Afghanistan national futsal team
National Futsal Team
The Afghanistan national futsal team represents Afghanistan in international futsal. In 2024 they competed for the AFC Futsal Championship and the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup for the first time.
| Nickname(s) | Lions of Khorasan (شیران خراسان) |
|---|---|
| Association | Afghanistan Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Head coach | Majid Mortezaei |
| Top scorer | Akbar Kazemi |
| FIFA code | AFG |
| FIFA ranking | 30 (6 May 2024)[1] |
| Highest FIFA ranking | 30 (6 May 2024) |
| First international | |
 Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan  (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007) | |
| Biggest win | |
 Afghanistan 18–2 Macau  (Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 11 October 2023) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Thailand 23–2 Afghanistan (Macau, Macau; 26 October 2007) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2024) |
| Best result | TBD (2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup) |
| AFC Futsal Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2024) |
| Best result | Quarter-final (2024) |
| CAFA Futsal Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2023) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2023) |
Tournaments
changeFIFA Futsal World Cup
change| FIFA Futsal World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
 1989 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 1992
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 1996
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 2000
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 2004
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 2008
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| 2012
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 2016 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020
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 2024 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 1/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
change| AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2024 |
Quarter-final | 7th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
CAFA Futsal Cup
change| AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
 2023 |
Runners-Up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 10 |
| Total | Best Position: 2nd | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 10 |
- * Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
change| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 2005 |
Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 32 | -27 | 0 |
 2009 |
Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2013 |
Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 0 |
 2017 |
Fourth Place | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 14 |
| 2021 |
TBC | ||||||||
| Total | Best Position: 4th | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 70 | -29 | 14 |
