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, and is yet to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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| Nickname(s) | Green Boys | ||
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| Association | Pakistan Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Sajjad Mehmood | ||
| Captain | Ubaidullah Khan | ||
| Home stadium | People's Football Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | PAK | ||
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| 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 | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage (2002) | ||
| SAFF U-16 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2011) | ||
Medal record | |||
History
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
The AFC U-16 Championship is the top level tournament for under-16 football teams in Asia and began in 1985. Pakistan participated in the tournament for the first time in 1992. They were knocked-out of the 1992 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, finishing fourth in their five-team group. The team qualified for the first time in 2002 after finishing second in the qualification group including Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. In their first participation, they finished third in their four-team group which included South Korea, Yemen and Vietnam.
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. It finished fourth in its six-team group, securing wins against Maldives (4–0)[1] and Afghanistan (3–1), but losing against Kuwait (0–2), United Arab Emirates (0–2), and Yemen (0–4).
SAFF U-17 Championship
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, before winning 6–0 versus Maldives to reach the semi-finals. Two late goals helped it beat Bangladesh, and thus qualify for the final, in which it beat India 2–1 to win the tournament. 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.
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,[5][6] and a 0–3 loss to Nepal. 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.[7]
In October 2018, the under-15 team participated in the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship held in Nepal.[8] After victories against India, Bhutan and Nepal,[9] until finishing runner-up in the final against Bangladesh, the team drew by 1–1 draw until finally losing in the penalty shootout.[10][11][12] The team also participated in the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification in 2019.[13][14]
Other tournaments
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, and 0–2 against the latter. 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. In the semi-finals, the youth team lost 0–2 against Pakistan Army.
In July 2012, three under-16 players went to Abu Dhabi for a month-long training camp at the Manchester United Soccer Schools.[15]
Coaching staff
- As of August 2023[16]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Sajjad Mehmood |
| Assistant coach | Hassan Baloch |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jaffar Khan |
Players
U-16 last squad
- The 23-man squad was call-up for the 2023 SAFF U-16 Championship[17][18]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ghulam Abbas | 3 | 0 | | ||
| GK | Aadil Ali Khan | 0 | 0 | Mehran FC | ||
| GK | Balach Khan | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Muhammad Husnain | 3 | 0 | Mehran FC | ||
| DF | Abdul Rehman | 3 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| DF | Najeem Khan | 0 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| DF | Sameer Ahmed | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Ubaidullah Khan (Captain) | 3 | 1 | Muslim Hands FC | ||
| DF | Majid Ali | 3 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Muhammad Aabis Raza | 2 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| DF | Umar Javed | 2 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Abdul Samad | 3 | 1 | | ||
| MF | Muhammad Faraz | 1 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Haroon Rashed | 3 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| MF | Muhammed Farhad | 3 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Khobaib Khan | 3 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Muhammad Khan | 0 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Shahab Ahmed | 3 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| MF | Hikmatullah | 1 | 0 | | ||
| FW | Abdul Ghani | 3 | 2 | Karachi United | ||
| FW | Husnain Wali Raza | 1 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
| FW | Subhan Karim | 3 | 2 | | ||
| FW | Syed Kabir Ali Shah | 1 | 0 | POPO FC | ||
Results and fixtures
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
Pakistan| 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) |
Maldives| 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) |
Bangladesh| 8 September 2023 2023 SAFF U16 SF | Pakistan | 1–2 | Bangladesh | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan |
| 13:30 |
| Report |
| 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 |
 1985to | did not qualify | |||||||
 2015to | did not enter | |||||||
| 2023 | did not enter | |||||||
 2025 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1985 to | did not enter | |||||||
 1992 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1994 | did not enter | |||||||
 1996 | ||||||||
| 1998 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2000 | ||||||||
 2002 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 2004 | did not enter | |||||||
 2006to | did not qualify | |||||||
 2016to | 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 |
 2011 | Champions | 1/6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2013 | Group Stage | 5/7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | Withdrew | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | did not enter | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Runners-up | 2/6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 2019 | did not enter | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 2022 | did not enter | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Semi-Final | 3/6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 4/8 | 1 Title | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 9 |