Afghanistan

Nickname(s)	Lions of Khorasan (شیران خراسان)
Association	Afghanistan Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Majid Mortezaei
Top scorer	Akbar Kazemi
FIFA code	AFG
FIFA ranking	96 (12 May 2020) [1]
Highest FIFA ranking	94 (23 November 2015)
Lowest FIFA ranking	108 (13 July 2016)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan  (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
Biggest win
Afghanistan 8–1 Nepal    (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; 12 April 2022)
Biggest defeat
Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan  (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	None
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	None
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Appearances	3 (First in 2007)
Best result	Fourth Place (2017)

The Afghanistan national futsal team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Afghanistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Majid Mortezaei
Assistant coach	Mahmoud Seyedi

Players

Last selected squad

Match date: 17–27 September 2017
Tournament: 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Correct as of: September 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   Salahuddin Ehrari 2 GK   Ali Hossein Namazi 3 FW   Ali Jafari 4 DF   Mahdi Norouzi 5 DF   Mohsen Rezaei 6 FW   Hossein Khademi 7 FW   Mohammad Ali Fayazi

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 FW   Mohammad Reza Karimi 9 DF   Mahdi Hashemi 10 FW   Akbar Kazemi 11 FW   Farzad Mahmoudi 12 GK   Alireza Ghorbani 13 FW   Hadi Jafari 14 FW   Javad Heidari

Tournaments

FIFA Futsal World Cup

• 1989 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not enter
• 1996 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not enter
• 2004 – Did not enter
• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2012 – Did not enter
• 2016 – Did not qualify
• 2020 – Did not qualify

AFC Futsal Championship

• 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
• 2010 – Did not qualify
• 2012 – Did not enter
• 2014 – Did not enter
• 2016 – Did not qualify
• 2018 – Did not qualify
• 2020 – Did not qualify

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	5	32	-27	0
2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Group stage	2	0	0	2	8	17	-9	0
2017	Fourth Place	7	4	2	1	28	21	+7	14
Total	Fourth Place	12	4	2	6	41	70	-29	14