Afghanistan national beach soccer team

Afghanistan
افغانستان
Nickname(s) Lions of Khurasan
(شیران خراسان)
Association Afghanistan Football Federation
Confederation AFC
Head coach Rohullah Rastagar
Captain Zainuddin Sharifi
Most caps Samiullah Mohammadi (13)
Top scorer Samiullah Mohammadi (15)
Home stadium Ghazi Stadium (25,000)
FIFA code AFG
BSWW ranking 65


First colours


Second colours
First international
Afghanistan  4–6  China
(Haiyang; 16 June 2012)
Biggest win
Afghanistan  9–4  Uzbekistan
(Danang; 29 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
Afghanistan  0–11  Japan
(Danang; 25 September 2016)
World Cup
Appearances 0 (first in –)
Best result Did not qualify yet
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances 2 (first in 2013)
Best result Group Stage (2013)

The Afghanistan national beach soccer team (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFF, the governing body for football in Afghanistan.

Current squad

Correct as of March 2017[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Kawesh Baktash Haidary Akbari
2 DF Nader Naderi
3 DF Ahmad Omar Achikzai
4 DF Hazrat Gul Baran
5 DF Sayed Shir Darwish
6 DF Murtaza Jafari
No. Position Player
7 FW Raof Qaderi
8 FW Samiullah Mohammadi
9 FW Hamidullah Gulzar
10 FW Mahmood Azad
11 FW Zainuddin Sharifi (captain)
12 GK Shahab Shah Alavi

Coach: Rohullah Rastagar

Fixtures & Results

  Win   Loss

Matches
DateCompetitionLocationOpponentResult
2012
16 June 2012 2012 Asian Beach Games Haiyang, China  China 4 – 6 (L)
17 June 2012 2012 Asian Beach Games Haiyang, China  Vietnam 3 – 4 (L)
18 June 2012 2012 Asian Beach Games Haiyang, China  Palestine 0 – 7 (L)
2013
22 January 2013 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Doha, Qatar  Qatar 7 – 3 (W)
23 January 2013 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Doha, Qatar  Oman 0 – 7 (L)
24 January 2013 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Doha, Qatar  Australia 4 – 6 (L)
2016
25 September 2016 2016 Asian Beach Games Danang, Vietnam  Japan 0 – 11 (L)
26 September 2016 2016 Asian Beach Games Danang, Vietnam  China 9 – 6 (W)
29 September 2016 2016 Asian Beach Games Danang, Vietnam  Uzbekistan 9 – 4 (W)
30 September 2016 2016 Asian Beach Games Danang, Vietnam  Oman 2 – 8 (L)
2 October 2016 2016 Asian Beach Games Danang, Vietnam  Lebanon 5 – 9 (L)
2017
4 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Malaysia [2] 5 – 3 (W)
5 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  China [3] 7 – 2 (W)
6 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Iran [4] 1 – 6 (L)
7 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Bahrain 4 – 6 (L)

Tournament records

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

  • 1995 – Did not enter
  • 1996 – Did not enter
  • 1997 – Did not enter
  • 1998 – Did not enter
  • 1999 – Did not enter
  • 2000 – Did not enter
  • 2001 – Did not enter
  • 2002 – Did not enter
  • 2003 – Did not enter
  • 2004 – Did not enter
  • 2005 – Did not enter
  • 2006 – Did not enter
  • 2007 – Did not enter
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2009 – Did not enter
  • 2011 – Did not enter
  • 2013 – Did not qualify
  • 2015 – Did not enter
  • 2017 – Did not qualify

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

  • 2006 – Did not enter
  • 2007 – Did not enter
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2009 – Did not enter
  • 2011 – Did not enter
  • 2013 – Groupstage
  • 2015 – Did not enter
  • 2017 – Groupstage

Asian Beach Games

  • Indonesia 2008 – Did not enter
  • Oman 2010 – Did not enter
  • China 2012 – Groupstage
  • Thailand 2014 – Did not enter
  • Vietnam 2016 – 4th place

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 5-3 MALAYSIA". 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 7-2 CHINA". 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: IRAN 6-1 AFGHANISTAN". 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.


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