Afghanistan national football team
The Afghanistan national football team is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international game against Iran in Kabul, 1941. Afghanistan then joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954, as one of the founding members. They play their home games at the Ghazi National Olympic Stadium in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. In 2013, Afghanistan won the 2013 SAFF Championship and earned the "FIFA Fair Play Award". Afghanistan has never qualified for the AFC Asian Cup.
Afghanistan national football team in the 1920s
Match scene between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in a FIFA World Cup qualification match in Kabul, 2003
Players are celebrating after winning their 2011 SAFF Championship Semi-final against Nepal
Hamidullah Karimi with the SAFF Championship trophy after their win against India
Iran national football team
The Iran national football team, recognised by FIFA as IR Iran, represents Iran in international senior football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI).
The very first Iran football team that traveled to Baku in 1926
Dunai and Ghelichkhani at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Iran playing in the 1978 World Cup against Scotland in Cordoba, Argentina
Iran score against Angola during a 2006 FIFA World Cup match.