Sri Lanka national football team
Sri Lanka national football team is the national football team of Sri Lanka.
Nickname(s) | සිංහ සිංහයා siṁha siṁhayā (Simha Lions) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Sri Lanka | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | Nizam Pakeer Ali | ||
Captain | Sujan Perera | ||
Top scorer | Kasun Jayasuriya (27)[1] | ||
Home stadium | Sugathadasa Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SRI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
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Highest | 122 (August 1998) | ||
Lowest | 201 (October 2018 – present) | ||
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)[2] |
Sri Lanka National Football Team Media
Ceylon team which participated in the Aga Khan Gold Cup in 1970.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan during the Third-place match at the 1997 SAFF Gold Cup
Sri Lanka team line-up during a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Lebanon in 2021
References
- ↑ László Földesi. "Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Weerarathne - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Head to head stats Sri Lanka – GDR". WildStat. Retrieved 4 May 2018.