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{{Infobox national football team
| Name               = Pakistan
| Flag               = Flag of Pakistan.svg
| Badge              = New2008 PFFlogo.png
| Badge_size         = 170px
| FIFA Trigramme     = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan national football team|PAK]]
| Nickname           = ''Green Shirts; Pak Shaheens''
| Association        = [[Pakistan Football Federation]]
| Confederation      = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (Asia)
| Coach              = Usman Abbasi
| Asst Manager       = Haider Abbasi
| Captain            = [[Hassan Bashir]] 
| Vice-Captain       = [[Kaleemullah Khan (footballer)|Kaleemullah Khan]]
| Most caps          = [[Jaffar Khan]] (43)
| Top scorer         = [[Muhammad Essa]] (10)   
| Home Stadium       = [[Punjab Stadium]] (10,000)
| capacity = 10,000
| FIFA Rank          = 201 {{decrease}} (April 2017)
| FIFA max           = 142
| FIFA max date      = 1993
| FIFA min           = 201
| FIFA min date      = 2017
| Elo Rank           = 190 {{increase}} (March 2017)
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| pattern_la1 = _3_stripes_green_stripes
| pattern_b1  = _shoulder_stripes_green_stripes
| pattern_ra1 = _white
| pattern_sh1 = _adidaswhite
| pattern_so1 = _3_stripes_green
| leftarm1           = 00000
| body1              = FFFFFF
| rightarm1          = 00
| shorts1            = 003300
| socks1             = 0000
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| pattern_b2         =_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes
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| pattern_sh2        =_adidasgreen
| pattern_so2 = _3_stripes_white
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| socks2             = 003300
| First game         = {{fb|IRN|1925}} 3–1 '''Pakistan''' {{flagicon|PAK}} <br> ([[Tehran]], [[Iran]]; 27 October 1950)
| Largest win        = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} '''Pakistan''' 9–2 {{fb-rt|Guam}}<br>([[Taipei City]], [[Taiwan]]; 6 April 2008)<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=pak/men/matches/index.html#year2008 Pakistan: Fixtures and Results – 2008] FIFA.com</ref>
| Largest loss       = {{fb|Iran|1969}} 6–1 '''Pakistan''' {{flagicon|PAK}} <br> ([[Tehran]], [[Iran]]; 12 March 1969)<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=pak/men/matches/index.html#year1969 Pakistan: Fixtures and Results – 1969] FIFA.com</ref>
| World cup apps     = 
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| Regional name      = [[AFC Asian Cup|Asian Championship]]
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| medaltemplates     =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football (soccer)|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[South Asian Games|1987 Calcutta]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze | [[South Asian Games|1989 Islamabad]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze | [[South Asian Games|1991 Colombo]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[South Asian Games|2004 Islamabad]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[South Asian Games|2006 Colombo]]|Team}}
}}

The '''Pakistan national football team''' represents [[Pakistan]] [[association football]] in [[FIFA]]-authorised events and is controlled by the [[Pakistan Football Federation]], the governing body for [[football in Pakistan]]. Pakistan's home ground is [[Punjab Stadium]], Lahore. Pakistan became a member of FIFA in 1948 joining the [[Asian Football Confederation]]. Pakistan's national team debuted in 1950.

Pakistan contest the [[South Asian Football Federation Championship]] and [[South Asian Games]], which alternate biennially. Pakistan won the [[Colombo Cup]] in 1952. Pakistan won the gold medals in [[South Asian Games|South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad]], [[South Asian Games|South Asian Games 2006 Colombo]] and also won three bronze medals in [[South Asian Games|South Asian Games 1987 Calcutta]], [[South Asian Games|South Asian Games 1989 Islamabad]], [[South Asian Games|South Asian Games 1991 Colombo]].

==History==

===Early years (1950-60)===
Pakistan lost their first international 5–1 away to [[Iran national football team|Iran]] on 6 January 1950. Two years later they entered the [[Colombo Cup]] in [[Ceylon]], and were held to a goalless draw in the first match against [[India national football team|India]]. They then beat hosts [[Sri Lanka national football team|Ceylon]] 2–0 and a 1–0 win in their final match against [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] made them joint champions with [[India national football team|India]].

