Jordan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | النشامى Al-Nashāmā ("The Chivalrous") |
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| Association | Jordan Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Abdullah Mesfer |
| Captain | Amer Shafi |
| Most caps | Amer Shafi (136) |
| Top scorer | Hassan Abdel-Fattah (30) |
| Home stadium |
Amman International Stadium King Abdullah II Stadium |
| FIFA code | JOR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 107  2 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 37 (August–September 2004) |
| Lowest | 152 (July 1996) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 79  2 (25 January 2017)
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| Highest | 37 (23 July 2004) |
| Lowest | 143 (September 1984, July 1985) |
| First international | |
 Syria 3–1 Jordan  (Egypt; 1 August 1953) |
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| Biggest win | |
Jordan 9–0 Nepal  (Amman, Jordan; 23 July 2011) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Japan 6–0 Jordan (Saitama, Japan: 8 June 2012) |
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| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals, 2004 and 2011 |
The Jordan national football team (Arabic: المنتخب الأردني لكرة القدم), known by its fans as Al-Nashama ("The Chivalrous"), is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association, the governing body for football in Jordan. Jordan's home ground/stadium is the Amman International Stadium. Jordan have never qualified for the World Cup finals, but have appeared three times in the Asian Cup and reached its quarter-final stage in the 2004 and 2011 editions.
Jordan is a two-time champion of the Pan Arab Games, having won the 1997 and 1999 editions of the tournament. So far, Jordan has hosted the West Asian Football Federation Championship three times in (2000, 2007 and 2010), the Arab Nations Cup once in 1988, and the Pan Arab Games once in 1999.
The Jordanian national football team's first international match was played in 1953 in Egypt where the team defeated Syria 3–1. The first FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Jordan took part in was the 1986 qualifiers, but they are yet to qualify for a World Cup. For the first time in history, Jordan have qualified for the final round of the FIFA World Cup qualification AFC in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) campaign.
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