Today’s topic is very interesting and that is India National Football Team VS Afghanistan National Football Team Lineups. Football is one of the most loving sport across the world. In India and Afghanistan this sport is loved by a lot of people. Now the thing is that both the teams did not achieve huge achievements at world level. These both the teams faced each other in a qualifier match for FIFA.
It was the last match of the legendary footballer of all time whether it is for India or in the football history. The name of that player is Sunil Chhetri. He played the last match against Afghanistan and got retired from the sport. Afghanistan is doing great in this sport from last few years. India is also doing great but still they are not able to raise that bar which should be raised till now and the way they are playing it seems that will raise the bar of their level and achievements in the football very soon.
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Indian National Football Team: India National Football Team VS Afghanistan National Football Team Lineups
Indian National Football Team got loved by a lot of people in India. The national football team of India improving day by day. The name of the board of Indian football team is All India Football Federation. The head coach of Indian Football Team is Manolo Marquez. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is the current captain of Indian Football Team. The special and the prominent player of this team who brought value to the team is Sunil Chhetri. Sunila Chhetri is the man who goaled the most number of goals for India and in the world as well he is among the 5 highest goal scorer.
Right now the Fifa ranking of Indian Football Team is 124 in the world. India’s biggest win against Sri Lanka and that is Indian defeated Sri Lanka by 7-0. This was something huge India did in the Football history. In the year 1955 India faced their biggest defeat in the football history against Soviet Union. This match was won by Soviet Union by 11-1.
Afghanistan National Football Team: India National Football Team VS Afghanistan National Football Team Lineups
Afghanistan the team which played some exceptional football in last few years. They are also known as The Lions Of Khurasan. Ashley Westwood is the head coach of Afghanistan Football Team. Zohib Islam Amiri is the captain of Afghanistan Football Team. Afghanistan Football Federation is the highest authority for any kind if update ir decision related to Afghanistan football team. Their home stadium is Ghazi Stadium. Afghanistan played their first football international match against Iran and it was a tie with the score of (0) both the sides. Their biggest win was against Bhutan and the score was Bhutan (1) and Afghanistan (8). The biggest defeat f their career till date they got on 19th November 2003 against Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan scored 11 goals in this match and Afghanistan did not score a single goal in this match. Current their FIFA ranking is 151 among the whole world.
India Vs Afghanistan: India National Football Team VS Afghanistan National Football Team Lineups
India and Afghanistan faced each other in a football match 12 times before the qualifier match for Fifa world cup. Now the thing is that Afghanistan only won 1 match and Indian won 7 match out of 12. Still Afghanistan gave their best in the Fifa qualifier against India and won this match by scoring 2 goals whereas India only scored 1 goal. Sunil was the only one who scored that 1 goal for team India in this match. In Afghanistan S. Mukhammad and R. Akbari scored 1 goal each. It was an emotional moment for Sunil Chhetri as he was the one who scored and still he lost his final match of his career.
India Lineup
- Sunil Chhetri (c)
- Manvir Singh
- Brandon Fernandes
- Liston Colaco
- Jeakson Singh
- Apuia
- Nikhil Poojary
- Anwar Ali
- Rahul Bheke
- Subhasish Bose
- Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ( goalkeeper)
Afghanistan Lineup
1-Omid Popalzay
2-Jabar Sharza
3-Mosawe Ahadi
4-Zelfy Nazary
5-Rahmat Akbari
6- Taufee Skandari
7- Mahboob Hanifi
8- Haroon Fakhrudin (c)
9- Sharif Mukhammad
10- Habibulla Askar
11- Ovays Azizi ( goalkeeper)
Head to Head: India National Football Team VS Afghanistan National Football Team Lineups
These both the teams played total 13 matches. Out of 13 matches India won seven and Afghanistan won 2 matches. India has scored total 13 goals against Afghanistan and whereas Afghanistan scored 7 goals against India. There were 5 matches which were drawn between them. According to these stats India is ahead of Afghanistan.
Conclusion
Lastly, we want to say that both the teams are playing well and in the Fifa qualifier both the teams played well and they both loves to play together. There is a problem with India that they always loose the chance at a big stage and it is a kind of luck factor as well. India lost only 1 match against Afghanistan and after that the another one they lost against them in the Fifa qualifier. Afghanistan played really well and made it. Still the only thing which should be noted that both the teams are doing exceptionally well in all the matches and the fans are enjoying the game.