Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup

Jordan national football team has been historically considered weaker than other Arab teams prior to the beginning of new millennium. Jordan often struggled to win a ticket and qualify for the Asian Cup, mainly, due to historical turbulence inside the state.

However, once Jordan polished themselves in order to join the new world, Jordanian football also witnessed significant positive changes. Jordan qualified for their first Asian Cup in 2004, before did it again in 2011 and 2015. In the first two editions, Jordan stunned all predictions by drew and defeated so many Asian powerhouses such as South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia, and they were considered a heavy underdog which had qualified for the quarter-finals twice, their best result to date. In 2015 however, Jordan for the first time, had to go home from the group stage. Hence, Jordan's best result remains at the quarter-finals.

Jordan's Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972 Did Not Qualify 6 2 1 3 5 9
Iran 1976 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984 Did Not Qualify 4 1 1 2 7 10
Qatar 1988 4 1 3 0 2 1
Japan 1992 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did Not Qualify 2 1 0 1 4 1
Lebanon 2000 4 2 1 1 12 4
China 2004 Quarter-Final 7th 4 1 3 0 3 1 6 5 0 1 13 6
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Did Not Qualify 6 3 1 2 10 5
Qatar 2011 Quarter-Final 6th 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 4 4
Australia 2015 Group Stage 9th 3 1 0 2 5 4 6 3 3 0 9 2
United Arab Emirates 2019 Qualified 9 6 1 2 28 7
Total 0 Titles 4/17 11 4 4 3 13 9 53 26 13 14 94 49

Asian Cup 2004

This was Jordan's first ever Asian Cup in their history, following a successful qualification campaign. Although considered to be an underdog, Jordan surprised by drawing South Korea 0–0 before beating Kuwait 2–0 and drew the UAE 0–0, therefore passed into the quarter-finals right on their debut. Jordan even performed better than expected, when they drew giant Japan 1-1 before losing 3–4 on the penalty shootout. Ironically, despite Jordan had led Japan 3–1 on penalty shootout, subsequent misses and failed kicks had eliminated Jordan from the tournament. Japan would go on to win the title.

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 7321060+6
 Jordan 5312020+2
 Kuwait 3310237−4
 United Arab Emirates 1301215−4
South Korea 0–0 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Jordan 2–0 Kuwait
Saad  90+1'
Al-Zboun  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Jordan 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Quarter-finals

Asian Cup 2011

Having missed out the 2007 edition, Jordan returned in 2011 edition and once again was drawn with Japan, together with 2007 runners-up Saudi Arabia and Syria. Similar to 2004, Jordan, one more time, shocked by drawing Japan 1–1 before defeating Saudi Arabia and Syria to qualify with seven points. Making itself a heavy underdog for the second times, Jordan, however, soon fell to Uzbekistan as the Uzbeks had shown to be more resilience than the Jordanians. The Turkic side would have defeated the Chivalrous 2–1 in the quarter-finals again, before winning fourth place for the first time. This was the best performance of Jordan in the Asian Cup.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 321082+67
 Jordan 321042+27
 Syria 310245−13
 Saudi Arabia 300318−70
9 January 2011
Japan 1–1 Jordan
13 January 2011
Jordan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
17 January 2011
Jordan 2–1 Syria

Quarter-finals

Uzbekistan 2–1 Jordan
Bakayev  47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen  58'
Attendance: 16,073

Asian Cup 2015

Jordan made their third debut by qualifying to the 2015 Asian Cup held in Australia. And, surprisingly once again, Jordan was drawn with Japan for the second times, together with Levant rivals Iraq and debutant Palestine.[1] Having created a strong impression four years ago, Jordan was expected to at least, surprised again by qualifying to quarter-finals or even, reaching no.1 in the group. Their hopes were shattered by a 0–1 defeat to Iraq, before demolishing Palestine 5–1 with Hamza Al-Dardour made a double braces. Jordan would have met Japan in the last encounter, and they expected to even manage a surprising record again, having drawn Japan 1–1 in two previous encounters. Unfortunately, the Blue Samurais had learnt from their two previous mistakes and Jordan had to go home with a 0–2 defeat.[2] This meant for the first time in their participancy, Jordan was out from the early stage.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Jordan 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Palestine 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
12 January 2015
Jordan 0–1 IraqBrisbane Stadium, Brisbane
16 January 2015
Palestine 1–5 JordanAAMI Park, Melbourne
20 January 2015
Japan 2–0 JordanAAMI Park, Melbourne

Asian Cup 2019

Jordan once again qualified to the Asian Cup, and for the second time in their participation, Jordan didn't join Japan in the same group. Instead, Jordan will have to face up defending champions Australia, alongside their Levant rivals Syria and Palestine, once again. Jordan had met Palestine in four years ago, while they faced Australia in 2018 World Cup qualification. Jordan also faced Syria in 2011 edition. However, due to history being an underdog, Jordan is expected to make surprise again.[3]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 January 2019. Source: AFC
Australia Match 2 Jordan
Report
Jordan Match 14 Syria
Report
Palestine Match 28 Jordan
Report

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-drawn-alongside-japan-iraq-2015-asian-cup
  2. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2918233/Japan-2-0-Jordan-Keisuke-Honda-Shinji-Kagawa-target.html
  3. ↑ http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-drawn-alongside-australia-2019-asian-cup
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.