![]() The team went to Pakistan to take part in the 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup, which they lost to the Maldives. This was the first time Afghanistan participated in FIFA World Cup qualification though they had been affiliated since 1948. They lost both matches in aggregate of 13–0. Afghanistan started its FIFA World Cup campaign for the first time in 2003 where they played Turkmenistan in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. Later in the same year, Afghanistan took part in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification where they won against Kyrgyzstan but lost to Nepal and failed to make it to the next round. Afghanistan participated in their first international tournament in the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup where they lost all three group stage matches to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 2001–2010įollowing the demise of the Taliban regime, the Afghan national team eventually returned to the international arena in 2002, when they played South Korea in the Asian Games, losing 2–0. Afghanistan played no international games from 1984 to 2002, due to the latter years of the Soviet–Afghan War, civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996), and the Taliban regime's ban on recreational activities, including football. Prior to 2002, Afghanistan was last seen on the international stage during the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, with its last match lost 6–1 against Jordan on 20 September 1984. ![]() This team traveled to Tehran, Iran upon invitation, played 3 games, winning one game and losing two.Īfghanistan's only appearance and first FIFA international match was at the Olympic Games football tournament in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games when they played Luxembourg on 26 July 1948 and lost 6–0. The second football club founded was Ariana Kabul F.C. Three years later the team traveled to India and took part in 18 games of which they won 8, lost 9 and drew 1. The first football club established in the country, Mahmoudiyeh F.C., was founded in 1934. Afghanistan national football team in the 1920sįormed in 1922 and affiliated to FIFA since 1948, the Afghanistan Football Federation was one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
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