Afghanistan national under-20 football team

Afghanistan national under-20 football team is controlled by Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international under-20 football competitions. Afghanistan's best performance in International games was in the 1977 AFC Youth Championship when they reached the quarter-finals.

Afghanistan U 20
Afghanistan national under-20 football team Afghanistan 
AssociationAFF, CAFA, AFC
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAfghanistan Rasoul Ahmadi
CaptainAfghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari
FIFA codeAFG
World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1975)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1977)

Results and fixtures 2023–2030

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss

The Cafa U20 Championship 2023  Tajikistan

Turkmenistan 1–2 Afghanistan
  • Esenov

48'

  • Annaev
52'
  • Alizada

47'

  • Kohi 84'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 173
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan
Afghanistan 1–1Tajikistan 
Amin 48'
  • Gafurov 28'
TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 4–1Afghanistan 
  • Sadeghi 38'
  • Mirzayan 43'
  • Mazrai 63'
  • Atashgah 79'
 Alizada 67'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 82
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)
Afghanistan 0–4 Uzbekistan
  • Odilov 18', 40'
  • Tukhsanov 40'
  • Ibraimov 87'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

The Cafa u20 Championship 2024  Kyrgyzstan

Afghanistan v Kyrgyz Republic
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Tajikistan v Afghanistan
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Coaching history

1.  Afghanistan, Ali Asghar Lali (1977–1979)

2.  Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022-2023)

3.  Afghanistan, Rasoul Ahmadi (2023 present)

Cafa Junior Championship 2023–2030

Main tournament

The main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023.[1]

All times are local TJT (UTC+5).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Uzbekistan 4 3 1 0 17 5 +12 10 Champions
2  Iran 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9 Runners-up
3  Tajikistan (H) 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5 Third place
4  Afghanistan 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6 4
5  Turkmenistan 4 0 0 4 5 18 −13 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023

(U20) 19–29 May

 Tajikistan Uzbekistan 3–2

Iran

Tajikistan 1–1  Afghanistan

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kyrgyz Republic (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place play-off
3  Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth place play-off
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2024. Source: CAFA
(H) Hosts

Fifth place play-off
Third place Group AvThird place Group B
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Third place play-off
Runner-up Group AvRunner-up Group B
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

Final
Winner Group AvWinner Group B
Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad

2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Group C

Afghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 00000000
 Iran 00000000
 Pakistan 00000000
 India 00000000
 Turkmenistan 00000000
 Afghanistan withdrew

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA
1977Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017Did not qualify
2019
2023
2025TBDTBD000000
Total-0/20000000

AFC Youth Championship record
AFC Youth Championship Qualifications
Year Result Position PLD W D* L GS GA Year Position PLD W D* L GS GA
1959-Did not enter-------------
1960-Did not enter-------------
1961-Did not enter-------------
1962-Did not enter-------------
1963-Did not enter-------------
1964-Did not enter-------------
1965-Did not enter-------------
1966-Did not enter-------------
1967-Did not enter-------------
1968-Did not enter-------------
1969-Did not enter-------------
1970-Did not enter-------------
1971-Did not enter-------------
1972-Did not enter-------------
1973-Did not enter-------------
1974-Did not enter-------------
1975-Group stage4013312-------
1976-Did not enter-------------
1977-Quarter-final301218-------
1978-Round 13003011
1980-Did not enter-------------
1982-Did not enter-------------
1985-Did not enter-------------
1986-Did not enter-------------
1988-Did not enter-------------
1990-Did not enter------
1992-Did not enter-------------
1994-Did not enter------
1996-Did not enter-------------
1998-Did not enter------
2000-Did not enter-------------
2002-Did not enter-------------
2004-Did not qualify------ 2003Groupstage200219
2006-Did not qualify------ 2005Groupstage000000
2008-Did not qualify------ 2007Groupstage (D)0-----
2010-Did not qualify------ 2009Groupstage5005320
2012-Did not qualify-------------
2014-Did not qualify------ 2013Groupstage4004112
2016-Did not qualify------ 2015Groupstage3003010
2018-Did not qualify------ 2017Withdrew000000
2023-Did not qualify------ 2022Groupstage310214
2025TBDTBD000000 2024TBD000000
Total-0/2010028431TotalBest: Groupstage171016655

CAFA U-19 Championship
CAFA Junior Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
2023Groupstage Fourth place4112410
2024Qualified000000
Total2/204112410

References
  1. "Official match schedule of the CAFA U20 Championship 2023". facebook.com. CAFA. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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