*Current FIFA Rank of National Nepali Football Team*
- National Football Team of Nepal.
Nickname, Other Name(s): The Gorkhalis, Nepal Red.
Association: ANFA(All Nepal Football Association).
Sub-Confederation: SAFF (South Asia).
Confederation: AFC (Asia).
Head Coach: Koji Gyotoku(Japanese).
Captain: Biraj Maharjan
Home Stadium: 'Dasarath Rangasala Stadium'
FIFA code: 'NEP'
First International Match: Nepal 2-6 China PR
( Held on Beijing,China Oct.13,1972 )
Biggest Win: Nepal 7-0 Bhutan
( Held on Kathmandu,Nepal Sep.26,1999 )
Biggest Defeat: Nepal 0-12 Jordan
( Held on Amman,Jordan 2011 )
Rank/Position of Nepali Football Team in 'FIFA' (Both Male and Female Team's update.)
Men's Ranking in FIFA. |
Women's Ranking in FIFA. |
|---|---|
| * Current FIFA World ranking: '179' | * Current FIFA World ranking: '112' |
| *Average position since ranking creation: '163' | *Average position since ranking creation: '107' |
| *Highest: '124' | |
| *Lowest: '196' |
Above table shows some description about ranking and position of Nepali National Football Team in FIFA. Recently, Men's Team has climbed up in FIFA World rank with their formable games and by wining some major trophies.Currently they are at position '179' in FIFA Men's Ranking and the average position of Men's team since FIFA World Ranking creation is '163'.The Highest position of Nepal in FIFA World Ranking was '124' in February 1994 and the Lowest position was '196' in January,2016.
Women's : Current position of Women's National team in FIFA World Ranking is '112' and the average position since FIFA World ranking creation is '107'.
Rank/Position of Nepal in 'SAFF' (South Asian Football Federation). (Both Male and Female Team's update.)
- Men's Ranking
S.No |
Country |
Position in 'SAFF' |
|---|
Position in 'FIFA'
1.
Maldives
1st
160
2.
India
2nd
162
3.
Bangladesh
3rd
177
4.
Nepal
4th
179
5.
Bhutan
5th
186
6.
Sri Lanka
6th
187
7.
Pakistan
7th
190
According to all the stats and by other things Maldives are at the top of the rank in 'SAFF', in Men's competition. Afganistan were in the top of the table but they left SAFF in 2015.Likewise India is in second place ,Bangladesh is in third, Nepal in Fourth, Bhutan in fifth, Sri Lanka in sixth and Pakistan is in seventh position.Report is presented by all the legit researches and informations.And it is announced by calculating all the games and points of the team.
- Women's Ranking
S.No |
Country |
Position in 'SAFF' |
|---|
Position in 'FIFA'
1.
India
1st
58
2.
Nepal
2nd
112
3.
Bangladesh
3rd
121
4.
Sri Lanka
4th
122
5.
Maldives
5th
124
6.
Pakistan
6th
127
7.
Bhutan
7th
134
- About 'Dasarath Rangasala Stadium'(Home ground of Nepali team)
The National football team of Nepal is governed by the ANFA(All Nepal Football Association).A member of AFC(Asian Football Confederation). National team plays their matches and games in 'Dasarath Rangasala Stadium', held in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu. It is the home ground of Nepalese team , a multi-purpose stadium which has holding capacity of 65,000 peoples. It is the biggest stadium of Nepal. It was named after 'Dasarath Chand' one of the Martyrs of Nepal. Many local and international games are held in this stadium as well with Concerts and other programs and shows.- About History and Origins of Football in Nepal.
Origins: Football in Nepal had been a famous sport as in start of early twenties. In 1921, during the 'Rana Dynasty' many clubs were formed and several domestic tournaments were organized such as 'Tribhuvan Challenge Shield' , Ram-Janaki Cup, Open tournaments etc. In 1951, the ANFA (All Nepal Football Association) was founded, and this became the major formation of the Nepalese National Football team.In 1963, Nepal appeared on their first international game in the 'Aga Khan Gold Cup', the predecessor( gateway to) of the 'President's Gold Cup', 'Asia Champion Clubs Tournament' and AFC Champions League or Asian Club Championship(AFC Champions League's old name.)
