{"id":38520,"date":"2024-06-04T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=38520"},"modified":"2024-06-04T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T10:28:21","slug":"pakistan-names-final-squad-for-fifa-wc-qualifier-against-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-names-final-squad-for-fifa-wc-qualifier-against-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan names final squad for FIFA WC Qualifier against Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) named a final 24-man squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier Round 2 matches against Saudi Arabia at Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has finalized the preparations ahead of the much-anticipated clash on June 6 with\u00a0Diaspora (D) players already joined the team and renovation of the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan will face Saudi Arabia here in Islamabad on June 6 followed by an away fixture against Tajikistan on June 11 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Presenting our final 24-man squad for Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pakistanfootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pakistanfootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dilsayfootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dilsayfootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shaheens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shaheens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/worldcupqualifiers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#worldcupqualifiers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwRxFBlhGN\">pic.twitter.com\/qwRxFBlhGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Football Federation (@TheRealPFF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPFF\/status\/1797918941047845090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the arrangements for the match have been finalized. Reading of the lights, which is called lux, is available for the record. The lighting system [at the stadium] is best,\u201d an official of the Pakistan Sports Board told a local publication.<\/p>\n<h2>Pakistan Football Team Squad<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Yousuf Butt, Saqib Hanif and Hassan Ali<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Abdullah Iqbal (D), Mohammad Fazal, Haseeb Khan, Rao Omer Hayat, Mamoon Musa, Mohammad Saddam, Waqar Baloch, and Abdul Rehman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Rahis Nabi, Alamgir Ghazi, Ali Uzair, Umari Ali, Toqeer Ul Hassan, Moin Ahmed, and Ali Zafar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Otis Khan, Shayak Dost, Fareed Ullah, Adeel Younas, Imran Kiyani, and Mckael Abdullah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) named a final 24-man squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier Round 2 matches against Saudi Arabia at Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad. Pakistan has finalized the preparations ahead of the much-anticipated clash on June 6 with\u00a0Diaspora (D) players already joined the team and renovation of the venue. Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":38525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[18071,16799,18069,18068,18070],"class_list":["post-38520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-jinnah-stadium-islamabad","tag-pakistan-football","tag-pakistan-saudi-arabia-football-match","tag-pakistan-squad-against-saudi-arabia","tag-pakistan-vs-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}