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)
FIFA codeAFG
BSWW ranking 78 Decrease 3 (8 April 2024)[1]
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 Afghanistan AFG Kawash Haidari
2 DF Turkey TUR Nader Naderi
3 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Ahmad Omar Achikzai
4 DF Afghanistan AFG Hazrat Gul Baran
5 DF Afghanistan AFG Sayed Shir Darwish
6 DF Bangladesh BAN Murtaza Jafari
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Afghanistan AFG Raof Qaderi
8 FW Afghanistan AFG Samiullah Mohammadi
9 FW Afghanistan AFG Hamidullah Gulzar
10 FW Afghanistan AFG Mahmood Azad
11 FW Afghanistan AFG Zainuddin Sharifi (captain)
12 GK Uzbekistan UZB Shahab Shah Alavi

Coach: Afghanistan 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
  • 2019 – Did not qualify
  • 2021 – Did not enter
  • 2023 – Did not qualify
  • 2025 – To be determined

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
  • 2019 – Groupstage
  • 2023 – Groupstage

Asian Beach Games
  • Indonesia 2008 – Did not enter
  • Oman 2010 – Did not enter
  • China 2012 – Groupstage
  • Thailand 2014 – Did not enter
  • Vietnam 2016 – 4th place

References
  1. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. "Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2015 only hours away". 2 November 2015.
  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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