Afghanistan football

The Afghanistan national side play their home matches in Ghazi National Olympic Stadium which was built in the 1920s with capacity of over 55,000. The Afghan national football team is also called Team Melli.

Afghanistan's finest performance in international tournament was in the 1951 Asian matches when they finished 4th. At present Afghanistan has low participation levels in soccer compared to many countries, and the match was not encouraged under the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. Afghanistan played no world football fixtures from 1984 to 2003, since when the side rose to a best of 173rd in the FIFA World Rankings.

Afghanistan Great players

Mortaza Naseri
Najib Naderi
David Yaqubi
Omar Nazar
Obaidulla Karimi
Ali Amiri

Afghanistan world cup record

1930 to 2002 - Did not enter
2006 - Did not qualify

 

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