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Established
1941 (83 years old)

Sport
Soccer

Stadium/Home
Ghazi Stadium
(12,000 Capacity)

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Location
Kabul, Afghanistan

Nicknames
The Lions Of Khorasan

Competitions
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
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Last Edit
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Upcoming
06/06 Afghanistan - Qatar
11/06 Kuwait - Afghanistan

Results
26/03 India 1 - 2 Afghanistan
21/03 Afghanistan 0 - 0 India
21/11 Afghanistan 0 - 4 Kuwait
16/11 Qatar 8 - 1 Afghanistan
17/10 Mongolia 0 - 1 Afghanistan

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The Afghanistan national football team ; Dari: (تیم ملی فوتبال افغانستان) is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international game against Iran in Kabul, 1941. Afghanistan then joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954, as one of the founding members. They play their home games at the Ghazi National Olympic Stadium in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. In 2013, Afghanistan won the 2013 SAFF Championship and earned the "FIFA Fair Play Award".

Team Members


9

Afghan


96

Afzal


37

Ahmadi


95

Assar


90

Assar


22

Attai


10

Azadzoy


91

Azimi


1

Azizi


92

Barakzai


98

Gharzai


4

Hanifi


93

Kharot


99

Kharot


1

Khil


20

Niazi


14

Norozi


26

Rezai


44

Sardari


16

Shirdel


89

Tajik


97

Yusufzai


94

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Stadium or Home

Major football matches in Afghanistan are held at the Afghan Football Federation Stadium (popularly known as the Ghazi Stadium) in Kabul. It was built in 1923 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan, who is regarded as Ghazi (Hero) for the Afghan victory in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and gaining independence for his nation after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. The stadium has the capacity to house 25,000 people. The first international football match hosted there was played between Iran and Afghanistan in 1941 and ended as a draw, 0–0. Their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification second leg match was played at the Ghazi Stadium against Turkmenistan which Afghanistan lost 2–0, having previously lost the first leg 11–0. The stadium is maintained and controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The Afghan Premier League and other local football tournaments take place in the stadium. The Ghazi Stadium was renovated in 2011 after the entire ground was removed and replaced with new soil and artificial turf placed on top. The stadium now holds bigger sporting events. The proposed construction of a new national stadium was completed in the 2013/2014 season which cost 25 million euros. In 2015 FIFA helped the AFF with the reconstruction of new youth teams and develop also women's football for the national team.

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