Pakistan national under-23 football team

Pakistan Under-23
Nickname(s) Green Shirts , Pak Shaheen
Association Pakistan Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach José Antonio Nogueira
Captain Saddam Hussain
FIFA code PAK
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
Pakistan 0–6 Kuwait 
(Busan, South Korea; 28 September 2002)
Biggest win
Pakistan 4–0 Bhutan 
(Colombo, Sri Lanka; 23 August 2006)
Biggest defeat
Pakistan 0–6 Thailand 
(Guangzhou, China; 7 November 2010)
Olympics
Appearances 0
Asian Games
Appearances 4 (first in 2002)
Best result 21/28 (2006)
South Asian Games
Appearances 4 (first in 2004)
Best result Gold Medal (2004,2006)

The Pakistan U-23 national football team is a youth football team operated under the Pakistan Football Federation. The team would represent Pakistan in the Summer Olympics, AFC U-22 Asian Cup, and the Asian Games.[1]

Competition history

Olympic Record

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 Did Not Qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000 Did Not Enter
Greece 2004 Did Not Qualify
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 To be determined
France 2024
United States 2028
Total0 / 7

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
Senior National Team
1951 – 1998 See Pakistan national football team
Under-23 National Team
South Korea 2002Round 1233003014
Qatar 2006Round 121300326
China 2010Withdrew
South Korea 2014Group Stage24201103
Indonesia 2018Group Stage17310228
Total4/5-11119431

Result and fixtures

For all previous match results of the national under-23 team, see the team's results page   Win   Draw   Loss

2018

FIFA restored membership of PFF on March 13, 2018. With Asian Games approaching in August and SAFF Cup in September, Pakistan football team had very less time to prepare. PFF announced the signing of new Brazilian coach José Antonio Nogueira and started camps in Lahore. The team played friendlies in Bahrain with their premier clubs from mid of July till end of it. Pakistan lost 1, drew 1 and won 2 matches in Bahrain. Then, Pakistan national under-23 football team along with 3 senior players flied to Bahrain in mid August to take part in Asian Games. On August 14, 2018, the team played its first group game against the then runner ups of 2018 AFC U-23 Championship which resulted in a 3-0 loss. On August 16,2018, the team faced a loss against Japan by a scoreline of 4-0. Pakistan defeated Nepal by 2-1 in their final group game which was the former's first win in Asian Games after 44 years. Pakistan expected to qualify for knockouts being 3rd in the group. However, the team fell short in terms of Goal Difference.

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Ahsanullah Ahmed (1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 0 0 Pakistan SSGC
33 1GK Saqib Hanif (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 2 0 Maldives BA. A. Maalhos
2 2DF Mohammad Umar Hayat (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 0 0 Pakistan WAPDA
3 2DF Mohsin Ali (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 4 0 Pakistan Navy
4 2DF Mehdi Hassan (1999-06-20) 20 June 1999 0 0 Pakistan PAF
6 2DF Muhammad Bilal (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 0 0 Pakistan WAPDA
13 2DF Shehbaz Younus (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 0 0 Pakistan Army
18 2DF Arsalan Ali (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 0 0 Pakistan KRL
20 2DF Mohammad Sohail (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 0 0 Pakistan PAF
8 3MF Mehmood Khan (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 4 0 Pakistan KRL
14 3MF Ali Khan Niazi (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 0 0 Pakistan PCAA
15 3MF Zainul Abideen Ishaque (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 0 0 Pakistan PCAA
16 3MF Waseem Asghar (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 0 0 Pakistan PCAA
17 3MF Saddam Hussain (Captain) (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 19 0 Northern Cyprus Larnaka Gençler Birliği S.K.
19 3MF Adeel Ali (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 0 0 Pakistan WAPDA
23 3MF Noman Mirza Khan Under 23 0 0 Pakistan SSGC
7 4FW Mansoor Khan (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 1 0 Pakistan PAF
9 4FW Yousuf Ahmed (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 2 0 Pakistan KRL
10 4FW Mohammad Riaz (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 1 0 Pakistan K-Electric
11 4FW Maqbool (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 0 0 Pakistan NBP

Recent call-ups

The following players a part of the preparation camp in Bahrain for 2018 Asian Games.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Yousuf Butt (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 12 0 Denmark Greve Fodbold Asian Games Prep. Camp
DF Ahsan Ullah (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992 4 0 Pakistan KRL Asian Games Prep. Camp
DF Faisal Iqbal (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 18 0 Pakistan NBP Asian Games Prep. Camp
MF Bilalwal-ur-Rehman (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 4 0 Pakistan KRL F.C. Asian Games Prep. Camp
MF Saadullah Khan (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 3 1 Pakistan SSGC F.C. Asian Games Prep. Camp
MF Muhammad Adil (1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 19 0 Australia Hawkesbury City FC Asian Games Prep. Camp
MF Naveed Ahmed (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 8 0 Pakistan KRL F.C. Asian Games Prep. Camp
MF Muhammad Basit Amin (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 8 0 Pakistan SNGPL FC Asian Games Prep. Camp
FW Muhammad Ali (1989-09-02) 2 September 1989 8 0 Denmark Greve Fodbold Asian Games Prep. Camp
FW Hassan Bashir (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 15 4 Denmark BSV Asian Games Prep. Camp

Current staff

Position Name
Head Coach Brazil José Antonio Nogueira
Assistant Coach Pakistan Muhammad Essa
Goalkeeping Coach Pakistan Noman Ibrahim
Fitness Coach Brazil Jose Beto Portella
Masseur Pakistan Mohammad Aslam
PFF Technical Director Pakistan Shahzad Anwar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan U23". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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