Sri Lanka national football team

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Sri Lanka
Association	Football Federation of Sri Lanka
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Kolomage Sampath Perera
Top scorer	Arun Surendran
Home stadium	Sugathadasa Stadium
FIFA code	SRI
FIFA ranking	147
Highest FIFA ranking	122 (August 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	164 (June 2000)
Elo ranking	188
First kit 　 Second kit
First international India 2 - 1 Ceylon (Ceylon; Date Unknown, 1952) Malaysia 3 - 0 Sri Lanka (Indonesia; June, 1972)
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 World Cup or 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.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 AFC Challenge Cup record 4 South Asian Football Federation Cup record

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

• 2006 - Runners Up

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

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

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