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They have been a member of FIFA since 1952 and a member of AFC since 1954. Sri Lanka's home stadium is the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka. [5] A member of the AFC, the team has yet to make their first appearance in FIFA World Cup or ...
Sri Lanka national football team results and fixtures. For Sri Lanka national football team results see: Sri Lanka national football team results (1950–1979) Sri Lanka national football team results (1980–2009) Sri Lanka national football team results (2010–present)
Football in Sri Lanka. Football in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. Despite not being as well-regarded as the country's cricket team, football is the third biggest sport in Sri Lanka (after cricket and rugby union ). The Sri Lanka national football team uses the 25,000-capacity Sugathadasa Stadium for ...
Football is one of the most famous games in Sri Lanka just behind cricket. Most football clubs are based in main cities like Colombo, Kandy, Negambo and Kalutara. [citation needed] There are five football competitions in Sri Lanka. They are Sri Lanka Football Premier League, Division I, Division II, Division III, Sri Lanka FA Cup and Dialog ...
Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition 27 March 2011 Tajikistan D 2–2 Colombo, Sri Lanka: Friendly: 29 March 2011 Tajikistan L 0–2 Colombo, Sri Lanka: Friendly: 7 April 2011
Twice, teams have won successive tournaments: the West Indies won the first two editions ( 1975 and 1979) and Australia won three in a row ( 1999, 2003, and 2007 ). Australia has played in the most finals (eight out of thirteen: 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023 ). England has lost the most World Cup finals, ending as runner-up ...
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
West Indies' Joel Garner, holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, with a rate of 3.93 runs per over conceded over his 343-match ODI career, is the highest Sri Lankan on the list. [185] Rank. Economy rate. Player.