Pakistan national under-20 football team

This article is about men's football team. For women's football team, see Pakistan women's national under-20 football team.

Pakistan Under-20
Nickname(s)Green Shirts, Pak Shaheen
AssociationPakistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachShadab Iftikhar
CaptainMuhammad Sadam
FIFA codePAK
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Hong Kong 2–1  
(Bangkok, Thailand; 16 April 1962)
Biggest win
  4–0 Singapore 
(Bangkok, Thailand; 18 April 1962)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 14–0  
(Tehran, Iran; 6 November 2007)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1962)
Best resultGroup Stage : (1962, 1973, 2000)
SAFF U-20 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultRunner-up (2023)
Medal record
SAFF Championship
2023 Nepal

Pakistan national under-20 football team represents Pakistan in international youth football competitions in SAFF U-20 Championship, AFC U-20 Asian Cup 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-20 Asian Cup 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.

History

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 Muhammad Saleem as captain.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

In 2023, the team participated for the first time at the SAFF U-19 Championship.[5][6] The team finished as runner-up of the tournament after falling in the final against India.[7]

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Shadab Iftikhar
Assistant coach Mohsin-ul-Hussnain
Goalkeeping coach Khurram Shahzad
Team Manager Zohair Gondal

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sahil Gul 0 0 Hazara Pioneers FC
22 1GK Mohsin Khan 0 0 POPO FC
23 1GK Muhammad Abdullah 0 0 Muslim Hands FC
4 2DF Muhammad Sadam 0 0 POPO FC
2 2DF Muhammad Adeel 0 0 Muslim Hands FC
3 2DF Khurshid Alam 0 0 POPO FC
5 2DF Muhammad Raheel 0 0 POPO FC
12 2DF Asad Nasir 0 0 Muslim Hands FC
13 2DF Shayan Ali 0 0
16 2DF Anus Amin 0 0 PMYP
17 2DF Hannan Naveed 0 0 PMYP
18 2DF Abid Ali 0 0 Muslim Hands FC
21 2DF Kamil Ahmad Khan 0 0 POPO FC
6 3MF Muhammad Azan 0 0 Karachi United
7 2DF Najeeb Ullah 0 0 SA Gardens FC
8 3MF Ali Zafar 0 0 Hazara Pioneer FC
14 3MF Awais Khan 0 0 Atish FC Tank
9 4FW Muhammad Hassan 0 0
10 4FW Shahjahan 0 0 Madhu Mohammdun FC
11 4FW Adeel Younas 0 0 POPO FC
15 4FW Haroon Zafar 0 0 PMYP
19 4FW Faisal Ahmad 0 0 Muslim Hands FC
20 4FW Abdul Wahab 0 0 Muslim Hands FC

Results and fixtures

Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2023 SAFF U-19 GS   1–0    Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
Ali Zafar 76' Report Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) 2023 SAFF U-19 GS Maldives  1–1   Kathmandu, Nepal
UTC+05:45
  • Shanaan Rasheed Rashad 39'
 Report
  • Shah Jahan 84'
 Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 212
Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das (Bangladesh)
27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2023 SAFF U-19 SF   0(6)–0(5)  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
UTC+05:45
    		Report
      		Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
      Attendance: 315
      Referee: Astha Aditya Dipesh (India)
      Penalties
      • Adeel Younas
      • Shah Jahan
      • Ali Zafar
      • Khurshid Alam
      • Muhammad Sadam
      • Kamil Ahmed Khan
      • Kinzang Tenzing
      • Jigme Namgyel
      • Rinzin Dorji
      • Ugyen Dorji
      • Pema Zangpo
      • Tshetrim Pelzang
      30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) 2023 SAFF U-19 Final   0–3  India Kathmandu, Nepal
      UTC+05:45
        		Report
        • Manglenthang Kipgen 64', 85'
        • Gwgmsar Goyary 90+5'
        		 Stadium: Dashrath Stadium

        Competitive records

        FIFA U-20 World Cup

        FIFA U-20 World Cup record
        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

        AFC U-20 Asian Cup records
        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

        SAFF U-20/U-19/U-18 Championship record
        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

        Honours

        SAFF

        See also

        References

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        3. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Wednesday 11 April 1962". British Newspaper Archive.
        4. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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