Pakistan national football team

Pakistan

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Nickname(s)	-
Association	Pakistan Football Federation
Head coach	Guvenc Kurtar 2006-
Most caps	?
Top scorer	Muhammad Essa
FIFA code	PAK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	160
Highest	151 (September 1994)
Lowest	192 (May 2001)
First international
Template:Country data Iran old Iran 5 - 1 Pakistan (Iran; January 6, 1950)
Biggest win
Pakistan 7 - 0 Thailand (Malaya; August 9, 1960)
Biggest defeat
Template:Country data Iran old Iran 9 - 1 Pakistan (Teheran, Iran; March 12, 1969) Template:Country data Iraq 91-04 Iraq 8 - 0 Pakistan (Irbid, Jordan; May 28, 1993)
Appearances	(first in -)
Best result	-
Appearances	(first in -)
Best result	-

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

It has not yet to 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.

However in recent times the Pakistani government and the PFF have invested more into football.

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.

World Cup record

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

Asian Cup record

• 1956 - Withdrew
• 1960 - Did not qualify
• 1964 - Did not enter
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Withdrew
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1984 to 2004 - 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

Goalkeepers

• Jaffar Khan
• Muhammad Imran

Defenders

• Tanveer Ahmed
• Naveed Akram
• Yasir Afridi
• Mehmood Khan
• Mohammad Imran
• Zesh Rehman (Zeshan Rehman)
• Sammar Ishaq

Midfielders

• Zahid Hameed
• Farooq Shah
• Adeel Ahmed
• Abdul Aziz
• Mudassar Saeed
• Imran Niazi

Forwards

• Muhammad Essa
• Imran Hussain
• Arif Mehmood
• Farhan Abdul Qadir

Famous players

• Jaffar Khan
• Muhammad Aqib Khan
• Zesh Rehman
• Muhammad Essa
• Muhammad Aqib Khan
• Muhammad Adnan Khan
• 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 for the latest news about the Pakistani team