ANFA: All Nepal Football Association

2023-07-02

30 players called up for closed camp of World Cup Qualifiers

Head coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese has called up 30 players in his preliminary squad of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

The closed camp will begin from August 1.

Preliminary squad:

Goalkeepers: Kiran Kumar Limbu (RG Punjab FC), Anish Deula (Jawalakhel Youth Club), Deep Karki (Manang Marsyangdi Club), Abhishek Baral (Satdobato Youth Club)

Defenders: Bimal Panday (Tribhuvan Army FC), Sanish Shrestha (APF Football Club), Ananta Tamang (Church Boys United), Devendra Tamang (Machhindra Football Club), Ashish Gurung (Manang Marsyangdi Club), Rohit Chand (Persic Kedri), Simanta Thapa (Jawalakhel Youth Club), Anjal Maharjan (Friends Club), Chhiring Lama (Jawalakhel Youth Club), Anjan Rai (Nepal Police Club)

Midfielders: Arik Bista (Church Boys United), Sudip Gurung (Satdobato Youth Club), Laken Limbu (Three Star Club), Awas Lamichhane (APF Football Club), Utsav Rai (Machhindra Football Club), Bishal Tamang (Jawalakhel Youth Club), Bibek Poudel (Church Boys United), Kritish Ratna Chhunju (NRT)

Forwards: Ayush Ghalan (Sankata Club), Nawayug Shrestha (Tribhuvan Army FC), Anjan Bista (Church Boys United), Manish Dangi (Sankata Club), Aashish Chaudhary (Church Boys United), Bimal Gharti Magar (Machhindra Football Club), Gillespye Jung Karki (Tribhuvan Army FC), Dinesh Henjan (Tribhuvan Army FC)

2023-06-28

National team returns home after SAFF Championship

The national men's football team returned home after taking part in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship 2023 in India.

The team landed in Kathmandu on Wednesday night.

ANFA Spokesperson Suresh Shah welcomed the team upon their arrival at the airport.

Nepal had lost their opening match to Kuwait 3-1 and hosts India 2-0 before registering a 1-0 consolation win against Pakistan in the Championship.

2023-06-27

Nepal conclude SAFF Championship with consolation win

Nepal concluded the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship 2023 with a consolation win over Pakistan on Tuesday.

Substitute Ashish Chaudhary scored the only goal of the game with 10 mins of regular time remaining. Chaudhary after receiving the ball from Laken Limbu volleyed the ball into the net.

Nepal rued multiple goalscoring chances in their final group match. The best of the opportunity to take the lead in the first half fell to Bimal Gharti Magar in the 11th minute when Magar, in a one-vs-one situation with the goalkeeper took his time to shot and instead was tacked by the Pakistan's defender.

Magar missed again in the 42nd minute when he was fed by Manish Dangi from the left only for him to shot straight at the keeper. Substitute Nawayug Shrestha headed wide when he was unmarked five minutes after the restart.

Shrestha then turned supplier in the 61st minute he passed the ball to Manish Dangi only for the latter's shot to be saved by the Pakistan goalkeeper's legs. Devendra Tamang's free-kick in the 68th minute also came off the bar.

Chaudhary then scored in the 79th minute to give Nepal the lead. He could have added another in the added minutes of the game but his shot in an empty goal was wide.

Nepal and Pakistan both are already out of the semi-final race having lost both their opening matches.

2023-06-25

U-16 league to start from July 15

A meeting between ANFA and A division clubs on Sunday decided to start the ANFA U-16 League from July 15.

A new starting date for the league was agreed on Sunday as the previous start date of July 8 coincided with examinations at various schools.

Clubs will have to register their teams by June 27 while players can be registered until July 9. The fixtures of the league will be drawn on July 10.

Matches will be played either on Friday or Saturday or public holidays.

ANFA will provide a preparation amount of Rs 300,000 to each participating clubs for the league.

