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.

Afghanistan U 20
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 edit

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss


The Cafa U20 Championship 2023   Tajikistan


Turkmenistan  1–2  Afghanistan

  48'

52'

  47'

Attendance: 173
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan

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

Iran  4–1Afghanistan  
Alizada   67'
Attendance: 82
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Afghanistan  0–4  Uzbekistan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Coaching history edit

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

2.   Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022 present)

Cafa Junior Championship 2023–2030 edit

Main tournament edit

The main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023

(U20) 19–29 May

 Tajikistan  Uzbekistan 3–2  

Iran

 Tajikistan 1–1   Afghanistan

Main tournament edit

All times are local KGT (UTC+6).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Kyrgyz Republic (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2024. Source: CAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2024

(U20) 05–12 July

 Kyrgyzstan TBD TBD TBD TBD

2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification edit

Group C edit

Afghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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 record edit

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA
  1977 Did not qualify
  1979
  1981
  1983
  1985
  1987
  1989
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009
  2011
  2013
  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 record edit

AFC Youth Championship Qualifications
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 TBD 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

References edit

  1. ^ "Official match schedule of the CAFA U20 Championship 2023". facebook.com. CAFA. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

External links edit