Pakistan then hosted [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in April and drew 0–0. The following year Pakistan were runners-up in the [[Colombo Cup]], having achieved a 6–0 win against [[Sri Lanka national football team|Ceylon]] in [[Rangoon]]. In 1954, after again becoming runners up in the [[Colombo Cup]], Pakistan defeated [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] 6–2 in the [[Asian Games]]; this followed a 2–1 loss to [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]]. In the final edition of the [[Colombo Cup]], the team came second for the third year in a row to [[India national football team|India]]. Pakistan failed to progress in the 1958 [[Asian Games]] after being defeated by [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] 3–1 and a 1–1 draw to [[Vietnam national football team|South Vietnam]].

In 1959, they failed to qualify for the [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]], after a 4–1 loss by [[Iran national football team|Iran]], 1–0 defeat to [[India national football team|India]] and 2–0 loss to [[Israel national football team|Israel]]. However, Pakistan earned their first win against [[India national football team|India]] when they defeated them 1–0, and were able to reverse the score in the second match against [[Iran national football team|Iran]] with a 4–1 victory and held [[Israel national football team|Israel]] to a 2–2 draw.

Several months later, the ''Green Shirts'' travelled to [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] for the [[Merdeka Cup]]. They started by beating [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 7–0, which still shares the Pakistani record. It was followed by a 1–0 loss to the hosts [[Malaysia national football team|Malaya]], then a 3–1 victory over [[Japan national football team|Japan]] and finally a 4–0 defeat to [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]. Pakistan returned to the [[Merdeka Cup]] two years later and this time reached the final against [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]], but succumbed to 2–1 defeat.

===Late 1960s and early 1970s===
It was three years before Pakistan played another competitive fixture, when they played in the first [[ECO Cup|RDC Cup]] and finished third. In 1967, they played a series of friendlies against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]], all ending in draws. Later in the year Pakistan lost their [[1968 Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] qualifiers against [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] and [[Cambodia national football team|Khmer]] and drew their final match against [[India national football team|India]]. They then hosted the second [[ECO Cup|RDC Cup]] and finished third, which included the 4–7 defeat to [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]].  In 1969, they travelled to Iran to take part in friendly tournament, in which they had a 2–1 win against [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] and a record 9–1 defeat by [[Iran national football team|Iran]].

As a result of the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], [[East Pakistan]] became The People's Republic of [[Bangladesh]] and consequently the Pakistani team lost the right to call upon [[Bengali people|Bengali]] players. In the early 1970s the national side's participation was restricted to the [[ECO Cup|RDC Cup]] and the 1974 [[Asian Games]], and a single friendly against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in 1978. The most notable result in this period was a 2–2 draw against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]. They also lost 8–0 to Kenya in Riyadh Saudi Arabia's Arabi tournament

===1980–1990 (Rise and fall)===
In the [[King's Cup]] in 1982, Pakistan secured a goalless draw against [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]], the team's first clean sheet since 1962. After a loss to [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]], they gained a 3–2 victory versus [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] and although they lost a close game against [[China national football team|China]], they were able to win 1–0 in their final game against [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]].

Pakistan hosted a friendly tournament involving [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]], [[Oman national football team|Oman]] and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] in 1982. The ''Green Shirts'' started off with a 2–1 over [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]]. They lost to [[Iran national football team|Iran]], but came back and beat [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] 2–0. The last game against [[Oman national football team|Oman]] ended nil-nil and Pakistan ended the tournament as runners-up. However, in 1984, the national team lost 4 out of 5 games in the [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] qualifiers, the only victory coming against [[Yemen national football team|North Yemen]] 4–1.

The national team hosted another tournament in 1985, this time inviting [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]], [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]], [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]]. A goalless draw against the [[North Korea national football team|North Koreans]] boosted the side, and they beat [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] 1–0. However, losses in the final two games against [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] and [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] meant they were again runners up. In the [[South Asian Games]], Pakistan ended fourth after losing a penalty shoot out to [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]].

In the 1986 [[Asian Games]], Pakistan lost all their games. However, a year later the side was more successful at the [[South Asian Games]], winning the bronze medal match against [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] 1–0. In 1988, they lost all their [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] qualifiers. Pakistan made their first attempt to qualify for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] in 1989. However, they were unable to win any of their matches. The national team bounced back, when several months later they took Gold at the [[South Asian Games]], beating [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] 1–0 in the final.

