Afghanistan national football team results

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The following are the Afghanistan national football team results in international matches. Official FIFA matches are highlighted for matches prior to the 2000s.

1940s

Friendly
Afghanistan 0–0 Iran
Attendance: 10,000

1948 Summer Olympics Preliminary round
Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan
Gales  6', 79'
Kettel  40'
Schammel  41'
Paulus  62', 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A.C. Williams (Great Britain)

1950s

Friendly
Iran 4–0 Afghanistan
Mobasher
Boroumand

1951 Asian Games
India 3–0 Afghanistan
Venkatesh  10'
Mewalal  16'
Santosh Nandy  55'
Japan 2–0 Afghanistan
Iwatani  40', 45'

1954 Asian Games
South Korea 8–2 Afghanistan
Choi Chung-min  7'
Choi Kwang-seok  22'
Sung Nak-woon  23', 45', 55', 80'
Chung Nam-sik  42'
Chung Kook-chin  49'
Hong Kong 4–2 Afghanistan

1960 Summer Olympics Qualification
Afghanistan 2–5 India
Ayubi
Mosa 		Banerjee
Goswami
Kempiah
Rehmatullah
Lahiri
India w/o (2-0) Afghanistan
 

India advance.

1960s

 
No known international matches for this decade!

1970s
# Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition
08-Aug-74 China U20 L 1–4 Beijing, China Friendly

1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Afghanistan
Mohammed Al Mugnim  40'
Hamed Subhi  50'
Iraq 3–1 Afghanistan
Subhi  9'
Alwan  17'
Kadhim  78'		 ?  ??'
Qatar 2–1 Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia 6–0 Afghanistan
Mohammed Al Mugnim  7', 41'
Muhsen Bakhit  12', 33'
Sultan Naseab  25'
Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali  65'
Iraq 4–0 Afghanistan
Mahmoud  2', 5'
Mustafa  70'
Ahmed  84'
Qatar 1–1 Afghanistan

Jashan Tournament
Afghanistan 1–0 Pakistan
Afghanistan 1–1 India
?  ??' Harjinder Singh  ??'

Quaid Azam Tournament
Pakistan 1–0 Afghanistan

1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Qatar 3–0 Afghanistan
Bangladesh 2–2 Afghanistan
Qatar 2–1 Afghanistan
Bangladesh 4–1 Afghanistan

1980s
# Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition
06-Mar-81 Soviet Union U21 L 0–2 Tashkent, Soviet Union 1981 Spartakiad Football Tournament
Mar-81 Poland U21 L 1–5 Tashkent, Soviet Union 1981 Spartakiad Football Tournament
09-Mar-81 Finland U21 L 0–2 Tashkent, Soviet Union 1981 Spartakiad Football Tournament
13-Mar-81 East Germany U21 D 1–1 Tashkent, Soviet Union 1981 Spartakiad Football Tournament

1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Qatar 8–0 Afghanistan
China PR 6–0 Afghanistan
Li Hui
Zhao Dayu
Li Huayun  64'
Zuo Shusheng  66'
Yang Zhaohui
Hong Kong 0–0 Afghanistan
Jordan 6–1 Afghanistan

1990s

 
No known international matches for this decade!

2000s

2003 SAFF Gold Cup
Sri Lanka 1–0 Afghanistan
Steinwall  41'
Referee: Gurung (Nepal)
 Afghanistan0–4India 
Biswas  30'  63'
D'Cunha  77'  86'
Referee: Gurung (Nepal)
 Afghanistan0–1Pakistan 
Rasool  9'
Referee: Ghosh (Bangladesh)

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Kyrgyzstan 1–2 Afghanistan
Zhumagulov  63' Tahir Shah  25'
Farid Azami  76'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jehangir Khan (Pakistan)
Afghanistan 0–4   Nepal
Nirajan Rayamajhi  35'
Hari Khadka  39',  87'
Dipak Lama  90'

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan
Öwekow  6', 35'
Kulyýew  8', 22', 81'
Baýramow  27'
Berdiýew  42'
Agabaýew  49', 65', 67'
Urazow  90'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan 0–2 Turkmenistan
Kulyýew  85', 91'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jahangir Khan (Pakistan)

