Association | AFF, CAFA, AFC |
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
Head coach | Afghanistan Mohd Taher Raufi |
Captain | Afghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari |
FIFA code | AFG |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 0 |
AFC U-19 Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1975) |
Best result | Quarter-finals (1977) |
CAFA U-20 Championship | |
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Appearances | 2 (first in 2023,2024) |
Best result | Fourth Place (2023), Fifth Place (2024) |
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.
*Afghanistan score always listed first
Win Draw Loss
The Cafa U20 Championship 2023 Tajikistan
21 May 2023 | Turkmenistan | 1–2 | Afghanistan | CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
17:00 | Attendance: 173 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan |
22 May 2023 | Afghanistan | 1–1 | Tajikistan | TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan |
17:00 | Amin 48' |
| Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan) |
24 May 2023 | Iran | 4–1 | Afghanistan | CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
17:00 | Alizada 67' | Attendance: 82 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan) |
28 May 2023 | Afghanistan | 0–4 | Uzbekistan | CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
10:30 | Attendance: 150 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan) |
The Cafa u20 Championship 2024 Kyrgyzstan in The Group A
5 July 2024 | Afghanistan | 0-4 | Kyrgyz Republic | Jalal-Abad |
22:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 20:30 (Afghanistan time), 18:00 (Europa time). | Madaminov 9' Madanov 60' Emilbekov 77' Abdirasulov 86' | Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Resul Mämmedow (Turkmenistan) |
7 July 2024 | Tajikistan | 1-0 | Afghanistan | Jalal-Abad |
17:30 (Kyrgyzstan time), 16:00 (Afghanistan time), 13:30 (Europa time). | Report (FFT) | Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran) |
AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifikation Group D in Saudi Arabia
1. Afghanistan, Ali Asghar Lali (1977–1979)
2. Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022-2023)
3. Afghanistan, Mohd Taher Raufi (2023 present)
The main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023. [1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 10 | Champions |
2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Runners-up |
3 | Tajikistan (H) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Third place |
4 | Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
5 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 |
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
2023 (U20) 19–29 May | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Iran | Tajikistan | 1–1 | Afghanistan | ||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kyrgyz Republic (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Final |
2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Third place play-off |
3 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Fifth place play-off |
11 July 2024 | Afghanistan | 1–1 (8–7 p) | Turkmenistan | Jalal-Abad |
20:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 17:30 (Afghanistan time), 16:00 (Europa time). |
| Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan) | ||
Penalties | ||||
12 July 2024 | Uzbekistan | 3–0 | Tajikistan | Jalal-Abad |
17:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 15:30 (Afghanistan time), 13:00 (Europa time). |
| Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran) |
12 July 2024 | Iran | 3–0 | Kyrgyz Republic | Jalal-Abad |
22:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 20:30 (Afghanistan time), 18:00 (Europa time). |
| Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan) |
Afghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Afghanistan | withdrew |
FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
1977 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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2015 | ||||||||
2017 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2025 | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | - | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AFC Youth Championship | Qualifications | |||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | PLD | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Year | Position | PLD | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
1959 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1960 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1961 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1962 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1963 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1964 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1965 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1966 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1967 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1968 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1969 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1970 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1971 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1972 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1973 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1974 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1975 | - | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1976 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1977 | - | Quarter-final | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1978 | - | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
1980 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1982 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1985 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1986 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1988 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1990 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
1992 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1994 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
1996 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1998 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
2000 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2002 | - | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2004 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2003 | Groupstage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
2006 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2005 | Groupstage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2008 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2007 | Groupstage (D) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2009 | Groupstage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | ||
2012 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2014 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2013 | Groupstage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
2016 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2015 | Groupstage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
2018 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2017 | Withdrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2023 | - | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2022 | Groupstage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
2025 | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2024 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | - | 0/20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 31 | Total | Best: Groupstage | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 55 | ||
CAFA Junior Championship record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
2023 | Groupstage Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
2024 | Fifth place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 2/20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
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