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The Pakistan national football team (Urdu: پاکستان قومی فٹ بال ٹیم) represents Pakistan in men's international football in FIFA-authorized events and is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Pakistan.
Pakistan had a brief period of emergence in the 1950s and early 1960s, but as the global popularity of football surged, the sport's standing in Pakistan deteriorated. The standard achieved in the early years could not be maintained because of lack of organization of the game and the administration's lack of attention to football. [1]
Pakistan fielded the under-21 side which previously featured at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers, resulting in FIFA not regarding the games as full ‘A’ international matches. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Palestine reportedly played only with the West Bank based players, as players from Gaza couldn’t get clearance from the government and the ...
Football is among the most popular team sports in Pakistan, together with long time number one cricket and field hockey. [1] [2] [3] Pakistan's current top domestic football league is the Pakistan Premier League, recognised by the AFC as the official national football league.
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.
The following are the Pakistan national football team results in its official international matches. [1] [2] Results. 1950–1989 1990–1999 ...
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the national governing body of association football in Pakistan. [2] It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football, and affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation and South Asian Football Federation.
Pakistan's first top-tier football competition began on 28 May 1948 as the National Football Championship, which ended with Sindh Red being crowned champions.The league was a knock-out competition, which remained the top football league in the country until 2004 when the Pakistan Premier League was introduced. [6]