{"id":72231,"date":"2024-03-17T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-pakistan-confirm-24-man-squad-against-jordan\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T13:55:07","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-pakistan-confirm-24-man-squad-against-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-pakistan-confirm-24-man-squad-against-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Pakistan confirm 24-man squad against Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Pakistan\u2019s head coach Stephan Constantine addresses the player during a training session<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan confirm 24-man squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers.<\/li>\n<li>The matches will be played on March 21 and 26.<\/li>\n<li>Otis Khan is expected to miss the match due to injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) unveiled on Sunday the 24-member team that will compete against Jordan in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers on March 21 and 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/07\/abdullah-shah-optimistic-about-match-against-cambodia-in-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers\/\">Pakistan<\/a> is set to host Jordan at Islamabad\u2019s Jinnah Stadium on March 21, aiming to secure a lead before they journey to the Amman International Stadium for the away leg.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-member team, under the leadership of head coach Stephen Constantine, will confront the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The reintegration of Pakistan\u2019s captain and defensive leader, Easah Suliman, provides a significant boost to the Pakistani side that conceded six goals to Tajikistan in their last home game without him.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, star forward Otis Khan is expected to miss the match as he is still recuperating from an injury.<\/p>\n<h3>Pakistan\u2019s squad against Jordan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Yousuf Butt, Saqib Hanif, Hassan Ali, Abdul Basit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Easah Suliman, Abdullah Iqbal, Mamoon Musa, Haseeb Khan, M Saddam, M Sohail, Omer Rao, Mohammad Fazal, Mohammad Adeel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Rahis Nabi, Harun Hamid, Alamgir Ghazi, Rajab Ali, Ali Uzair, Shayek Dost, Abdul Samad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> FareedUllah, Waleed Khan, Imran Kayani, Adeel Younis<\/p>\n<p>Currently at the bottom of the Group G points table after losing their initial two matches against Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan, Pakistan is looking to stage a strong comeback to remain in contention.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the head coach conducted a press conference where he conceded that Pakistan lacked the quality to qualify for the World Cup, citing the need for a domestic league to discover local talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan won\u2019t qualify for the next FIFA World Cup. We won\u2019t find talent if there is no proper domestic league,\u201d he stated while addressing the media on Saturday in Lahore during the ongoing training camp of the Pakistan football team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to have a camp in January but that didn\u2019t materialise. There were also no friendlies. Unfortunately, we will face one of the best teams in Asia (Jordan) with very little preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan are a tough team but we will fight and won\u2019t lay down for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FotoJet-2023-11-21T192019.670-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistan Stumbles in FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers, Faces Setback Against Tajikistan\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Pakistan Stumbles in FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers, Faces Setback Against Tajikistan<\/h5>\n<p>Pakistan suffered a heavy defeat to Tajikistan in World Cup qualifiers. Pakistan&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/11\/pakistan-stumbles-in-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-faces-setback-against-tajikistan\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s head coach Stephan Constantine addresses the player during a training session Pakistan confirm 24-man squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The matches will be played on March 21 and 26. Otis Khan is expected to miss the match due to injury. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) unveiled on Sunday the 24-member team that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FotoJet-7-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}