===1990s to 2003 (Decline)===
Pakistan had another early exit in the [[Asian Games]], losing all three games in 1990. In the [[1991 South Asian Games]], Pakistan beat the [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] in the final 2–0 to win their second Gold. The next year they failed to qualify for another [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] after defeats in both qualifiers, after a [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] qualifying campaign in 1993 where in one game they lost to [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 8–0. Later in the year the first [[SAFF Cup]] took place, and the national team finished fourth, but at the 1993 [[South Asian Games]], they were unable to get past the group stage.

In 1995, Pakistan went out of the [[SAFF Cup]] group stage on goal difference. Between 1996 and 1997, the team lost all their [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] qualifying games. Pakistan came third in the 1997 [[SAFF Cup]], thanks to a 1–0 victory over Sri Lanka in the third place playoff. The [[South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 1999|1999 SAFF Cup]] saw Pakistan finish bottom of their group, and Pakistan also failed to get out of the group stage of the final [[South Asian Games]] to hold full internationals.

Pakistan were unable to win any of their [[2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2000 Asian Cup qualifiers]]. The following year Pakistan achieved their first point in [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] qualification, thanks to a hat-trick by [[Gohar Zaman]] in a 3–3 draw against [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]], but all other matches ended in defeat.

In 2002, Pakistan played in an unsuccessful four match series against [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]]. At the [[2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2003 SAFF Cup]], Pakistan finished fourth, losing 2–1 in extra time to [[India national football team|India]] in the third place playoff. Later in the year, Pakistan won their first [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification|Asian Cup]] qualifier with a 3–0 over [[Macao national football team|Macao]], but still were unable to qualify. They rounded off the year with defeats to [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] qualifiers.

===2004–2013 (New set-up and changes)===
2004 saw changes in Pakistan football, with a new administration in place by this time and a new national league up and running. A victory against [[India national football team|India]] in a three match series, the final match ending 3–0 to the Greenshirts, followed, and they went on the reach the semi-finals of the [[South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 2005|2005 SAFF Cup]]. They lost the semifinal against defending champion [[Bangladesh]] by 0–1 margin.

The Pakistan team lost their first two [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification|Asian Cup]] qualifiers in 2006, in between which they took part in the first [[AFC Challenge Cup 2006]]. They failed to get past the group stage, but beat [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] 1–0. Back at the Asian Cup qualifiers, they lost their remaining fixtures. In the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup]] qualifiers in 2007, they fell to a heavy defeat by the Asian champions [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] and after the 7–0 loss, little was expected on them in the second leg. However, the Greenshirts held them to a goalless draw. In 2008, Pakistan travelled to [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] for two friendlies before taking on the [[AFC Challenge Cup 2008|AFC Challenge Cup]] qualifiers. Although they won against [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] 2–1 in the first match, and beat [[Guam national football team|Guam]] in a record-equalling 9–2 win in the final match, other results, including a 7–1 defeat to [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]], saw them again fail to reach the finals.

In the [[SAFF Championship 2008]], Pakistan failed to go beyond the group stages, losing to [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] 3–0, [[India national football team|India]] 2–1 and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] 4–1, which signalled the end of [[Akhtar Mohiuddin]]'s tenure as head coach. After Mohiuddin's departure, Austrian-Hungarian coach [[György Kottán|George Kottan]] was hired and the veteran tactician took a star-studded team to the [[SAFF Championship 2009]]. Despite calling upon foreign players such as [[Adnan Ahmed]], [[Shabir Khan]], [[Amjad Iqbal]], [[Atif Bashir]] and [[Reis Ashraf]], the side were unable were defeat 1–0 by Sri Lanka, before drawing 0–0 with [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] as former Manchester United star Adnan missed a late penalty to seal a win. Pakistan trounced [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]] 7–0 in their last game, but it was all for nothing, as the best team in the tournament according to the locals exited even before the semi-finals.

Kottan was soon sacked in February 2010, Pakistan had no senior games during the entire calendar year but saw the appointment of [[Tottenham Hotspur]] legend [[Graham Roberts]] for the U-23 Team. For the [[AFC Challenge Cup 2012]] qualifiers in 2011, [[KRL FC]] coach [[Tariq Lutfi]] was called up once more and failed to deliver emphatically. Defeats such as the 3–0 against [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]] and 3–1 against [[India national football team|India]] meant that the side were already out of the qualifiers despite beating [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] by 2–0. Later in the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers]] in July, [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] thoroughly beat Pakistan 3–0 in Dhaka, before earning a 0–0 draw in Lahore a few days later.

