Sri Lanka national football team

Sri Lanka

Association	Football Federation of Sri Lanka
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Jang Jung
Captain	Rohana Ruwanthilake
Home stadium	Sugathadasa Stadium Kalutara Stadium
FIFA code	SRI
FIFA ranking	177
Highest FIFA ranking	122 (August 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	177 (October 2011)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Ceylon 0–2 India  (Colombo, Ceylon; 1 January 1952)
Biggest win
Sri Lanka 7–1 Pakistan  (Taipei, Taiwan; 4 April, 2008) Sri Lanka 6–0 Bhutan  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 December, 2009)
Biggest defeat
Ceylon 1–12 East Germany  (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January, 1964)

The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, the governing body for football in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's home grounds are Sugathadasa Stadium and Kalutara Stadium and their head coach is Jang Jung. Sri Lanka 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. They have been South Asian champions once, in 1995. 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.

Fixtures and Results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Sri Lanka
April 07, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	North Korea	0–4	N/A
April 09, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	Afghanistan	0–1	N/A
April 11, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers	Kathmandu	Nepal	0–0	N/A
June 29, 2011	2014 World Cup qualifiers	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo	Philippines	1–1	Chathura Gunarathna 43'
July 3, 2011	2014 World Cup qualifiers	Rizal Stadium, Manila	Philippines	0–4	N/A
December 3, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Bhutan	–
December 5, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Afghanistan	–
December 7, 2011	2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	India	–

Home Stadiums

• Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo
• Kalutara Stadium in Kalutara

Tournament records

Tournament records

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew[N 1]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982 to 1990	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994 to 2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/19	0 Titles	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC Asian Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956 to 1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976 to 1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 to 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/14	0 Titles	-	-	-	-	-	-

AFC Challenge Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2006	Runners Up	2	6	4	1	1	7	6
2008	Round 1	7	3	0	0	3	1	9
2010	Round 1	6	3	1	0	2	4	7
Total	3/3	0 Titles	12	5	1	6	12	22

SAFF Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1993	Runners Up	2	3	1	1	1	4	2
1995	Champions	1	3	3	0	0	4	2
1997	Fourth Place	4	4	2	0	2	6	4
1999	Round 1	5	2	0	1	1	2	3
2003	Round 1	5	3	1	1	1	3	3
2005	Round 1	7	3	0	0	3	1	5
& 2008	Semi final	3	4	2	1	1	5	3
2009	Sem-Final	4	4	2	0	2	9	7
Total	8/8	1 Title	26	11	4	11	34	29

Kit

The official team kit representing Sri Lanka is characterized by the yellow jersey, the black shorts, and yellow socks. The away jersey features a blue jersey, white shorts, and blue socks. The team also have their third kit that features a red jersey, black shorts, and white socks.

Current squad

The 25-man player pool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification first round match against the Philippines.^[2]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 20 GK Sujan Perera 0 0 1 GK Fernando Manjula 5 0 Blue Star 21 GK Sampath Bandara 0 0 Blue Star 4 DF Rohana Ruwanthilake September 21, 1984 (1984-09-21) (age 27) 30 3 Saunders 2 DF Bandara Warakagoda 13 0 Army SC DF Chamira Krishantha 6 0 Navy 18 DF Dilki Kumara 5 MF Fazlur Rahman 7 0 Ratnam SC MF Janaka Chaminda 14 MF Mohamed Nazar 1 0 Air Force MF Danushka Wijesiri 2 0 Army SC 6 MF Mohamed Izzadeen June 8, 1979 (1979-06-08) (age 32) Army SC MF Tuwan Rizni 3 0 Renown Sports Club 12 MF Mohamed Zain 5 0 Renown Sports Club 14 MF Nagur Meera Java Lane 32 MF Chathura Gunaratne September 8, 1982 (1982-09-08) (age 29) 29 4 Don Bosco 8 MF Lahiru Tharaka 4 0 Navy 16 FW Nadeeka Pushpakumara March 11, 1986 (1986-03-11) (age 25) 14 0 Police 10 FW Shafraz Kaiz 8 2 Renown Sports Club 11 Nimal Anthony K. L. K. C. Perera Kavindu Ishan K. Sundarshana Nuwan Priyankara Thilanka Nandasiri

Coaches

• George Ferreira (2001)
• Kolonnage Mayura Sampath (2004)
• Jang Jung (2007-)

Notes

1. ^ Withdrew due to not being able to pay the entry fee^[1]

References

1. ^ "World Cup Football Firsts". Top End Sports. http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/firsts.htm. 
2. ^ Naushad Amit (2011-06-26). "Ruwanthilake retains captaincy for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers". The Sunday Times (Colombo). http://sundaytimes.lk/110626/Sports/spt20.html. Retrieved 2011-06-28. 

External links

• Official website
• Sri Lanka national football team on FIFA

Preceded by 1993 India

South Asian Champions 1995 (First title)

Succeeded by 1997 India