Jordan national football team

The Jordanian national football team's first international match was played in 1953 in Egypt where the team were defeated by Syria 3–1. The first FIFA World Cup qualifiers Jordan took part in was the 1986 qualifiers, they are yet to qualify to the FIFA World Cup.

The Jordanian football coach, Mohammad Awad, to attain achievements for the Jordan national team between 1992 and 1999 when he helped his country Jordan win both tournaments of the Arab Games, starting in 1997 in Beirut, and 1999 in Amman.

The Jordan national football team had begun making more improvements under the Serbian head coach Branko Smiljanić who had helped Jordan attain greater match results in the first round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but failed to help Jordan qualify for the next round. Brapanko also helped Jordan reach the semi-finals of the 2002 Arab Cup and got Jordan to win the fourth place in the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship and the second place in the 2004 edition in Syria but failed to help Jordan win these tournaments. After he resigned from coaching Jordan, the Egyptian Mahmoud El-Gohary agreed to take Branko's place as head coach.

Under the leadership of El-Gohary, the Jordan national team was able to qualify for their first AFC Asian Cup tournament, in China 2004, and helped Jordan reach the quarter-finals of the tournament but failed to qualify for the semi-finals after losing to Japan in a penalty shoot-out after the match had ended with extra time in a 1–1 draw. But thanks to El-Gohary, the Jordan team reached its highest FIFA world ranking which was the 37th place in 2004. Just like Serbian Branko, El-Gohary also helped Jordan achieve greater match results in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifications during Jordan's first round but also failed to help Jordan qualify.

In the WAFF championship tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win the third place in 2004 and helped Jordan reach the semi-finals in 2007. After coaching Jordan for five out of six matches in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, El-Gohary retired as a football coach, and the Jordan Football Association hired the Portuguese Nelo Vingada to take over as the head coach of Jordan but was not able to help Jordan qualify for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Another opportunity to show Vingada's worthiness as head coach came in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. But after failing to help Jordan qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Vingada was able to help Jordan win second place in the 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship. Next up were the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches starting from January 2009.

After getting off to a start by not winning the first two matches of the six, Vingada was sacked by the Jordan Football Association and replaced by the Iraqi Adnan Hamad, a coach in Asia known for his successes with his national team in Iraq as head coach as well as Iraq U-23 and other Iraq youth teams and clubs. His first experiences with Jordanian football players took place as he was coaching Jordanian football club, Al-Faisaly from 2006 to 2008 and achieved specific results with that team as well. After helping Jordan qualify for their second Asian Cup tournament in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Hamad began shouting 'Allahu Akbar' for the Jordan national team in September 2010 when they had the 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship hosted in the country of Jordan.

Hamad prepared for that tournament with a couple of friendlies as well as three more to prepare for the AFC Asian Cup tournament in Qatar. Just like Mahmoud El-Gohary, Hamad also helped Jordan qualify for the quarter-finals in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup but failed to progress to the semi-finals as they were defeated by Uzbekistan 2–1. Hamad was also got Jordan to win second place in the 2011 Arab Games in Qatar. Hamad helped Jordan finish third in the final round of Asian group qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Hamad was then replaced ahead of the final stages with the Egyptian Hossam Hassan leading them to the play-off round against Uzbekistan to determine the AFC participant in the inter-confederation play-offs. The games took place on 13 and 20 September 2013. With the two teams still evenly matched at full-time in the second leg, Jordan eventually progressed to the intercontinental playoff after winning 9–8 on penalties. The Jordanians missed their very first FIFA World Cup debut after losing 5–0 against Uruguay, before the goalless draw from the second leg. Hassan then also helped Jordan to qualify to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Jordan during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Syria at the Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium in Tehran

On 3 September 2014, Ray Wilkins was appointed as the new head coach of Jordan. Wilkins led Jordan at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup where they were eliminated in group-stages for the first time after two losses against Iraq and Japan and a win over Palestine.

Jordan's performance remained in certain stagnation when Jordan could not make it to the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, losing 0–1 to Kyrgyzstan and 1–5 to Australia. After that, Jordan would qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup where Jordan defeated Australia (1–0) and Syria (2–0) and a goalless draw against Palestine in the group stage becoming the first team in the tournament to reach the Round of 16. However, they were stunned by Vietnam losing via a penalty shootout (2–4).

