Jordan national football team

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.

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

Jordan  v  Tajikistan

1 February Friendly	Jordan	2–0	Tajikistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00	Hamdouni 37' Abu Zrayq 44'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Jordan  v  Tajikistan

5 February Friendly	Jordan	0–1	Tajikistan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00		Report	Dzhalilov 79'	Stadium: Dubai Sports City Football Academy

Uzbekistan  v  Jordan

15 February Friendly	Uzbekistan	2–0	Jordan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4	Gafurov 69' Abdukholiqov 81'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Jordan  v  Oman

20 March Friendly	Jordan	0–0	Oman	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00		Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

Jordan  v  Lebanon

24 March Friendly	Jordan	1–0	Lebanon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14:45	Al-Taamari 50'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Bahrain  v  Jordan

30 March Friendly	Bahrain	1–2	Jordan	Riffa, Bahrain
	Al-Romaihi 78' (pen.)	Report	Faisal 32' Al-Naimat 52'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Jordan  v  United Arab Emirates

24 May Friendly	Jordan	1–5	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:45 UTC+4	Al-Saify 54'	Report	Mabkhout 17', 29', 50' Ibrahim 32' Caio 89'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Samahiji (Bahrain)

Jordan  v  Vietnam

31 May Friendly	Jordan	1–1	Vietnam	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4	Faisal 11'	Report	Al-Rawabdeh 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Adel Ali Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Nepal    v  Jordan

7 June 2022 FWCQ	Nepal	0–3	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Faisal 23' (pen.), 48' Al-Arab 67'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Kuwait  v  Jordan

11 June 2022 FWCQ	Kuwait	0–0	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
22:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Australia  v  Jordan

15 June 2022 FWCQ	Australia	1–0	Jordan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3	Souttar 77'	Report		Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Jordan  v  South Sudan

21 June 2021 Arab Cup	Jordan	3–0 (awarded)	South Sudan	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

Haiti  v  Jordan

4 September Friendly	Haiti	2–0	Jordan	Riffa, Bahrain
19:00 UTC+3	Désiré 15' Chevreuil 45'	Report		Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Egypt)

Bahrain  v  Jordan

7 September Friendly	Bahrain	1–2	Jordan	Riffa, Bahrain
19:00 UTC+3	Mohammed 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Olwan 15' Faisal 46'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Taris (Saudi Arabia)

Jordan  v  Malaysia

6 October Friendly	Jordan	4–0	Malaysia	Amman, Jordan
	Olwan 34', 47', 49' Al-Saify 42'	Report		Stadium: Amman International Stadium

Jordan  v  Uzbekistan

12 October Friendly	Jordan	3–0	Uzbekistan	Amman, Jordan
17:00 UTC+3	Faisal 30' Nasib 56' Al-Dardour 83'	Report		Stadium: Amman International Stadium

Kosovo  v  Jordan

10 November Friendly	Kosovo	0–2	Jordan	Pristina, Kosovo
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Faisal 18' Al-Dardour 85'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (North Macedonia)

Belarus  v  Jordan

16 November Friendly	Belarus	1–0	Jordan	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3	Yablonsky 20'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Saudi Arabia  v  Jordan

1 December 2021 Arab Cup	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Jordan	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3		Report	Al-Dawsari 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Jordan  v  Morocco

4 December 2021 Arab Cup	Jordan	0–4	Morocco	Al Rayyan, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3		Report	Jabrane 4' Benoun 25' Chibi 45+3' Rahimi 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Jordan  v  Palestine

7 December 2021 Arab Cup	Jordan	5–1	Palestine	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Abdel-Rahman 9' (pen.) Al-Dardour 24' Al-Mardi 82' Al-Naimat 86', 90+1'	Report	Seyam 44'	Stadium: Stadium 974 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Egypt  v  Jordan

11 December 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Quarter-finals	Egypt	3–1	Jordan	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+3)	Hamdy 45+1' Refaat 100' Dawoud 119'	Report	Al-Naimat 12'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

2022

Jordan  v  New Zealand

28 January Friendly	Jordan	3–1	New Zealand	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+04:00	Olwan 21', 80' Al-Taamari 33' (pen.)	Report	Wood 30' (pen.)	Stadium: New York University Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

As of 16 November 2021[10]

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.

Jordan national football team in Tehran – 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

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

  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

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