That saw the end of Lutfi's reign, with Serbian boss [[Zaviša Milosavljević]] taking over in November 2011 right before the [[SAFF Championship 2011]]. Despite having little time to influence the team, Zavisa managed to hold [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] 0–0, [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] 0–0 and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] 1–1 in the India-hosted [[SAFF Championship 2011]]. However, they were unable to progress into the semi-finals and returned home.

2012's sole game was witnessed in November against [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]], who thrashed Pakistan 4–0 at home. Pakistan then started 2013 with a bang, winning two games against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] with identical 1–0 margins thanks to the brilliance of [[Hassan Bashir]]. A 1–1 draw with [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] followed, but with congested fixtures Pakistan ended up losing the last game 3–0 in Male.

===2013–present===
Pakistan then played the [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification]] in Bishkek, losing out 1–0 to [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] in injury-time.[[Kyrgyzstan national football team|pakistan]] also lost 1–0 against the Kyrgyzstan after scoring in the 1st minute, but with [[Hassan Bashir]] returning, Pakistan comfortably beat [[Macau national football team|Macau]] 2–0.

Pakistan played a friendly against [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]] in August, losing 3–0 emphatically without their foreign-based players. Coach [[Zaviša Milosavljević]] was sacked and replaced by Bahrain's [[Mohammad Al-Shamlan]], who acted as a coaching consultant to [[Shahzad Anwar]] in the [[2013 SAFF Championship]]

The Shaheens played their hearts out, but were unable to defeat [[India national football team|India]] and lost 1–0 after horrendous own-goal from [[Aquib Riaz]]. Against hosts [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]], [[Hassan Bashir]] scored an early goal, only to see 15-year-old [[Bimal Gharti Magar]] level things in injury-time. However, Pakistan beat [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] 2–1 and were unlucky not to reach the semi-finals after losing out on head-to-head with India.

Pakistan did not qualify for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], being eliminated by [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] in the first round of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC qualifying section]], losing the first game 3–0, but drawing 0–0 in the return game, being 3–0 as the aggregate score.

In 2014, Pakistan played a 2 match friendly series with India. All matches were played at Bangalore Stadium in India. Pakistan beat India 1–0 in the first friendly, leading the series, but the also won with a 2–0 win in the second friendly, winning the series but winning on aggregate with a score of 3–0.

For Pakistan's campaign for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], they were to face [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] in [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round|Round 1]] in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC qualifying section]]. In the first match, Pakistan lost 3–1. For the second match, Pakistan drew 0–0, eliminating Pakistan from the tournament with an aggregate score of 3–1 in favor of Yemen.<ref>http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/preliminaries/asia/index.html#275167</ref>

== Grounds and Uniform==
===Stadiums===
[[File:Stadium f.jpg|thumb|200px|Punjab Stadium (Lahore) main entrance.]]
For the first fifty years of their existence, Pakistan played their home matches all around the country. They initially used [[cricket]] grounds before later moving on to football stadiums. Pakistan played at a number of different venues across the country, though by the time of 2003 this had largely settled down to having [[Punjab Stadium]] as the primary venue, with [[Jinnah Sports Stadium]] used on occasions where Punjab Stadium was unavailable for home matches.

The [[Pakistan Football Federation]] has its headquarters near the stadium. It recently hosted most of the matches for the [[AFC President's Cup 2007]]. [[Muhammad Essa]] was the first man to score an international goal at this venue when he surged Pakistan ahead against [[India national football team|India]] in June 2005.

===Kit===
The Pakistan national team's home kit has always been a green shirt and white shorts. The colours are derived from the [[flag of Pakistan]] which is a [[green]] field with a white [[Star and crescent|crescent moon and five-rayed star]] at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pak.gov.pk/Flag.aspx| title=Government of Pakistan: Flag description| publisher=Pakistan.gov.pk| accessdate=11 December 2007}}</ref> The away shirt colour has changed several times. The national team has used white shirt with white shorts or white shirt with green shorts. Historically, white shirt with green shorts is the most often used colour combination. The kits are currently manufactured by [[Adidas]].

