Afghanistan national under-20 football team

Afghanistan national under-20 football team is controlled by Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international under-20 football competitions. Afghanistan's best performance in International games was in the 1977 AFC Youth Championship when they reached the quarter-finals.

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Afghanistan national under-20 football team Afghanistan 
AssociationAFF, CAFA, AFC
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAfghanistan Hamayun Hamdard
CaptainAfghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari
FIFA codeAFG
World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1975)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1977)

Results and fixtures 2023–2030

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss


The Cafa U20 Championship 2023  Tajikistan


Turkmenistan 1–2 Afghanistan
  • Esenov

48'

  • Annaev soccer ball with red X
52'
  • Alizada

47'

  • Kohi 84'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 173
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan

Afghanistan 1–1Tajikistan 
Amin 48'
  • Gafurov 28'
TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan)

Iran 4–1Afghanistan 
  • Sadeghi 38'
  • Mirzayan 43'
  • Mazrai 63'
  • Atashgah 79'
Alizada 67'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 82
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Afghanistan 0–4 Uzbekistan
  • Odilov 18', 40'
  • Tukhsanov 40'
  • Ibraimov 87'
CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Coaching history

1.  Afghanistan, Ali Asghar Lali (1977–1979)

2.  Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022 present)

Cafa Junior Championship 2023–2030

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023

(U20) 19–29 May

TajikistanTajikistan UzbekistanUzbekistan 3–2 Iran

Iran

TajikistanTajikistan 1–1  Afghanistan

2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Group C

Afghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 00000000
 Iran 00000000
 Pakistan 00000000
 India 00000000
 Turkmenistan 00000000
 Afghanistan withdrew

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017Did not qualify
Poland 2019
Argentina 2023
Chile 2025TBDTBD000000
Total-0/20000000

AFC Youth Championship record

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