ANFA hands Nepal National Team Coach Gyotoku Koji contract extension till February 2019.

All Nepal Football Association(ANFA) has extended the contract of National Team Coach  Gyotoku Koji by another year after the initial contract ended in February 2018 that would see his term being extended to February 2019.
 Gyotoku Koji who was appointed as the Head Coach of Nepal under the Japan-Nepal co-operation program Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in March 2016 has decent success with the national team, most notably winning the AFC Solidarity Cup in November 2016.
Head Coach Koji has set his target on SAFF Championship 2018 as his immediate target to make Nepal champions as Koji added that Nepal has improved technically but still needs to keep the good work going.
ANFA has also extended the contract of Technical Director Chiaki Takeda who will also have an added responsibility as a technical representative of  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to provide technical assistance to strengthen and promote Nepalese football.The Technical Department in liaison with JICA would be responsible for "strengthening Nepalese football through establishing Coach education system, strengthening the U-14  men's and women's football team, grass root level development of footballers" added ANFA President Narendra Shrestha.

AFC CUP POISED FOR BIGGEST AND BEST EVER EDITION IN 2018

AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 Qualifiers Draw Results,India in Group C with Qatar,Syria and Turkmenistan

The 40 nations participating the AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 Qualifiers discovered today who they will be matching up against as the draw for the qualifiers took place in the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

The 10 group winners and five best second-placed teams among all the groups will advance to the finals. The qualifiers will take place on July 19 to 23, 2017 in the respective host countries which are Kyrgyz Republic, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Myanmar, DPR Korea, Thailand and China PR.

Although directly qualified as the host, China PR have expressed interest to participate in the qualifying stage. Therefore, if China PR finish top of their group or finish among the five best second-placed teams, the next (6th) second-placed team will qualify to the final stage of the competition on January, 2018.

WEST Zone (West + South + Central)

Group A
A1. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
A2. OMAN
A3. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (host)
A4. SRI LANKA

Group B
B1. IRAQ
B2. SAUDI ARABIA (host)
B3. BAHRAIN
B4. AFGHANISTAN

Group C
C1. QATAR (host)
C2. SYRIA
C3. INDIA
C4. TURKMENISTAN

Group D
D1. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (host)
D2. UZBEKISTAN
D3. LEBANON
D4. NEPAL

Group E
E1. JORDAN
E2. TAJIKISTAN
E3. PALESTINE (host)
E4. BANGLADESH

EAST Zone (East + ASEAN)

Group F
F1. AUSTRALIA
F2. MYANMAR (host)
F3. SINGAPORE
F4. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

Group G
G1. DPR KOREA (host)
G2. LAOS
G3. CHINESE TAIPEI
G4. HONG KONG

Group H
H1. THAILAND (host)
H2. INDONESIA
H3. MALAYSIA
H4. MONGOLIA

Group I
I1. KOREA REPUBLIC
I2. VIETNAM (host)
I3. TIMOR-LESTE
I4. MACAU

Group J
J1. JAPAN
J2. CHINA PR (host)
J3. CAMBODIA
J4. PHILIPPINES
Fixture:AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 Qualifiers