Bahadur Khan (referee)

Bahadur Khan
Born Karachi, British India
Domestic
Years League Role
National Football Championship Referee
International
Years League Role
FIFA listed Referee

Bahadur Khan (Urdu: بہادر خان) was a Pakistani FIFA football referee. He has been regarded as one of the most prominent football referees from Pakistan.[1][2][3]

Career

At domestic level, Khan refereed at the National Football Championship.[4]

Khan was affiliated with FIFA as a referee.[5][6][7] He refereed at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament, where he refereed a group stage match between South Korea and Indonesia,[8][9] and the final between Malaya and South Korea.[10][11]

He also refereed at the 1962 AFC Youth Championship.[12] The same year, he published a book named "Pakistan Football" and presented it to the Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.[3][13][14]

On 7 February 1963, Khan refereed the match between Pakistan and the touring China national team in Peshawar.[15]

On 10 January 1969, Khan officiated the Tehran derby between Persepolis and Taj in the 1968–69 Tehran Tournament, the first instance of a foreign referee being appointed to the fixture.[16][17][18][19]

He refereed the match between Iran and North Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics Qualifiers.[20]

Post-retirement

After retirement as referee, Khan became chairman of the Pakistan Football Federation Referee Board.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا" [World of Football Heroes]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا" [World of Football Heroes]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). 16 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 19 October 1962". British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 31 October 1959". British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "The Straits Times, 6 August 1960, Page 15". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  6. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1963.06.07 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1968.12.04 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "The Straits Times, 5 August 1960, Page 15". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  9. ↑ "The Straits Times, 7 August 1960, Page 22". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  10. ↑ "The Straits Times, 15 August 1960, Page 1". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  11. ↑ "The Singapore Free Press, 20 August 1960, Page 12". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  12. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". Dawn. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1962.06.18 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1962.10.19 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 07 February 1963". British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ↑ "داوران 84 دربی سرخابی‌ها از آغاز تاکنون" [Referees of the 84 Red Devils derbies from the beginning to the present]. روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد (in Persian). 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  17. ↑ pasinevaz (6 February 2020). "نودودومین شهرآوردپایتخت با یک تساوی جذاب" [92nd Shahr-e-Avr-e-Paitakht with an attractive draw]. پسین اوز (in Persian). Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  18. ↑ TABNAK, تابناک |. "نگاهی به داوران تاریخ داربی پایتخت" [A look at the referees in the history of the Capital Derby]. تابناک | TABNAK (in Persian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "داوران دربی‌‌های سرخابی از آغاز تاکنون / از رکورد صالحی و ترکی تا قضاوت جنجالی ابهران!" [Referees of the Red Derby from the beginning to the present / From Salehi and Turki's record to Abharan's controversial judgment!]. ilna.ir.
  20. ↑ "Statistics: [ Team Melli]". teammelli.com. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  21. ↑ Hasan, Shazia (22 June 2014). "The ground master". Dawn. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
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