Afghanistan national under-20 football team

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Afghanistan U 20
Afghanistan national under-20 football team Afghanistan 
AssociationAFF, CAFA, AFC
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAfghanistan Hamayun Hamdard
CaptainAfghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari
FIFA codeAFG
World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1975)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1977)

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.

Results and fixtures 2023–2030[edit]

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss


The Cafa U20 Championship 2023  Tajikistan


Turkmenistan 1–2 Afghanistan

48'

52'

47'

Attendance: 173
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan

Afghanistan 1–1Tajikistan 
Amin 48'
TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan)

Iran 4–1Afghanistan 
Alizada 67'
Attendance: 82
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Afghanistan 0–4 Uzbekistan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Coaching history[edit]

1.  Afghanistan, Ali Asghar Lali (1977–1979)

2.  Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022 present)

Cafa Junior Championship 2023–2030[edit]

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023

(U20) 19–29 May

TajikistanTajikistan UzbekistanUzbekistan 3–2 Iran

Iran

TajikistanTajikistan 1–1  Afghanistan

2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification[edit]

Group C[edit]

Afghanistan withdrew from 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Did not qualify
Poland 2019
Argentina 2023
Chile 2025 TBD TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total - 0/20 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC Youth Championship record[edit]