The Afghanistan national beach soccer team (Dari: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFF, the governing body for football in Afghanistan.
| Nickname(s) | Lions of Khurasan (شیران خراسان) |
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| Association | Afghanistan Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Head coach | Rohullah Rastagar |
| Captain | Zainuddin Sharifi |
| Most caps | Samiullah Mohammadi (13) |
| Top scorer | Samiullah Mohammadi (15) |
| FIFA code | AFG |
| BSWW ranking | 78  3 (8 April 2024)[1] |
| First international | |
Afghanistan  4–6  China(Haiyang; 16 June 2012) | |
| Biggest win | |
Afghanistan  9–4  Uzbekistan(Danang; 29 September 2016) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Afghanistan 0–11  Japan(Danang; 25 September 2016) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 0 (first in –) |
| Best result | ' Became 4th at the AFC Beach Soccer Championship |
| AFC Beach Soccer Championship | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | Became 4th at the AFC Beach Soccer Championship (2016) |
Current squad edit
- Correct as of March 2017[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Rohullah Rastagar
Fixtures & Results edit
Win Loss
Tournament records edit
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit
- 1995 – Did not enter
- 1996 – Did not enter
- 1997 – Did not enter
- 1998 – Did not enter
- 1999 – Did not enter
- 2000 – Did not enter
- 2001 – Did not enter
- 2002 – Did not enter
- 2003 – Did not enter
- 2004 – Did not enter
- 2005 – Did not enter
- 2006 – Did not enter
- 2007 – Did not enter
- 2008 – Did not enter
- 2009 – Did not enter
- 2011 – Did not enter
- 2013 – Did not qualify
- 2015 – Did not enter
- 2017 – Did not qualify
- 2019 – Did not qualify
- 2021 – Did not enter
- 2023 – Did not qualify
- 2025 – To be determined
AFC Beach Soccer Championship edit
- 2006 – Did not enter
- 2007 – Did not enter
- 2008 – Did not enter
- 2009 – Did not enter
- 2011 – Did not enter
- 2013 – Groupstage
- 2015 – Last 16
- 2017 – Groupstage
- 2019 – Groupstage
- 2023 – Groupstage
Asian Beach Games edit
References edit
- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2015 only hours away". 2 November 2015.
- ^ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 5-3 MALAYSIA". 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: AFGHANISTAN 7-2 CHINA". 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP - GROUP A: IRAN 6-1 AFGHANISTAN". 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links edit
- Afghanistan Football Federation (in English)
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