List of international matches for the Afghan national football team

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This list contains all the official and unofficial international matches of the Afghan men's national football team . All results are presented from the perspective of Afghanistan. No international matches were played between 1960 and 1974 and between 1985 and 2002 due to the political situation.

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables.

• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• Dates correspond to FIFA or the RSSSF
• Friendly matches are not specifically noted on the occasion
• Opponents in bold were reigning champions of their confederation at the time of the game
• red background color = defeat of the Afghan team
• green background color = victory of the Afghan team
• yellow background color = tie

1941 to 1984

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1.	08/25/1941	0-0	Iran	H	Kabul		First international game First international game against Iran The result is uncertain, it could also be 1-0
2.	??. 08.1941	1: 3	British India	H	Kabul		First international match against India It is uncertain whether the game was played at all
3.	06/03/1948	0: 4	India	A.	( IND )
4th	07/26/1948	0: 6	Luxembourg	*	Brighton ( UK )	Olympia 1948	First international match against Luxembourg. Highest victory in Luxembourg
5.	10/26/1950	0: 4	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )
6th	07.03.1951	0: 3	India	A.	New Delhi ( IND )	Asian Games 1951 semi-finals
7th	03/09/1951	0: 2	Japan	*	New Delhi ( IND )	Asian Games 1951 Play for 3rd place	First international match against Japan
8th.	05/04/1954	2: 8	South Korea	*	Manila ( PHL )	Asian Games 1954	First international match against South Korea
9.	05/06/1954	2: 4	Hong Kong	*	Manila ( PHL )	Asian Games 1954	First international match against Hong Kong
10.	08/27/1959	2: 5	India	H	Kabul	Olympic qualification 1960	The planned second leg did not take place as Afghanistan withdrew
11.	04/02/1975	0: 2	Saudi Arabia	*	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976	First international match against Saudi Arabia
12.	04/04/1975	0: 4	Iraq	A.	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976	First international match against Iraq
13.	04/06/1975	1: 2	Qatar	*	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976	First international match against Qatar
14th	04/10/1975	0: 6	Saudi Arabia	*	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976
15th	04/12/1975	1: 1	Qatar	*	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976
16.	04/14/1975	1: 3	Iraq	A.	Baghdad ( IRQ )	AM qualification 1976
17th	07/19/1976	1-0	Pakistan	H	Kabul		First international match against Pakistan
18th	07/24/1976	1: 1	India	H	Kabul
19th	10/12/1976	0: 1	Pakistan	A.	Karachi ( PAK )
20th	January 11, 1979	0: 3	Qatar	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	AM qualification 1980
21st	01/12/1979	2: 2	Bangladesh	A.	Dhaka ( BGD )	AM qualification 1980	First international match against Bangladesh
22nd	January 15, 1979	1: 2	Qatar	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	AM qualification 1980
23.	January 16, 1979	1: 4	Bangladesh	A.	Dhaka ( BGD )	AM qualification 1980
24.	09/10/1984	0: 8	Qatar	*	Guangzhou ( CHN )	AM qualification 1984
25th	09/12/1984	0: 6	China	A.	Guangzhou ( CHN )	AM qualification 1984	First international match against China
26th	09/15/1984	0-0	Hong Kong	*	Guangzhou ( CHN )	AM qualification 1984
27.	09/20/1984	1: 6	Jordan	*	Guangzhou ( CHN )	AM qualification 1984	First international match against Jordan

