Pakistan football - Is it a national shame they have never played in a World Cup?

[I M Sikander]

With a population of 200 million there can be no excuse.

No one gives a damn to football in south asia. Its natural. Kids play cricket and some desi sports. Foot ball is no ones priority.

 

[[Bregs]]

The rise of cricket in sub continent affected many other games including hockey and football. since cricket is so popular it can self finance itself with huge revenues from adv and television telecast rights but the spending on the other sport reduced drastically and people interest waned too

 

[Dubious]

With a population of 200 million there can be no excuse.

Football is a big earner and much bigger than cricket.

If Pakistan was able to set up a domestic league I am confident they could attract 50,000 people at the stadium. And in football, India is not in charge so many many teams to play against.

Are you going to wait till India manages to qualify for a World Cup before getting your asses in gear?

well our jr did do well in street football but still no one is motivated

With a population of 200 million there can be no excuse.

Football is a big earner and much bigger than cricket.

If Pakistan was able to set up a domestic league I am confident they could attract 50,000 people at the stadium. And in football, India is not in charge so many many teams to play against.

Are you going to wait till India manages to qualify for a World Cup before getting your asses in gear?

Its still an expensive game and running continuously from 1 end of the football field to the next back and forth doesnt seem to interest many....We prefer short runs between cricket

 

[Menace2Society]

This is the team

 

[silent poison]

Football is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Why is Pakistan unable to produce a good football team with enough quality to qualify for a world cup?

Create a league like Indian Super league . Its creating Interest of Indian youth in football.

For example me I'm a hardcore cricket fan now waiting for oct-3 most then oct -2 .

oct-2 India Vs South Africa ; Octt -3 Starting of ISL .

 

[Sipahi]

football is a life style and we don't have one as a nation.

 

[Ryuzaki]

South asians are not physically fit enough/genetic defect to play most competitive sports

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

Football is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Why is Pakistan unable to produce a good football team with enough quality to qualify for a world cup?

I am unable to understand your logic.....So by going with your logic USA (having a population of more than 300 million)should be ashamed for not having even played in the qualifiers of cricket WC let alone the WC.

 

[Menace2Society]

I am unable to understand your logic.....So by going with your logic USA (having a population of more than 300 million)should be ashamed for not having even played in the qualifiers of cricket WC let alone the WC.

Cricket is below football. Lets be clear about that.

Therefore benchmark is football, not cricket.

USA is a regular fixture in football world cups.

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

Cricket is below football. Lets be clear about that.

Therefore benchmark is football, not cricket.

USA is a regular fixture in football world cups.

Yeah I know that and FYI Cricket is the Second most played sport in the world....
But still your logic is flawed

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Football:

Football , is a game that unlike cricket , requires elite fitness level. A fat guy in cricket can huff and puff and make 50 runs. Football , is a game that combines

a) Athletic Burst movement - Sprints
b) Elements of Endurance , and long distance running
c) Great coordination of feet and mind.

There is a certain Level , which can be achieved , playing "street football". The level of street football itself depends on how many high quality players are playing sport in streets, 1 generation there are abundance of footballers then quality produced would be high otherwise , low quality players are produced.

Modern Football:
Modern football player

• Trains and attains the basics of sport in Academies
• They play each week in schools , college , universities
• They progress to be enrolled in scholarships in schools and Pro clubs by the time the players are 14-15 year old.

Role of Pro clubs:

• Pro Clubs offer salaries to players 2-5 Million Dollar range , so they player 100 % is dedicated to
  2 training sessions per day. 5 days out of 7 days a week.

• Pro clubs play other pro clubs , and thru this competitive battle the level of player rises.

Domestic League:

• 2-3 Tear , League system is needed for 14 teams - 16 teams , so that competitive environment
  exist and players , play at high level. Coaches need to be present of high quality who can train
  players , however most training is already done before player turns 18 year old.
• The league needs to focus on marketing , bringing crowds to stadium and distributing money from Asian federation or government to Clubs.

Pakistan at present:

• Does not have high quality Artificial grass fields or Lush grass surface available when players are young
• Does not have high level players , who have advance skills which are passed down to youth
• The technique seen in street soccer in Pakistan is not high its mostly kick and runvs what we see in Africa where the skill level is quite high even when players are poor brazil also have poor kids but the level of football is very high at street level so any new kid is automatically trained at high level when he is playing street football.
  
• The training methods are poor , coaching is poor so end product is poor and undeveloped.
• League system has low financial input from investors and companies sponsors.

