Mahmoudiyeh FC
| Full name | Mahmoudiyeh Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1934 | ||
| Ground | ?, Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
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Mahmoudiyeh Football Club (Persian: کلپ فوتبال محمودیه) is the first football team that was established in Afghanistan. The club was founded in 1934. In 1937, the team travelled to British India where it played 18 matches against Indian teams, winning 8 matches, losing 9 and drawing one.[1]
The club produced many notable players of whom, four took part in the 1948 Olympic Games as members of the Afghanistan national football team: Wahid Aitimadi, Abdul Ahad Kharot, Abdul Ghafoor Assar and Abdul Ghani Assar.[2]
References
- ^ ":::Afghanistan Football Federation:::" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ FIFA.com