Pakistan national under-17 football team

The Pakistan national under-17 football team is a youth football team operated under the Pakistan Football Federation. The team represents Pakistan in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup and the SAFF U-15/16/17 Championship, winning the latter's inaugural edition,[1] and is yet to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Pakistan Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Green Boys
AssociationPakistan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachSajjad Mehmood
CaptainUbaidullah Khan
Home stadiumPeople's Football Stadium
FIFA codePAK
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Pakistan 1–1 Maldives 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; July 1992)
Biggest win
 Pakistan 6–0 Maldives 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 3 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Indonesia 25–0 Pakistan 
(Tehran, Iran; 28 October 2012)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best resultGroup Stage 2002
SAFF U-16 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2011)
Best resultChampion (2011)

History

Pakistan participated in the inaugural SAFF U-16 Championship held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2011 with Sajjad Mehmood as the head coach, Hassan Baloch as manager and Munir Aftab as the captain.[2][3][4] It beat India 1–0 in its first match,[5] before winning 6–0 versus Maldives to reach the semi-finals.[6] Two late goals helped it beat Bangladesh, and thus qualify for the final,[7] in which it beat India 2–1 to win the tournament.[1] Mohammad Bilal was the tournament's top goalscorer with 4 goals,[2] while striker Mansoor Khan was declared the tournament's best player.[3] Overall, Pakistan scored 11 goals and conceded only one.[8]

Pakistan next headed to Kuwait in September 2011 for its AFC U-16 Championship qualification campaign, retaining the same 22-player squad that had won the previous year's SAFF U-16 Championship.[9] It finished fourth in its six-team group, securing wins against Maldives (4–0)[10] and Afghanistan (3–1),[11] but losing against Kuwait (0–2),[12] United Arab Emirates (0–2),[13] and Yemen (0–4).[14]

In March 2012, the Pakistan national under-16 team then participated in the 2012 KPT Challenge Cup as "National Youth B". Drawn into a group with senior teams WAPDA and Pakistan Navy, the young team lost 0–3 against the former,[15] and 0–2 against the latter.[16] In May, it participated in the National Under-22 Football Championship, where it drew 0–0 against Baloch Nushki and 1–1 against Sindh, thus topping group B.[17][18] In the semi-finals, the youth team lost 0–2 against Pakistan Army.[19]

In July 2012, three under-16 players went to Abu Dhabi for a month-long training camp at the Manchester United Soccer Schools.[20]

The under-16 team participated in the 2013 SAFF U-16 Championship held in Nepal, where it was eliminated in the group stage after finishing third in its group after 0–0 draws against both Afghanistan and Bhutan,[21][22] and a 0–3 loss to Nepal.[23] Sajjad Mehmood was the coach for these fixtures.

The team withdrew from the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship due to conflicts among the government and the Pakistan Football Federation.[24]

Coaching staff
As of August 2023[25]
Position Name
Head coach Pakistan Sajjad Mehmood
Assistant coach Pakistan Hassan Baloch
Goalkeeping coach Pakistan Jaffar Khan

Players

U-16 last squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ghulam Abbas 3 0 Pakistan
1GK Aadil Ali Khan 0 0 Pakistan
1GK Balach Khan 0 0 Pakistan
2DF Muhammad Husnain 3 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
2DF Abdul Rehman 3 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
2DF Najeem Khan 0 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
2DF Sameer Ahmed 0 0 Pakistan
2DF Ubaidullah Khan (Captain) 3 1 Pakistan
2DF Majid Ali 3 0 Pakistan
2DF Muhammad Aabis Raza 2 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
2DF Umar Javed 2 0 Pakistan
3MF Abdul Samad 3 1 Pakistan
3MF Muhammad Faraz 1 0 Pakistan
3MF Haroon Rashed 3 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
3MF Muhammed Farhad 3 0 Pakistan
3MF Khobaib Khan 3 0 Pakistan
3MF Muhammad Khan 0 0 Pakistan
3MF Shahab Ahmed 3 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
3MF Hikmatullah 1 0 Pakistan
4FW Abdul Ghani 3 2 Pakistan
4FW Husnain Wali Raza 1 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.
4FW Subhan Karim 3 2 Pakistan
4FW Syed Kabir Ali Shah 1 0 Pakistan Popo F.C.

Results and fixtures

2018
25 October 2018 2018 SAFF U15 GS India  1 – 2  Pakistan ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal
11:15 IST
  • Thlacheu Vanlalruatfela 53'
 SAFF AIFF
  • Adnan Justin 36', 85'
 Stadium: ANFA Complex
28 October 2018 2018 SAFF U15 GS Bhutan  0 – 4  Pakistan ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal
11:30 SAFF Mudassar Nazar 20'
Iftikar Ahmed 23'
Moin Ahmed 29', 42'
1 November 2018 2018 SAFF U15 Nepal    0 – 4  Pakistan ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal
14:30 54' (o.g.)
Mohibullah 59' (pen.), 68' (pen.)
Moin Ahmed 77'
3 November 2018 2018 SAFF U15 Final Bangladesh  1 – 1
(3–2 p)		  Pakistan ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal
14:30 25' Mohib ullah 54' (pen.)
Penalties
  • MD Rajon soccer ball with red X
  • Raja Ansari soccer ball with check mark
  • Tauhidul Islam soccer ball with check mark
  • Rustam Islam soccer ball with check mark
  • Rabiul Alam soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with red X Junaid Ahmed
  • soccer ball with red X Adnan Justin
  • soccer ball with check mark Mohib ullah
  • soccer ball with check mark Wasif
  • soccer ball with red X Mudassar Nazar

2023
2 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 GS Bhutan  1–2  Pakistan Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
19:00 Tandin Phuntsho 13' Report Ubaidullah Khan 17'
Subhan Karim 30'		 Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 4500
Referee: Uddin Nasir (Bangladesh)
4 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 GS Pakistan  3–0  Maldives Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 Subhan Karim 14'
Abdul Ghani 39'
Abdul Samad 51'		 Report Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kabin Byanjankar (Nepal)
8 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 SF Pakistan  1–2  Bangladesh Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
13:30
  • Abdul Ghani 6'
 Report
  • Md Mursed Ali 14'
  • Md Abu Sayed 29'
 Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Penjor Ugyen (Bhutan)

Competition records

FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1985

to

United Arab Emirates 2019

 did not qualify
Chile 2015

to Brazil 2019

 did not enter
Peru 2021 cancelled
Indonesia 2023 did not enter
Total 0/18 – – – – – – –

AFC U-17 Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup record
Host/Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Qatar 1985

to United Arab Emirates 1990

 did not enter
Saudi Arabia 1992 did not qualify
Qatar 1994 did not enter
Thailand 1996
Qatar 1998 did not qualify
Vietnam 2000
United Arab Emirates 2002 Group Stage 10th 3 0 1 2 2 6
Japan 2004 did not enter
Singapore 2006

to

Thailand 2014

 did not qualify
India 2016

to

Thailand 2023

 did not enter
Total 1/18 – 3 0 1 2 2 6

SAFF U-16 Championship
SAFF U-15/16/17 Championship record
Hosts / Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Nepal 2011
Champions
1/64400111
Nepal 2013
Group Stage
5/7302103
Bangladesh 2015Withdrew0/6000000
Nepal 2017did not enter0/6000000
Nepal 2018Runners-up2/64301112
India 2019did not enter0/6000000
Sri Lanka 2022did not enter0/6000000
Bhutan 2023Semi-Final3/6320163
Total4/81 Title14923289

Honours

See also

References
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