The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) here on Saturday has announced a Pakistan under-19 team for the 36th AFC U-19 football championship qualifiers 2007. The U-19 team is made up of officials and players leaving for Iran on Sunday through the Mahan Airline W5-5046 at 12.15pm.

Pakistan will open their campaign against Iran at the Pas Stadium in Tehran on November 6.

The team players are GoalKeepers (2): Zaid Arif, Jehangir, Defenders (8): Muhammad Jalil, Alamgir Khan, Rai Akmal Shahzad, Mohsin Shah, Badshah Gul, Sohaib Akram, Shahid Zamir, Muhammad Tauseef. Midfielders (6): Irfan Khan, Usman Hussain, Umar Farooq Javed, Muhammad Mehdi, Rashid Ali, Khurram Shahzad. Strikers (4): Haroon Ishaq, Kaleem Ullah, Muhammad Ashfaq, Adnan Butt.

The team officials are Muhammad Imtiaz Butt (manager), Bashir Ahmed (head coach), Sajjad Mehmood (coach), Nadeem Abdul Rehman (goalkeeper coach), and Dr Kamran Mehdi (physiotherapist).

Copyright Business Recorder, 2007