Afghanistan
افغانستان

Nickname(s)	Lions of Khurasan (شیران خراسان)
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	75 (31 December 2020)[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)

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.

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AFG Kawash Haidari 2 DF  TUR Nader Naderi 3 DF  KAZ Ahmad Omar Achikzai 4 DF  AFG Hazrat Gul Baran 5 DF  AFG Sayed Shir Darwish 6 DF  BAN Murtaza Jafari

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  AFG Raof Qaderi 8 FW  AFG Samiullah Mohammadi 9 FW  AFG Hamidullah Gulzar 10 FW  AFG Mahmood Azad 11 FW  AFG Zainuddin Sharifi (captain) 12 GK  UZB Shahab Shah Alavi

Coach: Rohullah Rastagar

Fixtures & Results

  Win   Loss

Matches
Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result
2012
16 June 2012	2012 Asian Beach Games	Haiyang, China	China	4 – 6 (L)
17 June 2012	2012 Asian Beach Games	Haiyang, China	Vietnam	3 – 4 (L)
18 June 2012	2012 Asian Beach Games	Haiyang, China	Palestine	0 – 7 (L)
2013
22 January 2013	2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	7 – 3 (W)
23 January 2013	2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Doha, Qatar	Oman	0 – 7 (L)
24 January 2013	2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Doha, Qatar	Australia	4 – 6 (L)
2016
25 September 2016	2016 Asian Beach Games	Danang, Vietnam	Japan	0 – 11 (L)
26 September 2016	2016 Asian Beach Games	Danang, Vietnam	China	9 – 6 (W)
29 September 2016	2016 Asian Beach Games	Danang, Vietnam	Uzbekistan	9 – 4 (W)
30 September 2016	2016 Asian Beach Games	Danang, Vietnam	Oman	2 – 8 (L)
2 October 2016	2016 Asian Beach Games	Danang, Vietnam	Lebanon	5 – 9 (L)
2017
4 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Malaysia [3]	5 – 3 (W)
5 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	China [4]	7 – 2 (W)
6 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Iran [5]	1 – 6 (L)
7 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Bahrain	4 – 6 (L)

Tournament records

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

• 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

• 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

• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2010 – Did not enter
• 2012 – Groupstage
• 2014 – Did not enter
• 2016 – 4th place