Afghanistan national under-23 football team

Afghanistan Olympic
AssociationAfghanistan Football Federation (AFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
FIFA codeAFG
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
South Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2010)
Best resultRunners-up (2010)

The Afghanistan national under-23 football team represents Afghanistan in international football competitions during Olympic Games and Asian Games.

Competitive record

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
2013 Oman Did not enter Did not enter
2016 Qatar Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 2 8
2018 China 3 0 0 3 0 18
2020 Thailand 3 1 0 2 3 4
2022 Uzbekistan Withdrew Withdrew
2024 Qatar Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 1 12
2026 Saudi Arabia TBD TBD
Total 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 2 9 6 42

Summer Olympics

Young teams were favoured by FIFA and the IOC, and since 1992, male competitors must be under 23 years old, with three over-23 players allowed per squad.

  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Summer Olympics record Qualification record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1908 to 1988 See Afghanistan national football team See Afghanistan national
football team
1992 Spain Withdrew Withdrew
1996 United States Did not enter Did not enter
2000 Australia
2004 Greece
2008 China Did not qualify PR1 1 0 0 1 0 2
2012 United Kingdom Did not enter Did not enter
2016 Brazil Did not qualify 4th 4 1 1 2 2 8
2020 Japan 3rd 3 1 0 2 3 4
2024 France 3rd 3 0 1 2 1 12
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/9 11 2 2 7 6 26

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1951 to 1998 See Afghanistan national football team
2002 South Korea Group Stage 24th 3 0 0 3 0 32 Squad
2006 Qatar Did not enter
2010 China
2014 South Korea Group Stage 25th 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
2018 Indonesia Did not enter
2022 China Withdrew
2026 Japan TBD
2030 Qatar
2034 Saudi Arabia
Total Fourth place 2/6 10 0 0 10 5 57

Notable players

See also

References