Afghanistan national under-23 football team
| Association | Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||
| FIFA code | AFG | |||
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| South Asian Games | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) | |||
| Best result | Runners-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
- Football at the 2014 Asian Games
- Football at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's team squads
- 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
- Afghanistan national football team
- Afghanistan women's national football team