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-authorised 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

RankPlayerCapsGoalsPeriod1Haroon Yousaf4931992–20032Jaffar Khan4702001–20133Zafar Iqbal4511985–19954Samar Ishaq4432006–20135Muhammad Essa40112001–2009Muhammad Tariq Hussain4001987–20037Yousuf Butt3602012–present8Muhammad Umer35181956–1965Abdul Ghafoor3531959–1974Abdullah Rahi3531959–1967 NB Exact figures of old long-serving players such as Muhammad Umer, Abdul Ghafoor, Abdullah Rahi & Abid Hussain Ghazi, who are likely to have accumulated between 30 and 40 caps, are not yet known and yet to be researched. 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.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioPeriod1Muhammad Umer18351956–19652Sharafat Ali12321984–19923Moosa Ghazi11——1955–1967Muhammad Essa11402001–20095Masood Fakhri10131952–19556Qayyum Changezi9——1955–1963Hassan Bashir9292012–20238Jamil Akhtar8141952–19559Arif Mehmood7212005–201210Ghulam Sarwar6——1984–1992Muhammad Nauman Khan6181991–1997Sarfraz Rasool6231997–2003 NB Goalscorer information is currently missing and yet to be researched for the 1–1 draw against India at the 1976 Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup, the 4–7 friendly defeat against China in 1973, and the 1–1 draw against South Vietnam at the 1958 Asian Games.

Captains

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

PlayerTournament(s)Moideen Kutty 1954 Asian GamesNabi Chowdhury 1958 Asian GamesAbdul Ghafoor 1974 Asian GamesMuhammad Naveed 1986 Asian GamesMateen Akhtar 1990 Asian GamesJaffar Khan 2006 AFC Challenge Cup

Manager records

Competition records FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition1930 to 1938Part of Part of 1950 to 1986Did not enterDid not enter 1990Did not qualify4004112 19948008236 19984004322 20026015529 2006200206 2010201107 2014201103 2018201113 2022200214 20268116226 2030To be determinedTo be determined 2034Total——————40153415148

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 1956WithdrewWithdrew 1960Did not qualify6213810 1964WithdrewWithdrew 1968Did not qualify301214 1972WithdrewWithdrew 1976 1980 1984Did not qualify4103414 19884004112 1992200209 1996200207 20004004016 2004210133 20078017423 2011Did not enterDid not enter 2015 2019Did not qualify201113 2023200214 202712138330Total0/19——————51573926135

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was held every two years from 2006 through 2014. AFC Challenge Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 2006Group stage10th311134No qualification 2008Did not qualify32011210 2010312093 2012310236 2014310222TotalGroup stage1/5311134125252621

Asian Games

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

Asian Games recordYearPositionPldWDLGFGA 1951Did not enter 1954Round 1210174 1958Round 1201124 1962Did not enter 1966 1970 1974Round 13102613 1978Did not enter 1982 1986Round 14004215 1990Round 13003116 1994Did not enter 19982002 to presentSee Pakistan national under-23 football teamTotal5/131421111852

South Asian Games

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

South Asian Games recordYearPosition 1984Did not enter 1985Fourth place311165 1987Third place321020 1989Champions321052 1991Champions321030 1993Group stage201134 1995Withdrew 1999Group stage3102592004 to presentSee Pakistan national under-23 football teamTotal6/8178542420

SAFF Championship SAFF Championship recordYearResultPosition 1993Fourth place4th302126 1995Group stage5th210112 1997Third place3rd420234 1999Group stage6th200206 2003Fourth place4th530254 2005Semi-finals4th421121 2008Group stage8th300329 2009Group stage5th311171 2011Group stage5th303011 2013Group stage5th311133 2015Withdrew 2018Semi-finals4th420265 2021Suspended 2023Group stage8th300309TotalThird place12/1439128193251

RCD Cup

RCD Cup recordYearPosition 1965Third place200227 1967Third place200249 1969Third place200248 1970Third place2002110 1974Third place201134Total5/6100191438

Other tournaments Asian Quadrangular Tournament YearPosition 1952Joint champions320131 1953Runners-up311172 1954Runners-up311145 1955Runners-up311144Total1 Title125341812

Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament The Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament is an invitational four-nation friendly tournament organized by the Football Association of Maldives to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Maldivian football.

YearResultPosition 2026 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 7 0Total—1/1431070

Head-to-head record

Last match updated: on 02 October 2026. +Key Pakistan national football team head-to-head recordsOpponentsGDConfederation852195 +4AFC110051 +4AFC186571017−8AFC3300131 +12AFC110060 +6AFC511325−3AFC8125823−15AFC531175 +2AFC100113−2CAF110092 +7AFC2639142141−20AFC401329−7AFC1411121166−55AFC9117640−34AFC201124−2UEFA311156−1AFC9009134−33AFC3003014−14UEFA100101−1CAF4004010−10AFC410317−6AFC3003217−15AFC321072 +5AFC6114416−12AFC1253412102AFC100103−3CAF100105−5UEFA (inc. )103251116−5AFC187471819−1AFC4013212−10AFC6006213−11AFC201135−2AFC100105−5AFC200207−7AFC7214917−8AFC3003119−18AFC208482831−3AFC200207−7AFC4004112−11AFC7106724−17AFC4013916−7UEFA100103−3AFC5005417−13AFC (inc. )302157 -2AFC (inc. )5113611−5AFCTotal2575844153243586−34545 Nations

Other records

Biggest victories 7–0 (5 August 1960) 9–2 (6 April 2008) 7–0 (8 December 2009)

Biggest defeats 9–1 (12 March 1969) 0–8 (28 May 1993)

Honours

Regional South Asian Games Gold medal (2): 1989, 1991 Bronze medal (1): 1987 SAFF Championship Third place (1): 1997

Friendly RCD Cup Third place (5): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament Champions (1): 1952 Runners-up (2): 1953, 1955 Third place (1): 1954 Diamond Jubilee Football Tournament Champions (1): 2026 Merdeka Cup Runners-up (1): 1962 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament Runners-up (2): 1976, 1986 Third place (2): 1982, 1987 Philippine Peace Cup Third place (1): 2013

See also Pakistan national football team Pakistan national football team results List of Pakistan national football team hat-tricks

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