Afghanistan national under-20 football team

Afghanistan U 20

Association	AFF, CAFA, AFC
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Afghanistan Mohd Taher Raufi
Captain	Afghanistan Ahmad Rashed Sarwari
FIFA code	AFG
World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1975)
Best result	Quarter-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.

* Afghanistan score always listed first

  Win   Draw   Loss

The Cafa U20 Championship 2023  Tajikistan

Turkmenistan  v  Afghanistan

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)	Turkmenistan	1–2	Afghanistan	CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:00	Esenov 48' Annaev 52'		Alizada 47' Kohi 84'	Attendance: 173 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan

Afghanistan  v Tajikistan 

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22)	Afghanistan	1–1	Tajikistan	TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan
17:00	Amin 48'		Gafurov 28'	Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Arslan Goshanov (Uzbekistan)

Iran  v Afghanistan 

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)	Iran	4–1	Afghanistan	CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17:00	Sadeghi 38' Mirzayan 43' Mazrai 63' Atashgah 79'		Alizada 67'	Attendance: 82 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Afghanistan  v  Uzbekistan

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)	Afghanistan	0–4	Uzbekistan	CSKA Polytechnic Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
10:30			Odilov 18', 40' Tukhsanov 40' Ibraimov 87'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

The Cafa u20 Championship 2024  Kyrgyzstan in The Group A

Afghanistan  v  Kyrgyz Republic

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)	Afghanistan	0-4	Kyrgyz Republic	Jalal-Abad
22:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 20:30 (Afghanistan time), 18:00 (Europa time).			Madaminov 9' Madanov 60' Emilbekov 77' Abdirasulov 86'	Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Resul Mämmedow (Turkmenistan)

Tajikistan  v  Afghanistan

7 July 2024 (2024-07-07)	Tajikistan	1-0	Afghanistan	Jalal-Abad
17:30 (Kyrgyzstan time), 16:00 (Afghanistan time), 13:30 (Europa time).	Daliev 43' (pen.)	Report (FFT)		Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifikation Group D in  Saudi Arabia

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)

16:00

Macau	v	Afghanistan

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha

23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)

16:00

Afghanistan	v	Australia

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha

25 September 2024 (2024-09-25)

20:00

Saudi Arabia	v	Afghanistan

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha

29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)

16:00

Afghanistan	v	Palestine

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha

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

2.  Afghanistan, Hamayun Hamdard (2022-2023)

3.  Afghanistan, Mohd Taher Raufi (2023 present)

The main tournament schedule was announced on 16 May 2023.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Uzbekistan	4	3	1	0	17	5	+12	10	Champions
2	Iran	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	9	Runners-up
3	Tajikistan (H)	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	5	Third place
4	Afghanistan	4	1	1	2	4	10	−6	4
5	Turkmenistan	4	0	0	4	5	18	−13	0

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2023 (U20) 19–29 May	Tajikistan		Uzbekistan	3–2	Iran		Tajikistan	1–1	Afghanistan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyrgyz Republic (H)	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Final
2	Tajikistan	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Third place play-off
3	Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Fifth place play-off

Afghanistan  v  Turkmenistan

11 July 2024 (2024-07-11)	Afghanistan	1–1 (8–7 p)	Turkmenistan	Jalal-Abad
20:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 17:30 (Afghanistan time), 16:00 (Europa time).	Rahimi 75' (pen.)		Garajaýew 72'	Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
	Penalties
	Shah Raofi Abdullaye Rajabi Moghaddam Rahimi Hamidi Seyedi Rahmani Ali Zada Alokozai		Annamyradow Agajumaýew Kambarow Sarkisýan Berenow Bekmyradow Orazow Garajaýew Nepesow Zülfakar

Uzbekistan  v  Tajikistan

12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)	Uzbekistan	3–0	Tajikistan	Jalal-Abad
17:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 15:30 (Afghanistan time), 13:00 (Europa time).	Abdullaev 2' Shukurullaev 53' Shodiboev 62'			Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)

Iran  v  Kyrgyz Republic

12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)	Iran	3–0	Kyrgyz Republic	Jalal-Abad
22:00 (Kyrgyzstan time), 20:30 (Afghanistan time), 18:00 (Europa time).	Ghandipour 45+6' (pen.), 48', 57'			Stadium: Kurmanbek Stadium Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

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
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2023
2025	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0/20	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Youth Championship										Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Year	Position	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1959	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	-	Group stage	4	0	1	3	3	12			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	-	Quarter-final	3	0	1	2	1	8			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	-	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	11
1980	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	-	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2003	Groupstage	2	0	0	2	1	9
2006	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2005	Groupstage	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2007	Groupstage (D)	0	-	-	-	-	-
2010	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2009	Groupstage	5	0	0	5	3	20
2012	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2013	Groupstage	4	0	0	4	1	12
2016	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2015	Groupstage	3	0	0	3	0	10
2018	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2017	Withdrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	-	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		2022	Groupstage	3	1	0	2	1	4
2025	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0		2024	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0/20	10	0	2	8	4	31		Total	Best: Groupstage	17	1	0	16	6	55

CAFA Junior Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2023	Groupstage Fourth place	4	1	1	2	4	10
2024	Fifth place	2	0	0	2	0	5
Total	2/20	6	1	1	4	4	15

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