Sri Lanka national football team

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Sri Lanka

Association

Football Federation
of Sri Lanka

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Anthony Balandera

Top scorer

Arun Surendran

Home stadium

Sugathadasa Stadium

FIFA code

SRI

FIFA ranking

162

Highest FIFA ranking

122 (August 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

169 (October 2007)

Elo ranking

185





First kit





Second kit

First international

India 2 - 1 Ceylon

(Ceylon; Date Unknown, 1952)

Biggest win

Sri Lanka 7 - 1 Pakistan

(Taipei, Taiwan; April 4, 2008)

Biggest defeat

Ceylon 1 - 12 East Germany

(Colombo, Ceylon; January 12, 1964)

South Asian Football Federation Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1993)

Best result

Winners - 1995

Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
Bronze	1993 Dhaka
Bronze	1995 Madras
Bronze	2004 Islamabad
Silver	2006 Colombo

The Sri Lanka national football team is the national team of Sri Lanka and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. It was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972, when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.

A member of the AFC, the team have yet to make their first appearance in FIFA World Cup or AFC Asian Cup championship play. They have been South Asian champions once, in 1995. As is true elsewhere on the sub-continent, top-level football in Sri Lanka stands somewhat in the shadow of the country's test cricket team. However, the side did qualify for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, leaving their backers hope for a brighter future.

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 AFC Challenge Cup record
4 South Asian Football Federation Cup record
5 Current squad
- 5.1 Recent Call Ups 2007

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Withdrew
1978 - Withdrew
1982 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not enter
1980 - Did not qualify
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not enter
1992 - Did not enter
1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Withdrew

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Runners Up

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Runners Up
1995 - Winners
1997 - Fourth Place
1999 to 2005 - Round 1
2008 - Hosts, Semi-Finalists

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.(against Qatar second leg)

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Sugath Dammika Thilakaratne	6 October 1977	Ratnam SC
2	DF	Selapperuma Nirantha Perera
3	DF	Mohamed Ramees
4	DF	Rohana Ruwan Dinesh
5	FW	Chathura Lakruwan Samarasekera
6	MF	Mohamed Izzadeen	8 June 1979	Ratnam SC
7	FW	Chatura Weerasinghe	28 January 1981	Ratnam SC
8	DF	Shrikhanth Sinnavan
9	MF	Yianni Petrohilos isafag		Ratnam SC
10	MF	Channa Ediri	22 September 1978	Victory SC
11	FW	Kasun Jayasuriya	25 March 1981
12	MF	Chathura Gunarathna		Negombo Youth SC
13	MF	Chandradasa Karunaratne		Negombo youth SC
14	MF	Asmeer Lathif Mohamed	28 February 1982	Negombo Youth SC
15	DF	Thuwan Raheem		Air Force SC
16	FW	Nadeeka Pushpakumara
17	DF	Thilina Suranaga Bandara
18	GK	Viraj Asanka

[edit] Recent Call Ups 2007

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
9	DF	Madushka Peiris

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers:

Sandun Devinda
Mohammed Naushad

Defenders:

Kamaldeen Fuard
Nalin Nandana Kumara Geegange
Imthyas Raheem
Dudley Lincoln Steinwall
Cristeen Fernando
Prameeth Edirisinghe
Indika Perera
Biyachama Acharige Rajitha Jayavilal
Samantha Prabath
Samantha Mudiyanselage

Midfielders:

Snajaya Arachchige
Mohammed Isadeen Naufer
Mohamed Faumy
Maduranga Akila Dilshan
Imran Mohamed
Galboda Karunaratne
Azmeer Lathif Mohamed
Dilshan Wewage
Hamza Hassan
J.S. Silva Agampodi
Samantha B. Fernando

Forwards:

Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Weerarathne
Isuru Udith Perera
Mohammed Nazar Hameed
Chathura Maduranga Weerasinghe
Niroshan Abeysekera
Prasanna Samarajeewa
Rathnayake Mudiyanselage