Jordan national football team

Jordan

Nickname(s)	النشامى (The Chivalrous)[1]
Association	Jordan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Adnan Hamad
Captain	Baha' Abdel-Rahman
Most caps	Amer Shafi (176)[2][3]
Top scorer	Hamza Al-Dardour (32)
Home stadium	Amman International Stadium King Abdullah II Stadium
FIFA code	JOR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	90 1 (23 December 2021)[4][5]
Highest	37 (August – September 2004)
Lowest	152 (July 1996)
First international
Syria 3–1 Jordan  (Alexandria, Egypt: 30 July 1953)
Biggest win
Jordan 9–0 Nepal    (Amman, Jordan: 23 July 2011)
Biggest defeat
China PR 6–0 Jordan  (Guangzhou, China: 15 September 1984)  Japan 6–0 Jordan  (Saitama, Japan: 8 June 2012)
Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2004 and 2011
WAFF Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 2000)
Best result	Runners-up, (2002, 2008, 2014)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1963)
Best result	Third Place, (2002)
Pan Arab Games
Appearances	10 (first in 1953)
Best result	Winners, 1997, 1999
Medal record Pan Arab Games Beirut 1997 Amman 1999 Doha 2011 WAFF Championship Syria 2002 Iran 2008 Qatar 2014 FIFA Arab Cup Kuwait 2002
Website	jfa.jo (in Arabic)

The Jordan national football team (Arabic: المنتخب الأردني لكرة القدم) represents Jordan in international football and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association. Jordan have never qualified for the World Cup finals but have appeared four times in the Asian Cup and reached its quarter-final stage in the 2004 and 2011 editions.

Jordan is a two-time champion of the Pan Arab Games, having won the 1997 and 1999 editions of the tournament. So far, Jordan has hosted the West Asian Football Federation Championship three times in (2000, 2007 and 2010), the Arab Cup once in 1988 and the Pan Arab Games once in 1999.

History[]

The Jordanian national football team's first international match was played in 1953 in Egypt where the team were defeated by Syria 3–1. The first FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Jordan took part in was the 1986 qualifiers, they are yet to qualify for a World Cup. For the first time in their history, Jordan have qualified for the final round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign.

The first (Jordanian) football coach, Mohammad Awad, to attain achievements for the Jordan national team between 1992 and 1999 when he first helped his country Jordan win the Jordan International tournament of 1992 and both tournaments of the Pan Arab Games, starting in 1997 in Beirut, and 1999 in Amman.

The Jordan national football team had begun making more improvements under the Serbian head coach Branko Smiljanić who had helped Jordan attain greater match results in the first round of the 2002 World Cup qualifiers but failed to help Jordan qualify for the next round. Brapanko also helped Jordan reach the semifinals of the 2002 Arab Cup and got Jordan to win the fourth place in the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship and the second place in the 2004 edition in Syria but failed to help Jordan win these tournaments. After he resigned from coaching Jordan, the Egyptian Mahmoud El-Gohary agreed to take Branko's place as head coach. Under the leadership of El-Gohary, the Jordan national team was able to qualify for their first AFC Asian Cup tournament, in China 2004, and helped Jordan reach the quarter-finals of the tournament but failed to qualify for the semi-finals after losing to Japan in a penalty shoot-out after the match had ended with extra time in a 1–1 draw. But thanks to El-Gohary, the Jordan team reached its highest FIFA world ranking which was the 37th place in 2004. Just like Serbian Branko, El-Gohary also helped Jordan achieve greater match results in FIFA World Cup qualifications for 2006 in Jordan's first round but also failed to help Jordan qualify. In the WAFF championship tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win the third place in 2004 and helped Jordan reach the semi-finals in 2007. After coaching Jordan for five out of six matches in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, El-Gohary retired as a football coach, the Portuguese Nelo Vingada took over as head coach of Jordan but was not able to help Jordan qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.

