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| Nickname(s) | Pakistan Reds (1976) Pakistan Blues (1982) Pakistan Whites (1985–1987; 1993) Pakistan A (1993) |
|---|---|
| Association | Pakistan Football Federation |
| Confederation | Asian Football Federation |
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) |
Pakistan B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Pakistan national football team. At times Pakistan B have played against other nations' full teams.
History
In 1976, the Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament was established in Pakistan to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first leader of Pakistan, in which two Pakistan national teams would participate, the Pakistan national football team under the name of Pakistan Greens, and the national B team under the name of Pakistan Reds, captained by national team player Mujahid Tareen.[1] Although the team was only reserved for exhibition matches, in the next editions, the reserves team formally participated in the tournament under the name of Pakistan Blues in 1982, and Pakistan Whites in 1985, 1986 and 1987.[1][2][3]
In June 1993, the Pakistan Football Federation sent an alternate team, designated as "Pakistan A", to the 1993 ECO Cup held in Tehran, Iran, while the main national team was participating in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The ECO Cup took place from 6 to 14 June 1993, between two rounds of the group A qualifiers including Pakistan, held from 22 to 30 May (in Jordan) and 12–20 June (in China).[4] The ECO Cup squad was managed by a completely different coaching staff, with former international players Muhammad Latif and Abdul Ghafoor Ajiz at the helm, and captained by forward Lal Muhammad Lalo, while the main national team at the World Cup qualifiers was led by Muhammad Aslam Japani. Few players from that team such as Adeel Sarfraz Butt and Iftikhar Ghani were later selected for the second phase of the qualifiers in China.[5] At the inaugural 1993 SAARC Gold Cup held in Lahore, a second string team named Pakistan Whites also played exhibition matches against the national sides participating in the tournament.[6]
Coach history
Unknown (1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)- Murad Bakhsh (1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)[1]
- Unknown (1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)
- Muhammad Idrees (1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)
- Muhammad Latif (1993 ECO Cup)[5]
Captains
- Mujahid Tareen (1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)[1]
- Mahmood Ahmed (1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)[1]
- Zulfiqar Hussain Dogar (1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)
- Ghulam Sarwar (1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament)
- Lal Muhammad Lalo (1993 ECO Cup)[5]
Squads
1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
- Mujahid Tareen, Muhammad Naqi Khan, Tahir Jamshed, Taj, Naeem Gul, Muhammad Siddiq Raisani, Anwar, Mian Muhammad Sohail, Aziz, Lal Muhammad, Iftikhar, Salah Mohammad, Lal Bux, Muhammad Saleem, Zahoor, Ashiq, Ayub, Shamrez, Akhtar, Maqbool Ahmed Jumma[1]
1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
- Tahir Jamshed, Ajmal, Lal Muhammad, Muhammad Talib, Muhammad Siddiq Raisani, Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Rashid Jr., Nafees Ahmed, Abdul Latif, Muhammad Zulfiqar, Abid Hussain, Abdul Ghafoor, Khalid Butt, Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Faqir, Mahmood Anwar, Shahid Ahmad, Najeeb Ullah Najmi, Muhammad Bashir[1]
1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
1993 ECO Cup
- Muhammad Aslam Khan, Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Ghaffar, Muhammad Azhar, Adeel Sarfraz Butt, Iftikhar Ali, Khaled Khan, Naeem Khalid, Zafar Ali, Amjad Zakariya, Lal Muhammad Lalo, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Siddiq, Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ayub, Fawad Ahmed, Pervez Samuel[5]
1993 SAARC Gold Cup
Results and fixtures
1976
Pakistan Greens v Pakistan Reds
v Pakistan Reds
| 16 October 1976 (1976-10-16) 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Greens | 3–2 | Pakistan Reds | Karachi, Pakistan |
Kazim  (?)Sarwar (?) |
Report | Saleem (?) Zahoor (?) |
Stadium: Hockey Club |
Guangdong 
v Pakistan Reds
v Pakistan Reds
| 18 October 1976 (1976-10-18) 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Guangdong | 8–2 | Pakistan Reds | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Chen Xirong (?) Ta Jieqiu (?)Wei Chongjin (?) |
Report | Salah Mohammad (?) Mujahid (?) |
Stadium: Hockey Club |
1982
Pakistan Blues v 
Oman
v Oman
| 13 February 1982 (1982-02-13) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Blues | 2–1 | Oman | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Anwar (?) |
Report | Nasser Hamdan (?) |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee:  Shrestha |
Pakistan Blues v Nepal
v Nepal
| 14 February 1982 (1982-02-14) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Blues | 1–1 | Nepal | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Shahid Ahmad (?) |
Report | Rupak Raj Sharma 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee:  Behman Bahadur |
Pakistan Blues v 
Bangladesh
v Bangladesh
| 15 February 1982 (1982-02-15) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Blues | 2–1 | Bangladesh | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Zulfiqar 59' Anwar 73' |
Report | Murshedy 46' |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Shrestha |
Pakistan Blues v Shandong
v Shandong
| 17 February 1982 (1982-02-17) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Blues | 2–1 | Shandong | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Anwar 5' (?) |
Report | Wang Dezhang 10' |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Behman Bahadur |
Iran v Pakistan Blues
v Pakistan Blues
| 18 February 1982 (1982-02-18) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Iran | 4–1 | Pakistan Blues | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Kargar 3' Kamil Anjini 59'Mayeli (?)Mahmoud Haghighian (?) |
Report | Zulfiqar 65' |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Shrestha |
Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Greens
v Pakistan Greens
| 23 February 1982 (1982-02-23) 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Blues | 0–0 | Pakistan Greens | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Report | Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Behman Bahadur |
1985
Indonesia Youth 
v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 29 April 1985 (1985-04-29) 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Indonesia Youth | 2–0 | Pakistan Whites | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Noach Mariem 14' Theodorus Bitbit 19' |
Report | Stadium: Qayyum Stadium |
Bangladesh v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 30 April 1985 (1985-04-30) 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Bangladesh | 3–0 | Pakistan Whites | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Khurshid Alam Babul 22' Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu 40' Elias Hossain 85+' |
Report | Stadium: Qayyum Stadium |
1986
Pakistan Whites v China
v China
| 26 April 1986 (1986-04-26) 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 0–7 | China | Islamabad, Islamabad |
| Report | Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v 
South Korea Industrial Selection
v South Korea Industrial Selection
| 27 April 1986 (1986-04-27) 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 0–4 | South Korea Industrial Selection | Islamabad, Islamabad |
| Report | Oh Seok-jae (?) |
Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v 
Sri Lanka
v Sri Lanka
| 28 April 1986 (1986-04-28) 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 2–3 | Sri Lanka | Islamabad, Islamabad |
| Report | Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium |
Pakistan Greens v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 30 April 1986 (1986-04-30) 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Greens | 7–0 | Pakistan Whites | Islamabad, Islamabad |
| Report | Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v Nepal
v Nepal
| 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 0–2 | Nepal | Islamabad, Islamabad |
| Report | Umesh Pradhan (?) Kedar Manandhar (?) |
Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium |
1987
Pakistan Whites v Pakistan Blues
v Pakistan Blues
| 15 September 1987 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 1–0 | Pakistan Blues | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Sarwar 54' |
Report | Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Nepal XI v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 17 September 1987 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Nepal XI | 0–2 | Pakistan Whites | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Report |
|
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v Bangladesh
v Bangladesh
| 19 September 1987 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Whites | 1–1 | Bangladesh | Lahore, Pakistan |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Pakistan Greens v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 22 September 1987 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Pakistan Greens | 0–1 | Pakistan Whites | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Report | Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Guangzhou v Pakistan Whites
v Pakistan Whites
| 24 September 1987 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament | Guangzhou | 3–1 | Pakistan Whites | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Li Chaobo 12' Ma Jianqiang 26', 35' |
Report | Anees 16' |
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
1993
Iran v Pakistan A
v Pakistan A
| 6 June 1993 1993 ECO Cup | Iran | 5–0 | Pakistan A | Tehran, Iran |
| Javad Zarincheh 42' Hamid Derakhshan 49' Karim Bagheri 65' Samad Marfavi 70' Majid Namjoo-Motlagh 75' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran) |
Turkmenistan 
v Pakistan A
v Pakistan A
| 7 June 1993 1993 ECO Cup | Turkmenistan | 4–0 | Pakistan A | Tehran, Iran |
| Nurmyradow 5', 10' Muhadow 60', 80' |
Report | Stadium: Azadi Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v Nepal
v Nepal
| 17 July 1993 (1993-07-17) 1993 SAARC Gold Cup | Pakistan Whites | 0–0 | Nepal | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Report | Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v 
India
v India
| 18 July 1993 (1993-07-18) 1993 SAARC Gold Cup | Pakistan Whites | 1–3 | India | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Report | Vijayan (?) Kumaresh Bhawal (?) |
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v Pakistan
v Pakistan
| 20 July 1993 (1993-07-20) 1993 SAARC Gold Cup | Pakistan Whites | 0–2 | Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Report |
|
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Pakistan Whites v Sri Lanka
v Sri Lanka
| 22 July 1993 (1993-07-22) 1993 SAARC Gold Cup | Pakistan Whites | 1–2 | Sri Lanka | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Athar (?) |
Report | Silva (?) Perera (?) |
Stadium: Railway Stadium |
Competitive record
Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
| Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name |
| 1976 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | Pakistan Reds |
| 1982 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Pakistan Blues |
| 1985 | Group-stage | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Pakistan Whites |
| 1986 | Group-stage | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 23 | Pakistan Whites |
| 1987 | Runners-up | 2nd | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Pakistan Whites |
- Source = RSSSF
Other tournaments
| Invitational tournament record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name |
| 1993 ECO Cup | Group-stage | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Pakistan A |
References
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- Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- Ahsan, Ali (December 23, 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- "ECO Tournament 1993 - Tehran, Iran". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.
- "1st SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation) Tournament 1993". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-11-11.