De Abasin Sape ( ps, د اباسین څپې) or the Abasin Waves is a professional football club from

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. They play in the Afghanistan Champions League. Based in the city of

Khost Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram ...

, club represents provinces of

Paktia Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 6 ...

Paktika Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana ...

and Logar in the southeastern region of Afghanistan.

Etymology

De Abasin Sape is named after ''Abāsīn'' ( ps, اباسین), the Pashto name of the Indus River, a major river in eastern

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

and

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. The Kabul River (flowing through Kabul, Nangarhar, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces) and the

Kurram River The Kurrama River ( ps, د کورمې سيند), or Kurram River, originates from watershed of Spin Ghar in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan and the Kurram District of Pakistan, flows through North Waziristan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, passing t ...

(which flows through

, Kurram, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) are two major western tributaries flowing from Afghanistan into the Indus river.

Club history

The club was founded in August 2012 by the creation of

Afghan Premier League The Afghan Premier League (APL), also known as Rahmani Foundation Afghan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's soccer league run by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF). It is the country's primary competition for t ...

, and played in one of the inaugural games.''Afghanistan launches first professional football league''
by Ben Farmer (

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, 28 September 2012) Club players were chosen through a casting-show called ''Maidon-E-Sabz'' ("Green Field"). The club represents South-Eastern region of

around

. It is named after a

Pashto language Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

name for the Indus River – '' Abasin'' ("Father of Rivers").

Players

Last registered squad

References

External links

Afghan Premier League: ''De Abasin Sape''
Football clubs in Afghanistan Khost Association football clubs established in 2012 2012 establishments in Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-footyclub-stub