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Pakistan’s football team on Wednesday left for New Delhi, India, to compete in the SAFF football championship to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Football Stadium in New Delhi from December 2-11.

Pakistan has been placed in Group B with Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal.

All matches of the group will be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Football Stadium with Pakistan opening their campaign against Bangladesh on December 2.

They will follow it up with games against Maldives on December 4 and against Nepal on the 6th.

Squad: Jaffar Khan (GK, Captain), Adnan Farooq Ahmed (MW, Vice Captain), Samar Ishaq (DF, Vice Captain), Saquib Hanif (GK), Muzamil Hussain (GK), Kamran Khan (DF), Muhammad Rizwan Asif (DF), Muhammad Ahmed (DF), Naveed Ahmed (DF), Manzoor Ahmed (DF), Alamgir Khan (DF), Faisal Iqbal (MF), Ansar Abbas (MF), Saddam Hussain (MF), Kaleem Ullah (MF), Muhammad Adil (MF), Muhammad Ikram (MF), Atif Bashir Qureshi (MF),Jadeed Khan Pathan (FW) Shakir Lashari (FW) Husnain Abbas (FW), Junaid Qadir (FW).

Officials: Zavisha Milosavljevich (Coach/Manager), Syed Nasir Ismail (Assistant Coach), Gohar Zaman (Assistant Coach/Assistant Manager), Muhammad Aslam Khan (Goalkeeper Coach),Dr. Kamran Mehdi (Physio/Media Manager).

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