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 national under-20 football team Afghanistan | |
Association | AFF, CAFA, AFC |
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
Head coach | Afghanistan Hamayun Hamdard |
Captain | Afghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari |
FIFA code | AFG |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 0 |
AFC U-19 Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1975) |
Best result | Quarter-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 |
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CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Attendance: 173
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov
(Uzbekistan
Afghanistan | 1–1 | Tajikistan |
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Amin 48' |
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Iran | 4–1 | Afghanistan |
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Alizada 67' |
The Cafa u20 Championship 2024 Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan | v | Kyrgyz Republic |
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Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Tajikistan | v | Afghanistan |
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Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Coaching history
edit1. Afghanistan, Ali Asghar Lali (1977–1979)
2. Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022 present)
Cafa Junior Championship 2023–2030
editMain tournament
editThe main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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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 |
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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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
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kyrgyz Republic (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final |
2 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Third place play-off |
3 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fifth place play-off |
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2024. Source: CAFA
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
Play-off stage
editFifth place play-off
editThird place Group A | v | Third place Group B |
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Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Third place play-off
editRunner-up Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
Final
editWinner Group A | v | Winner Group B |
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Kurmanbek Stadium, Jalal-Abad
2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
editGroup C
editAfghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
editFIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
1977 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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1989 | ||||||||
1991 | ||||||||
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2007 | ||||||||
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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
editAFC Youth Championship | Qualifications | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | 2024 | 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- ^ "Official match schedule of the CAFA U20 Championship 2023". facebook.com. CAFA. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.