Faisal Saleh Hayat's PFF faction pulled out of AFC U23 qualifiers due to infighting.
![2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers begin today sans Pakistan [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Pakistan-U23-at-2018-Asian-Games-1160x535.jpeg "2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers begin today sans Pakistan [The News]")
March22March 22, 2019
Category: AFC U-23 Championship
![Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pakistan-team-vs-Afghanistan-U23-in-Doha-1024x535.png "Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]")
March7March 7, 2019
Pakistan football team out of 2020 Olympics race [Dawn]
FIFA-backed Faisal Saleh Hayat group withdraws from 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers barely 3 weeks before scheduled matches.
![AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AFC-U23-Championship-2020-qualifiers-draw.jpg "AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]")
February11February 11, 2019
AFC U23 Qualifiers: Uncertainty creating anxiety among players, coaches [The News]
With no end of new PFF crisis in sight due to FIFA inaction, worries that Pakistan will again return to missing international events.
![PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Qatar-2022-World-Cup.jpg "PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]")
November12November 12, 2018
PFF to send team to Doha for training [The News]
QFA ready to host Pakistan training camp in future for SAG, AFC U23 events preparations.
![Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AFC-U23-Championship-2020-qualifiers-1160x535.jpeg "Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]")
November8November 8, 2018
Journey to Thailand 2020 begins [AFC]
Pakistan U23s in Group F with India, Tajikistan, and hosts Uzbekistan; AFC U23 qualifiers scheduled for March 2019
September30September 30, 2018
Preparation for 2020 Olympics qualifiers: PFF plans to arrange international matches for team [The News]
"We would like our side ... to get at least five matches against some better sides before the qualifiers" in March 2019.
![Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AFC-U23-Championship-2018-qualifiers-without-Pakistan.jpg "Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]")
March18March 18, 2017
Pakistan misses another football event due to rifts in PFF [Geo]
Pakistan withdraws from AFC U23 Championship 2018 qualifiers as PFF crisis continues.
![2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Yemen-Pak.jpg "2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]")
December22December 3, 2020
2015: Politics, corruption beat Pakistan football yet again [Dawn]
It was a year that promised so much for Pakistan football, yet it ended with little to show for on the playing field.
![A friendly coach [The News on Sunday]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shamlan.jpg "A friendly coach [The News on Sunday]")
August2December 3, 2020
A friendly coach [The News on Sunday]
Former Bahraini defender Mohammad Shamlan ultimately quit as Pakistan football team coach last week after his two-year contract expired.
July24December 3, 2020
Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan [The News]
Mohammad Shamlan on Thursday announced that he had quit as Pakistan football team coach after the expiry of his contract and signed a one-year deal with Bahrain’s Riffa Sports Club.