Sri Lanka national football team

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

166

Highest FIFA ranking

122 (August 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

166 (September 2007)

Elo ranking

188





First kit





Second kit

First international

India 2 - 1 Ceylon

(Ceylon; Date Unknown, 1952)

Biggest win

Sri Lanka 4 - 0 Singapore

(Thailand; November 1, 1979)

Sri Lanka 4 - 0 Nepal

(Saudi Arabia; September 26, 1984)

Pakistan 0 - 4 Sri Lanka

(Lahore, Pakistan; July 18, 1993)

Biggest defeat

Ceylon 1 - 12 East Germany

(Colombo, Ceylon; January 12, 1964)

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. 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.

Last and next games

Last game Sri Lanka 2-1 Malaysia - Colombo - March 26, 2007.
Next game No fixtures yet.

World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Withdrew
1978 - Withdrew
1982 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

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

AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Runners Up

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Runners Up
1995 - Winners
1997 - Fourth Place
1999 to 2005 - Round 1

Current squad

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers:

Sugath Dammika Thilakaratne
Sandun Devinda
Mohammed Naushad

Defenders:

Kamaldeen Fuard
Nalin Nandana Kumara Geegange
Imthyas Raheem
Dudley Lincoln Steinwall
Cristeen Fernando
Prabath Wickremathilake
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