November 18, 2019  

ASIA : SRILANKA

SRILANKA (203) History The Golden Lion, with the Football Federation of Sri Lanka was founded on 1939. FFSL affiliated with FIFA i...

SRILANKA (203)

History

The Golden Lion, with the Football Federation of Sri Lanka was founded on 1939. FFSL affiliated with FIFA in 1952. FFSL affiliated with Asian Football Confederation in 1954 & FFSL was founding member of South Asian Football Federation which was founded in 1997.

Legend

Ediri bandanage Channa (born 22 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan international footballer who plays for BG Sports as a forward. Bandanage has won the most number of caps for Sri Lanka national football team with 62 caps. Unfortunately, A football player who has been a part of the national football team for 16 years (1998-2014) is now a victim of power and neglect as reported in 2016 had been Living with his wife and three children in a cramped, rented space in Bogahawatta, Galle, His jobs was cuts grass and digs graves at the Dadalla public cemetery in Galle for a living.

Match Record

Biggest win
Sri Lanka 7–1 Pakistan  (Taipei, Taiwan; 4 April 2008)

Biggest defeat
Ceylon 1–12 East Germany  (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964)

League

Srilanka Premier League,

Defenders Football Club as previous champions in 2018is a football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC