National Soccer camp to begin from 22nd: PFF
Bureau Report

LAHORE—National football training camp for the build up of team to take part in 14th Asian Cup qualifier and SAFF Championship will commence from October 22 at Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad. “The camp will be attended by 63 players who have participated in different international, national senior and junior tournament besides national league”, said Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)’s President Faisal Saleh Hayat here on Monday.
Pakistan will clash with Bangladesh in the home-and-away matches of 14th Asian Cup Football qualifiers on November 11 and 18. Later on, from December 7-17, Pakistan will organize the SAFF Championship. “Both assignments in 2005 plus AFC Challenge Cup and 10th South Asia Games in 2006 are very important and we are taking all out measures to train our side for attaining desired results”, said PFF Chief.
He added “success in last June’s Indo-Pak Series for NBP Cup does not mean that everything has been achieved. We have still to go a long way and success should not be taken in a way which could hamper our prospects in the coming events”. PFF President said more efforts and hard work is needed to further uplift the performance of the national team which has started showing encouraging results after a long gap.
“Our focus should be on eradicating mistakes and to prepare the players under a plan to overcome pressure situations in which in the past usually they flattered and such attitude ruined our chances in the important matches”, he maintained. KRL’s Director Sports Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Rafiq will act as Camp Commandant. Following will attend the camp:
Goal Keepers (6): Jaffar Khan, Mehmood Khan (Army), Zahid Iqbal, Asad (WAPDA), Sajid (PWD), Yasir Bin Yunus (NBP).
Defenders (19): Tanveer Ahmed, Muhammad Shahid, Tanveer Jr, Hafeez, Naveed Akram (WAPDA), Mehmood Khan, Tariq (NBP), Ejaz Ahmed, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Shareef (Army), Faraz (SGP), Wali Khan (Afghan Club), Sammar Ishaq (Panther Club), Asif Masih, Ashfaq Ahmed (PTCL), Tariq Aziz, Hayatullah (KRL), Abdul Salaam (HBL), Muhammad Idrees (KPT).
Midfielders (16): Atiqur Rehman (KRL), Zahid Hameed, Zakir Hussain, Imran Niazi, Muhammad Essa Jr, Zulfiqar Ali Shah (WAPDA), Hassan Bin Suleman (Wohaib Club), Farooq Shah, Abdul Aziz, Atiq Ullah (NBP), Abdul Nasir (PTCL), Kamal Khan (Afghan Club), Muhammad Zahid (Army), Shahid Shinwari (FATA), Muhammad Iqbal (Police), Sajid Ali (KPT).
Strikers (22): Muhammad Essa (Afghan Club), Imran Hussain, Adnan Bari (Army), Arif Mehmood (WAPDA), Nazeer Ahmed Danga, Kamran Ishaq, Muhammad Ali (HBL), Adeel Ahmed, Bashir Ahmed (PTCL), Usman Sattar (KRL), Nasrullah (Quetta), Haji Muhammad (Muslim Club), Farhan, Amir Shaukat (SGP), Safi Ullah (Peshawar), Abdul Khaliq (Afghan Club), Akhtar Rasool ( NBP), Shakir Lashari (KESC), Muhammad Jan (PWD), Waqas Pervaiz (Wohaib Club), Usman Gondal (Leicester City), Yasir Iqbal (Navy).