2003 to 2009

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
28.	01/10/2003	0: 1	Sri Lanka	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	South Asian Championship 2003	First international match against Sri Lanka
29	01/12/2003	0: 4	India	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	South Asian Championship 2003
30th	01/14/2003	0: 1	Pakistan	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	South Asian Championship 2003
31.	03/16/2003	2: 1	Kyrgyzstan	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AM qualification 2004	First international match against Kyrgyzstan
32.	03/18/2003	0: 4	Nepal	A.	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AM qualification 2004	First international match against Nepal
33.	11/19/2003	0:11	Turkmenistan	A.	Ashgabat ( TKM )	World Cup qualification 2006	First international match against Turkmenistan Biggest defeat Afghanistan Biggest victory Turkmenistan
34.	11/23/2003	0: 2	Turkmenistan	H	Kabul	World Cup qualification 2006
35.	11/9/2005	0: 4	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )		First international match against Tajikistan
36.	07/12/2005	1: 9	Maldives	*	Karachi ( PAK )	South Asian Championship 2005	First international match against the Maldives
37.	12/09/2005	0: 1	Pakistan	A.	Karachi ( PAK )	South Asian Championship 2005
38.	12/11/2005	2: 1	Sri Lanka	*	Karachi ( PAK )	South Asian Championship 2005
39.	04/03/2006	2: 2	Chinese Taipei	*	Chittagong ( BGD )	AFC Challenge Cup 2006	First international match against Chinese Taipei
40.	04/05/2006	1: 1	Philippines	*	Chittagong ( BGD )	AFC Challenge Cup 2006	First international match against the Philippines
41.	10/08/2007	0: 3	Syria	A.	Damascus ( SYR )	World Cup qualification 2010	First international match against Syria
42.	10/26/2007	1: 2	Syria	*	Dushanbe ( TJK )	World Cup qualification 2010
43.	05/05/2008	0-0	Bangladesh	*	Bishkek ( KGZ )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2008
44.	05/07/2008	1-0	Kyrgyzstan	A.	Bishkek ( KGZ )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2008
45.	06/04/2008	2: 2	Sri Lanka	A.	Colombo ( LKA )	South Asian Championship 2008
46.	06/06/2008	2: 2	Bangladesh	*	Colombo ( LKA )	South Asian Championship 2008
47.	06/08/2008	1: 3	Bhutan	*	Colombo ( LKA )	South Asian Championship 2008	First international match against Bhutan
48.	07/30/2008	0: 1	India	A.	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
49.	08/01/2008	0: 5	Turkmenistan	*	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
50.	08/03/2008	0: 4	Tajikistan	*	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
51.	10/17/2008	2: 2	Nepal	*	Petaling Jaya ( MYS )	Merdeka tournament 2008
52.	10/20/2008	0: 6	Malaysia	A.	Petaling Jaya ( MYS )	Merdeka tournament 2008	First international match against Malaysia
53.	December 07, 2009	1: 3	Maldives	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	South Asian Championship 2009
54.	December 09, 2009	0: 3	Nepal	*	Dhaka ( BGD )	South Asian Championship 2009