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

2005 Tajikistan Friendship Cup
Tajikistan U-202–2 Afghanistan
Jamshed Ismailov  24'
Akmal Saburov  90'		 Hafizullah Qadami 34',57
Tajikistan 4–0 Afghanistan
Numonjon Hakimov
Khurshed Makhmudov
Anvyor Ashurmukhammadov x 2

2005 SAFF Gold Cup
Maldives 9–1 Afghanistan
Umar Ali  11'
Ibrahim Fazeel  27',45+2,60
Ali Ashfaq 32',88
Ahmed Thariq 45+3',46,86		 Sayed Maqsood 39'
Pakistan 1–0 Afghanistan
Muhammad Essa  55'
Sri Lanka 1–2 Afghanistan
G.P.C. Karunarathne  85' Hafizullah Qadami  35'
Abdul Maroof Gullestani  41'

2006 AFC Challenge Cup
India 2–0 Afghanistan
Vimal  35', 60'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman)
Afghanistan 2–2 Chinese Taipei
Qadami  20', 23' Chuang Wei-lun  48'
Liang Chien-wei  73'
Attendance: 2,500
Philippines 1–1 Afghanistan
Valeroso  59' Maqsood  28'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

2010 Fifa World Cup Qualification
Syria 3–0 Afghanistan
Al Zeno  73', 87' (pen.)
Al Sayed  81' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Afghanistan 1–2 Syria
Karimi  16' Report Jenyat  17'
Issmael  64'
Attendance: 2,000

Syria won 5 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Bangladesh 0–0 Afghanistan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Khalid Al-Senan (United Arab Emirates)
Afghanistan 1–0 Kyrgyzstan
Yamrali  38'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)

2008 SAFF Championship
Sri Lanka 2–2 Afghanistan
Chathura Gunarathna  8'
Channa Ediri  75' (pen)		 H.A. Habib  8',  49'
Bangladesh 2–2 Afghanistan
Ameli  51'(pen)
Shamsuddin Amiri  75' (o.g.)		 H.A. Habib  9'
Mustafa Hadid  22'[1]
Afghanistan 1–3 Bhutan
H.A. Habib  88' Yeshey Dorji  13'
Yeshey Gyeltshen  31',  80'

2008 AFC Challenge Cup
India 1–0 Afghanistan
Lawrence  90+2'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Afghanistan 0–5 Turkmenistan
Öwekow  1', 41', 77', 80'
Krendelev  23'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Afghanistan 0–4 Tajikistan
Rabiev  14', 44', 56'
Tukhtasunov  39'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

2008 Merdeka Tournament
Afghanistan 2–2   Nepal
Barakzai  62'
Sayed Bashir Azimi  86'		 A Gurung  63'
B Gurung  72'
Afghanistan 1–6 Sierra Leone U-20
Hafizullah Qadami  47' Turay  20'
Amara Kamara  51'
Kabia  60'
Foray  76'  86'
Sulaiman Kamara  88'
Malaysia 6–0 Afghanistan
Ashaari  21'  64'
Nizaruddin  41'
Zaquan Adha  44'
Safee  85'
Hairuddin  87'
Attendance: 3,000

2009 SAFF Championship
India U-23 1–0 Afghanistan
Lalpekhlua  86'
Maldives 3–1 Afghanistan
Thoriq  52'
Ashfaq  69',  89',		 Barakzai  30'
Afghanistan 0–3   Nepal
Anil Gurung  55',  73'
Bijay Gurung  56'

Friendly matches
Tajikistan 1–0Afghanistan 
Report

2012 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification Play Off
Bhutan 0–3 Afghanistan
Walizada  2', 36', 80'
Attendance: 200
Afghanistan 2–0 Bhutan
Nadeem  61'
Kohistani  65'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Afghanistan win 5–0 on aggregate

2012 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification
Afghanistan 0–1   Nepal
Khawas  27'
Attendance: 9,100
Sri Lanka 0–1 Afghanistan
Hadid  82'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Ali Sabbah Adday (Iraq)
North Korea 2–0 Afghanistan
Choe Kum-Chol  45+1'
Ri Chol-Myong  68'
Attendance: 1,000

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 0–2 Palestine
Report Alyan  28'
Amour  89'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nasser Darwish (Jordan)
Palestine 1–1 Afghanistan
Wadi  11' Report Arezou  63'
Attendance: 9,000

Palestine won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round against Thailand.

