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Pakistan national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Pakistan national football team's competitive records and statistics.

The Pakistan national football team represents Pakistan in men's international football in FIFA-authorized events and is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Pakistan. Pakistan became a member of FIFA in 1948 and joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1950.

Pakistan's national team debuted in 1950 and has yet to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. Pakistan has never qualified for any major tournament outside the South Asian region, although on regional level the team has won the 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament, and has achieved gold at the South Asian Games in 1989 and 1991. Pakistan had a brief period of emergence in the 1950s and early 1960s, but as the global popularity of football surged, the sport's standing in Pakistan deteriorated. The standard achieved in the early years could not be maintained because of lack of organization of the game and the administration's lack of attention to football. Football has also struggled to gain popularity in Pakistan largely due to the heavy influence of cricket in South Asia.

Individual records

Player records

Players in bold are still active with Pakistan.

Most appearances

<small>NB Exact figures of players before 1989 and 1999 are not yet known and yet to be researched. This absence of data is notable for long-serving players such as Zafar Iqbal & Muhammad Tariq Hussain, along with many others, who are likely to have accumulated a higher number of caps than currently recorded. Additionally, player appearances are also missing in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification, two of the 2002 friendly matches against Sri Lanka, and 2006 friendly against Palestine in the primary source and yet to be updated.</small>

Top goalscorers

Captains

  • In major Continental and International tournaments. For the complete list, see the main article.

Manager records

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Challenge Cup

The AFC Challenge Cup was held every two years from 2006 through 2014.

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

South Asian Games

Football at the South Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2004.

SAFF Championship

RCD Cup

Head-to-head record

Last match updated : on 31 March 2026

Other records

Biggest victories

Biggest defeats

Honours

Regional

Friendly

See also

Notes

References