Pakistan national football team

Pakistan

Nickname(s)

The Greenshirts

Association

Pakistan Football Federation

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Akhtar Mohiuddin

Asst coach

Gohar Zaman

Captain

Muhammad Essa

Home stadium

Punjab Stadium

FIFA code

PAK

FIFA ranking

179

Highest FIFA ranking

141 (February 1994)

Lowest FIFA ranking

192 (May 2004)

Elo ranking

192





First kit





Second kit

First international

Iran 5 - 1 Pakistan

(Iran; January 6, 1950)

Biggest win

Pakistan 7 - 0 Thailand

(Malaya; August 9, 1960)

Biggest defeat

Iran 9 - 1 Pakistan

(Teheran, Iran; March 12, 1969)

Iraq 8 - 0 Pakistan

(Irbid, Jordan; May 28, 1993)

Pakistan national football team is the national team of Pakistan and is controlled by the PFF and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

It has not yet qualified for either the FIFA World Cup or Asian Cup championships. This state of affairs may be attributable in part to the popularity of cricket and other sports, along with the PFF's own lacklustre handling of football in Pakistan over the greater part of the last five decades since its establishment in 1948.

Pakistan were one of the best sides in Asia but by the late 60's the lack of funding and infrastructure meant Pakistan's national side had fallen behind many other teams they used to beat.

However in recent times the Pakistani government and the PFF have invested more into football. The appointment of Bahraini coach Salman Ahmed Sharida in late 2005 with assistance from the Bahrain FA has helped the team achieve some stability and improvement with respect to fitness levels, and team work.

On 7 December, 2005 Fulham defender Zeshan Rehman (now with QPR) made his debut for the Pakistani team, becoming the first Pakistani international footballer to play professional football in England. Currently the PFF is targeting usage of more players of Pakistani descent playing football in foreign leagues with the help of third party contacts, to allow them to represent Pakistan internationally and boost profile of football in the country. Players like Adnan Ahmed and Azeem Razwan have chosen to represent Pakistan at the international level.

The most success for Pakistan football, has been in the South Asian Games tournament, which they have won 4 times.

Last and next games

Last game United Arab Emirates 3-2 Pakistan - Abu Dhabi - November 15, 2006.
Next Game Pakistan --- Iraq - Lahore - October 22, 2007.

World Cup record

1930 to 1986 - Did not enter: was part of British Empire until 1947
1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

1993 - Fourth Place
1995 - Round 1
1997 - Third Place
1999 - Round 1
2003 - Fourth Place
2005 - Semi Finals

AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Round 1

Current squad

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Jaffar Khan	1981-03-10			Pakistan Army FC
GK	Ghulam Nabi	1988-12-28			Afghan Club
GK	Aamir				Karachi Bazigar
GK	Iltaf Ahmed				Unattached
GK	Muhammad Shehzad				HBL FC
DF	Misbahul Haq				NBP FC
DF	Mehmood Khan	1983-01-06			NBP FC
DF	Zesh Rehman	1983-10-14	4	0	Queens Park Rangers
DF	Tanveer Ahmed	1972-04-15			WAPDA FC
DF	Adam Docker	1985-11-17			Porthmadog
DF	Muhammad Ahmed	1991-02-14			KRL FC
DF	Haji Muhammad	1989-10-16			PIA FC
DF	Naveed Akram	1984-05-16			WAPDA FC
DF	Kamran Khan				KRL FC
DF	Mohammad Irfan				PIA FC
DF	Mohammad Imran	1986-10-15			Pakistan Army FC
DF	Samar Ishaq	1986-01-01			KRL FC
MF	Abbas Ali	1990-09-03			NBP FC
MF	Adnan Ahmed	1984-06-07			Tranmere Rovers
MF	Shahid Ahmed				KRL FC
MF	Zahid Hameed	1985-08-01			WAPDA FC
MF	Farooq Shah	1985-10-19			KRL FC
MF	Adeel Ahmed	1983-11-25			KRL FC
MF	Abdul Aziz	1986-01-11			NBP FC
MF	Sufian Mahmood				Unattached
MF	Mubashar Hussain	1986-11-20			Pakistan Army FC
MF	Amjad Iqbal				Farsley Celtic
MF	Imran Niazi	1985-11-17			WAPDA FC
FW	Azeem Razwan	1986-05-28			IFK Malmö
FW	Muhammad Essa	1983-11-20			KRL FC
FW	Imran Hussain	1986-08-20			Pakistan Army FC
FW	Arif Mehmood	1983-06-21			WAPDA FC
FW	Muhammad Qasim	1987-08-20			KRL FC
FW	Shakir Lashari				PIA FC
FW	Muhammad Rasool	1985-05-23			KRL FC

Famous players

Jaffar Khan
Sarfraz Rasool
Zesh Rehman
Muhammad Essa
Haroon Yousaf
Gohar Zaman
Muhammad Aqib Khan
Muhammad Adnan Khan
Zahid Rafique
Abdul Ghafoor [1] A Yahoo sports article on his athletic contributions and achievements in the early stages of Pakistan Football Federation (soccer).
Adnan Ahmed

External links

Football Pakistan (est. 2002/03) for the latest news and forum discussions about the Pakistani team and promotion, awareness, and support of football among Pakistanis world-wide.