2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup
India 1–1 Afghanistan
Chhetri  10' Report Arezou  5'
Afghanistan 3–1 Sri Lanka
Ahmadi  22', 36'
Yamrali  79'		 Report Zain  17'
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Bhutan 1–8 Afghanistan
Chencho  22' Report Yamrali  4'
Amiri  10'
Arezou  15', 18', 45+2', 83'
Sharityar  48' (pen.)
Mashriqi  60'
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Semi-finals
Afghanistan 1–0 (a.e.t.)   Nepal
Arezou  101' Report
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Final
India 4–0 Afghanistan
Chhetri  71' (pen.)
Clifford  79'
Jeje  80'
Sushil  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Afghanistan 1–0 Sri Lanka
Arezou  45' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Mongolia 0–1 Afghanistan
Report Arezou  59'
Attendance: 500
Laos 1–1 Afghanistan
Sayavutthi  30' Report Ahmadi  58'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Friendly matches
Tajikistan 3–2Afghanistan 
Fathkulloev  17'
Maxmudov  44'
Suvonkulov  74'		 Barakzai  5'
Karimi  41'
Afghanistan 3–0Pakistan 
Ahmadi  20'
Hatifi  53'
Jamhour  72'
Attendance: 5,000

2013 SAFF Championship
Afghanistan 3–0 Bhutan
Amiri  37'
Azadzoy  76'
Barakzai  88'		 Report
Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)
Sri Lanka 1–3 Afghanistan
Fazaluzzaman  36' Report Rafi  62'
Amiri  76'
Barakzai  87'
Referee: Sudish Pandey (Nepal)
Afghanistan 0–0 Maldives
Report

Semi-finals
Nepal   0–1 Afghanistan
Report Ahmadi  11'
Referee: Saleh Al Hethlol (Saudi Arabia)

Final
Main article: 2013 SAFF Championship Final
Afghanistan 2–0 India
Azadzoy  9'
Ahmadi  62'		 Report

Friendly matches
Kyrgyzstan 0–0Afghanistan 
Tajikistan 1–0Afghanistan 
Nuriddin Davronov  2'
Afghanistan 1–0Kyrgyzstan 
Walizada
Kuwait 3–2Afghanistan 
Amiri  60'
Shayesteh  67'
Attendance: 1,000

2014 AFC Challenge Cup
Philippines 0–0 Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 500
Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan
Amiri  45+1'
Hatifi  61'
Shayesteh  86'		 Report Muhadow  64'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Afghanistan 0–0 Laos
Report
Attendance: 600

Semi-finals
Palestine 2–0 Afghanistan
Nu'man  43' (pen.), 47' Report
Attendance: 500

Third place play-off
Afghanistan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Maldives
Karimi  114' Report Fasir  118'
Penalties
Alikhil
Zazai
Hadid
Karimi
Faqiryar
Sharityar
Daudi
Sakhizada
Shayesteh 		7–8[3] Ashfaq
Abdul Ghanee
Fasir
Rilwan
Qasim
Rasheed
Ali
Mohamed
Fazeel
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Friendly matches
Pakistan 2–1Afghanistan 
Riaz  18'
Khan  88'		 Sharifi  50'
Laos 0–2Afghanistan 
Shayesteh  17'
Isoufi  37'
Bangladesh 1–1Afghanistan 
Ameli  4' Shanwary  90+3'

