Afghanistan U-17 national team

Association	AFF
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Yusuf Mahandiszadah
Captain	Ali Rahimi
FIFA code	AFG
First colours Second colours
World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Group stage (2018), (2023)

The Afghanistan national under-17 football team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international under-17 football competitions. The team had properly qualified for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship, but were disqualified from the tournament for fielding an ineligible player in the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.

Results and fixtures 2023–2030

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss

AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023, Group B in  Thailand

Afghanistan  v  Iran

16 June 2023	Afghanistan	1–6	Iran	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 (UTC+7)	Niazi 36'	Report	Nafari 28' Gholizadah 32' (pen.), 51' Taheri 45+4', 48' Ghandipour 89'	Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

Afghanistan  v  South Korea

19 June 2023	Afghanistan	0–4	South Korea	Pathum Thani Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand
19:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Lim Hyun-sub 13' Noorzai 24' (o.g.) Yun Do-young 34' (54)	Attendance: 170 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Afghanistan  v  Qatar

22 June 2023	Afghanistan	2–1	Qatar	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
21:00 (UTC+7)	Hotak 18', 40'	Report	Al-Shaaibi 26'	Attendance: 78 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

CAFA U17 Championship 2023 in  Tajikistan

Afghanistan  v  Kyrgyzstan

20 August 2023	Afghanistan	3–0	Kyrgyzstan	CSKA Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:30 (UTC+4:30)	Shirzai 29' Ahmadi 31' Safi 48'			Referee: Arsalan Goshanov (Turkmenistan)

Afghanistan  v  Tajikistan

21 August 2023	Afghanistan	1–3	Tajikistan	CSKA Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:30 (UTC+4:30)	Sarwari 8'		Kamolov 35' (47) Khushvakhtov 40'	Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan)

Afghanistan  v  Iran

23 August 2023	Afghanistan	2–1	Iran	CSKA Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:30 (UTC+4:30)	Sarwari 43' Rahmani 47'		Jenadeleh 58'	Referee: Arsalan Goshanov (Turkmenistan)

Afghanistan  v  Uzbekistan

27 August 2023	Afghanistan	0–3	Uzbekistan	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan
17:30 (UTC+4:30)			Fayzullaev 8' Tulaganmirzaev 36' Sodikov 90+3'	Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Players

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mansoor Noorzai	(2006-03-06)6 March 2006 (aged 17)
22	1GK	Shabir Ahmad Khairkhwa	(2007-01-31)31 January 2007 (aged 16)
23	1GK	Sediqullah Hussain Khail	(2006-05-07)7 May 2006 (aged 17)
2	2DF	Rohullah Nazari	(2006-12-13)13 December 2006 (aged 16)
3	2DF	Ehsan Ahmad Rahmani	(2007-01-15)15 January 2007 (aged 16)
4	2DF	Omid Sarwari	(2006-10-03)3 October 2006 (aged 16)
5	2DF	Ahmad Sawad Sultani	(2006-03-13)13 March 2006 (aged 17)
13	2DF	Rahmatullah Jafari	(2007-12-31)31 December 2007 (aged 15)
15	2DF	Arash Habibi	(2006-05-31)31 May 2006 (aged 17)
18	2DF	Farid Gawhari	(2006-11-25)25 November 2006 (aged 16)
6	3MF	Ali Rahimi (captain)	(2006-02-20)20 February 2006 (aged 17)	Sorkh Poshan Herat
8	3MF	Jawad Al-Okoazay	(2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (aged 17)
9	3MF	Arash Ahmadi	(2008-02-11)11 February 2008 (aged 15)
10	3MF	Hakim Niazi	(2006-08-14)14 August 2006 (aged 16)	Attack Energy
16	3MF	Ahmad Shekib Mehri	(2006-12-02)2 December 2006 (aged 16)
18	3MF	Mohammad Zarif Amini	(2008-12-30)30 December 2008 (aged 14)
20	3MF	Farzad Tajik	(2007-02-14)14 February 2007 (aged 16)
21	3MF	Mohammad Mostafa Mohammadi	(2006-06-23)23 June 2006 (aged 16)
7	4FW	Roman Hamidi	(2006-11-22)22 November 2006 (aged 16)
11	4FW	Navid Mohammadi	(2006-03-12)12 March 2006 (aged 17)
12	4FW	Enayatullah Kohi	(2006-03-01)1 March 2006 (aged 17)
14	4FW	Ali Ramazani	(2006-03-14)14 March 2006 (aged 17)
19	4FW	Habibullah Hotak	(2007-05-31)31 May 2007 (aged 16)

Coaching history

1.  Afghanistan, Sayed Hadi Kazemi (2018–2022)

2.  Afghanistan, Yusuf Mahandiszadah (2022–2023)

3.  Afghanistan, Faiz Muhammad Faizy (2023–present)

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[edit] FIFA U-17 World Cup Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA 1985 Did not qualify 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 To be determined 2026 2027 2028 2029 Total – 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record[edit] AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifications Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA - Hosts / Year Position PLD W D L GS GA 1985 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1986 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1988 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1990 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1992 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1994 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1996 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1998 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2000 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2002 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2004 Didn't Qualify - - - - - - 2003 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 6 2006 Didn't Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2008 Withdrew - - - - - - 2007 Withdrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 Didn't Qualify 2009 Group stage 4 0 1 3 1 12 2012 Disqualify - - - - - - 2011 Group Stage 5 1 0 4 10 12 2014 Didn't Qualify 2013 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 6 2016 2015 Group Stage 2 0 1 1 2 3 2018 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 13 2017 Qualifiers 4 3 0 1 11 4 2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 11 2022 Qualifiers 2 1 0 1 5 2 2025 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2/18 6 1 0 5 4 24 Total Best: Group Stage 22 6 2 14 31 45 Under-17 men[edit] Football tournament CAFA U-17 Championship Founded 2023; 1 year ago (2023) Region Central Asia (CAFA) Number of teams 5 (as of 2023) Current champions Tajikistan  2023 CAFA U-17 Championship The CAFA U-17 Championship is an international football competition contested by the Central Asian men's under-17 national teams of the CAFA member associations. The competition began in 2023, with  Tajikistan winning the inaugural competition. Edition Year Hosts Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score and Venue Fourth place No. of Teams 1 2023 (U17) 20–27 August  Tajikistan Tajikistan  2–0 Uzbekistan  Afghanistan  2–1 Iran  5 CAFA U-17 Championship 2023 standing[edit] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Tajikistan 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9  Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9  Afghanistan 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6  Iran 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 6  Kyrgyzstan 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0 See also[edit] Afghanistan national football team Afghanistan Football Federation Football in Afghanistan Sport in Afghanistan Afghanistan References[edit] External links[edit] Afghanistan Football Federation (in Persian)