Jordan players celebrating their win against Australia at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

In the 2022 World Cup qualification second round, Jordan finished in third position in their group. Subsequently, they clinched the top spot in their group during the 2023 Asian Cup qualification, earning themselves a berth in the main tournament.

In June 2023, Hussein Ammouta was appointed as the Jordan national team coach.[6] In early 2024, he led his squad to their first ever Asian Cup final, defeating Iraq 3–2 by scoring two goals during the stoppage time, Tajikistan 1–0, and South Korea 2–0 during the knockout stages. In the final, Jordan lost 3–1 to the host nation Qatar, all scored through penalties.[7]

Following the national team's historic run to the Asian Cup final, Jordan's FIFA Ranking rose to 70th, the nation's highest since September 2014.[8][9]

The Jordan national football team has two home stadiums, the Amman International Stadium and the King Abdullah II Stadium. The Amman International Stadium was built in 1964 in Amman and opened in 1968. It is the largest stadium in Jordan, it is owned by the Jordanian government and operated by the higher council of youth. It is not only the home stadium of the Jordan national football team but for Al-Faisaly as well. It has a current capacity of 17,619 spectators. Some 12 kilometres away from Amman International Stadium lies The King Abdullah II Stadium. It was built and opened in 1998 in Amman. It has a current capacity of 13,000 spectators. It is not only the home stadium of the Jordan national football team but for Al-Wehdat as well. In addition to Jordan home games, the stadiums also host other major games in Jordanian football including Jordanian Pro League, Jordan FA Cup, Jordan FA Shield and Jordan Super Cup games, in addition to hosting other tournaments such as the 1988 Arab Cup, 1996 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, 1999 Arab Games, 2003 Arab Athletics Championships, 2005 WAFF Women's Championship, 2007 Arab Athletics Championships, 2007 WAFF Women's Championship, 2007 WAFF Championship, 2006–07 Arab Champions League Finals, 2007 AFC Cup Finals, 2007 Asian Athletics Championships, 2010 WAFF Championship and 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup amongst others.

The following 24 players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against  Pakistan on 21 and 26 March 2024.[16]

Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024, following match versus  Pakistan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yazeed Abulaila	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993	44	0	Al-Jabalain
12	1GK	Abdallah Al-Fakhouri	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000	11	0	Al-Wehdat
22	1GK	Nour Bani Attiah	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993	0	0	Al-Faisaly
2	2DF	Mohammad Abu Hashish	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995	32	0	Al-Ahed
3	2DF	Abdallah Nasib	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994	35	2	Al-Hussein
4	2DF	Bara' Marei	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	16	0	Al-Faisaly
5	2DF	Yazan Al-Arab	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996	58	2	Muaither
16	2DF	Feras Shelbaieh	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993	35	2	Al-Wehdat
17	2DF	Salem Al-Ajalin	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988	36	2	Al-Faisaly
19	2DF	Anas Bani Yaseen	(1988-11-29) 29 November 1988	115	7	Al-Faisaly
21	2DF	Saed Al-Rosan	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997	5	1	Al-Hussein
23	2DF	Ihsan Haddad	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994	77	2	Al-Faisaly
6	3MF	Mahmoud Shawkat	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	2	0	Al-Wehdat
7	3MF	Mohammad Abu Zrayq	(1997-12-30) 30 December 1997	25	4	Al-Wehdat
8	3MF	Noor Al-Rawabdeh	(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997	48	1	Selangor
13	3MF	Mahmoud Al-Mardi	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993	60	8	Al-Hussein
14	3MF	Rajaei Ayed	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993	54	0	Al-Hussein
15	3MF	Ibrahim Sadeh	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000	31	1	Al-Khor
18	3MF	Saleh Rateb	(1994-12-18) 18 December 1994	38	0	Al-Wehdat
9	4FW	Ali Olwan	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000	42	12	Al-Shamal
10	4FW	Mousa Al-Tamari	(1996-11-03) 3 November 1996	71	23	Montpellier
11	4FW	Yazan Al-Naimat	(1999-06-04) 4 June 1999	46	17	Al-Ahli
20	4FW	Mohammad Aburiziq	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999	1	0	Al-Wehdat

