Afghanistan national beach soccer team

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.

Afghanistan
افغانستان
Nickname(s)Lions of Khurasan
(شیران خراسان)
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC
Head coachRohullah Rastagar
CaptainZainuddin Sharifi
Most capsSamiullah Mohammadi (13)
Top scorerSamiullah Mohammadi (15)
Home stadiumGhazi Stadium (25,000)
FIFA codeAFG
BSWW ranking 69 (2 March 2020)[1]


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
Appearances0 (first in –)
Best result' Became 4th at the Afc Beach Soccer Championship
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2013)
Best resultBecame 4th at the AFC Beach Soccer Championship (2016)

Current squad
Correct as of March 2017[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AFG Kawash Haidari
2 DF  TUR Nader Naderi
3 DF  KAZ Ahmad Omar Achikzai
4 DF  AFG Hazrat Gul Baran
5 DF  AFG Sayed Shir Darwish
6 DF  BAN Murtaza Jafari
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW  AFG Raof Qaderi
8 FW  AFG Samiullah Mohammadi
9 FW  AFG Hamidullah Gulzar
10 FW  AFG Mahmood Azad
11 FW  AFG Zainuddin Sharifi (captain)
12 GK  UZB 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 [3] 5 – 3 (W)
5 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  China [4] 7 – 2 (W)
6 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Iran [5] 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 – Last 16
  • 2017 – Groupstage

Asian Beach Games
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2010 – Did not enter
  • 2012 – Groupstage
  • 2014 – Did not enter
  • 2016 – 4th place

References
  1. "World Ranking". BSWW. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 5-3 MALAYSIA". 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 7-2 CHINA". 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: IRAN 6-1 AFGHANISTAN". 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.


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