Nepal national football team

Nepal

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Gorkhalis
Association	All Nepal Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Jack Stefanowski
Home stadium	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
FIFA code	NEP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	175
Highest	124 (December 1993)
Lowest	187 (November 2007)
First international
China 3-1 Nepal (China; October 13, 1972)
Biggest win
Nepal 7–0 Bhutan (Kathmandu, Nepal; September 26, 1999)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 16–0 Nepal (Incheon, South Korea; September 29, 2003)

The Nepal national football team is the national team of Nepal and is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association. A member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Nepalese football team play their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu. The All Nepal Football Association is the governing body of football in Nepal. It is responsible for the Nepal national football team as well as club competitions. The organization was founded in 1951 as the All Nepal Football Association and became affiliated with FIFA in 1970. The present President of ANFA is Ganesh Thapa Who is also the Deputy Chairman of AFC.

The current coach is Jack Stefanowski who was appointed on January 7, 2013.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1982 – Did Not Enter
• 1986 to 1990 – Did Not Qualify
• 1994 – Did Not Enter
• 1998 to 2014 – Did Not Qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1960 – Withdrew
• 1964 to 1968 – Did not enter
• 1972 to 1980 – Withdrew
• 1984 to 2011 – Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

• 2006 – Semi-finals
• 2008 – Group Stage
• 2010 – Did not qualify, 2nd in Qualifying Group
• 2012 – Group Stage
• 2014 – Did not qualify

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

• 1993 – Third Place
• 1995 – Semi-finals
• 1997 – Round 1
• 1999 – Fourth Place
• 2003 to 2005 – Round 1
• 2008 – Group Stage
• 2009 – Group Stage
• 2011 – Semi finals

Fixtures and results

Date:	Tournament	Location	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Scorers
23 August 2012	2012 Nehru Cup	New Delhi	Maldives	2-1	Nepal	Ju Manu Rai
10 March 2012	2012 AFC Challenge Cup	Kathmandu	Maldives	1–0	Nepal
8 March 2012	2012 AFC Challenge Cup	Kathmandu	Palestine	2–0	Nepal

All time team record

Nepal national football team

Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
	1984 Kathmandu
	1985 Dhaka
	1987 Calcutta
	1993 Dhaka
	1999 Kathmandu
	2006 Colombo

International record against all nations, correct as of 9 March 2011.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Afghanistan	5	3	1	1
Bangladesh	17	5	1	11
Bhutan	7	7	0	0
Brunei	1	0	0	1
Cambodia	1	1	0	0
China	1	0	0	1
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0
India	12	2	1	9
Iran	5	0	0	5
Iraq	3	0	0	3
Japan	3	0	0	3
Jordan	2	0	1	1
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
Kuwait	4	0	0	4
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	1	1
Macau	5	3	1	1
Malaysia	6	0	1	5
Maldives	12	3	4	5
Myanmar	2	0	0	2
North Korea	3	0	0	3
Oman	11	0	0	11
Pakistan	13	5	3	5
Palestine	3	0	2	1
Philippines	2	0	0	2
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
Singapore	4	0	1	3
South Korea	7	0	0	7
Sri Lanka	13	2	6	5
Syria	1	0	0	1
Thailand	3	0	0	3
Timor-Leste	2	2	0	0
Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1
Vietnam	2	0	0	2
Yemen	1	0	0	1

Current squad

The following 23-man squad were named in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Bikesh Kuthu	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 18)		MYA
16	1GK	Kiran Chemjong	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 21)		Three Star
20	1GK	Ritesh Thapa	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 27)		Nepal Police
2	2DF	Rabin Shrestha	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990		Nepal Police
3	2DF	Biraj Maharjan	(1987-10-03) 3 October 1987		Three Star
6	2DF	Rohit Chand	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992		PSPS Pekanbaru
13	2DF	Sandip Rai	(1988-09-25) 25 September 1988		Three Star
19	2DF	Sagar Thapa (c)	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984		Friends
24	2DF	Jitendra Karki			New Road
27	2DF	Bijaya Dhimal	(1992-01-05) 5 January 1992		Three Star
7	3MF	Bijaya Gurung	(1985-10-11) 11 October 1985		Three Star
8	3MF	Nirajan Khadka	(1988-12-20) 20 December 1988		Friends
15	3MF	Raju Tamang	(1985-10-27) 27 October 1985		Nepal Army
17	3MF	Bhola Silwal	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987		Nepal Police
23	3MF	Jagjit Shrestha	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992		Friends
28	3MF	Tanka Basnet			Nepal Army
	3MF	Rajendra Rawal			APF
9	4FW	Santosh Sahukhala	(1988-01-10) 10 January 1988		Three Star
10	4FW	Anil Gurung	(1988-09-23) 23 September 1988		Manang Marshyangdi
11	4FW	Ju Manu Rai	(1983-03-01) 1 March 1983		Nepal Police
33	4FW	Amar Dongol			RCT
21	4FW	Bharat Khawas	(1992-04-16) 16 April 1992		Nepal Army Club
44	4FW	Chetan Ghimire			Nepal Police Club

Coaches

• Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
• Joe Kinnear (1987)
• Torsten Spittler (1999)

• Stephen Constantine (1999–01)
• Yoo Kee-Heung (2003)
• Toshihiko Shiozawa (2005–06)

• Shyam Thapa (2006–07)
• Thomas Flath (2008)
• Birat Krishna Shrestha (2008–09)

• Graham Roberts (2011–12)
• Krishna Thapa (2012)*
• Jack Stefanowski (2013–)

*Caretaker