De Abasin Sape F.C.

De Abasin Sape
Full name De Abasin Sape
Nickname(s) Abasin Waves
Founded August 2012
Ground Khost City Ground, Khost
Capacity 18,000
League Afghan Premier League

De Abasin Sape (Pashto: د اباسین څپې‎) or the Abasin Waves is a football team in Afghanistan. They play in the Afghan Premier League. Based in the city of Khost, the club represents the provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika, and Logar in the southeastern region of Afghanistan.

Etymology

De Abasin Sape is named after Abāsīn (Pashto: اباسین‎), the Pashto name of the Indus River, a major river in eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The Kabul River (flowing through Kabul, Nangarhar, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces) and the Kurram River (which flows through Paktia, Khost, Kurram, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) are two major western tributaries flowing from Afghanistan into the Indus River.

Club history

The club was founded in August 2012 by the creation of the Afghan Premier League and the club played in one of the league's inaugural games.[1] Club players were chosen through a casting-show called Maidon-E-Sabz ("Green Field").[2]

The club represents the South-Eastern region of Afghanistan around Khost.[1]

The team is named after a Pashto language name for the Indus River – Abasin ("Father of Rivers").[3]

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Afghanistan GK Abdul Moqim Matin
2 Afghanistan DF Hidayat Qureshi
3 Afghanistan DF Ahmad Mansoor Ghafori
4 Afghanistan DF Sakhi Yousof Por
5 Afghanistan DF Sohrab Niazih Ahmadi
6 Afghanistan DF Said Mssihullah Ahmadi
7 Afghanistan MF Maiwand Tokhi
8 Afghanistan FW Rahmatullah Rahmat
9 Afghanistan FW Abdul Khalid Ghafuri
10 Afghanistan FW Nawaz Zazai
11 Afghanistan MF Mohammad Naeem Stanikzai
No. Position Player
12 Afghanistan DF Ahsanullah Heejran
13 Afghanistan DF Shafiq Totakhil
14 Afghanistan MF Sayed Wahedullah Musavi
15 Afghanistan FW Baryali Totakhil
16 Afghanistan MF Abdul Fatah Wakman
17 Afghanistan FW Mohammad Arif Yousufzai
18 Afghanistan MF Raqib Matanwal
19 Afghanistan MF Rohullah Nabikhel
20 Afghanistan FW Abdul Jamil Shaghasi
21 Afghanistan GK Musadiq Alawi

References

  1. 1 2 Afghanistan launches first professional football league by Ben Farmer (The Daily Telegraph, 28 September 2012)
  2. ↑ Afghans gripped by domestic football fever (Bangkok Post, 19 September 2012)
  3. ↑ Nace la primera liga de fútbol de Afganistán (Qué!, 21 September 2012)
  4. ↑ http://www.afghanpremierleague.com/teams/de-abasin-sape\. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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