Shaheen Asmayee F.C.
Full nameShaheen Asmayee Football Club
Nickname(s)Asmayee falcons
FoundedAugust 2012 (2012-08)
GroundGhazi Stadium, Kabul
Capacity25,000
ChairmanAbdulsabbor Walizada
Head coachElias Manouchehr
LeagueAfghanistan Champions League

Shaheen Asmayee (Persian: شاهین آسمایی) or the Asmayee Falcons is a professional football club from Afghanistan.[1] They play in the Afghanistan Champions League, representing Greater Kabul. In domestic football, the club has won a record 5 Afghan Premier League titles. They are the only team to have won consecutive titles, and have achieved it twice. In 2017 they became the first Afghan club to compete in the AFC Cup.[2]

History

The club was founded in August 2012 by the creation of the Afghan Premier League and its players were chosen through a reality television show called Maidan-E-Sabz (Green Field).[3] The club's name refers to the Asmayi Mountain in Kabul. Each Premier League team represents a particular region of Afghanistan. Shaheen Asmayee represents the capital city, Kabul.[4] The name of the club comes from the Pashto language name of a hill near Kabul – Asmayee.[5]

In 2013, the second season of the Afghan Premier League, Shaheen Asmayee F.C won the League, defeating Simorgh Alborz F.C. They won 3–1 in extra time. All the players received medals for their finals achievements with strong supporting crowds in Kabul.

In 2014, Shaheen Asmayee reaches the final and defeated 3–2 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.

In 2015, they were runners-up finalists to De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.

In 2016–2017, they twice defeated in the final De Maiwand Atalan F.C.

In 2018 and 2019, they lost in the final to Toofan Harirod F.C.

In 2020, Shaheen Asmayee F.C won the League, defeating Simorgh Alborz F.C. 1–0.

They are the only team to have won back-to-back titles and have having achieved it twice. They have become champions in the Roshan Afghan Premier League five times, a record most titles.[6]

Continental History

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017 AFC Cup Preliminary Round Tajikistan Khosilot 0–1 0–0 0–1
Season Competition Round
2017 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Group Stage

Honours

National

Players

Current places of players:

Afghanistan
Salahuddin Ayobe
Afghanistan
Masoud Hashimi
Afghanistan
Sayed Mohammad
Afghanistan
Moqaddar Qaizizada
Afghanistan
Sami Mohammadi
Afghanistan
Maqsood Hashimi
Afghanistan
Azim Najafi
Afghanistan
Amruddin Sharifi
Afghanistan
Hashmat Barikzai
Afghanistan
Mustafa Afshar
.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Afghanistan AFG Kawash Haidari
2 DF Afghanistan AFG Mahdi Rezaee
3 DF Afghanistan AFG Jamil Nasiri
4 DF Afghanistan AFG Amanullah Sardari
5 DF Iran IRN Akbar Jalali
6 MF Afghanistan AFG Sayed Nasir Hossaini
7 MF Afghanistan AFG Rohid Samandari
8 FW Portugal POR Helio Pinto
9 FW Afghanistan AFG Amredin Sharifi
10 MF Afghanistan AFG Fardin Hakimi
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Afghanistan AFG Reza Allahyari
12 MF Afghanistan AFG Hamid Habibi
14 DF Afghanistan AFG Farzad Ataie
15 DF Afghanistan AFG Housain Alizada
16 DF Afghanistan AFG Omid Homayouni
17 FW Afghanistan AFG Shadahb Shah
18 FW Italy ITA Antonio Billordio
19 FW Afghanistan AFG Hasin Karim
21 MF Afghanistan AFG Besmellah Hakimi

References

  1. ↑ Afghan Premier League: Shaheen Asmayee
  2. ↑ Romero, Victor. "Football survives the Taliban: The ball keeps rolling in Afghanistan". Marca. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Afghans gripped by domestic football fever (Bangkok Post, 19 September 2012)
  4. ↑ Afghan Football League Heads to First Semi-Final by Rezwan Natiq and Mir Sayed (Tolo News, 10 October 2012)
  5. ↑ Coup d'envoi du premier championnat professionnel de football en Afghanistan (France24, 18 September 2012)
  6. ↑ "Shaheen Asmayee are RAPL Champions Once Again". afghanpremierleague.com. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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