2010 to 2019

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
55.	11/17/2010	0: 1	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
56.	03/23/2011	3-0	Bhutan	*	Gurgaon ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
57.	03/25/2011	2-0	Bhutan	*	Gurgaon ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
58.	04/07/2011	0: 1	Nepal	A.	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
59.	04/09/2011	1-0	Sri Lanka	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
60.	04/11/2011	0: 2	North Korea	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012	First international match against North Korea
61.	06/29/2011	0: 2	Palestine	*	Tursunsoda ( TJK )	World Cup qualification 2014	First international match against Palestine
62.	07/03/2011	1: 1	Palestine	A.	al-Ram ( PSE )	World Cup qualification 2014
63.	December 03, 2011	1: 1	India	A.	New Delhi ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2011
64.	05.12.2011	3: 1	Sri Lanka	*	New Delhi ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2011
65.	December 07, 2011	8: 1	Bhutan	*	New Delhi ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2011	Biggest victory in Afghanistan
66.	December 09, 2011	1: 0  a.d.	Nepal	*	New Delhi ( IND )	South Asian Cup 2011 semi-finals
67.	12/11/2011	0: 4	India	A.	New Delhi ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2011 final
68.	02.03.2013	1-0	Sri Lanka	*	Vientiane ( LAO )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014
69.	03/04/2013	1-0	Mongolia	*	Vientiane ( LAO )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014	First international match against Mongolia
70.	03/06/2013	1: 1	Laos	A.	Vientiane ( LAO )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014	First international match against Laos
71.	06/04/2013	2: 3	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
72.	08/20/2013	3-0	Pakistan	H	Kabul
73.	02.09.2013	3-0	Bhutan	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	South Asian Championship 2013
74.	04.09.2013	3: 1	Sri Lanka	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	South Asian Championship 2013
75.	06.09.2013	0-0	Maldives	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	South Asian Championship 2013
76.	09/08/2013	1-0	Nepal	A.	Kathmandu ( NPL )	South Asian Cup 2013 semi-finals
77.	09/11/2013	2-0	India	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	South Asian Championship 2013 final
78.	04/13/2014	0-0	Kyrgyzstan	*	Dubai ( ARE )
79.	05/04/2014	0: 1	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
80.	05/12/2014	1-0	Kyrgyzstan	*	Kuwait City ( KWT )
81.	05/14/2014	2: 3	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )		First international match against Kuwait
82.	05/20/2014	0-0	Philippines	*	Addu City ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
83.	05/22/2014	3: 1	Turkmenistan	*	Addu City ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
84.	05/24/2014	0-0	Laos	*	Addu City ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
85.	05/27/2014	0: 2	Palestine	*	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014 semi-finals
86.	05/29/2014	1: 1  a.d. 7: 8  i. E.	Maldives	A.	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014 game for 3rd place
87.	02/06/2015	1: 2	Pakistan	A.	Lahore ( PAK )
88	05/29/2015	2-0	Laos	A.	Vientiane ( LAO )
89.	06/02/2015	1: 1	Bangladesh	A.	Dhaka ( BGD )
90.	06/11/2015	0: 6	Syria	*	Mashhad ( IRN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
91.	06/16/2015	1-0	Cambodia	A.	Phnom Penh ( KHM )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019	First international match against Cambodia
92.	09/03/2015	0: 2	Thailand	A.	Bangkok ( THA )		First international match against Thailand
93.	09/08/2015	0: 6	Japan	*	Tehran ( IRN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
94.	08/10/2015	0: 1	Singapore	A.	Singapore ( SGP )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019	First international match against Singapore
95.	13/10/2015	2: 5	Syria	*	Sib ( OMN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
96.	11/12/2015	3-0	Cambodia	*	Tehran ( IRN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
97.	12/24/2015	4-0	Bangladesh	*	Thiruvananthapuram ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2015
98	December 26, 2015	3-0	Bhutan	*	Thiruvananthapuram ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2015
99	12/28/2015	4: 1	Maldives	*	Thiruvananthapuram ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2015
100.	December 31, 2015	5-0	Sri Lanka	*	Thiruvananthapuram ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2015 semi-finals
101.	03/01/2016	1: 2 a.d.	India	A.	Thiruvananthapuram ( IND )	South Asian Championship 2015 Final
102.	March 24, 2016	0: 5	Japan	A.	Saitama ( JPN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
103.	03/29/2016	2: 1	Singapore	*	Tehran ( IRN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
104.	09/05/2016	0: 2	Lebanon	A.	Beirut ( LBN )		First international match against Lebanon 100th international match officially recognized by FIFA
105.	10/11/2016	1: 1	Malaysia	A.	Shah Alam ( MYS )
106.	11/13/2016	0: 1	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
107.	03/23/2017	2: 1	Singapore	*	al-Wakra ( QAT )
108.	03/28/2017	1: 1	Vietnam	*	Dushanbe ( TJK )	AM qualification 2019	First international match against Vietnam
109.	06/06/2017	2: 1	Maldives	*	Dubai ( ARE )
110.	06/13/2017	0: 1	Cambodia	A.	Phnom Penh ( KHM )	AM qualification 2019
111.	08/30/2017	0: 2	Oman	A.	Muscat ( OMN )		First international match against Oman
112.	05.09.2017	1: 4	Jordan	A.	Amman ( JOR )	AM qualification 2019
113.	10/10/2017	3: 3	Jordan	*	Dushanbe ( TJK )	AM qualification 2019
114.	11/14/2017	0-0	Vietnam	A.	Hanoi ( VNM )	AM qualification 2019
115.	03/27/2018	2: 1	Cambodia	*	Dushanbe ( TJK )	AM qualification 2019	Last international game under coach Otto Pfister
116.	08/19/2018	0-0	Palestine	H	Kabul		First international match under coach Anoush Dastgir
117.	December 25, 2018	0: 2	Turkmenistan	*	Antalya ( TUR )
118.	December 28, 2018	2: 2	Turkmenistan	*	Antalya ( TUR )
119.	March 20, 2019	0: 5	Oman	*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	Airmarine Cup 2019 semi-finals
120.	03/23/2019	1: 2	Malaysia	A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	Airmarine Cup 2019 game for 3rd place
121.	07.06.2019	1: 1	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
122.	05.09.2019	0: 6	Qatar	A.	Doha ( QAT )	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
123.	09/10/2019	1-0	Bangladesh	*	Dushanbe ( TJK )	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
124.	10/10/2019	0: 3	Oman	A.	Sib ( OMN )	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	11/14/2019		India	*		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	November 19, 2019		Qatar	*		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023

