Pakistan national under-23 football team

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Pakistan Under-23
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Nickname(s) Green Shirts, Pak Shaheens
Association Pakistan Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach Shahzad Anwar
Captain Abdullah Shah
FIFA code PAK
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Flag of Pakistan.svgPakistan 0–1 Yemen  Flag of Yemen.svg
(30 August 1991)
Biggest win
Flag of Pakistan.svgPakistan 4–0 Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg
(Colombo, Sri Lanka; 23 August 2006)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Pakistan.svgPakistan 0–8 Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
(Isa Town, Bahrain; 28 February 2007)
Asian Cup
Appearancesnone
Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 2002 )
Best result17/25 (2018)
South Asian Games
Appearances3 (first in 2004 )
Best result Gold medal icon.svg Gold Medal (2004, 2006)
Medal record
Men's football
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Islamabad Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Colombo Team

The Pakistan U-23 national football team is a youth football team operated under the Pakistan Football Federation. The team represents Pakistan in international youth football competitions in the Summer Olympics, AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Asian Games and the South Asian Games winning the 2004 and 2006 editions, as well as any other under-23 and under-22 international football tournaments, such as the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. [1]

Contents

History

South Asian games

2004 South Asian Games

The under-23 side won the gold medal at the 2004 South Asian Games held across 3 venues in Pakistan from March 28 to April 6, 2004. The tournament was the first to introduce an under-23 tournament system for the football events. [2]

Muhammad Essa ended the tournament as top scorer and was player of the tournament, and helped Pakistan win the gold medal. [3] His goal in the semi final against Sri Lanka which ultimately ended in a 1-1 draw until the penalty shootout took Pakistan all the way to the final against India, where Abdul Aziz's goal gave Pakistan a 1–0 victory. [4]

2006 South Asian Games

In the 2006 South Asian Games held across in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 14 to 26 August 2006, Pakistan again won the gold medal. [5]

After advancing from the group stages, Essa's strike against Nepal led Pakistan to the final against Sri Lanka, which ended in a victory for the Green Shirts thanks to a goal by Adeel Ahmed in the half time. [5]

Summer Olympic Games

Pakistan first participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics qualifiers, finishing last placed with Yemen, Qatar, UAE, and Iran within the group. [6]

In 2007, Pakistan thrashed Singapore in both the home and away legs by 2-1 and 3-2, [7] consecutively under the newly appointed head coach Muhammad Rashid, [7] and won the preliminary round of 2008 Summer Olympics first time in the history of Olympics.

Asian Games

The under-23 side participated in their first ever tournament during the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. They were put into a group with Kuwait, North Korea and Hong Kong. [8]

The team subsequently felt short participating in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 editions.

FIFA restored membership of PFF on 13 March 2018. [9] With Asian Games approaching in August, the team had very little time to prepare. PFF announced the signing of new Brazilian coach José Antonio Nogueira and started camps in Lahore. [10] Then, the under 23 team along with 3 senior players flew to Indonesia in mid August to take part in Asian Games. On 14 August 2018, the team played its first group game against Vietnam, the then runner ups of 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, which resulted in a 3–0 loss. On 16 August 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. [11] [12] Pakistan expected to qualify for knockouts being 3rd in the group. However, the team fell short in terms of Goal Difference.

Result and fixtures

For all previous match results of the national under-23 team, see the team's results page. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win  Draw  Loss

2023

6 September 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg0–6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Arad, Bahrain
21:30 Report
Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
Attendance: 101
Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)
9 September 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg1–3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Arad, Bahrain
18:30
 Report
Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad
Attendance: 180
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Syria)
12 September 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg1–2Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Arad, Bahrain
21:30
 Report
Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad

Current staff

As of September 2023 [13]
PositionName
Head coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahzad Anwar
Assistant coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Walid Javaid
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Pakistan.svg Chaudary Nouman Ibrahim
Media manager Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Shoaib
Physiotherapist Flag of Pakistan.svg Zubair Abdullah
Doctor Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Azam
Masseur Flag of Pakistan.svg Abdul Qayyum
Team manager Flag of Pakistan.svg Osama Ahmad

Players

Current squad

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Usman Ali (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 19)10 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
201 GK Hassan Ali (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21)00 Flag of Pakistan.svg Lyallpur
221 GK Salman ul Haq (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 22)20 Flag of Pakistan.svg SA Gardens
22 DF Mohib Ullah (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 18)30 Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi United
32 DF Haseeb Ahmed Khan (2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 24)30 Flag of Pakistan.svg PAF
42 DF Abdullah Iqbal (2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 21)10 Flag of Denmark.svg B.93
52 DF Mamoon Moosa Khan (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)30 Flag of Pakistan.svg PAF
122 DF Muhammad Sohail (2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 22)10 Flag of Pakistan.svg KRL
132 DF Muhammad Sufyan (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 22)20 Flag of Pakistan.svg WAPDA
142 DF Saeed Khan10 Flag of Pakistan.svg KPT F.C.
152 DF Abdullah Shah (Captain) (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)20 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Abu Muslim
63 MF Mohammad Taha (2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 18)00 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
73 MF Zaid Umar20 Flag of Pakistan.svg KRL
113 MF Harun Hamid (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)31 Flag of England.svg St Albans City
193 MF Nizam Uddin00 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Army
213 MF Alamgir Ghazi (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 22)31 Flag of Pakistan.svg WAPDA
233 MF Mohammad Hayan Khattak10 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
84 FW Shayak Dost (2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 21)30 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Abu Muslim
94 FW Muhammad Waheed (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 21)20 Flag of Pakistan.svg KRL
104 FW Waleed Khan (2004-12-08) 8 December 2004 (age 19)20 Flag of Pakistan.svg POPO FC
164 FW Moin Ahmed (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)30 Flag of Pakistan.svg KRL
174 FW Fareed Ullah (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of Pakistan.svg Muslim FC
184 FW Hamza Ahmed30 Flag of Pakistan.svg Youngstar FC

Past squads

Asian Games

South Asian Games

Competitive record

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Championship was initially set to be held as AFC U-22 Championships in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014. [15] [16]

Olympic record

Summer Olympic Games record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Did not qualify
Flag of the United States.svg 1996
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Did not enter
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Did not qualify
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 to be determined
Flag of France.svg 2024
Flag of the United States.svg 2028
Total0 / 7

Asian Games

Asian Games record
YearResultPositionPldWTLGFGA
Senior National Team
1951 – 1998 See Pakistan national football team
Under-23 National Team
Flag of South Korea.svg 2002 Round 1233003014
Flag of Qatar.svg 2006 Round 121300326
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010 Group stage22301208
Flag of South Korea.svg 2014 Group stage24201103
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2018 Group stage17310228
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Did not enter
Total5/6-11119431

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
YearResultPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2004 Champions540161
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2006 Champions540194
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2010 Group stage300352
Flag of India.svg 2016 Did not enter
Flag of Nepal.svg 2019 Did not enter
Total3/513805207

Honours

See also

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