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 0–6 Syria
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Rafe  19', 35'
Ajan  42'
Al Hussain  70'
Malki  75'
Khribin  90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,647
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Friendly match
Thailand 2–0Afghanistan 
Mongkol  28'
Teerasil  59'
Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 0–6 Japan
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Kagawa  10', 50'
Morishige  35'
Okazaki  57', 60'
Honda  74'
Attendance: 8,650
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
Singapore 1–0 Afghanistan
Khairul  72' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)
Syria 5–2 Afghanistan
Omari  9', 21', 83'
Maowas  32', 90'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 N.Amiri  44'
Shayesteh  78'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan 3–0 Cambodia
Zazai  42'
N.Amiri  78'
Amani  90+4'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 2,585

2015 SAFF Championship
Afghanistan 4–0 Bangladesh
Saighani  30'
Shayesteh  32'
Z.Amiri  40'
Amani  69'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Bhutan 0–3 Afghanistan
Report Amani  14', 51'
Saighani  42'
Attendance: 1,817
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Afghanistan 4–1 Maldives
Shayesteh  20'
Popalzay  34', 54'
Hatifi  51'		 Report Fasir  32'
Attendance: 1,751
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Semi-finals
Afghanistan 5–0 Sri Lanka
Hashemi  45+1'
Taher  50'
Amani  56' (pen.)
Hatifi  78'
Shayesteh  89'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sudhish Pandey (Nepal)

Final
Main article: 2015 SAFF Championship Final
India 2–1 (a.e.t.) Afghanistan
Lalpekhlua  72'
Chhetri  101'		 Report Z.Amiri  70'
Attendance: 40,500
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Japan 5–0 Afghanistan
Okazaki  43'
Kiyotake  58'
Mukhammad  63' (o.g.)
Yoshida  74'
Kanazaki  78'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 48,967
Afghanistan 2–1 Singapore
Amani 39'
Shirdel 78'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Nawaz 89'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Friendly match
Friendly
Lebanon 2–0 Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmad Ibrahim (Jordan)
Friendly
Malaysia 1–1 Afghanistan
Hadin  45+2' Report N. Amiri  22'
Friendly
Tajikistan 1–0 Afghanistan
Dzhalilov  74' Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Friendly
Afghanistan 2–1 Singapore
Mukhammad  4'
Azadzoy  56'		 Report Shawal  46'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)
Friendly
Afghanistan 2–1 Maldives
Amin  38'
Popalzay  62'		 Report Ali  41' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Friendly
Oman 2–0 Afghanistan
 Report
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Third round
Afghanistan 1–1 Vietnam
Amin  69' Report Nguyễn Văn Toàn  64'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Turki Alkhudayr (Saudi Arabia)
Third round
Cambodia 1–0 Afghanistan
Mony Udom  59' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Third round
Jordan 4–1 Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 1,036
Third round
Afghanistan 3–3 Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Third round
Vietnam 0–0 Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 28,580
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)
Third round
Afghanistan 2–1 Cambodia
Sharza  26', 45' Report Laboravy  70'
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Friendly matches
Friendly
Afghanistan 0–0 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Friendly
Afghanistan 0–2 Turkmenistan
Report
Miracle Resort Hotel Center, Antalya, Turkey
Attendance: 150
Airmarine Cup
Oman 5–0 Afghanistan

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Qatar 6–0 Afghanistan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 10,950
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 1–0 Bangladesh
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Oman 3–0 Afghanistan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 1–1 India
 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Afghanistan 0–1 Qatar
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Notes
  1. Due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan, the first leg was played in Tajikistan.[2]
  2. Kickoff delayed from 21:00 due to rain.
  3. Afghanistan will play their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.[4]
  4. Afghanistan will play their home matches in Tajikistan due to security concerns from the war in Afghanistan.
  5. Afghanistan play their home matches in Tajikistan because of security concerns from the War in Afghanistan.[5]

References
  1. "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow". maldivesoccer.com. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012..
  2. Afghanistan and Palestine Play in Metallurg Stadium Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine FootballAfghanistan.blogspot.com; 15 May 2011
  3. Mohamed Sajid (29 May 2014). "Maldives wins third place". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. "Crisis-Hit Countries Can Play World Cup Qualifiers in Iran". persianfootball.com. 29 April 2015.
  5. "'Rested booters' to leave for Dushanbe on Sep 1". The Daily Star. 15 August 2019.
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