Football Clubs were supposed to join the tournament, But Nepal was there with their National team instead of clubs. ANFA flew to Dhaka, Bangladesh with 18-man squad, to play their first foreign match/ International tournament. Nepal was in group 'D' with 3 other teams and their opponents were 'Western Railway', 'Dhaka Wonders' and 'Dhaka Police Club'. Nepalese team played their first match with 'Western Railway', a Pakistani team/club which was held in 'Bangabandhu National Stadium'. However Nepal lost the match with score of '0-7'. Two days later, Nepalese team played their second match with 'Dhaka Wonders', a local Bangladeshi team/club where they were beaten with the same score of '0-7'. After two massive loss, Nepal was sure to be knocked out from the preliminary round. The final game was against 'Dhaka Police Club', where Nepal manage to win the game with a single goal, which was from 'Prakash Bikram Shah'. With this goal, which took place in 19 minute, Prakash Bikram Shah became the First Nepali to score in the foreign soil.
In 1970, Nepal became a member of FIFA. After two years of membership Nepal joined the AFC(Asian Football Confederation). After joining the 'AFC', Nepalese National team played their first international match on October 13,1972 where they lost '2-6' to the 'China PR'. And after a long decade, with lots of ups and downs Nepali National team are in this position.
- Current Team Squad.(Latest update)
This article is about the current Nepal's National Football Team, their current squad and info.According to the football-governing body, members of the 20 member squad are:
Goalkeepers: Bikes Kuthu, Alan Neupane, Amrit Chaudhary
Defenders: Biraj Maharjan(C), Aditya Chaudhary, Ananta Tamang, Dinesh Rajbansi, Kamal Shrestha, Man Bahadur Tamang
Mid Fielders: Bishal Rai, Bikram Lama, Heman Gurung, Jagajeet Shrestha, Prakash Budhathoki
Fowards/strikers: Bimal Gharti Magar, Anjan Bista, Nawayug Shrestha, Ranjan Bista, Sunil Bal, Suman Lama
This is the current squad of Nepal. And this all players are from the same squad, which managed to win the '2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup' and '12th South Asian Games(SAG),2016'.
- 2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup(which was won by Nepali National team)
Bangladesh had hosted 2016, Bangabandhu Gold Cup from 8 January - 22 January. The Bangabandhu Gold Cup or Bangabandhu Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the 'Bangladeshi Football Federation' as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Eight teams from AFC (Asian Football Confederation) participated in this tournament 2016.Prize money for the winner was 'US$ 50,000' and for runner-up 'US$ 25,000' and the live broadcaster were 'Channel 9' and 'Bangladesh Television (BTV)'. Total 15 matches were played in whole tournament 2016, all the matches were played in two different venues in 'Bangabandhu National Stadium' in Dhaka, Bangladesh and in 'Shamsul Huda Stadium' in Jessore.The following nations had participated the competition '2016'.
* Group 'A' |
* Group 'B' |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh U-23 |
| Felda United(Malaysian team) | Bahrain U-23 |
| Sri Lanka | Maldives |
| Nepal | Cambodia |
- '12th' South Asian Games(SAG), 2016.
Participated Countries:
* India
* Maldives
* Nepal
* Sri Lanka
* Bangladesh
* Pakistan
* Bhutan
12th South Asian Games(SAG) was hosted by India in February 2016.Many games were held in whole tournaments.Nepal beats India in Final of men's football and won the gold in South Asian Games (SAG) which was held in Guwahati, India. In final match India took the lead in the 31st minute with Penalty which was scored by 'Holicharan Nazary', indian player. India earned a penalty kick after Udanta was fouled by Ananta Tamang inside the D-box which put the home side 1-0 up. Nepal replied strongly in the second half. Nepal were very better in the early part of the second half as they got some good chances.In the 66th minute, Nepal got a free kick and 'Prakash Budhathoki' curled it to the left side and scored a fantastic goal.India was uder pressure, Nepalese team were attacking a lot but wasn't able to score and many fine chances were not utilized. At the time of 72 minute eventual winning goal came from the rising star of Nepal, Nawayug Shrestha.India could not equalised the score and Nepal won the final match with score of '2-1' against India at 'Indira Gandhi Stadium' held in Guwahati,India.Thus, India were settled for the silver, while Bangladesh took the Bronze after defeating Maldives via penalty shoot-out in the third-place play-off.This was the major titles and trophies which was won by Nepalese Football Team in 2016.