Another opportunity to show Vingada's worthiness as head coach came in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. But after failing to help Jordan qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Vingada was able to help Jordan win second place in the 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship. Next up were the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches starting from January 2009. After getting off to a start by not winning the first two matches of the six, he was sacked by the Jordan Football Association and replaced by the Iraqi Adnan Hamad, a coach in Asia known for his successes with his national team Iraq as head coach as well as Iraq U-23 and other Iraq youth teams and clubs. His first experiences with Jordanian football players took place as he was coaching Jordanian football club Al-Faisaly from 2006 to 2008 and achieved specific results with that team as well.

After helping Jordan qualify for their second Asian Cup tournament, Qatar 2011, Hamad began shouting 'Allahu Akbar' for the Jordan national team in September 2010 when they had the 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship hosted in the country of Jordan. Hamad prepared for that tournament with a couple of friendlies as well as three more to prepare for the Asian Cup tournament in Qatar. Just like Mahmoud El-Gohary, Hamad also helped Jordan qualify for the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup but failed to progress to the semi-finals as they were defeated by Uzbekistan 2–1. Hamad was also got Jordan to win second place in the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Qatar. Hamad helped Jordan finish third in the final round of Asian group qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. He was replaced ahead of the final stages by the Egyptian Hossam Hassan to lead them to the play-off round against Uzbekistan to determine the AFC participant in the intercontinental play-off. The games took place on 6 and 10 September 2013. With the two teams still evenly matched at full-time in the second leg, Jordan eventually progressed to the intercontinental playoff after winning 9–8 on penalties. The Jordanians missed their very first FIFA World Cup debut after losing 5–0 against the Uruguayan team, after the goalless draw from the second leg. Hassan also helped Jordan to qualify to the 2015 Asian Cup. On 3 September 2014, Ray Wilkins was appointed as the new head coach of Jordan. He led Jordan at the 2015 Asian Cup where they were eliminated in group-stages for the first time after two losses against Iraq and Japan and a win over Palestine.

Jordan's performance remained in certain stagnation when the Jordanian Chivalrous could not make it to the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, losing 0–1 to Kyrgyzstan and 1–5 to Australia. After that, Jordan would qualify for 2019 Asian Cup where Jordan at the group stage defeated Australia and Syria to become the first team to reach the round of sixteen; but they were stunned by Vietnam after penalty shootout 2–4.

Team image[]

Home stadiums[]

The Jordan national football team has two home stadiums, the Amman International Stadium and the King Abdullah II Stadium. The Amman International Stadium was built in 1964 in Amman and opened in 1968. It is the largest stadium in Jordan, it is owned by the Jordanian government and operated by the higher council of youth. It is not only the home stadium of the Jordan national football team but for Al-Faisaly as well. It has a current capacity of 17,619 spectators. Some 12 kilometres away from Amman International Stadium lies The King Abdullah II Stadium. It was built and opened in 1998 in Amman. It has a current capacity of 13,000 spectators. It is not only the home stadium of the Jordan national football team but for Al-Wehdat as well. In addition to Jordan home games, the stadiums also host other major games in Jordanian football including Jordanian Pro League, Jordan FA Cup, Jordan FA Shield and Jordan Super Cup games, in addition to hosting other tournaments such as the 1988 Arab Cup, 1996 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, 1999 Pan Arab Games, 2003 Arab Athletics Championships, 2005 WAFF Women's Championship, 2007 Arab Athletics Championships, 2007 WAFF Women's Championship, 2007 WAFF Championship, 2006–07 Arab Champions League Finals, 2007 AFC Cup Finals, 2007 Asian Athletics Championships, 2010 WAFF Championship and 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup amongst others.

Kit sponsorship[]

Kit supplier	Period
Diadora	1997
Puma	1997–1999
Adidas	1999–2005
Jako	2005–2009
Uhlsport	2009–2010
Adidas	2010–2012
Jako	2012–2015[7]
Adidas	2015–2018[8]
Joma	2018–2021[9]
Umbro	2021-

Results and fixtures[]

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the past or in the upcoming 12 months.

