This article lists all the captains of the Pakistan national football team.

The first captain to lead Pakistan in their international debut in October 1950 was the goalkeeper Osman Jan,[1][2] who captained Pakistan in their first international match against Iran on 27 October 1950.[3][4]

The following table includes players who have captained the Pakistan national football team, along with the vice-captains and the international tournaments they led in.

List of captains

Tenure Incumbent Vice-captains Tournaments/Notes Ref
1950 Osman Jan Pakistan national team first ever debut and tour to Iran and Iraq [2]
1952 Abdul Wahid Durrani 1952 Colombo Cup [2]
1953 Muhammad Sharif 1953 Colombo Cup [2]
1954 Moideen Kutty 1954 Asian Games [2]
1954 Jamil Akhtar 1954 Colombo Cup [2]
1955 Sumbal Khan 1955 Colombo Cup [5]
1956 Riasat Ali [2]
1958 Nabi Chowdhury 1958 Asian Games [2]
1959 Masoodul Hassan Butt Pakistan tour to Burma [2]
1959–1960 Qayyum Changezi 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification, 1960 Merdeka Tournament [2][6]
1961 Ghulam Rabbani [7]
1961 Musa Ghazi [8]
1961–1963 Muhammad Umer Baloch 1962 Merdeka Tournament [6]
1963 Muhammad Amin 1964 Summer Olympics qualification [6]
1964 Abid Ghazi [6]
1965 Omar Abdul Ghafoor 1965 RCD Cup
1967 Turab Ali 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification, 1967 RCD Cup [6]
1967 Muhammad Latif
1967 Wali Muhammad
1968 Murad Bakhsh [9]
1969 Sardar Aslam [10]
1969 Younus Rana 1969 RCD Cup [10]
1970 Qadir Bakhsh 1970 RCD Cup [11]
1973 Maula Bakhsh [6]
1974 Ayub Dar [10]
1974 Ali Nawaz Baloch 1974 RCD Cup [12]
1974 Abdul Ghafoor 1974 Asian Games [13]
1976 Ghulam Sarwar 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup [14]
1978 Muhammad Ishaq
1981–1982 Akbar Raisani 1981 King's Cup, 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup [15]
1982 Naeem Gul
1984–1985 Zulfiqar Dogar 1984 Merdeka Tournament, 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup
1986–1989 Mukhtar Ali 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup, 1987 South Asian Games
1986 Muhammad Naveed 1986 Asian Games [13]
1987 Shoukat Mufti 1986 Fajr International Tournament [15]
1987–1989 Sharafat Ali 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup, 1989 South Asian Games
1990 Mateen Akhtar 1990 Asian Games [13]
1991 Ghulam Sarwar (Teddy) 1991 South Asian Games [15]
1992 Mohammad Riaz
1993 Zafar Iqbal 1993 SAARC Gold Cup [7]
1995 Mohammad Nauman Khan 1995 SAFF Gold Cup
1997 Qazi Ashfaq Haroon Yousaf 1997 SAFF Gold Cup [16]
1998–2003 Haroon Yousaf 1999 SAFF Gold Cup, 1999 South Asian Games, 2003 SAFF Gold Cup [16][17]
2002 Sarfraz Rasool
2003–2011 Jaffar Khan Samar Ishaq, Adnan Ahmed, Faisal Iqbal, Abdul Aziz 2005 SAFF Gold Cup, 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, 2011 SAFF Championship [18]
2005 Tanveer Ahmed 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games [19]
2006–2009 Muhammad Essa Jaffar Khan 2009 SAFF Championship [20]
2008 Zahid Hameed Imran Niazi 2008 SAFF Championship [21]
2010–2013 Samar Ishaq Adnan Ahmed 2013 SAFF Championship
2013–2019 Zesh Rehman 2013 Philippines Peace Cup [22]
2014 Kaleemullah Khan Faisal Iqbal, Saddam Hussain
2014 Muhammad Ahmed
2015–2023 Hassan Bashir 2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup, 2023 SAFF Championship [23]
2018 Saddam Hussain Hassan Bashir 2018 SAFF Championship [24]
2023 Saqib Hanif [25]
2023–present Easah Suliman Otis Khan
2023 Yousuf Butt [26]

Captains by major tournaments

Player Tournament(s)
Moideen Kutty
Nabi Chowdhury
Abdul Ghafoor
Muhammad Naveed
Mateen Akhtar
Jaffar Khan

References

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  18. ^ "Jaffar replaces Haroon as captain". DAWN.COM. 2003-11-26. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  19. ^ "Pakistan beat India, tie football series". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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  21. ^ "Pakistan to include four overseas players for SAFF championship". DAWN.COM. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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