It was a year that promised so much for Pakistan football, yet it ended with little to show for on the playing field.
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A friendly coach [The News on Sunday]
Former Bahraini defender Mohammad Shamlan ultimately quit as Pakistan football team coach last week after his two-year contract expired.
Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan [The News]
Mohammad Shamlan on Thursday announced that he had quit as Pakistan football team coach after the expiry of his contract and signed a one-year deal with Bahrain’s Riffa Sports Club.
Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]
Pakistan’s midfielder Saddam Hussain also feels that. “It’s absolutely necessary to raise the league standard,” Saddam told ‘The News’ in an interview here on Friday.
Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]
Following a disappointing failure in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers a couple of months back, Pakistan football team also failed to impress in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers.
Players were not confident: Hasan [The News]
Pakistan football team’s assistant coach Hassan Baloch on Friday said that the confidence level of the players was not good during the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship Group B qualifiers.
AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]
Despite a dismal show at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 2016 U23 Championship qualifiers, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi hopes to extend coach Mohammed Shamlan’s contract, which ends in July.
With Kuwait defeat, Pakistan football faces uncertain future
Already without competitive football for the next four years after their 3-1 aggregate loss to Yemen in the first round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March, the game in the country is left facing an uncertain future.
Shamlan positive as U23s leave for AFC Championship [The News]
Despite having failed to secure international friendlies, Pakistan football team coach Mohammad Shamlan on Wednesday said his charges would give tough time to their strong rivals in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship Qualifiers
Shamlan confident ahead of AFC U23 Qualifiers [The News]
Pakistan football team coach Mohammad Shamlan on Sunday said that his charges are capable of giving surprising result in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers Group B which will be held in Al Qattara Stadium in Al-Ain, UAE, from May 16 to 24.