Nepal vs Hong Kong, China match cancelled

Procurement of Hotel Services [16th March, 2026 - Naya Patrika]

Nepal vs Hong Kong, China

Commemorative Memento Statue of Players[Naya Patrika: 20th January, 2026]

Supply of hatchback car [Naya Patrika: 20th January, 2026]

A Division Commercial rights

11th Ex-Co meeting

ANFA Congress Schedule

News

30 players called up for closed camp of World Cup Qualifiers

National team returns home after SAFF Championship

Nepal conclude SAFF Championship with consolation win

U-16 league to start from July 15

A Division

Church Boys United to face Bhutan's Paro FC in AFC Challenge League

RC32 Football Academy face Khalibari Yuba Club in C Division opener

Uttam Raj Bhandari appointed team manager of national team

National team returns home after SAFF Championship

Activity

Final squad announced for SAFF Women's Championship

35 players called up for SAFF Women's Championship's closed camp

32 players called up in FIFA Series initial squad

Bagmati edge RS Resort in nine-goal thriller, Police down Church Boys

ANFA

Nine C division clubs selected as voting members

Seven clubs granted National License

ANFA Executive Committee holds emergency meeting, approves key infrastructure and competition decisions

Nepal Hosts Inaugural Vatsalya SAFF Women’s Club Championship from Friday

B Division

Planning Boys, Saraswoti register wins as B Division League concludes

RCT, Birgunj, Boys Union win final matches

Madhyapur thrash Nayabasti, Chyasal defeat Jhapa

Shree Bhagawati promoted, RCT’s draw relegates Tusal

C Division

Karki Most Valuable player, Samajik Youth Fair Play team

Bagmati crowned C Division champions, RC 32 finish second

Roshan Chhetri scores five to rout Jhamsikhel

Sanga, Swoyambhu share spoils; Golbazar downed by Samajik Youth

Capacity Building

Two-day Amateur Football Environment Analysis concludes

ANFA Begins Two-Day Amateur Football Environment Analysis

ANFA/ANFA C Diploma Coaching Course begins

Two-day capacity building workshop for coach educators begins

Competition

Laligurans edge Chitlang, Army narrowly beat Satdobato

Friends and Jawalakhel share spoils, Church Boys thrash Sankata

Shree Bhagawati edge Manang, Nawa Jana snatch late winner

Army edge Machhindra, Laligurans outlast Planning Boys

Development

Central and South Asian MAs gather for FIFA Forward 3.0 Workshop in Dubai

ANFA, Saudi Arabia Football Federation sign football development MoU

ANFA to run full-fledged physiotherapy and rehabitation program

Future of Football conference for national team coaches held

Futsal

Nepal beat Bhutan 4–1 to finish third in SAFF Futsal Championship

Nepal bounce back with 4–1 win over Bangladesh

Nepal fall 2–1 to Maldives

Nepal denied win after late Pakistan comeback

International Arena

AFC Social Responsibility Committee outlines strategic approach for more inspired outcomes

Gianni Infantino re-elected unopposed as FIFA president

SAFF confirms Sports Partner International as the official commercial partner

Deal with NPO to Strengthen Grassroots

Men's Team

Nepal off to Laos for AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers match

Nepal awarded with 3-0 victory over Malaysia

Resilient Nepal fall short as Malaysia clinch 1–0 victory

Nepal hold Bangladesh to thrilling draw

Profiles

Overcoming societal taboos to relish national team dream

A striker who aims to make up for lost time

Ravi Shankar Paswan, a speedy midfielder who hopes to play in foreign football leagues

A little-known decorated FIFA referee who hopes to aspire new generation

Referee

ANFA Distributes FIFA Badges for 2026

FIFA MA Refereeing Course Concludes

Five-day FIFA MA Refereeing Course begins

ANFA Basic Referee Course concludes in Panchthar

SAFF Women

India crushes Nepal to lift record fifth SAFF Women's title

India set final date with hosts Nepal

Nepal beat Sri Lanka 4-0 to enter final

India ousted Sri Lanka 5-0; Nepal face Sri Lanka in semis

Social Responsibility

Manakamana Youth Club starts spraying disinfectant in local ward after increase in Covid-19 cases

ANFA Corporate Social Responsibility conducted a voluntary blood donation

WOMEN

Final squad for SAFF Women's Championship confirmed