Jordan national football team
The Jordanian national football team is the national team of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Middle East.
World Championships
Jordan is not yet managed to qualify for a World Cup.
The qualifying for the tournament they took part in 1986. After a 1-0 win against Qatar Jordan lost the next three games and had to defer to the teams from Iraq and Qatar. When qualifying tournament in Italy in 1990 was the Jordanian selection also finishing third in their qualifying group behind Qatar and Iraq. As part of the qualification for the 1994 World Cup Jordan celebrated with a 5-0 win over Pakistan by then the biggest victory in a World Cup qualifier.
Four years later, Jordan already retired from in the first round of qualifying. In a group of three was only one second behind the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain before with four points. As part of the qualification for Japan and South Korea in 2002, it was even worse: In the first phase of AFC qualification Jordan was only third in the group behind Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. To this could be achieved on home soil with a 6-0 against Taiwan, a new temporary record victory in the World Cup qualifiers.
In qualifying for Germany 2006 Jordan just missed advancing to the third round of Asian qualifying. Before the last game the team was after four wins in five games on par with the favorites and future of the World Cup in Iran, but lost the last away game in Qatar 0-2. A surprise success Jordan was previously managed with a 1-0 away win in Iran. 35,000 spectators at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, the underdog won with a goal by Haitham Al Shboul in the 83rd minute. In the following qualification for South Africa 2010 Jordan reached the third round where they missed again as third in the group behind South Korea and North Korea qualified for the world tournament. Here, Jordan had reached a 2-2 draw against South Korea in Seoul the away game in this World Cup qualifying tournament, a remarkable result of a subsequent final round participants.
In the current qualification for the 2014 to be held in Brazil final tournament Jordan resigned after a bye in the first round in the second round against Nepal. The first leg in Amman won the Jordanians 9-0, which means both a new Jordanian World Cup qualifying record win and the biggest win of a Jordanian national football team at all. With four goals Hassan Abdel Fattah was the top scorer in this game. The return match in Nepal ended 1-1. In the third round, Jordan won his first four games against group opponents Iraq, China and Singapore and qualified ahead of time for the fourth round of the AFC qualifiers. There they finished second in Group B 3rd place and met the third in Group A, Uzbekistan. The first leg ended 1-1 in Amman. In the return match in Tashkent score after 90 minutes and after extension also 1:1, so the shoot had to decide. There Jordan won 9-8 and secured the participation in the intercontinental play-off against Uruguay, the fifth part of the South American qualifiers ( CONMEBOL ). After the home game was lost with 0:5, could in Montevideo 0-0 are reached, but not enough to qualify for the World Cup.
Asian Championships
First time in 2004 after qualifying for an Asian Cup. After two 0-0 draws against South Korea and the United Arab Emirates and a 2-0 win against Kuwait could move into the quarter-final second in the preliminary round group. There was a 1-1 draw after regular time against Japan. In the penalty shoot- Jordan finally had to admit defeat with 3:4 and retired.
After the qualification had been missed for the tournament in 2007, Jordan took part again in 2011 at the Asian championship. There, the team defied in the first group match the eventual champions Japan to a 1-1 draw from; until the injury time the Jordanians had led with a goal by Hassan Abdel Fattah 1-0. After two wins over Saudi Arabia and Syria are qualified as group runner-up for the quarter-finals. There you retired after a 1-2 defeat against Uzbekistan.
West Asian Championships
- 2000 - 4th place
- 2002 - 2nd place
- 2004 - 3rd place
- 2007 - Semi Finals
- 2008 - 2nd place
- 2010 - Preliminary Round
Jordan was previously three hosts of the West Asia Championship, attend the six member associations of the West Asian Football Federation ( WAFF ) and visiting teams. The members of the WAFF are next to Jordan even Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. The tournament was held in 2000, 2007 and 2010 in the Jordanian capital Amman.
As the biggest successes of Jordan to the West Asian Championship, two second places to book. 2002 in Syria is defeated Iraq in the final after extra 3-2. Six years later, Jordan lost in the final 1-2 against the host Iran.
Known player
As an outstanding player of Jordan's selection is currently regarded Hassan Abdel Fattah. The striker, who played alongside a commitment to the club Al- Wahdat in Amman already in the league of the United Arab Emirates as well as in Syria and Kuwait, gained fame through its major goals. Abdel Fattah met, inter alia, twice the surprising 2-2 draw in South Korea in May 2008 and four times at 9-0 record win against Nepal.
With Thaer Bawab, who comes from the youth of Real Madrid and now plays for the Romanian first division side Gaz Metan Medias, is currently only one current Jordanian national team active in Europe. Odai Al- Saify stood in the season 2010/ 11 in Cyprus at Alki Larnaca under contract.