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Football At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
The following squads were named for the 1948 Summer Olympics tournament. Afghanistan Head coach: Austria Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth China Head coach: Lee Wei Tong Denmark Head coach: Reg Mountford Egypt Head coach: Eric Keen France Head coach: Great Britain Head coach: Matt Busby India Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee Ireland (Éire) Head coach: Johnny Carey Italy Head coach: Vittorio Pozzo South Korea Head coach: Lee Young-min Luxembourg Head coach: Jean-Pierre Hoscheid Mexico Head coach: Abel Ramírez Netherlands Head coach: Jesse Carver Wim Landman, Sjaak Alberts, Jos Beenhakkers and Henk Temming were also part of the Dutch squad, but they did not play in any matches. Sweden Head coach: George Raynor Turkey Head coach: Ulvi Yenal United States Head coach: Walter Giesler Yugoslavia Head coach: Milorad Arsenijević References External links FIFAGreat Britain team at British Olympic Association Denmark squad at DBU * * t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan National Football Team
The Afghanistan national football team represents Afghanistan in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. History Early history The Afghanistan Football Federation was established in 1922 and joined FIFA in 1948. It was also one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. Afghanistan played its first official international match under FIFA at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where it faced Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg on 26 July and lost 6–0. Before 2002, the last recorded international appearance for the team was in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, where they lost 6–1 to Jordan national football team, Jordan on 20 September. The team did not participate in international football between 1984 and 2002 due to political instability, including the Soviet–Afghan War, Soviet invasion, Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), civil war, and Taliban rule, which banned rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
