, 1988 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6th | |
10 | Sandjar Ahmadi |
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Feb 10, 1992 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
Trainer | ||||||||
Mohammad Yousef Kargar | Head coach | May 11, 1963 | 15th | |||||
Elyas Manochehr | Assistant coach | 15th |
- ↑ a b Only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the South Asian Cup (as of July 3, 2011) are given.
- ↑ This means participation in previous South Asian Championships .
Afghan team games
Group stage
At the group draw on November 2, 2011 in New Delhi , Afghanistan was drawn to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Afghanistan faced India at the last South Asian Cup; but since a U-23 selection took place for India, the 0-1 defeat against the eventual South Asian champions was not officially counted. The overall balance also spoke clearly against Afghanistan: they lost five times in six games, including the South Asian Cup in 2003 , and only had one draw. Afghanistan has already played in three South Asian championships against Sri Lanka. That made them Afghanistan's most common opponent. Afghanistan has a balanced record in the three games: a win, a draw and a defeat were recorded. Afghanistan also won the last game when they won the AFC Challenge Cup qualification 1-0 on April 9, 2011 . Afghanistan played against Bhutan once at the South Asian Cup in 2008 when they lost 3-1. The overall balance nevertheless spoke for the Afghans: they could win twice in three games.
Since Afghanistan had a bad record at the previous South Asian Cups with only one win in twelve games and the respective elimination in the group stage, and also had the worst position in the FIFA world rankings after Bhutan before the tournament began , Afghanistan was treated as an underdog. The 1-1 draw in the first game against India was therefore seen as a respectable success. The 3-1 win against Sri Lanka, against which Afghanistan turned a 0-1 deficit, including two goals from Sandjar Ahmadi , made the national team the favorite to advance to the semi-finals. Afghanistan lived up to this role, in the last game they won 8-1 against Bhutan and made it to the semifinals. It was the highest Afghan victory in history and the second highest in a South Asian Championship. It was also the second highest-scoring game in tournament history to date. This game was overshadowed by the news that at least 54 people, including four cousins of national player Mustafa Mohammad Hashimi, died in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before.
team | Games | S. | U | N | T | GT | TD | Pt |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7th |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7th |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4th | 6th | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
December 3, 2011 | |||
India | - | Afghanistan | 1: 1 |
5th December 2011 | |||
Afghanistan | - | Sri Lanka | 3: 1 |
December 6, 2011 | |||
Bhutan | - | Afghanistan | 1: 8 |
Final round
Semifinals
December 9, 2011 |
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1: 0 a.d. |
For the first time at a South Asian Cup, the Afghan national team reached the semi-finals. In four games against Nepal there was no win, one draw and three defeats, including the 2009 South Asian Cup . Nonetheless, Afghanistan was the better team and had some good chances in 90 minutes. Nevertheless, it went into overtime, where Belal Arezou marked the winning goal with his sixth tournament goal in the 101st minute.
final
December 11, 2011 |
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4-0 |
The final between Afghanistan and India, who met for the second time in the tournament, took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi . While India has already played seven of eight finals in the South Asian Championships, it was Afghanistan’s first ever finals in a football tournament. The team of Mohammad Yousef Kargar could keep long and initially had the better chances. In the 64th minute, however, India received a penalty and captain Hamidullah Yousufzai was subsequently red carded for pushing referee Sukhbir Singh . Then Afghanistan was no longer competitive to ten and in the end lost clearly 0: 4.
statistics
- When they beat Bhutan, Afghanistan scored the most in a game at the South Asian Cup with eight goals. Belal Arezou scored the most goals by a player in a game with his four goals.
- The 13 Afghan goals were split between six players (Belal Arezou (6 goals), Sandjar Ahmadi , Ata Yamrali (2 goals each), Zohib Islam Amiri , Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi and Djelaludin Sharityar (1 goal each)). The team thus took first place in the ranking of teams with the highest number of goalscorers in the tournament.
- Ata Yamrali scored the tournament's earliest goal against Bhutan. Overall, Afghanistan scored the most in the opening quarter of an hour with four goals.
Individual evidence
- ^ Maldives in group of death . Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ Rahul Bali: SAFF Championship Report Card - Where Do The Teams Stand After Round One In: goal.com . December 4, 2011, accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Game scenes on the YouTube video platform
- ↑ Game scenes on the YouTube video platform
- ↑ Afghanistan 3-1 Sri Lanka: A Comeback Victory For The Lions Of Khorasan ( Memento from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: goal.com . December 5, 2011, accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Rahul Bali: Afghan Player Loses Four Members Of His Family In The Kabul Blasts In: goal.com . December 7, 2011, accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Game scenes on the YouTube video platform
- ↑ India 4-0 Afghanistan: The Men In Blue Successfully Defend Their SAFF Championship Title ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: goal.com . December 11, 2011, accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Game scenes on the YouTube video platform