U.F.Tariq Lutfi has been appointed as head of delegation/manager by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) for upcoming England tour. The other officials are Mr. Gohar Zaman Assistant Manager/Assistant Coach, Mr. Nasir Ismail, Assistant Coach, Mr. Aslam Khan, Goal Keeper Coach and Sardar Naveed Haider, Director Marketing. The team will be comprises of 22 players. The Pakistan Football Team will depart for England on August 29, 2011 and face India in the friendly international match on September 3, 2011 at the Pride Park Ground, Derby which is having 35,000 capacity. The training camp for upcoming England tour will be started from August 19, 2011 in Punjab Stadium at Lahore. This was stated by Lt. Col. ® Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi, Secretary General PFF in a press briefing held in Football House at Lahore.
It should be remembered here that since taking over as Pakistan coach Tariq Lutfi’s side has been eliminated from the World Cup Qualifiers, the AFC Challenge Cup, the Olympic 2012 Qualifiers, all in the very first round. The team has only managed to score 4 goals in 9 games and won just a single game against Chinese Taipei.
According to the press release issued by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), This is the first time in the history that both the archrivals Pakistan and India will face each other on the FIFA International Day on which several countries in the world will also be involved in meeting each other in international friendlies. It is expected that the match shall be graced by a large community of Pakistani living in England which shall greatly boost the moral of our team. The Pakistan football team will also play two practice matches against the local clubs on 5th and 7th September.
Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, President PFF has great confidence in his team specially after watching U-16 SAFF soccer where Pakistan toppled both India and Maldives. He expects the senior team league shall also do even better than their younger brothers. They shall play like a unit with full spirit and show the world that they are not less than any body. He added.
Lt. Col. ® Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi, Secretary General PFF while expressing his views showed great confidence in the management and the coach of the team who have done a magnificent job in preparing the team for this match between Pakistan and India. He wished all success to the team. Touchsky Sports has sponsored our team with full assurance to bear the cost of our team’s tour of England for which Secretary General of PFF has expressed his gratitude and thanks.
Pakistan’s results under Tariq Lutfi
Olympic Qualifiers 2012 1st Round
Malaysia 2-0 Pakistan
Pakistan 0-0 Malaysia
International Friendlies
Pakistan 1-2 Palestine
Pakistan 0-0 Palestine
AFC Challenge Cup 2011
Pakistan 0-3 Turkmenistan
Pakistan 1-3 India
Pakistan 2-0 Chinese Taipei
World Cup Qualifiers 2014 Round 1
Bangladesh 3-0 Pakistan
Pakistan 0-0 Bangladesh
Who is responsible for the failure the Head coach or the person who selected Lutfi again and again.. Our people have lost the courage to say yes we failed and should give other chance to make our team better.. Hattz off to lutfi for all this nonsense :(
This what I am trying to explain frOm when lutfi is appOinted . He is not deserve as national coach at all
Hopefully a foreign coach will be hired by end of September:
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Secretary, Lt. Col. (R) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi said on Friday that he has great confidence on the team for the England tour where they will face India in a Friendly International Match on September 3 at the Pride Park Ground, Derby.
Lodhi told APP on Friday that he has great confidence in his team and he expects the senior team to do better.
“They shall play like a unit with full spirit and show the world that they are not less than any other team,” he added.
Lodhi said that what our boys really need at the moment is exposure and it will help us in the coming future.
Answering to a question, Lodhi said that the team’s performance disappointing in the qualifiers against Bangladesh.
“We are trying to rope in a foreign coach and at the end of September we are likely to hire one,” Lodhi said.
“Right now Tariq Lutfi is the only best choice we have and he will coach the team until we find a foreign coach,” Lodhi said.
Lodhi said PFF has short-listed a few names of some foreign coaches and one will sure be hired,” Lodhi said.
Meanwhile, PFF has appointed Tariq Lutfi as head of delegation-manager for upcoming England tour and the other officials include Gohar Zaman (assistant manager/assistant coach),
Nasir Ismail (assistant coach), Aslam Khan (goal keeper coach) and Sardar Naveed Haider (director marketing). Pakistan football team will depart for England on August 29.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
http://www.brecorder.com/sports/22298-lodhi-has-great-confidence-in-pakistan-football-team-for-england-tour-.html
Phillipines is looking to host a friendly match with Pakistan or India on October 11. The PFF needs to take advantage of this and schedule this RIGHT NOW!
MANILA, Philippines — In an effort to improve the Philippine football team’s world ranking, team manager Dan Palami said they plan to play four superior teams in friendly matches beginning next month.
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has set aside dates from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11 for international friendly matches, and Palami said they will take advantage of it by playing three senior national teams from the Gulf region before hosting a game against either India or Pakistan at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
The Manila game is tentatively set Oct. 11.
“Our intention right now is to play as many friendlies as possible so our rankings can go up,” said Palami who hosted a dinner for the newly-formed Azkals Press Corps on Thursday.
The Azkals are ranked 162nd while India is at 153rd and Pakistan 171st.
Palami said a selection from the Under-23 pool preparing for the Southeast Asian Games in the Indonesia in November will join the Azkals during the friendly matches “so that they will have more international exposures.”
Philippine Football Federation president Mariano Araneta Jr. had earlier said the Azkals will be at full strength during these international exhibition matches since Filipino-foreign players will be released by their professional clubs in Europe.
Before the friendly matches, the Azkals, alongside a selection from the SEA Games pool, are set to compete in the Long Teng Cup, a four-nation competition set Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 in Taiwan.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329682/azkals-prepare-hectic-schedule
it was us who emailed Dan Palami regarding it and we will follow it up..Malik is out of country so only he can check what Palami has responded…good to see them showing interest.
I dont thing Paki players will feel physically fit in England as they are familiar of our hot weather.. they should spend more than 1 week to be able to tolerate the new conditions