== Players and management==

=== Current squad ===
The following players are in the squad for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)]].

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*Rehman Ali
*[[Saqib Hanif]]
*[[Nabil Aslam]]
*[[Mohammad Ahmed (footballer)|Mohammad Ahmed]]
*Muhammad Bilal
*[[Ahsan Ullah|Ahsanullah Khan]]
*[[Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin]]
*Mohsin Ali
*Muhammad Riaz
*Bilalwal-ur-Rehman
*[[Mahmood Khan (footballer)|Mahmood Khan]]
*[[Saddam Hussain (footballer)|Saddam Hussain]]
*[[Saadullah Khan]]
*[[Muhammad Adil]]
*[[Naveed Ahmed]]
*[[Muhammad Ali (Pakistani footballer)|Muhammad Ali]]
*[[Kaleemullah Khan (footballer)|Kaleemullah Khan]]
*[[Hassan Bashir]] (Captain)
*Mansoor Khan
*Habib-ur-Rehman
}}

=== Current staff ===
[[File:Pak Coaching Staff.jpg|thumb|250px|Current Coaching staff of Pakistan football team.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Position
!Name
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Head coach
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAK}} Usman Abbasi
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Tanveer Ahmed (footballer)|Tanveer Ahmed]], {{flagicon|PAK}} Hassan Baloch
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeping coach
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aslam Khan]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Physiotherapist
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAK}} Dr Kamra Mehdi
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Business manager
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAK}} Asghar Anjum
|}

==Pakistan team in FIFA world ranking==
{| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:90%;" width="100%"
|-
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
!2010
!2011
!2012
!2013
!2014
!2015
!2016
!2017
|-
| 142
| 158
| 160
| 173
| 153
| 168
| 179
| 190
| 181
| 178
| 168
| 177
| 158
| 164
| 163
| 165
| 156
| 171
| 179
| 189
| 172
| 188
| 184
| 197
| 201
|}
'''Source''':''www.fifa.com''<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association=pak/men/index.html FIFA-ranking]</ref>

==Competition records==
{{colorbox|gold}} '''Champions'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{colorbox|silver}} '''Runners-up'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{colorbox|#cc9966}} Third Place&nbsp;&nbsp;{{colorbox|#9acdff}} Fourth Place&nbsp;&nbsp;
:''*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootouts]]. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.''

===FIFA World Cup record===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|World Cup finals
! rowspan="17" style="width:1% ; " |
!colspan=6|World Cup qualifications
|-
! width=120px| Hosts/Year
! width=120px| Result
! width=40px| Position
! width=30px| GP
! width=30px| W
! width=30px| D
! width=30px| L
! width=30px| GS
! width=30px| GA
! width=30px| GP
! width=30px| W
! width=30px| D*
! width=30px| L
! width=30px| GS
! width=30px| GA
|-
|{{Flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to {{Flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]|| colspan="8" rowspan="1" |''Part of'' {{Flagicon|British India}}''[[India national football team|British India]]''|| colspan="6" rowspan="1" |''Part of'' {{Flagicon|British India}}''[[India national football team|British India]]''
|-
|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] to {{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]|| colspan="8" rowspan="1" |''Did not enter''||colspan=6 rowspan=1|''Did not enter''
|-
|{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
| colspan="8" rowspan="8" |''Did not qualify''
|4
|0
|0
|4
|1
|12
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||8
||0||0||8||2||36
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||4
||0||0||4||3||22
|-
|{{flagicon|Korea Republic|2002}}{{flagicon|Japan|2002}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||6
||0||1||5||5||29
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany|2006}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||2
||0||0||2||0||6
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa|2010}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||2
||0||1||1||0||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|2014}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]||2
||0||1||1||0||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia|2018}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]||2
||0||1||1||1||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar|2022}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]|| colspan="8" rowspan="1" |''To be determined''|| colspan="6" rowspan="1" |''To be determined''
|-
|'''Total'''||'''0/21'''|| colspan="7" rowspan="1" |'''—'''||'''30'''||'''0'''||'''4'''||'''26'''||'''12'''||'''118'''
|}

