Pakistan National Football Team 2023/2024 Squad, Players, Stadium, Kits, and much more
The Pakistan national football team represents the Pakistani football association in FIFA-sanctioned events and is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Pakistan. Pakistan became a member of FIFA in 1948 by joining the Asian Football Confederation and its national team debuted in 1950.
Here this article, you will get to know about Pakistan National Football Team 2023/24 Players, Squad, History, Stadium, Nickname, Kits, and more.
Pakistan Football Team Profile Summary
| Association | Pakistan Football Federation |
| Nickname(s) | Green Shirts; Pak Shaheens |
| Confederation | AFC – SAFF |
| FIFA code | PAK |
| FIFA rank | 194 (6 October 2022) |
| Most Caps | Jaffar Khan (44) |
| Top Scorer | Muhammad Essa (11) |
| Home stadium | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Punjab Stadium |
| Head coach | Shahzad Anwar |
About Pakistan National Football Team
The Pakistan national football team represents the Pakistani football association in FIFA-sanctioned events and is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Pakistan. Pakistan became a member of FIFA in 1948 by joining the Asian Football Confederation and its national team debuted in 1950.
Pakistan contests the South Asian Football Federation Championship and the South Asian Games, which alternate every two years. The Pakistani football team won gold at the South Asian Games in 1989, 1991, 2004, and 2006.
Pakistan has never qualified for any major tournament outside of the South Asian region. Soccer has struggled to gain popularity in Pakistan largely due to cricket’s strong influence in South Asia. As of 2020, Pakistan is the only team from Asia to have never won a FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Pakistan National Football Team 2023/2024 players Squad?
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Yousuf Butt | 18-10-1989 (33) | 19 | 0 | AB Tårnby |
| 22 | GK | Ahsanullah Ahmed | 25-02-1995 (27) | 2 | 0 | Sui Southern Gas |
| 20 | GK | Muzammil Hussain | 06-09-1993 (29) | 2 | 0 | WAPDA |
| 2 | DF | Muhammad Umer Hayat | 22-10-1996 (26) | 3 | 0 | WAPDA |
| 3 | DF | Abdullah Qazi | 25-03-1995 (23) | 5 | 0 | La Máquina |
| 4 | DF | Yaqoob Butt | 18-09-1988 (34) | 5 | 0 | Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold |
| 14 | DF | Ali Khan Niazi | 14-12-2000 (21) | 0 | 0 | K-Electric |
| 17 | DF | Ali Uzair | 14-10-1996 (26) | 2 | 0 | WAPDA |
| 8 | MF | Mehmood Khan | 10-06-1991 (31) | 10 | 0 | Khan Research Laboratories |
| 18 | MF | Samir Nabi | 16-12-1996 (25) | 2 | 0 | Hereford |
| 19 | MF | Navid Rahman | 26-05-1996 (26) | 2 | 0 | North Mississauga SC |
| 23 | MF | Rahis Nabi | 15-04-1999 (23) | 2 | 0 | Redditch Utd |
| 7 | FW | Ahmed Faheem | 04-12-1994 (27) | 3 | 1 | WAPDA |
| 9 | FW | Muhammad Ali | 02-09-1989 (33) | 15 | 2 | Greve |
| 10 | FW | Hassan Bashir (Captain) | 07-01-1987 (35) | 22 | 9 | AB Tårnby |
| 11 | FW | Adnan Mohammad | 02-07-1996 (26) | 3 | 0 | Lyngby |
| 12 | FW | Tabish Hussain | 06-06-2001 (21) | 2 | 0 | Albion Sports A.F.C. |
| 16 | FW | Muhammad Riaz | 27-02-1996 (26) | 8 | 2 | Asia Ghee Mills |
Pakistan National Football Team Home Stadium
For the first fifty years of its existence, Pakistan played its home games all over the country. Initially they used cricket pitches before later moving to football stadiums. Pakistan played at a number of different venues across the country, although by 2003, this had largely been established with the Punjab Stadium in Lahore as the main venue, with Islamabad’s Jinnah Sports Stadium and Karachi’s Folk Soccer Stadium. used on occasions where Punjab Stadium was not available for home matches.
The Pakistan Football Federation is based near the Punjab Stadium, which hosted most of the 2007 AFC President’s Cup matches. Muhammad Essa was the first player to score an international goal at this venue, against India in June 2005.
The Jinnah Sports Stadium is the largest football stadium in Pakistan with a capacity of over 45,000 while the People’s Football Stadium is the second largest with 40,000.
Pakistan Team Kit
The Pakistan men’s national football team has unveiled their new home kit ahead of their return to international football after a hiatus of more than three years.
The Men in Green will don the new green jerseys when they take the field to face Nepal on Wednesday, November 16 at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Pakistan released a special video on various social media platforms to introduce the new kits.
Pakistan National Football Team world rankings
Pakistan is at #193 in the world rankings.
Pakistan National Football Team trophies
- 7.1 FIFA World Cup.
- 7.2 AFC Asian Cup.
- 7.3 AFC Challenge Cup.
- 7.4 AFC Solidarity Cup.
- 7.5 Asian Games.
- 7.6 SAFF Championship.
- 7.7 ECO Cup.
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Source: FootballArroyo.co.uk