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ahmad Al-Juaidi	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001	0	0	Shabab Al-Ordon	v.  Pakistan, 21 March 2024
GK	Abdullah Al-Zubi	(1989-10-08) 8 October 1989	6	0	Al-Hussein	v.  Pakistan, 21 March 2024PRE
GK	Mohammed Al-Emwase	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996	0	0	Al-Faisaly	v.  Azerbaijan, 12 September 2023
GK	Malek Shalabiya	(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988	1	0	Al-Ramtha	v.  Azerbaijan, 12 September 2023
DF	Salim Obaid	(1992-01-17) 17 January 1992	2	0	Al-Hussein	2023 AFC Asian CupPRE
DF	Mustafa Kamal Eid	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	3	0	Al-Hussein	v.  Saudi Arabia, 21 November 2023
DF	Youssef Abu Al-Jazar	(1999-10-25) 25 October 1999	0	0	Al-Wehdat	v.  Saudi Arabia, 21 November 2023
DF	Mohannad Khairullah	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993	17	2	Al-Faisaly	2023 Jordan International Tournament
DF	Hadi Al-Hourani	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000	5	0	Al-Ramtha	2023 Jordan International Tournament
DF	Hijazi Maher	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	1	0	East Bengal	v.  Jamaica, 19 June 2023
MF	Nizar Al-Rashdan	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	20	2	Emirates Club	v.  Pakistan, 26 March 2024SUS
MF	Yousef Abu Jalboush	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998	5	0	Al-Faisaly	v.  Pakistan, 21 March 2024
MF	Anas Al-Awadat	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998	18	0	Al-Wehdat	v.  Pakistan, 21 March 2024PRE
MF	Fadi Awad	(1993-03-26) 26 March 1993	8	0	PDRM	2023 AFC Asian Cup
MF	Mohannad Abu Taha	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003	2	0	Al-Wehdat	2023 AFC Asian Cup
MF	Obaida Al-Samarneh	(1992-02-17) 17 February 1992	20	0	Al-Faisaly	v.  Saudi Arabia, 21 November 2023
MF	Ahmed Samir	(1991-03-27) 27 March 1991	66	5	Al-Wehdat	v.  Jamaica, 19 June 2023
MF	Mohammad Al-Kloub	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	1	0	Al-Faisaly	v.  Spain, 17 November 2022
FW	Hamza Al-Dardour	(1991-05-12) 12 May 1991	123	35	Al-Hussein	2023 AFC Asian Cup
FW	Reziq Bani Hani	(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002	0	0	Al-Faisaly	2023 AFC Asian CupPRE
FW	Amin Al-Shanaineh	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003	1	0	Al-Faisaly	v.  Saudi Arabia, 21 November 2023INJ
FW	Ahmad Ersan	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995	27	4	Kazma	2023 Jordan International Tournament
Notes INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury. PRE = Preliminary squad. WD = Player withdrew from the current squad due to non-injury issue.

AFC Asian Cup

• 2004 AFC Asian Cup
• 2011 AFC Asian Cup
• 2015 AFC Asian Cup
• 2019 AFC Asian Cup
• 2023 AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Not an AFC member									Not an AFC member
1960
1964
1968
1972	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	5	9
1976	Did not enter									Did not enter
1980
1984	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	7	10
1988										4	1	3	0	2	1
1992	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	1
2000										4	2	1	1	12	4
2004	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	3	0	3	1		6	5	0	1	13	6
2007	Did not qualify									6	3	1	2	10	5
2011	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	5	4		6	2	2	2	4	4
2015	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	5	4		6	3	3	0	10	3
2019	Round of 16		4	2	2	0	4	1		6	3	3	0	16	5
2023	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	13	8		3	3	0	0	6	0
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Runners-up	5/18	22	10	7	5	30	18		53	26	15	12	89	48

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

• AFC Asian Cup
  • Runner-up: 2023

• WAFF Championship
  • Runner-up: 2002, 2008, 2014
• Arab Games
  • Gold medal: 1997, 1999
  • Silver medal: 2011