![Asian U-23 Championship: Pakistan placed in tough group [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AFC-U23-Asian-Cup-2024-qualification-groups-1135x535.png "Asian U-23 Championship: Pakistan placed in tough group [The News]")
Pakistan U23s drawn in qualifiers Group D with 2016 winners Japan, group hosts Bahrain, and Palestine. Matches to be played 6-12 September.
Tag: afc u23 asian cup qualifiers
![2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers begin today sans Pakistan [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Pakistan-U23-at-2018-Asian-Games-1160x535.jpeg "2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers begin today sans Pakistan [The News]")
March22March 22, 2019
2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers begin today sans Pakistan [The News]
Faisal Saleh Hayat's PFF faction pulled out of AFC U23 qualifiers due to infighting.
![Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pakistan-team-vs-Afghanistan-U23-in-Doha-1024x535.png "Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]")
March7March 7, 2019
Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]
FIFA-backed Faisal Saleh Hayat group withdraws from 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers barely 3 weeks before scheduled matches.
![AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AFC-U23-Championship-2020-qualifiers-draw.jpg "AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]")
February11February 11, 2019
AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]
With no end of new PFF crisis in sight due to FIFA inaction, worries that Pakistan will again return to missing international events.
![PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Qatar-2022-World-Cup.jpg "PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]")
November12September 8, 2023
PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]
QFA ready to host Pakistan training camp in future for SAG, AFC U23 events preparations.
![Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AFC-U23-Championship-2020-qualifiers-1160x535.jpeg "Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]")
November8November 8, 2018
Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]
Pakistan U23s in Group F with India, Tajikistan, and hosts Uzbekistan; AFC U23 qualifiers scheduled for March 2019
September30September 30, 2018
Preparation for 2020 Olympics qualifiers: PFF plans to arrange international matches for team [The News]
"We would like our side ... to get at least five matches against some better sides before the qualifiers" in March 2019.
![Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AFC-U23-Championship-2018-qualifiers-without-Pakistan.jpg "Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]")
March18September 8, 2023
Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]
Pakistan withdraws from AFC U23 Championship 2018 qualifiers as PFF crisis continues.
![2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yemen-Pak.jpg "2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]")
December22September 8, 2023
2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]
It was a year that promised so much for Pakistan football, yet it ended with little to show for on the playing field.
![Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Saddam-Hussain.jpg "Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]")
May30September 8, 2023
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.