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Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games

Nepal
Nickname(s)	The Reds, The Bull
Association	All Nepal Football; Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Krishna Thapa &; Maheshwor Mulmi
FIFA code	NEP
FIFA ranking	176
Highest FIFA ranking	124 (December 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	187 (November 2007)
Elo ranking	193
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	China 6 - 2 Nepal ; (China; October 13, 1972)
Biggest win
	Nepal 7 - 0 Bhutan ; (Nepal; September 26, 1999)
Biggest defeat
	South Korea 16 - 0 Nepal ; (Incheon, South Korea; September 29, 2003)
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1993)
Best result	Third - 1993

The Nepal national football team is the national team of Nepal and is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association. A member of the AFC, the Nepalese football team play their home games at Dashrath Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1982 - Did not enter
1986 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not enter
1998 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Withdrew
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 to 1980 - Did not enter
1984 -
1988 -
1992 - Did not enter
1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Did not enter
2011 - Did not qualify

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Semi Finals
2008 - Group Stage
2010 - Did to qualify, 2nd in Qualifying Group

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Third Place
1995 - Semi Finals
1997 - Round 1
1999 - Fourth Place
2003 to 2005- Round 1
2008 - Group Stage
2009 - Group Stage

[edit] Coaches

Manager	From	To
Rudi Gutendorf	1981	1981
Joe Kinnear	1987	1987
Stephen Constantine	1999	2001
Thomas Flath	April 2008	June 2008
Birat Krishna Shrestha	July 2008	March 2009
Yugamber Suwal	March 2009	October 2009
Krishna Thapa & Maheshwor Mulmi	October 2009

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Bikash Malla		Tribhuvan Army Club
25	GK	Ritesh Thapa	2 October 1984	Mahendra Police Club
	GK	Kiran Chemjong Limbu		Three Star Club
19	DF	Shishir Parajuli		New Road Team
29	DF	Rohit Chandh		ANFA U-19
4	DF	Rakesh Shrestha	14 January 1977	Mahendra Police Club
6	DF	Biraj Maharjan		New Road Team
14	DF	K.C. Anjan		Three Star Club
16	DF	Chun Bahadur Thapa
	MF	Santosh Nepali		Chittagong Abahani
	MF	Sandeep Rai		New Road Team
7	MF	Bijay Gurung
18	MF	Roshan Thapa		Chittagong Abahani
13	MF	Vishad Gouchan	11 May 1984
15	MF	Nirvik Gautam		Tribhuvan Army Club
17	MF	Bholanath Silwal		Nepal Police Club
9	FW	Nirajan Rayamajhi	29 January 1980	New Road Team
11	FW	Ju Manu Rai	1 March 1983	Mahendra Police Club
1o	FW	Anil Gurung		Lajong_SSC
	FW	Yugol Kishor Rai		Three Star Club