Afghanistan national futsal team

Afghanistan
Nickname(s)شیران خراسان (The Lions of Khorasan)
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation (AFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMajid Mortezaei
FIFA codeAFG
FIFA ranking 33 Decrease 3 (4 April 2025)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking30 (6 May 2024)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Thailand 23–2  
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
Biggest win
  18–2 Macau 
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Thailand 23–2  
(Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultRound of 16 (2024)
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best resultQuarter-final (2024)
CAFA Futsal Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2023)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)

The Afghanistan national futsal team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in the international futsal competitions.

In the first edition of the CAFA Futsal Cup, the country came second in the 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup.

Afghanistan qualified for their first tournament of AFC Futsal Asian Cup, where they finished in fifth place.

Afghanistan qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, their first World Cup appearance where they finished in 16th place.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup   6–4  Angola Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30 UTC+5:00
  • Mahmoodi Goal 01'01"
  • Qanbari Goal 06'15"
  • Mohammadi Goal 09'10"
  • Norowzi Goal 13'15"
  • Kazemi Goal 15'46"
  • Hossein Poor Goal 39'21"
Report
  • Safari Goal 02'23" (o.g.)
  • Adérito Goal 06'52"35'53"
  • Moradi Goal 39'37" (o.g.)
Stadium: Humo Arena
Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Dejan Veselič (Slovenia)
18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Argentina  2–1   Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00 Rosa Goal 02'46"32'14" Report Sarmiento Goal 31'50" (o.g.) Stadium: Humo Arena
Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes (Portugal)
21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup Ukraine  4–1   Andijan, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00
  • Zhuk Goal 14'01" (pen.)
  • Abakshyn Goal 15'05"
  • Zvarych Goal 36'57"
  • Korsun Goal 37'17"
Report Gholami Goal 25'04" Stadium: Andijan Universal Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)
25 September 2024 (2024-09-25) 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup R16 Paraguay  3–1 (a.e.t.)   Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5:00
  • F. Martínez Goal 29'40"
  • Méndez Goal 40'51"
  • Espinoza Goal 41'02"
Report
  • Hossaini Goal 14'34"
Stadium: Humo Arena
Referee: Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)

Players

Last selected squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mohammad Javad Safari (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 (aged 24) Iran Giti Pasand
2 1GK Ali Reza Jafari (2005-01-23)23 January 2005 (aged 19) Iran Safir Gofteman
3 1GK Ali Ahmad Mohseni (2003-06-03)3 June 2003 (aged 21) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
4 2DF Mahdi Nowrozi (captain) (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 (aged 28) Iran Sunich Saveh
5 3MF Hussain Mohammadi (2005-01-28)28 January 2005 (aged 19) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad
6 3MF Hamid Reza Hossaini (2000-09-30)30 September 2000 (aged 23) Afghanistan Saadat Nimrooz
7 2DF Reza Hosseinpoor (1999-08-23)23 August 1999 (aged 25) Afghanistan Asree Jadid
8 3MF Mehran Gholami (2005-10-31)31 October 2005 (aged 18) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
9 4FW Omid Qanbari (2004-06-29)29 June 2004 (aged 20) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
10 4FW Akbar Kazemi (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 28) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
11 3MF Mohammad Moradi (2005-05-22)22 May 2005 (aged 19) Iran Giti Pasand
12 3MF Farzad Mahmoodi (1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 25) Afghanistan Piroze Panjsher
13 2DF Khodadad Ebrahimi (2004-03-02)2 March 2004 (aged 20) Afghanistan Sidaqat Kabul
14 2DF Sayed Mojtaba Hosseini (2003-10-06)6 October 2003 (aged 20) Afghanistan Saadat Nimrooz

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004
Brazil 2008
Thailand 2012
Colombia 2016 Did not qualify
Lithuania 2021
Uzbekistan 2024 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 9 13 Squad
Total Round of 16 1/10 4 1 0 3 9 13

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Malaysia 1999 Did not enter Did not enter
Thailand 2000
Iran 2001
Indonesia 2002
Iran 2003
Macau 2004
Vietnam 2005
Uzbekistan 2006
Japan 2007
Thailand 2008
Uzbekistan 2010 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 5 20
United Arab Emirates 2012 Did not enter Did not enter
Vietnam 2014
Uzbekistan 2016 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 12 11
Taiwan 2018 2 0 0 2 5 12
Kuwait 2022 3 1 1 1 13 10
Thailand 2024 Quarter-final 5th 6 3 1 2 18 16 Squad 3 2 1 0 28 11
Total Quarter-final 1/17 6 3 1 2 18 16 14 4 3 7 63 64

Honours

Regional

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.