Jordan national football team

Jordan
Nickname(s) النشامى
Al-Nashāmā
("The Chivalrous")
Association Jordan Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
Captain Amer Shafi
Most caps Amer Shafi (135)[1][2]
Top scorer Hassan Abdel-Fattah (30)
Home stadium Amman International Stadium
King Abdullah II Stadium
FIFA code JOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 109 Decrease 5 (24 November 2016)
Highest 37 (August–September 2004)
Lowest 152 (July 1996)
Elo ranking
Current 84 (25 November 2016)
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 and 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. National football team of Jordan has been through allot of success for the past 10 years one of the greatest achievements for the team was becoming the number one champion for Asian cup and 2002 Arab Nations Cup , in 2014 Marcos Arouca a Brazilian professional attacker joined forces with the national soccer team of Jordan and participated in the in the Asian cup of 2016.

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 GD
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 staff

    Managing Director Jordan Essam Al-Talli
    Head coach Jordan Abdullah Abu Zema
    Assistant coach Jordan Ahmed Abdel-Qader
    Goalkeeping coach Jordan Walid Mikha'eel
    Fitness coach Brazil Manuel Barrinuevo
    Team doctor Jordan Bashir Al-Nsour
    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 friendly match against Lebanon on 15 November 2016

    Caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 after the game against Lebanon.

    0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
    1GK Moataz Yaseen (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 14 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    1GK Abdullah Al-Zubi (1989-10-08) 8 October 1989 6 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha
    1GK Yazid Abu Layla (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 0 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
    2DF Mohammad Al-Dmeiri (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 68 2 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    2DF Tareq Khattab (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 26 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    2DF Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh (1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 24 1 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    2DF Yasser Al-Rawashdeh (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 8 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    2DF Mohannad Khairullah (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 3 1 Jordan Al-Jazeera
    2DF Feras Shelbaieh (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 1 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera
    2DF Qusai Al-Jaafreh (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 0 0 Jordan Sahab
    3MF Abdallah Deeb (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 117 25 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    3MF Saeed Murjan (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 68 6 Jordan Al-Ramtha
    3MF Ahmed Samir (1991-03-27) 27 March 1991 28 2 Jordan Al-Ramtha
    3MF Munther Abu Amarah (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 24 2 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    3MF Raja'i Ayed (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 24 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    3MF Yaseen Al-Bakhit (1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 22 2 United Arab Emirates Dibba Al-Fujairah
    3MF Ahmed Elias (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 11 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    3MF Mahmoud Al-Mardi (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 10 0 Jordan Al-Ahli
    3MF Yazan Thalji (1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 7 0 Jordan Al-Ahli
    4FW Yousef Al-Rawashdeh (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 30 3 Jordan Al-Faisaly
    4FW Baha' Faisal (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 7 3 Jordan Al-Wehdat
    4FW Musa Al-Taamari (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 7 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
    4FW Khaled Al-Dardour (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 1 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha

