![AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/shamlaan.jpg "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.
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.
![AFC U23 Championship: Pakistan looking for top spot in qualifiers [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pakistan-U-23-Training.jpg "AFC U23 Championship: Pakistan looking for top spot in qualifiers [Express Tribune]")
Pakistan U-23s confident of securing top spot in AFC U-23 Qualifiers.
National U-23 footballers start training in Lahore.
![Shamlan confident ahead of AFC U23 Qualifiers [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shamlan.jpg "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.
![No rescheduling of Under-23 event, says AFC [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/AFC-U-23-Championship-qualifiers.jpg "No rescheduling of Under-23 event, says AFC [The News]")
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Wednesday clarified that there was no alteration on cards in the dates of the 2016 AFC Under-23 Championship qualifiers Group B.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship Qualifiers Group B are likely to be postponed once again.
Pakistan will play their Group ‘B’ qualifiers for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in May.
Pakistan matches for the U-23 AFC Qualifiers still not confirmed yet.
![AFC U23 Group B qualifiers may be delayed till May [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pakistan-vs-Indonesia-2014.jpg "AFC U23 Group B qualifiers may be delayed till May [The News]")
It is likely that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers of Group B, also carrying Pakistan, would be held in the first week of May, a well-placed source told ‘The News’ on Wednesday.
