PAKISTAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM

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

Contents

Last and next games

World Cup record

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup record

Current squad

Famous players

External links

Last and next games

★ 'Last game' 3-2 - Abu Dhabi - November 15, 2006.

★ 'Next Game' --- - Lahore - October 8, 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

Famous players

★ Jaffar Khan

★ Sarfaraz Rasool

★ Zesh Rehman

★ Muhammad Essa

★ Haroon Yousaf

★ 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).

★

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.