Jordan national football team

Jordan
Nickname(s) النشامى
Al-Nashāmā
("The Chivalrous")
Association Jordan Football Association
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Abdullah Abu Zema
Captain Amer Shafi
Most caps Amer Shafi (129)[1][2]
Home stadium Amman International Stadium
FIFA code JOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 82 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 37 (August 2004)
Lowest 132 (July 1996)
Elo ranking
Current 72 (8 October 2015)
Highest 37 (23 July 2004)
Lowest 143 (September 1984, July 1985)
First international
 Syria 3–1 Jordan Jordan
(Egypt: 1 August 1953)
Biggest win
Jordan Jordan 9–0 Nepal   
(Amman: Jordan; 23 July 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 6–0 Jordan Jordan
(Saitama, Japan: 8 June 2012)
Asian Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 2004)
Best result Quarter-finals: 2004, 2011

The Jordan national football team (Arabic: المنتخب الأردني لكرة القدم‎), known by its fans as Al-Nashama ("The Chivalrous"), is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association, the governing body for football in Jordan. Jordan's home ground/stadium is the Amman International Stadium. Jordan have never qualified for the World Cup finals, but have appeared three times in the Asian Cup and reached its quarter-final stage in the 2004 and 2011 editions.

Jordan is a two-time champion of the Pan Arab Games, having won the 1997 and 1999 editions of the tournament. So far, Jordan has hosted the West Asian Football Federation Championship three times in (2000, 2007 and 2010), the Arab Nations Cup once in 1988, and the Pan Arab Games once in 1999.

History

The Jordanian national football team's first international match was played in 1953 in Egypt where the team defeated Syria 3–1. The first FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Jordan took part in was the 1986 qualifiers, but they are yet to qualify for a World Cup. For the first time in history, Jordan have qualified for the final round of the FIFA World Cup qualification AFC in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) campaign.

The first (Jordanian) football coach, Mohammad Awad (father of Adnan Awad), to attain achievements for the Jordan national team between 1992 and 1999, when he first helped his country Jordan win the Jordan International tournament of 1992 and both tournaments of the Pan Arab Games, starting 1997 in Beirut and 1999 in Amman.

The Jordan national football team had begun making much more improvements, under the Serbian head coach Branko Smiljanić, who had helped Jordan attain great match results in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification first round, but failed to help Jordan qualify for the next round. Branko also helped Jordan reach the semifinals of the 2002 Arab Nations Cup and got Jordan to win fourth place in the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship and second place in the 2004 tournament in Syria, but failed to help Jordan win these tournaments. After he resigned from coaching Jordan, the Egyptian Mahmoud El-Gohary agreed to take Branko's place as head coach.

Under the leadership of El-Gohary, the Jordan national team was able to qualify for their first AFC Asian Cup tournament, in China 2004, and helped Jordan reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, but failed to qualify for the semifinals after losing to Japan in a penalty shoot-out after the match had ended with extra halves resulting 1-1. But thanks to El-Gohary, the Jordan team reached its highest FIFA world ranking, which was 37th place in 2004 Just like Serbian Branko, El-Gohary also helped Jordan achieve great match results in FIFA World Cup qualifications for 2006 in Jordan's first round, but also failed to help Jordan qualify. In the WAFF championship tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win third place in 2004 and helped Jordan reach the semifinals in 2007. After coaching Jordan for five out of six matches in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, El-Gohary retired as a football coach, the Portuguese Nelo Vingada took over as head coach of Jordan but was not able to help Jordan qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.

Another opportunity to show Vingada's worthiness as head coach came in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. But after failing to help Jordan qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Vingada was able to help Jordan win second place in the 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship. Next up were the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches starting from January 2009. After getting off to an awful start by not winning the first two matches of the six, he was sacked by the Jordan Football Association and replaced by the Iraqi Adnan Hamad, one of the best coaches in Asia known for his big successes with his national team Iraq as head coach, as well as Iraq U-23 and other Iraq youth teams, and clubs. His first experiences with Jordanian football players took place as he was coaching top Jordan football club Al-Faisaly (Amman) from 2006-2008 and achieved great results with that team as well.