Pakistan Latest Result between Now 2015 and 2008, may be 29 odd international games

Pakistan vs Yamen 0-0 Draw
Pakistan vs Yamen 0-3 Loss
Pakistan vs Afghanistan 2-1 Win
Pakistan vs Labnoon 1-3 Loss
Pakistan vs Palestine 0-2 Loss
Pakistan vs Tajakistan 0-1 Loss
Pakistsn vs Krygstan 0-1 Loss
Pakistan vs Macau 2-0 Win
Pakistan vs Singapore 0-4 Loss
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 0-3 Loss
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 0-0 Draw
Pakistan vs Palestine 2-2 Draw
Pakistan vs Turkamanistan 0-3 Loss
Pakistan vs India 1-3 Loss
Pakistan vs Chinese Tipe 2-0 Win
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 0 - 0 Draw
Pakistan vs Maldives 0-0 Draw
Pakistan vs Nepal 1-1 Draw
Pakistan vs Chinese Tipe 1- 1 Draw
Pakistan vs Brunai 6-0 Win
Pakistan vs Srilanka 2-2 Draw
Pakistan vs Srilanka 1- 0 Loss
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 0-0 Draw
Pakistan vs Bhutan 7-0 Win
Pakistan vs Nepal 1-2 Loss
Pakistan vs Nepal 2-0 Win
Pakistan vs Chinese tipe 2-1 Win
Pakistan vs Guam 9-2 Win
Pakistan vs Maldives 0-3 Loss
Pakistan vs India 1-2 Loss
Pakistan vs Malasia 1-4 Loss

• Pakistan's Best moment came at Olympic qualifying rounds 2008 where they once beat Singapore 3-2 (U23)

• 2-2 Draw in Asian Cup qualifiers vs UAE
• 2-2 Draw vs Palestine
• 3-2 Loss to Japan (Ellite Rank Team in Asia)
  

What hold back Pakistani Team:

a) Lack of financially good professional salaries in clubs
b) Lack of coaching (high end coaching) between ages of 8-15 years old
c) Lack of friendlies for international team
d) Lack of Grounds (Artificial grass to develop ground passing)
e) Influx of international caliber coaches coming to train in Pakistan
f) Lack of nutrition and fitness standards in league


Considering PAKISTAN is next to Iran a Football powerhouse, its strange that yearly tours are not arranged to iran to play regular trianing games against Iranian clubs for practice , cost to travel to iran is marginal


Pakistan U16 Winning Regional SAFF tournament beating India 2-1

Zeshan Pakisani footballer of UK background lifting cup in malasia

Talent to hai ...... mager

• Football Federation ko 50 Million dollar ka budget bhi to mile

 

[war&peace]

I won't use the words like shame etc. However we need to make our nation more sportive and diversify the spectrum of sports at national level. We need to focus on football by providing better facilities for the sport and arranging tournaments at city, regional and national levels. Furthermore, we need to provide our national football team the same financial benefits as our cricketers. The same is about hockey and other games. Increase the number for stadia for men and women and it will improve the health of our nation

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pakistan has a small budget for sports .....a federation like football requires

• 50 Million Dollars (USD) allotment annually in order to show something. I think Pakistan federation was getting few millions from AFC grant which improved results for a while. However Pakistan sports need funds.

In general funding for sports bodies need to be 20 Million USD - 50 Million USD each

Pakistan Hockey : 50 Million / Year
Pakistan Football : 50 Million / Year
Pakistan Cricket : 20 Million / Year
Pakistan Athletics (Track & Field) : 20 Million / Year
Pakistan Squash : 20Million / Year
Pakistan Tennis : 20 Million / Year
Pakistan Boxing : 20 Million / Year
Pakistan Weight Lifting : 20 Million / Year
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220 Million USD for sports grant
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Sports builds role models and leaders for country , that is the only way to fight extremism

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Football is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Why is Pakistan unable to produce a good football team with enough quality to qualify for a world cup?

Pakistan has one of the best football talents; when i visited Pakistan and went to a local ground; i was amazed at the Talents. Kids play 6 hours a day; nonstop; and the skills they had, made me feel as if i was watching Ronaldo on youtube. Football is one of the most lowest budget sports in Pakistan, we have no system of selecting good players. If the Government gives the sport a little push; then we may be able to have one of the best football teams out there.

 

[Dubious]

Cricket is below football. Lets be clear about that.

Therefore benchmark is football, not cricket.

USA is a regular fixture in football world cups.

Not really...There are plenty of countries that dont play football (mostly Asians)....Its personal choice maybe...And most of these games are Western and they have perfected techniques jumping in now will need ALOT of investment....If we had kickstarted it in like 90s maybe we would have a chance....But we do have a girls football team and the jr street football team...so it maybe starting...maybe 1 more generation then?

As for cricket it was easily accepted coz it kinda is like guli danda which was already native to South Asia before Western influence....