Afghanistan U 16 Qualified to AFC U 16 Championship 2012

 Afghanistan U 16 Team qualified to AFC U 16 Championship 2012. Afghanistan with one win and two draw in hand in their last three games respectively qualified for the tournament ahead of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain on different groups from West Zone.

 

West Zone

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Afghanistan	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Qatar	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Afghanistan U 16 Performance in 2012 AFC U 16 Championship Qualification

Afghanistan Under 16 Football Team Played in 2012 AFC U 16 Championship Qualification where they finished 3rd on group B. Started its first match with Host nation, Kuwait and drawn 1-1. Murtaza Muhammad Zaher scored first and only goal for Afghanistan at 37th Minutes of the match and Afghanistan reached last minutes on with one and only goal ahead of Kuwait while Abdullah Al Asfour of Kuwait drawn the match with first and only goal for Kuwait at 82nd Minutes in Penalty.

On Second match vs United Arab Emirates, UAE led the match with one goal until 65th Minutes while Mohammad Amin score the goal and match finish with another draw for Afghanistan and UAE as well.
 In the first two match it was not bad start but neither it could be said good start, while Afghanistan saved two match with draw in the group table.
3rd Match of the tournament favored Afghanistan while Afghanistan defeated Yemen 2-1. Mohammad Reza Rezayi and Mohammad Amin scored one goal each for Afghanistan in defeat of Yemen.

On fourth match vs Pakistan, Afghanistan lost its first match of the tournament 3-1. Players showed well effort and tried hard to go without any loss, but nothing changed the situation and Afghanistan lost to Pakistan.

One the last match of the tournament Afghanistan played very well and outstanding performance of players defeated Maldives 9-0. Qader Zaman scored 5 goals while Rezaye 2 goals and Hussain 1 goal for the victory. Against Maldives Afghanistan had the whole control of the match in second half and back to back players put the ball inside goals and it was a great finish in the group by Afghanistan. Afghanistan finished 3rd on the group table with two wins, two draws and one loss in the tournament.

Finish third on the group Afghanistan failed to qualify for the 2012 AFC U 16 Championship while Yemen and Kuwait qualified for the tournament. At the end of the tournament best third placed team from  West and East zones will also qualify for the tournament. In the Eastern zone Laos qualified as best third place finisher. Currently Afghanistan as best third placed team of Group B is placed on the top of  selection group along with Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Qatar. Yet number of matches left between groups D, C, and A. Best third placed team of Groups A.B.C.and D will qualify for the tournament.


Group B 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yemen	5	3	1	1	13	4	+9	10
Kuwait	5	3	1	1	12	4	+8	10
Afghanistan	5	2	2	1	14	6	+8	8
United Arab Emirates	5	2	2	1	11	5	+6	8
Pakistan	5	2	0	3	7	9	−2	6
Maldives	5	0	0	5	0	29	−29	0

Afghans preparing for SAFF Championship 2011

2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship to be held in New Delhi India on December is just         couple of months away, and we have started our preparation for SAFF Championship. Our eyes are all the way to SAFF Championship. This tournament was organized to be held in Orissa India but Indian Football       Federation changed the city for the tournament and New Delhi will host it. It will be a great opportunity for us to take on other SAFF Countries for the championship. 

 

Afghanistan vs Palestine 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Afghanistan have played vs Palestine in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification on 29th June 2011 first leg and on 03 July 2011 second Leg in Tajikistan the Neutral Home Venue for Afghanistan and Palestine respectively.
Afghanistan have played its home Match in Tajikistan due to security reasons in Afghanistan.

First Leg Favored Palestine which they defeated Afghanistan 2-0, boosting its chances of reaching the second round. Murad Alyan scored the first goal for Palestine in the 28th minute. Ismail Alamour got the second in the closing stages of the second half.

Second leg started with the first goal of Wadi Hossam for Palestibe in the 11th minute, while young Afghan striker Bilal Arezou scored the second goal which was assisted by me (Israfeel Kohistani) equalised in the 63rd.The second Leg match was favoring Afghanistan which the whole game and the control was in our hand.

The match was played in the newly upgraded Faisal Husseini National Stadium in Al-Ram, near the Israeli security fence separating the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem.


Afghanistan's dream of reaching world cup finished by Palestine, which they lost 3-1 on aggregate to palestine.


Here are some photos of the match Played in Tajikistan and Palestine.

                     (Our Goal against Palestine which was assisted by me and scored by Bilal Arezou)

                                             (During the match while I was playing)

Afghanistan squad against Palestine in World Cup

Qualifier Round 1

Here are the list of players who will play against Palestine in First round of FIFA World Cup qualifier, Boys are ready and have practiced, our training session starts in Tajikistan where we will play the first Leg Match. 

                                 GOALKEEPER                                

Mansoor Faqiryar

Hamidullah Yousufzai

DEFENDER

Zohib Islam

Djalaludin Shariatyar

Faisal Sakhizada

Moqaddar Qazizada

Abbasin Alikhil

Mujtaba Faiz

Zakria Rezai

                                                                                                       

MIDFIELDERS

Israfeel Kohistani ( C )

Hariz Arian Habib

Zubayr Amiri

Masood Hashimi

Wahid Nadim

Masiullah Barakzai

Ghulam Hazrat

Mohammad Yousef Samy

FORWARD

Sidiq Walizada

Belal Arezou

Mustafa Hadid

Hashmatullah Barakzai

Afghansitan In AFC Challenge Cup 2012 Qualification

Afghansitan National Football Team Finished the Two qualifiers match In aggregate 5-0 vs Bhutan. First match played between Afghansitan and Bhutan on 23 March 2011 which finished in favour of Afghanistan 3-0. Sediq Walizada the star of the match made 3 Goals and hatricks for Afghanistan.

The Second Match of Afghansitan vs Bhutan which took place on 25 March 2011, exact two days after the first victory of Afghanistan, the second match favoured again Afghansitan to a 2-0 win over Bhutan. The first scorer Waheed Nadeem, who scored the first goal in 60 Minutes of the match in second half and just four minutes after the Nadeem, I scored the second goal on 64th Minutes, whcih lead Afghansitan to a 2-0 Victory and aggregate of 5-0 against Bhutan in AFC Challenge Cup 2012 Qualifiers.

Afghansitan advanced over Bhutan to AFC Challenge Cup Qualification round and grouped with Nepal, Sri Lanka and world cupper, North Korea. In their first meeting vs Nepal, Afghansitan Lost 1-0 to Nepal on April 7, 2011 in Kathmandu. 

Afghansitan next rival was Sri Lanka which favoured Afghasntian to a 1-0 Victory over Sri lanka with one goal of Mustafa Hadid. Same time Afghansitan required some points to reacht the AFC Challenge Cup 2012, and this was only possible if they were to draw or win over North Korea.

In last meeting of qualification round with North Korea Afghanistan lost 2-0 to North Korea, which Afghansitan failed to qualify for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.

Despite all, Afghansitan played very well, hoping for future matches to win for our beloved country Afghanistan.

Clicked During match