After helping Jordan qualify for their second Asian Cup tournament, Qatar 2011, Hamad began preparations for the Jordan national team in September 2010, when they had the 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship hosted in the country of Jordan. Hamad prepared for that tournament with a couple of friendlies as well as three more to prepare for the Asian Cup tournament in Qatar. Just like Mahmoud El-Gohary, Hamad also helped Jordan qualify for the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup, but failed to progress to the semifinals as they were defeated by Uzbekistan 2-1. Hamad was able, for the first time in the history of Jordanian football, to help Jordan qualify for the final round of World Cup qualifications in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) campaign.[3] Unfortunately, the Jordanians missed their very first FIFA World Cup debut after losing 5-0 against the formidable Uruguayan team, after the draw 0-0 from the second leg. Hamad was also got Jordan to win second place in the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Qatar.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Result Position Pld WWon D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to
Spain 1982		Did not enter ––––––
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 410337
Italy 1990 621357
United States 1994 82231215
France 1998 411244
South KoreaJapan 2002 6222127
Germany 2006 6402106
South Africa 2010 831488
Brazil 2014 208573031
Russia 2018 8512217
Qatar 2022To be determined
Total0/21 6928132810592

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972 Did Not Qualify 6 2 1 3 5 9
Iran 1976 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984 Did Not Qualify 4 1 1 2 7 10
Qatar 1988 4 1 3 0 2 1
Japan 1992 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did Not Qualify 2 1 0 1 4 1
Lebanon 2000 4 2 1 1 12 4
China 2004 Quarter-Final 7th 4 1 3 0 3 1 6 5 0 1 13 6
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Did Not Qualify 6 3 1 2 10 5
Qatar 2011 Quarter-Final 6th 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 4 4
Australia 2015 Group Stage 9th 3 1 0 2 5 4 6 3 3 0 9 2
Total 0 Titles 3/16 11 4 4 3 13 9 41 18 11 12 62 41
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

West Asian Championship record

West Asian Football Federation Championship
Year Result P W D L GS GA GP
Jordan 2000Fourth Place412134-1
Syria 2002Runners-up2301642
Iran 2004Third Place3211734
Jordan 2007Semi Finals3102321
Iran 2008Runners-up2211734
Jordan 2010Group Stage5020330
Kuwait 2012Group Stage1000213-2
Qatar 2014Runners-up4211330
Total8/8-117933258

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Year Result P W D L GS GA GP
Lebanon 1963Group Stage5004114-13
Kuwait 1964Group Stage5013310-7
Iraq 1966Round 1611267-1
Saudi Arabia 1985Round 1600206-6
Jordan 1988Fourth Place421347-3
Syria 1992Round 1601125-1
Qatar 1998Round 1610123-1
Kuwait 2002Semi Finals3221761
Saudi Arabia 2012Did not enter-------
Total8/9-66172558-33

Pan Arab Games record

Football at the Pan Arab Games
Year Result W D L GS GA GP
Egypt 1953Fourth Place4102770
Lebanon 1957Group Stage600225-3
Morocco 1961Group Stage501124-2
United Arab Republic 1965Group Stage600203-3
Syria 1976Group Stage501123-1
Morocco 1985Group Stage600214-3
Syria 1992Group Stage601125-3
Lebanon 1997Champions1410725
Jordan 1999Champions160118711
Algeria 2004 Did not enter-------
Egypt 2007 Did not enter-------
Qatar 2011Runners-up2221624
Total10/12-1361347425

Results and Fixtures

2014

2015

Notes

    2016

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    Current coaching and technical staffs

    Managing Director Jordan Essam Al-Talli
    Head coach Jordan Abdullah Abu Zema
    Assistant coach #1
    Assistant coach #2
    Goalkeeping coach Jordan Walid Mikha'eel
    Fitness coach Jordan Bashir Al-Nsour
    Team doctor Jordan Sameer Sarah
    Masseur #1 Jordan Wesam Shuaibat
    Masseur #2 Jordan Mohammad Abu Hawayej
    Supplies official Jordan Jareer Mukhamreh
    Media official/coordinator Jordan Lo'ay Al-Abbadi

    Current squad

    The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against ِBangladesh on 24 March 2016 and against ِAustralia on 29 March 2016.
    Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 after the game against Australia.

