Ludda to IFC

Club Valencia’s Midfielder Hussain Luthfy (Ludda) has signed up for IFC last night. According to one of the heads of IFC, the player who is among the national squad getting ready for SAAF Championship, will be playing for IFC in the next season.

Dhagandey's hat trick wins friendly for Maldives

Maldivian national teams has won 4-1 in a friendly match played with Thailand’s bectero.The first three goals all were scored by Ali Ashfaq (Dhagandey) early in the first half while the other goal was scored by Ismail Fazeel (Oppo) in the second half.

Source: HD

Vietnam’s U20 football team enters Asian final round

Vietnam’s U20 football squad won a berth in the final round of the Asian U20 Football Championships 2006 after drawing its Lao rivals 1-1 in a match in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 27.
The Vietnamese team on Nov. 25 defeated the Maldives 4-0, while Laos beat the Maldives 1-0 two days before.

After finishing their qualifying matches in the single round-robin format, both Vietnam and Laos scored four points, but Vietnam took first place in Group K thanks to its higher number of goals scored.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has not yet decided on the time and venue for the finals.

Afghans to raise football profile, to face Maldives in Asian competition

Afghanistan will open their mission in South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in Karachi on 7 December when they will play against last edition's runners-up Maldives, Pakistan Football Federation said on Friday.

Afghanistan are being bracketed in Group-A where they will also play against 1997 bronze-medalist Pakistan (9 Dec) and Sri Lanka (11 Dec).
The final of the 11-day event will be played on 17 December after two eagerly-awaited semi-finals on 14 December.

The biennial tournament, from 2003, has grown in stature with new entrants Bhutan and war-ravaged Afghanistan joining the pool of six regulars of the SAFF: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

On their maiden appearance, Afghanistan finished seventh in 2003 edition at Dhaka in January 2003 losing to Sri Lanka (0-1), India (0-4) and Pakistan (0-1) in Group-A.
Iran, Germany and German Football Federation (DFB) are helping Afghans footballers, and now another German Klaus Staerk is looking after the team that will take part in Karachi's eight-nation event.

In addition to FIFA, which has been supporting football in Afghanistan since 2002 through its Goal and FAP Programs, the football associations of Germany, England and Iran have also provided ongoing help since 2003.

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