    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 Amer Shafi (1982-02-14) 14 February 1982 135 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    GK Ahmed Abdel-Sattar (1984-07-06) 6 July 1984 9 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera 2016 King's Cup
    GK Mohammad Shatnawi (1985-08-17) 17 August 1985 13 0 Jordan Mansheyat Bani Hasan v.  Australia, 29 March 2016
    DF Anas Bani Yaseen (1988-11-29) 29 November 1988 84 4 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    DF Ihsan Haddad (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 15 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    DF Obaida Al-Samarneh (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 2 0 Jordan Al-Ahli v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    DF Bara' Marei (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 1 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    DF Rawad Abu Khizaran (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 0 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    DF Zaid Jaber (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 0 0 Jordan Al-Ahli v.  Bahrain, 4 September 2016
    DF Oday Zahran (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 41 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    DF Mohammad Al-Basha (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 9 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    DF Amer Abuhudieab (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 2 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    DF Omar Manasrah (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 2 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera 2016 King's Cup
    DF Mohammad Assi (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 0 0 Jordan Al-Ahli 2016 King's Cup provisional squad
    MF Ahmad Abdel-Halim (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 29 1 Jordan Sahab v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    MF Anas Al-Jbarat (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 4 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    MF Fadi Awad (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 4 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    MF Khalil Bani Attiah (1991-06-08) 8 June 1991 50 7 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Bahrain, 4 September 2016
    MF Baha' Abdel-Rahman (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 91 5 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    MF Saleh Al-Jawhari (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 7 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    MF Mussab Al-Laham (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 19 2 Saudi Arabia Najran 2016 King's Cup
    MF Ahmed Hisham (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 1 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat 2016 King's Cup
    MF Ahmad Al-Essawi (1993-07-16) 16 July 1993 0 0 Jordan Al-Ahli 2016 King's Cup
    MF Ibrahim Al-Khub (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 0 0 Jordan Al-Ramtha 2016 King's Cup
    MF Hassan Abdel-Fattah (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 89 30 Jordan Al-Wehdat v.  Bangladesh, 24 March 2016
    FW Hamza Al-Dardour (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 44 21 Jordan Al-Ramtha v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    FW Ibrahim Al-Jawabreh (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 1 0 Jordan Sahab v.  Morocco, 10 November 2016
    FW Tha'er Bawab (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 22 5 Qatar Umm Salal v.  Oman, 7 November 2016
    FW Sharif Al-Nawaisheh (1987-12-27) 27 December 1987 2 0 Kuwait Qadsia v.  Oman, 7 November 2016
    FW ِAhmed Al-Maharmeh (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 2 0 Jordan Sahab v.  Bahrain, 4 September 2016
    FW Mohammad Al-Alawneh (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 2 0 Jordan Al-Ahli v.  Qatar, 18 August 2016
    FW Yousef Al-Naber (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 2 1 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Australia, 29 March 2016
    FW Ahmed Al-Reyahi (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 1 0 Kuwait Qadsia v.  Australia, 29 March 2016
    FW Mehdi Alamah (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 4 0 Jordan Al-Faisaly v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    FW Mohammad Omar Shishani (1989-04-24) 24 April 1989 1 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon v.  Egypt, 27 January 2016
    FW Odai Al-SaifyRET (1986-05-26) 26 May 1986 82 11 Kuwait Al-Salmiya v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    FW Rakan Al-Khalidi (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 16 2 Jordan Sahab v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    FW Mahmoud Za'tara (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 14 0 Qatar Muaither v.  Kyrgyzstan, 17 November 2015
    Notes

    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 15 November 2016.

    Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
     Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5
     Algeria 2 0 1 1 3 2 +1
     Armenia 2 1 1 0 4 0 +4
     Australia 4 2 0 2 5 10 −5
     Azerbaijan 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
     Bahrain 25 12 5 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 1 4 6 8 24 −16
     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 13 4 3 6 10 15 −5
     Iraq 48 11 12 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 26 7 14 5 28 24 +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 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5
       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 21 9 6 6 23 15 +8
     Pakistan 7 7 0 0 24 1 +23
     Palestine 10 6 4 0 28 9 +19
     Qatar 19 5 4 10 16 29 −13
     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 8 1 5 1 3 4 −2
     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 15 3 4 8 14 22 –8
     Uruguay 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5
     Uzbekistan 12 1 5 6 12 19 −7
     Yemen 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
     Zambia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
     Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2

    Most capped players

    Updated 15 November 2016.

    Players in bold are still active at club level.

    Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

    # Name Career Caps Goals Position
    1 Amer Shafi 2002- 135 0 GK
    2 Amer Deeb 2002-2014 125 21 MF
    3 Abdallah Deeb 2007- 117 25 MF
    4 Hatem Aqel 2000–2014 102 10 DF
    5 Baha' Abdel-Rahman 2007- 101 5 MF
    6 Bashar Bani Yaseen 1999-2012 98 2 DF
    7 Odai Al-Saify 2003- 93 11 MF
    8 Hassan Abdel-Fattah 2004- 88 30 MF
    9 Hassouneh Al-Sheikh 1997-2010 85 7 MF
    10 Anas Bani Yaseen 2008- 84 4 DF

    Top goalscorers

    Updated 15 November 2016.

    Players in bold are still active at club level.

    # Name Career Goals Caps Position
    1 Hassan Abdel-Fattah 2004- 30 88 MF
    2 Abdallah Deeb 2007- 25 117 MF
    3 Amer Deeb 2002-2014 21 125 MF
    4 Mahmoud Shelbaieh 2000-2011 21 74 FW
    5 Badran Al-Shaqran 1997-2006 21 48 FW

    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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