LAHORE, April 3 Pakistan and Chinese Taipei announced their squads for the third AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers (Group `D`) match at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.

The match to kick off at 6.30pm (local time) will see Pakistan under Austrian coach George Kottan, one of the seven gold medalist coaches in the history of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship.

Meanwhile, Chen Sing-an, will be looking after the Chinese Taipei team. After playing for Chinese Taipei for 10 years, he retired playing in 1993 to take over as manager of the Chinese Taipei national Under-23 football team from 1999 to 2000. He replaced Toshiaki Imai as the senior team`s head coach in 2008.

PAKISTAN Goalkeepers Jaffar Khan, Amir Gul.

Defenders Naveed Akram, Samar Ishaq, Mohammad Shahid, Aurangzeb, Yasir Sabir, Mehmood Khan, Atiqullah.

Midfielders Mohammad Essa (captain), Abdul Aziz (vice captain), Nasrullah Khan, Jadeed Khan, Atif Bashir Qureshi (Barry Town FC, Wales), Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Port Vale, England), Naseer Ahmed.

Strikers Mohammad Rasool, Asif Mahmood, Safiullah Khan, Mohammad Asif.

Coach George Kottan

CHINESE TAIPEI Goalkeepers Lu Kun-chi, Pan Wei-chih, Chung Kuang-tien.

Defenders Lin Che-ming,Chang Yung-hsien, Hsieh Meng-hsuan, Lee Meng-chian, Chen Yi-wei, Chen Yu-lin, Kuo Chun-yi, Hsu hsiang-yu.

Midfielders Lee Tai-lin, Chen Po-liang, Lo Chih-an, Chiang Shih-lu, Hsu Che-hao, Huang Kai-chun, Chan Che-yuan, Pan Kuao-kai, Chiang Ming-han.

Strikers Chang Han, Huang Wei-yi, 13 FW Lo Chih-en.

Coach Chen Sing-an. — Agencies