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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 their home games.
The concept of an outdoor sporting stadium was initially raised by V. A. Sugathadasa, the Mayor of Colombo (1956–57, 1963–65), the country's first Minister of Sports (1966–70) and Chairman of the National Olympic and Commonwealth Games Committee. [3]
Colombo Football Club (Colombo FC) is a professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football.. They are 3-time winners of the prestigious Dialog Champions League and also have won the 2015 FA Cup championship, [1] defeating Blue Star SC 1–0 in the final on July 4 at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
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 ...
Sri Lanka v England: Last Test: 22–26 August 2019: Sri Lanka v New Zealand: First ODI: 13 April 1983: Sri Lanka v Australia: Last ODI: 20 July 2007: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: First T20I: 1 February 2010: Afghanistan v Ireland: Last T20I: 24 November 2014: Hong Kong v Nepal: First WODI: 20 January 2002: Sri Lanka v Pakistan: Last WODI: 29 April ...
FFSL was founded on 1939 as Ceylon Football Association, later rechristened as Football Federation of Sri Lanka in 1972. FSL affiliated with FIFA in 1952. FFSL affiliated with Asian Football Confederation in 1954 and was the founding member of South Asian Football Federation which was founded in 1997.
The highest Test total of all time was recorded at the R Premadasa Stadium is 952/6 declared by Sri Lanka against India in 1997. The lowest Test total is 87 by Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in 2005. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 340 against India in 1997.
Malaysia won the match by 2–0. The second match was played against the host Bangladesh. Sri Lanka lost the game 1–0. Sri Lanka failed to score a goal in this tournament. After a six years of poor performance in the international football field Sri Lanka football team managed to qualify for the Semi Final of 2015 SAFF Championship.