2021[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Adnan Hamad
Assistant coach	Ahmed Abdel-Qader
Assistant coach	Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
Goalkeeping coach	Amer Shafi
Fitness coach	Hassan Al-Bukhairi
Team manager	Osama Talal
Team doctor	Nizar Al-Bashtawi

Coaching history[]

^[10]

Players[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were called up for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.
• Match dates: 1, 4 and 7 December2021
• Opposition:  Saudi Arabia,  Morocco and  Palestine
• Caps and goals correct as of: 15 June 2021, after the match against  Australia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yazid Abu Layla	(1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 28)	6	0	Al-Faisaly
2	2DF		(1995-05-09)9 May 1995 (aged 26)	5	0	Al-Salt
3	2DF	Mohannad Khairullah	(1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 28)	13	2	Al-Ramtha
4	3MF	Baha' Abdel-Rahman	(1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 34)	118	6	Selangor F.C.
5	2DF	Yazan Al-Arab	(1996-01-31)31 January 1996 (aged 25)	31	1	Selangor F.C.
6	2DF		(2000-04-14)14 April 2000 (aged 21)	0	0	Al-Ramtha
7	3MF	Sharara	(1997-12-30)30 December 1997 (aged 23)	9	1	Al-Ramtha
8	3MF	Noor Al-Rawabdeh	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 24)	20	0	Al-Muharraq
9	4FW	Baha' Faisal	(1995-05-30)30 May 1995 (aged 26)	49	15	Al-Shamal
10	4FW	Yazan Al-Naimat	(1999-06-04)4 June 1999 (aged 22)	12	1	Sahab
11	3MF	Yaseen al-Bakhit	(1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 32)	61	6	Umm Salal
12	1GK	Malek Shalabiya	(1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 33)	0	0	Al-Ramtha
13	3MF	Mahmoud Al-Mardi	(1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 28)	24	1	Al-Muharraq
14	3MF		(1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 24)	2	0	Al-Wehdat
15	3MF	Ibrahim Sadeh	(2000-04-27)27 April 2000 (aged 21)	10	0	Al-Jazeera
16	4FW	Ali Olwan	(2000-03-26)26 March 2000 (aged 21)	10	1	Al-Jazeera
17	3MF	Rajaei Ayed	(1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 28)	31	0	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.
18	3MF	Ahmad Sariweh	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 27)	7	0	Al-Salt
19	2DF		(1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 28)	2	0	Al-Wehdat
20	4FW	Hamza Al-Dardour	(1991-05-12)12 May 1991 (aged 30)	83	25	Al-Ramtha
21	2DF	Mohammad Al-Dmeiri	(1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 34)	84	2	Al-Wehdat
22	1GK	Moataz Yaseen (captain)	(1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 39)	25	0	Al-Salt
23	2DF	Ihsan Haddad	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 27)	43	1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Past squads[]

Player records[]

As of 16 November 2021^[11]

These lists include games and goals in competitions that are not recognised as full A-internationals by FIFA, but they are official for the Jordan FA.

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1982	Did not enter									Did not enter
1986	Did not qualify									4	1	0	3	3	7
1990										6	2	1	3	5	7
1994										8	2	2	3	12	15
1998										4	1	1	2	4	4
2002										6	2	2	2	12	7
2006										6	4	0	2	10	6
2010										8	3	1	4	8	8
2014										20	8	5	7	30	31
2018										8	5	1	2	21	7
2022										8	4	2	2	13	3
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/22								70	28	13	28	105	92

AFC Asian Cup[]

AFC Asian Cup record										AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Not an AFC member									Not an AFC member
1960
1964
1968
1972	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	5	9
1976	Did not enter									Did not enter
1980
1984	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	7	10
1988										4	1	3	0	2	1
1992	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	1
2000										4	2	1	1	12	4
2004	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	3	0	3	1		6	5	0	1	13	6
2007	Did not qualify									6	3	1	2	10	5
2011	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	5	4		6	2	2	2	4	4
2015	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	5	4		6	3	3	0	9	2
2019	Round of 16		4	2	2	0	4	1		14	8	4	2	37	12
2023	To be determined									8	4	2	2	13	3
Total	0 Titles	4/17	15	6	6	3	17	10		61	30	15	16	107	52

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

West Asian Championship[]

West Asian Football Federation Championship record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2000	Fourth place	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
2002	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	6	4	2
2004	Third place	4	2	1	1	7	3	4
2007	Semi-finals	3	1	0	2	3	2	1
2008	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	7	3	4
2010	Group stage	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
2012	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
2014	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	3	3	0
2019	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	2	2
Total	9/9	30	12	8	10	37	27	10

FIFA Arab Cup record[]

FIFA Arab Cup
Year	Result	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1963	Group stage	5th	0	0	4	1	14	−13
1964	Group stage	5th	0	1	3	3	10	−7
1966	Round 1	6th	1	1	2	6	7	−1
1985	Round 1	6th	0	0	2	0	6	−6
1988	Fourth place	4th	2	1	3	4	7	−3
1992	Round 1	6th	0	1	1	2	5	−1
1998	Round 1	6th	1	0	1	2	3	−1
2002	Semi-finals	3rd	2	2	1	7	6	1
2012	Did not enter
2021	Quarter-finals	6th	2	0	2	7	8	−1
Total	Semi-finals	9/10	8	6	19	32	66	−34

Pan Arab Games[]

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Result	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1953	Fourth place	4th	1	0	2	7	7	0
1957	Group stage	6th	0	0	2	2	5	−3
1961	Group stage	5th	0	1	1	2	4	−2
1965	Group stage	6th	0	0	2	0	3	−3
1976	Group stage	5th	0	1	1	2	3	−1
1985	Group stage	6th	0	0	2	1	4	−3
1992	Group stage	6th	0	1	1	2	5	−3
1997	Champions	1st	4	1	0	7	2	5
1999	Champions	1st	6	0	1	18	7	11
2004	Did not enter
2007
2011	Runners-up	2nd	2	2	1	6	2	4
Total	2 Titles	10/12	13	6	13	47	42	5

Asian Games[]

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002–present	See Jordan national under-23 football team
Total	0/13	0	0	0	0	0	0

Palestine Cup of Nations[]

All-time team record[]

The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record,

As of 11 December 2021 after match against  Egypt.^[12]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	13	5	+8
Albania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Algeria	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5
Armenia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Australia	7	3	0	4	6	11	−5
Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Bahrain	26	12	6	8	31	23	+8
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12
Belarus	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Chad	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
China PR	12	1	5	6	9	25	−16
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Congo	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Croatia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Cyprus	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3
Denmark	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Egypt	5	1	1	3	3	11	−8
Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Finland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Georgia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Haiti	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6
Hungary	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
India	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Indonesia	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10
Iran	13	4	3	6	10	15	−5
Iraq	50	11	12	27	46	76	−30
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Japan	6	1	3	2	5	12	−7
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Kenya	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Kosovo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Kuwait	23	6	8	9	25	32	−7
Kyrgyzstan	5	2	1	2	4	3	+1
Laos	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Lebanon	27	7	14	6	28	25	+3
Libya	10	3	4	3	10	12	−2
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Malaysia	5	3	2	0	6	0	+6
Malta	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Moldova	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Morocco	5	0	1	4	3	12	−9
Nepal	4	3	1	0	16	1	+15
New Zealand	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
North Korea	7	3	1	3	8	6	+2
Norway	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oman	23	9	8	6	24	16	+8
Pakistan	7	7	0	0	24	1	+23
Palestine	14	7	6	1	34	12	+22
Qatar	20	5	3	12	16	31	−15
Romania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Saudi Arabia	14	6	2	6	14	16	−2
Sierra Leone	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Singapore	9	7	1	1	20	6	+14
Slovakia	0	0	0	1	1	5	−4
South Korea	5	0	2	3	2	5	−3
South Sudan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Sudan	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Syria	39	15	9	15	37	37	0
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Tajikistan	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6
Thailand	8	1	5	1	3	4	−2
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9
Turkmenistan	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	18	3	4	11	15	30	–15
Uruguay	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5
Uzbekistan	14	2	5	7	15	21	−6
Vietnam	4	0	4	0	3	3	0
Yemen	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Zambia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Total	452	160	127	165	551	528	+23

See also[]

• Jordan national under-23 football team
• Jordan national under-20 football team
• Jordan national under-17 football team
• Jordan women's national football team

References[]

External links[]

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