    0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
    1 1GK Amer Shafi (Captain) (1982-02-14) 14 February 1982 130 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    12 1GK Mohammad Shatnawi (1985-08-17) 17 August 1985 13 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    22 1GK Moataz Yaseen (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 10 0 Jordan That Ras
    1GK Yazid Abu Layla (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 0 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
    3 2DF Mohammad Al-Basha (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 11 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    5 2DF Mohannad Khairullah (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 0 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera
    6 2DF Ihsan Haddad (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 4 0 Jordan Al-Hussein
    9 2DF Ahmed Elias (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 10 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    11 2DF Oday Zahran (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 40 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
    17 2DF Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh (1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 18 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej
    19 2DF Anas Bani Yaseen (1988-11-29) 29 November 1988 81 4 Jordan Al-Hussein
    21 2DF Mohammad Al-Dmeiri (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 56 2 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    4 3MF Baha' Abdel-Rahman (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 84 3 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    7 3MF Munther Abu Amarah (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 17 1 Kuwait Al-Nasr
    10 3MF Ahmed Samir (1991-03-27) 27 March 1991 23 1 Jordan Al-Jazeera
    13 3MF Yaseen Al-Bakhit (1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 18 1 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    14 3MF Abdallah Deeb (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 96 25 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    15 3MF Fadi Awad (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 0 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    16 3MF Raja'i Ayed (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 12 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    2 4FW Mohammad Alawneh (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 0 0 Jordan Al-Ahli SC
    8 4FW Yousef Al-Naber (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 2 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
    20 4FW Hamza Al-Dardour (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 43 20 Kuwait Al-Kuwait SC
    23 4FW Yousef Al-Rawashdeh (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 24 2 Jordan Al-Ramtha
    21 4FW Ahmed Al-Reyahi (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 1 0 Kuwait Qadsia SC
    18 4FW Baha' Faisal (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 2 1 Jordan Al-Wehdat

    Recent call-ups

    The following players have been called to Jordan's national team in the last 12 months.

    Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
    GK Ahmed Abdel-Sattar (1984-07-06) 6 July 1984 7 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    GK Abdullah Al-Zubi (1989-10-08) 8 October 1989 3 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Saudi Arabia, 30 March 2015
    DF Tareq Khattab (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 21 0 Egypt Al-Masry SC v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    DF Mohammad Mustafa (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 31 1 Jordan Al-Wehdat v.  Australia, 8 October 2015
    DF Yasser Al-Rawashdeh (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 1 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Australia, 8 October 2015
    DF Shareef Adnan (1984-01-21) 21 January 1984 17 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Australia, 8 October 2015
    DF Amer Abuhudieab (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 2 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera v.  Iraq, 3 October 2015
    DF Ibrahim Daldoum (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 0 0 Jordan Al-Baqa'a v.  Saudi Arabia, 30 March 2015
    MF Hassan Abdel-Fattah INJ (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 92 31 Qatar Al-Kharaitiyat v.  Bangladesh, 24 March 2016
    MF Ahmad Abdel-Halim (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 27 1 Jordan That Ras v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    MF Saeed Murjan (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 46 6 Kuwait Kazma SC v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    MF Saleh Rateb (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 0 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat v.  Tajikistan, 13 October 2015
    MF Mahmoud Al-Mardi (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 2 0 Jordan Al-Ahli v.  Tajikistan, 13 October 2015
    MF Adnan Adous (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 32 1 Jordan Al-Baqa'a v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 2015
    MF Ra'ed Al-Nawateer (1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 28 5 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 2015
    MF Mohammad Al-Dawud (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 1 0 Bahrain Al-Hidd v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 2015
    MF Ali Khwayleh (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 1 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 2015
    MF Mussab Al-Laham (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 18 2 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Saudi Arabia, 30 March 2015
    MF Khalil Bani Attiah (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 26 6 Jordan Al-Faisaly 2015 AFC Asian Cup
    MF Ahmed Sariweh (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 3 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat 2015 AFC Asian Cup
    MF Samir Raja (1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 2 0 Jordan Al-Ahli 2015 AFC Asian Cup
    FW Mohammad Omar Shishani (1989-04-24) 24 April 1989 1 0 Jordan Al-Hussein v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    FW Mehdi Alamah (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 4 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    FW Odai Al-Saify (1986-05-26) 26 May 1986 82 10 Kuwait Al-Salmiya v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    FW Mahmoud Za'tara (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 11 1 Qatar Muaither SC v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    FW Rakan Al-Khalidi (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 16 2 Jordan Al-Ahli v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    FW Tha'er Bawab (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 26 5 Romania Steaua București v.  Bangladesh, 8 September 2015
    FW Sharif Al-Nawaisheh (1987-12-27) 27 December 1987 1 0 Jordan That Ras v.  Bangladesh, 8 September 2015
    FW Ahmad Hayel (1983-10-30) 30 October 1983 64 18 Free Agent v.  Saudi Arabia, 30 March 2015