2020 to 2029

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
	March 26, 2020		Bangladesh	A.		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	March 31, 2020		Oman	H/*		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	06/09/2020		India	A.		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023

statistics

Occasions

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Friendly matches	030th	006th	009	016	025: 051
World Cup qualification	017th	004th	001	012	010: 054
AM qualification	033	006th	006th	021st	026: 097
South Asian Championship	026th	012	004th	010	048: 041
Football tournament at the Asian Games	004th	000	000	004th	004: 017
AFC Challenge Cup	010	001	005	004th	007: 017
AFC Challenge Cup qualification	010	006th	002	002	010: 004
Other tournaments	04th	000	000	004th	003: 018
total	0124	031	027	066	125: 266

Years

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
1941-1984	027	001	005	021st	017: 090
2003-2009	027	003	006th	018th	018: 078
since 2010	070	027	016	027	090: 098
total	124	031	027	066	125: 266

Venues

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Home games	007th	002	003	003	008: 011
Away games	048	004th	010	034	026: 116
Play in a neutral place	068	025th	014th	029	091: 139
total	124	031	027	066	125: 266

International match records

The Afghan men's senior national team has competed against 35 different national teams to date.

These include:

• 34 of the AFC's current 46 national teams minus Afghanistan
• one of the 54 national teams of UEFA

Afghanistan has not yet played against a national team from the other continental associations (CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and OFC).

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Goal difference
Bangladesh	007th	002	004th	001	011: 009	+ 002
Bhutan	006th	005	000	001	020: 004	+ 016
China	001	000	000	001	000: 006	- 006
Chinese Taipei	001	000	001	000	002: 002	± 000
Hong Kong	002	000	001	001	002: 004	- 002nd
India	011	001	002	008th	008: 028	- 020
Iraq	002	000	000	002	001: 007	- 006
Iran	002	000	001	001	000: 004	- 004th
Japan	003	000	000	003	000: 013	- 013
Jordan	003	000	001	002	005: 013	- 008
Cambodia	004th	003	000	001	006: 002	+ 004
Qatar	006th	000	001	005	003: 022	- 019th
Kyrgyzstan	004th	003	001	000	004: 001	+ 003
Kuwait	001	000	000	001	002: 003	- 001
Laos	003	001	002	000	003: 001	+ 002
Lebanon	001	000	000	001	000: 002	- 002nd
Luxembourg	001	000	000	001	000: 006	- 006
Malaysia	003	000	001	002	002: 009	- 007th
Maldives	006th	002	002	002	009: 015	- 006
Mongolia	001	001	000	000	001: 000	+ 001
Nepal	006th	002	001	003	004: 010	- 006
North Korea	001	000	000	001	000: 002	- 002nd
Oman	003	000	000	003	000: 010	- 010
Pakistan	006th	002	000	004th	005: 005	± 000
Palestine	004th	000	002	002	001: 005	- 004th
Philippines	002	000	002	000	001: 001	± 000
Saudi Arabia	002	000	000	002	000: 008	- 008
Singapore	003	002	000	001	004: 003	+ 001
Sri Lanka	008th	006th	001	001	017: 006	+ 011
South Korea	001	000	000	001	002: 008	- 006
Syria	004th	000	000	004th	003: 016	- 013
Tajikistan	007th	000	001	006th	003: 015	- 012
Thailand	001	000	000	001	000: 002	- 002nd
Turkmenistan	006th	001	001	004th	005: 023	- 018th
Vietnam	002	000	002	000	001: 001	± 000
Overall balance	124	031	027	066	125: 266	-141

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The game is not recognized by FIFA .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The games in the shared World Cup and AM qualifications (since the 2018 World Cup / AM 2019) are counted for both competition statistics. In contrast, they are only included once in the overall statistics.

Web links

• List of international matches at EloRatings .net
• List of international matches (until December 2005) at RSSSF .com