List of Pakistan national football team managers

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This article lists the Pakistan national football team managers since the team's international debut in 1950.

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Overview

Pakistan visited Iran and Iraq for its international debut in October 1950, with Khawaja Riaz Ahmed as manager and Abdul Sattar Kohati as assistant manager. [1] Pakistan faced Iran in their first official international game in Tehran, losing 5–1, and also engaged in unofficial friendly matches during the tour in Iran and Iraq. [2] [3] Riaz also managed the team at the 1952 Colombo Cup, where Pakistan ended joint-winner with India. On 10 October 1957, Pakistan first foreign coach John McBride was signed as coach for the Pakistan national team on a two-year contract. [4] Although he served as selector of the team for the 1958 Asian Games where Sharif Khan acted as manager, [5] [6] McBride coached the national team during an unofficial tour to Burma in April 1959. [2] [7] The same year after his expiration of contract, Saeed Mirza assumed the position as head coach for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification. [2]

Chinese coach Wang Xiaohe along with Tariq Lutfi led the national side clinch the gold medal at the 1989 South Asian Games. [8] [9] [10] [11] At the subsequent 1991 South Asian Games under the tenure of Muhammad Aslam Japani, Pakistan again retained the gold. [12] [13]

List of managers

Managers in italics took charge as caretaker or interim manager

Managerial records

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ From 2015 to 2017, Pakistan didn't play any matches due to Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) crisis and consequent ban by FIFA.

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References

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  4. 1 2 "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 10 October 1957" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 11 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 24 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 17 April 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  9. ↑ "Chinese Xiao named coach - Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2003-12-19. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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