Lahore
Pakistan football team Monday left for Qatar to play its first leg of FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifier against Yemen. The crucial match will be played at Hammad Stadium Doha at 5pm on March 12 while the second leg match will be played on March 17 here at the Punjab Stadium.
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) officials including secretary Lt Col (r) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi and Director Dev & Com Wg CDR (r) Mir Pervaiz Saeed and others saw off the team for Qatar.
The national squad comprises Muzammil Hussain, Saqib Hanif and Ahsan Ullah (goalkeepers), captain Zeeshan Rehmen, Nabil Aslam, M Bilal, M Ahmad and M Sufyan (defenders), Mohsin Ali (right back), Ahsan Ullah (left back), Saddam Hussain, Mahmood Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Bilawal ur Rehman (midfielders), M Riaz (LW), Mansoor Khan (RW), M Ali, vice captain Kaleemullah and vice captain Hassan Bashir, Saadullah (attackers) and M Adil and Habib Rehman (RWs).
The team officials are Shamlaan Al Mubarik (head coach), Asghar Khan Anjum (assistant manager), Hassan Baloch, Tanveer Ahmed and Zahid Taj (assistant coaches) and Aslam (masseur).