Pakistan to compete with Iraq in Football Friendly Match tomorrow
Pakistan National Football Team will play 2 more friendly matches with 2 other nations which are scheduled to be played on 23rd and 25th December in Doha, Qatar.
Pakistan National Football Team departed for Doha on 12th of December to play friendly matches with other participating nations. The National Team have already competed with Palestine and the host country, Qatar in their previous two matches and now the team is all set to compete in two more friendly matches against two nations during their remaining time of the tour in Doha.
However, Pakistan lost their first match to Palestine 0-2 on 16th December while the second to Qatar by 3-1 yesterday. Now Pakistan will battle for the win with Iraq’s Under-23 National Football Team in their third football friendly match.
The National Pakistani squad carries players both Under-23 and Seniors. Pakistan Under-23 will feature in the Olympic qualifiers in March. The Senior side will take part in the World Cup qualifiers next summer.
Brazilian coach Jose Antonio Nogueira is accompanying the team as their head coach.
The National Team players are:
1. Ahsan Ullah
2. Waseem
3. Asghar
4. Mohammad Adnan Yaqoob
5. Zainul Abideen
6. Yousaf Ahmed
7. Ali Uzair
8. Mahmood
9. Habib Ur Rehman
10. Arsalan Ali
11. Muhammad Umer Hayat
12. Ali Khan Niazi
13. Muhammad Riaz
14. Abdul Basit
15. Mehdi Hassan
16. Zaid Umer
17. Mansoor Khan
18. Muhammad Bilal
19. Muhammad Osman Mohkim
20. Muhammad Fahim Ahmed Fahim
21. Umair Ali
22. Saqib Hanif
23. Naveed Ahmed
24. Mahmood Khan
25. Saad Ullah
26. Saddam Hussain
27. Danyal Muhammad
28. Abdullah Qazi
29. Hassan Bashir
30. Rajab Ali
31. Raziq Mushtaq
After tomorrow’s match, Pakistan team will play their last football friendly match with Afghanistan’s National Under-23 team on 25th December.
The young players have been included as part of PFF’s youth development policy. This is one of the many preparatory tours for the National Team squad ahead of the Pre-World Cup Qualification next year.