===Asian Cup record===
{|
|valign="top"|
* [[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]] – ''Withdrew''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/56asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1956 |author1=Bojan Jovanovic |author2=Majeed Panahi |author3=Pieter Veroeveren |publisher=RSSSF |accessdate=25 July 2013 }}</ref>
* [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]] – ''Did not qualify''
* [[1964 AFC Asian Cup|1964]] – ''Withdrew''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/64asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1964 |author1=Mark Cruickshank |author2=Bojan Jovanovic |author3=Majeed Panahi |author4=Hyung-Jin Yoon |author5=Yaniv Bleicher |publisher=RSSSF |accessdate=25 July 2013 |quote=India were to play with Iran, Pakistan and a couple of other teams that were to be played either on home and away basis, or a special tournament, but all the teams involved refused to play India due to political reasons at that time and thus India were awarded a place in the Asia Cup Finals. }}</ref>
* [[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]] – ''Did not qualify''
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]] – ''Did not qualify''
* [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]] – ''Withdrew''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tables/76asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1976 |author1=Bojan Jovanovic |author2=Majeed Panahi |author3=Asghar Zarei |author4=Pieter Veroeveren |publisher=RSSSF |accessdate=25 July 2013 }}</ref>
* [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]] – ''Did not enter''
* [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]] to [[2019 AFC Asian Cup|2019]] – ''Did not qualify''
|}

===AFC Challenge Cup record===
* [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]] – Round 1
* [[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]] to [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]] – ''Did not qualify''

=== SAFF Championship ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="9"|[[SAFF Championship]] Record
|-
!Hosts/Year
!Result
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Pakistan|1993}} [[1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup|1993]]||Fourth Place||4/4||3||0||2||1||2||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka|1995}} [[1995 South Asian Gold Cup|1995]]||Group Stage||5/6||2||1||0||1||1||2
|- style="background:#CD7F32;"
|{{flagicon|Nepal|1997}} [[1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1997]]||Third Place||3/6||4||2||0||2||3||4
|-
|{{flagicon|India|1999}} [[1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1999]]||Group Stage||6/6||2||0||0||2||0||6
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|Bangladesh|2003}} [[2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2003]]||Fourth Place||4/8||5||3||0||2||5||3
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Pakistan|2005}} [[2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2005]]||Semi Finalist||4/8||4||2||1||1||2||1
|-
|{{flagicon|Maldives|2008}}{{flagicon|Sri Lanka|2008}} [[2008 SAFF Championship|2008]]||Group Stage||8/8||3||0||0||3||2||9
|-
|{{flagicon|Bangladesh|2009}} [[2009 SAFF Championship|2009]]||Group Stage||5/8||3||1||1||1||7||1
|-
|{{flagicon|India|2011}} [[2011 SAFF Championship|2011]]||Group Stage||5/8||3||0||3||0||1||1
|-
|{{flagicon|Nepal|2013}} [[2013 SAFF Championship|2013]]||Group Stage||5/8||3||1||1||1||3||3
|-
|{{flagicon|India|2015}} [[2015 SAFF Championship|2015]]||Withdrew||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|}

==Honours==

===Regional===
* '''[[SAFF Championship]]'''
:''Third Place (1):'' [[1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|1997]]
:''Semi Finalist (1):'' [[2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2005]]*
* '''[[ECO Cup|RCD/ECO Cup]]'''
:''Third Place (5):'' [[RCD Cup 1965|1965]], [[RCD Cup 1967|1967]]*, [[RCD Cup 1969|1969]], [[RCD Cup 1970|1970]], [[RCD Cup 1974|1974]]*
* '''[[Colombo Cup]]'''
:''Champions (1):'' 1952 (Joint)
:''Runners-Up (3):'' 1953, 1954, 1955*

===Other===
* '''[[Merdeka Cup]]'''
:''Runners-Up (1):'' [[1962 Merdeka Tournament|1962]]
:''Fourth Place (1):'' 1960
* '''[[Philippine Peace Cup]]'''
:''Third Place (1):'' [[2013 Philippine Peace Cup|2013]]

==See also==
* [[Pakistan national under-23 football team]]
* [[Pakistan national under-17 football team]]
* [[Pakistan Football Federation]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pff.com.pk/ Pakistani Football Association]
* [http://www.footballpakistan.com/ FPDC]

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