Afghanistan national futsal team

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.

Afghanistan
Nickname(s)Lions of Khorasan
(شیران خراسان)
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMajid Mortezaei
Top scorerAkbar Kazemi
FIFA codeAFG
FIFA ranking30 (6 May 2024)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking30 (6 May 2024)
First international
 Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan 
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
Biggest win
 Afghanistan 18–2 Macau 
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan 
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultTBD (2024)
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultQuarter-final (2024)
CAFA Futsal Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2023)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)

In the first edition of the CAFA Futsal Cup, the country came second in the 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup.

Afghanistan qualified for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, making it their first appearance in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup after going undefeated in the qualification competition.

Coaching staff

Position Name
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]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Mohammad Javad Safari
2 GK   Sayed Reza Hussani
4 DF   Mahdi Norouzi
7 DF   Hamid Reza Hossani
5 MF   Bahman Gorgej
11 MF   Ali Amiri
13 FW   Seyed Hossein Mousavi
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   Farzad Mahmoodi
8 FW   Akbar Kazemi
9 FW   Abdul Ghafar Sadeqi
14 FW   Hassan Ali Jafari
6 DF   Hosain Hasan Zadah
12 DF   Reza Hossein Poor
3 MF   Mehran Gholami

Tournaments

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
1989Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016Did not qualify
2020
2024Qualified
Total1/10

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
2024Quarter-final7th63121816

CAFA Futsal Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA Dif Pts
2023Runners-Up2nd5311516-110
TotalBest Position: 2nd2nd5311516-110
* Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA Dif Pts
2005Did not enter--------
2007Group stage3003532-270
2009Did not enter--------
2013Group stage2002817-90
2017Fourth Place74212821+714
2021TBC
TotalBest Position: 4th124264170-2914

Honours

Regional

References

  1. FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
  2. "Ashgabat 2017". Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2017.


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