    Coaches

    [4]

    All-time team record

    Jordan national football team in Tehran - 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

    The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2016.

    Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
     Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5
     Algeria 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
     Armenia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
     Australia 4 2 0 2 5 10 -5
     Azerbaijan 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
     Bahrain 24 12 4 8 31 21 +10
     Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12
     Belarus 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
     Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1
     Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
     Chad 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
     China PR 11 2 4 5 14 18 -4
     Colombia 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
     Cyprus 4 1 2 1 3 3 0
     Ecuador 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
     Egypt 5 2 1 2 3 8 -5
     Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
     Georgia 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1
     Hong Kong 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
     Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
     Indonesia 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7
     Iran 12 4 2 6 10 15 -5
     Iraq 47 11 11 25 44 72 -28
     Ivory Coast 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
     Japan 6 1 3 2 5 12 -7
     Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
     Kenya 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
     Kuwait 18 4 7 7 20 27 −7
     Kyrgyzstan 5 2 1 2 4 3 +1
     Laos 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
     Lebanon 24 7 12 5 27 23 +4
     Libya 9 3 3 3 9 11 -2
     Lithuania 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
     Malaysia 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1
     Malta 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
     Mauritania 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
     Mexico 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
     Moldova 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1
     Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4
       Nepal 2 1 1 0 10 1 +9
     New Zealand 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
     Nigeria 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1
     North Korea 7 3 1 3 8 6 +2
     Norway 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
     Oman 18 9 5 6 23 15 +8
     Pakistan 7 7 0 0 24 1 +23
     Palestine 10 6 4 0 28 9 +19
     Qatar 18 5 4 9 14 26 -12
     Romania 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
     Saudi Arabia 11 4 1 6 8 16 -8
     Sierra Leone 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3
     Singapore 7 6 0 1 16 6 +10
     South Korea 5 0 2 3 2 5 -3
     Sudan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
     Sweden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
     Syria 36 13 9 14 34 36 -2
     Taiwan 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8
     Tajikistan 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5
     Thailand 6 1 5 0 3 2 +1
     Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
     Tunisia 3 0 1 2 3 12 −9
     Turkmenistan 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1
     Ukraine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
     United Arab Emirates 14 2 4 8 11 21 -10
     Uruguay 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5
     Uzbekistan 11 1 5 5 12 18 -6
     Yemen 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
     Zambia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
     Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ Amer Shafi Sabbah Mahmoud - Century of International Appearances
    2. ↑ FIFA Century Club
    3. ↑ Aline Bannayan (12 November 2013). "Jordan to fight Suarez, Cavani for historic Brazil 2014 slot". The Jordan Times. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
    4. ↑ "Jordan national team coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-07-08.

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