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Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup

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Jordan national football team has been historically considered weaker than other Arab teams prior to the beginning of new millennium. Jordan often struggled to win a ticket and qualify for the Asian Cup, mainly, due to a weaker league and not many players competing professionally.

However, once Jordan polished themselves in order to join the new world, Jordanian football also witnessed significant positive changes. Jordan qualified for their first Asian Cup in 2004, before they did it again in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. In the first two editions, Jordan stunned all predictions by drawing and defeating many Asian powerhouses such as South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia, and they were considered a heavy underdog which qualified for the quarter-finals twice, their best result to date. In 2015 however, Jordan for the first time, had to go home from the group stage. In 2019 they reached the round of 16 and in 2023 edition they have now reached the finals.

Overall record

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AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 5 9
Iran 1976 Did not enter Did not enter
Kuwait 1980
Singapore 1984 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 7 10
Qatar 1988 4 1 3 0 2 1
Japan 1992 Did not enter Did not enter
United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 4 1
Lebanon 2000 4 2 1 1 12 4
China 2004 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 3 0 3 1 6 5 0 1 13 6
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 10 5
Qatar 2011 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 4 4
Australia 2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 5 4 6 3 3 0 10 3
United Arab Emirates 2019 Round of 16 4 2 2 0 4 1 14 8 4 2 37 12
Qatar 2023 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 1 2 13 8 11 7 2 2 19 3
Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualified 6 4 1 1 16 4
Total 0 titles 6/19 22 10 7 5 30 18 75 39 19 17 139 62

Record by opponent

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AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 Iraq 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
 Japan 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Palestine 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
 Qatar 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 South Korea 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
 Syria 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
 Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
 Vietnam 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

Asian Cup 2004

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This was Jordan's first ever Asian Cup in their history, following a successful qualification campaign. Although considered to be an underdog, Jordan surprised by drawing South Korea 0–0 before beating Kuwait 2–0 and drew the UAE 0–0, therefore passed into the quarter-finals right on their debut. Jordan even performed better than expected, when they drew giant Japan 1-1 before losing 3–4 on the penalty shootout. Ironically, despite Jordan had led Japan 3–1 on penalty shootout, subsequent misses and failed kicks had eliminated Jordan from the tournament. Japan would go on to win the title.

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 Jordan 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
 Kuwait 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
South Korea 0–0 Jordan
Report

Jordan 2–0 Kuwait
Saad 90+1'
Al-Zboun 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Jordan 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Quarter-finals

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Asian Cup 2011

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Having missed out the 2007 edition, Jordan returned in 2011 edition and once again was drawn with Japan, together with 2007 runners-up Saudi Arabia and Syria. Similar to 2004, Jordan, one more time, shocked by drawing Japan 1–1 before defeating Saudi Arabia and Syria to qualify with seven points. Making itself a heavy underdog for the second times, Jordan, however, soon fell to Uzbekistan as the Uzbeks had shown to be more resilience than the Jordanians. The Turkic side would have defeated the Chivalrous 2–1 in the quarter-finals again, before winning fourth place for the first time. This was the best performance of Jordan in the Asian Cup.

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Jordan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
9 January 2011
Japan  1–1  Jordan
13 January 2011
Jordan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
17 January 2011
Jordan  2–1  Syria

Quarter-finals

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Uzbekistan 2–1 Jordan
Bakayev 47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen 58'

Asian Cup 2015

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Jordan made their third debut by qualifying to the 2015 Asian Cup held in Australia. And, surprisingly once again, Jordan was drawn with Japan for the second times, together with Levant rivals Iraq and debutant Palestine.[1] Having created a strong impression four years ago, Jordan was expected to at least, surprised again by qualifying to quarter-finals or even, reaching no.1 in the group. Their hopes were shattered by a 0–1 defeat to Iraq, before demolishing Palestine 5–1 with Hamza Al-Dardour made a double braces. Jordan would have met Japan in the last encounter, and they expected to even manage a surprising record again, having drawn Japan 1–1 in two previous encounters. Unfortunately, the Blue Samurais had learnt from their two previous mistakes and Jordan had to go home with a 0–2 defeat.[2] This meant for the first time in their participancy, Jordan was out from the early stage.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Jordan 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Palestine 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
12 January 2015
Jordan  0–1  Iraq Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
16 January 2015
Palestine  1–5  Jordan AAMI Park, Melbourne
20 January 2015
Japan  2–0  Jordan AAMI Park, Melbourne

Asian Cup 2019

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Jordan once again qualified to the Asian Cup, and for the second time in their participation, Jordan didn't join Japan in the same group. Instead, Jordan will have to face up defending champions Australia, alongside their Levant rivals Syria and Palestine, once again. Jordan had met Palestine in four years ago, while they faced Australia in 2018 World Cup qualification. Jordan also faced Syria in 2011 edition. However, due to history being an underdog, Jordan is expected to make surprise again.[3]

Jordan opened their account by a shocking impressive 1–0 win over defending champions Australia thanked for a header by Anas Bani Yaseen and an incredible performance by Khalil Bani Attiah, who prevented every Australian attacks. This trend of impressive performance continued with a 2–0 victory over neighboring rival Syria. The win over Australia and Syria helped Jordan to top the group, becoming the first team to progress to the knockout stage of the edition. The last group stage match against Palestine, which had little impact on Jordan's position, ended 0–0, and Jordan consolidated their first place, ultimately sent them to the encounter against Vietnam in the round of sixteen with a perfect record, scoring three and conceding zero goals.

Jordan played against Vietnam in the first knockout stage's match. Prior to the encounter, Jordanian media and press had signaled in confident against Vietnam, the last team to qualify for the stage, and even confirmed for a full victory. Jordan eventually led 1–0 with a superb free kick by Baha' Abdel-Rahman. However, the second half witnessed a complete Vietnamese resurgence, with Nguyễn Công Phượng became the first player to net on Amer Shafi, turned the tie into a draw 1–1. The draw was maintained after 120', but with all confidences lost, Jordan failed on the penalty shootout to Vietnam with the score 2–4, ultimately sending Jordan out from the campaign.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Palestine 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: AFC
Australia 0–1 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 4,934
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Jordan 2–0 Syria
Report

Palestine 0–0 Jordan
Report

Round of 16

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Asian Cup 2023

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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 8 6 +2 5
3  Jordan 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Malaysia 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: AFC
Malaysia 0–4 Jordan
Report



Jordan 2–2 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 36,627
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Jordan 0–1 Bahrain
Report Helal 34'
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E  Jordan 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 C  Palestine 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 B  Syria 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 D  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
5 F  Oman 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 A  China 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
Source: AFC

Knockout stage

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Round of 16

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Iraq 2–3 Jordan
Report

Quarter-finals

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Tajikistan 0–1 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 35,530
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Semi-finals

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Jordan 2–0 South Korea
Report

Final

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Jordan 1–3 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 86,492
Referee: Ma Ning (China)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jordan drawn alongside Japan, Iraq for 2015 Asian Cup". jordantimes.com. The Jordan News. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Form and head to head stats - Japan vs Jordan". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Jordan drawn alongside Australia for 2019 Asian Cup". jordantimes.com. The Jordan News. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  5. ^ "AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 Match Officials - Final 10 February" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 8 February 2024.