Nickname(s) | Green Shirts, Pak Shaheen | ||
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Association | Pakistan Football Federation | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | Shadab Iftikhar | ||
Captain | Muhammad Sadam | ||
FIFA code | PAK | ||
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First international | |||
Hong Kong 2–1 Pakistan (Bangkok, Thailand; 16 April 1962) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Pakistan 4–0 Singapore (Bangkok, Thailand; 18 April 1962) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Iran 14–0 Pakistan (Tehran, Iran; 6 November 2007) | |||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
AFC U-19 Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1962 ) | ||
Best result | Group Stage : (1962, 1973, 2000) | ||
SAFF U-20 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023 ) | ||
Best result | Runner-up (2023) | ||
Medal record |
Pakistan national under-20 football team represents Pakistan in international youth football competitions in SAFF U-20 Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 & under-19 international football tournaments. The team is operated under the Pakistan Football Federation.
The team have qualified for the AFC U-19 Championship three previous times and is yet to qualify for FIFA U-20 World Cup. The team will also first take part in the SAFF U-20 Championship in the 2023 edition.
The youth team first participated at the 1962 AFC Youth Championship held in Bangkok, with A.R. Siddiqui as manager, Bahadur Khan as coach and referee, and Salim as captain. [1]
After a decade-long gap and the fall of Dhaka, the team participated at the 1973 AFC Youth Championship in Tehran led by senior team head coach Mohammad Amin, and Muhammad Idrees as captain. [1]
The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was the last time Pakistan took part in the tournament, where the team headed by Englishman Dave Burns and then John Layton as head coaches between 2000 till 2002 thanks to AFC support, which helped discovering new talent such as Muhammad Essa and Jaffar Khan. [2]
In 2023, the team participated for the first time at the SAFF U-19 Championship. [3] [4] The team finished as runner-up of the tournament after falling in the final against India. [5]
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Shadab Iftikhar |
Assistant coach | Mohsin-ul-Hussnain |
Goalkeeping coach | Khurram Shahzad |
Team Manager | Zohair Gondal |
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Sahil Gul | 0 | 0 | Hazara Pioneers FC | |
22 | GK | Mohsin Khan | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
23 | GK | Muhammad Abdullah | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC | |
4 | DF | Muhammad Sadam | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
2 | DF | Muhammad Adeel | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC | |
3 | DF | Khurshid Alam | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
5 | DF | Muhammad Raheel | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
12 | DF | Asad Nasir | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC | |
13 | DF | Shayan Ali | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | Anus Amin | 0 | 0 | PMYP | |
17 | DF | Hannan Naveed | 0 | 0 | PMYP | |
18 | DF | Abid Ali | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC | |
21 | DF | Kamil Ahmad Khan | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
6 | MF | Muhammad Azan | 0 | 0 | Karachi United | |
7 | DF | Najeeb Ullah | 0 | 0 | SA Gardens FC | |
8 | MF | Ali Zafar | 0 | 0 | Hazara Pioneer FC | |
14 | MF | Awais Khan | 0 | 0 | Atish FC Tank | |
9 | FW | Muhammad Hassan | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | Shahjahan | 0 | 0 | Madhu Mohammdun FC | |
11 | FW | Adeel Younas | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | |
15 | FW | Haroon Zafar | 0 | 0 | PMYP | |
19 | FW | Faisal Ahmad | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC | |
20 | FW | Abdul Wahab | 0 | 0 | Muslim Hands FC |
Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches
Win Draw Loss Fixture
21 September 2023 2023 SAFF U-19 GS | Pakistan | 1–0 | Nepal | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Ali Zafar 76' | Report | Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 3500 Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India) |
23 September 2023 2023 SAFF U-19 GS | Maldives | 1–1 | Pakistan | Kathmandu, Nepal |
UTC+05:45 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 212 Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das (Bangladesh) |
27 September 2023 2023 SAFF U-19 SF | Pakistan | 0(6)–0(5) | Bhutan | Kathmandu, Nepal |
UTC+05:45 | Report | Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India) | ||
Penalties | ||||
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30 September 2023 2023 SAFF U-19 Final | Pakistan | 0–3 | India | Kathmandu, Nepal |
UTC+05:45 | Report |
| Stadium: Dashrath Stadium |
FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
FIFA World Youth Championship | ||||||||
1977 to 2005 | did not Qualify | |||||||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||
2007 to 2023 | did not Qualify | |||||||
2025 | did not enter | |||||||
Total | 0/24 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AFC U-20 Asian Cup records | ||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
1959 to 1961 | did not enter | |||||||
1962 | Group Stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
1963 to 1972 | did not enter | |||||||
1973 | Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
1974 to 1978 | did not enter | |||||||
1980 to 1992 | did not qualify | |||||||
1994 | did not enter | |||||||
1996 | did not qualify | |||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | Group Stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
2002 to 2012 | did not qualify | |||||||
2014 to 2025 | did not enter | |||||||
Total | 3/41 | – | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
SAFF U-20 Championship record | ||||||||
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Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
2015 to 2022 | did not enter | |||||||
2023 | Runner-up | 2/6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Total | Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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