2018 National Challenge Cup
National Challenge Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Pakistan |
City | Karachi |
Venue(s) | All Brother's Football Stadium KPT Stadium |
Dates | 21 April 2018 –10 May 2018[1] |
Teams | 24 |
Defending champions | Khan Research Laboratories |
Final positions | |
Champions | Pakistan Air Force (2nd title) |
Runner-up | WAPDA |
Third place | Pakistan Petroleum |
Fourth place | Civil Aviation Authority |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 74 (2.31 per match) |
Attendance | 42,500 (1,328 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Nazir Ahmed (5 goals)[2] |
Best player | Zaid Umar |
Best goalkeeper | Ghazanfar Yasin |
All statistics correct as of May 10, 2018. |
The 2018 PFF National Challenge Cup was the 27th edition of domestic cup competition in Pakistan. 24 teams participated in the competition, from 21 April to 10 May 2018. The Pakistan National Challenge Cup was held in Karachi after FIFA lifted it ban.[3] The matches took place at the KPT Stadium and the All Brothers Football Stadium, Malir.
The tournament took place after a gap of two years due to a power struggle within the Pakistan Football Federation. The Federation was being run by a court-appointed administrator, whose appointment was declared unlawful by a division bench of the High Court which ordered financial and administrative control to be handed over to the legitimate body headed by Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat. FIFA also lifted the ban imposed on PFF after the legitimate body was restored by the court ruling.[3]
The tournament coincided with the appointment of José Antonio Nogueira as head coach of the Pakistan national football team on 16 April 2018.[4] Nogueira reached Karachi on 26 April to witness the event first-hand.
Teams
[edit]The 24 teams participating in the tournament are as below:[1]
# | Name | # | Name | # | Name | # | Name |
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1 | K-Electric F.C. | 7 | Pakistan Airlines | 13 | Pakistan Police | 19 | Civil Aviation Authority |
2 | WAPDA | 8 | National Bank | 14 | Pakistan Public Works Department | 20 | Karachi United |
3 | Pakistan Army | 9 | Sui Northern Gas | 15 | Sindh Government Press | 21 | Hazara Coal |
4 | Khan Research Laboratories | 10 | Karachi Port Trust | 16 | Gwadar Port Authority | 22 | Pakistan Ordnance Factories |
5 | Pakistan Airforce | 11 | Pakistan Navy | 17 | Sui Southern Gas | 23 | Ashraf Sugar Mills |
6 | Falcon | 12 | Pakistan Petroleum | 18 | State Life | 24 | Asia Ghee Mills |
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ashraf Sugar Mills | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | National Bank | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Falcon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
National Bank | 0–1 | Ashraf Sugar Mills |
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Report | Abbas Ahmed ![]() |
National Bank | 3–0 | Falcon |
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Maqbool ![]() Munir Ahmed ![]() Zain-ul-Abdeen ![]() |
Report |
Ashraf Sugar Mills | 0–0 | Falcon |
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Report |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan Navy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Pakistan Airlines | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Hazara Coal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Pakistan Airlines | 1–2 | Pakistan Navy |
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Tariq Solangi ![]() |
Report | Hafiz Hassan ![]() M. Ameen ![]() |
Pakistan Airlines | 3–0 | Hazara Coal |
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Lashari ![]() Nasrullah ![]() |
Report |
Pakistan Navy | 3–0 | Hazara Coal |
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M. Yousaf ![]() Hafiz Hassan ![]() Sajjad Ahmed ![]() |
Report |
Group C
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan Airforce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | State Life | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | Pakistan Police | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
Pakistan Airforce | 2–2 | Pakistan Police |
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Ali Raza ![]() Mansoor ![]() |
Report | Amir Shah ![]() Sher Hassan ![]() |
Pakistan Police | 1–2 | State Life |
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Yousaf Ali ![]() |
Report | Imtiaz ![]() M. Zakir ![]() |
Pakistan Airforce | 2–0 | State Life |
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Samad Khan ![]() Salman Khan ![]() |
Report |
Group D
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Civil Aviation Authority | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Khan Research Laboratories | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Sindh Government Press | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Khan Research Laboratories | 3–0 | Sindh Government Press |
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Umair Ali ![]() Izharullah ![]() Zeeshan Siddiqui ![]() |
Report |
Sindh Government Press | 1–2 | Civil Aviation Authority |
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M. Jahanzaib ![]() |
Report | Dawood Javed ![]() Saeed A. Aziz ![]() M. Naeem ![]() |
Khan Research Laboratories | 0–1 | Civil Aviation Authority |
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Report | Zaid Umar ![]() |
Group E
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan Petroleum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Karachi Port Trust | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Pakistan Public Works Department | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Karachi Port Trust | 4–1 | Pakistan Public Works Department |
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Fareed ![]() Muhammad ![]() Zahid Ahmed ![]() |
Report | Zubair ![]() |
Pakistan Public Works Department | 0–2 | Pakistan Petroleum |
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Report | Mehrullah ![]() |
Karachi Port Trust | 0–1 | Pakistan Petroleum |
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Report | Nazir Ahmed ![]() |
Group F
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | WAPDA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Sui Southern Gas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Karachi United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
WAPDA | 1–0 | Sui Southern Gas |
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M. Ali ![]() |
Report |
Sui Southern Gas | 2–1 | Karachi United |
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Bilawal-ur-Rehman ![]() A. Naeem ![]() |
Report | Fazal Muhammad ![]() |
WAPDA | 3–0 | Karachi United |
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Naeem Ullah ![]() Saadat Hussain ![]() Ali Uzair ![]() |
Report |
Group G
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan Army | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Gwadar Port Authority | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Pakistan Ordnance Factories | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Pakistan Army | 1–0 | Gwadar Port Authority |
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Nisar Ahmed ![]() |
Report |
Gwadar Port Authority | 4–1 | Pakistan Ordnance Factories |
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Pervez ![]() A. Wajid ![]() Shoaib ![]() |
Report | Touseef Ahmad ![]() |
Pakistan Army | 1–0 | Pakistan Ordnance Factories |
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Umar Waqar ![]() |
Report |
Group H
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Asia Ghee Mills | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout round |
2 | Sui Northern Gas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | K-Electric | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
K-Electric | 0–1 | Sui Northern Gas |
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Report | Umer Javed ![]() |
Sui Northern Gas | 0–1 | Asia Ghee Mills |
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Report | Mubashir Hussian ![]() |
Knockout round
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]Ashraf Sugar Mills | 0–3 | Pakistan Petroleum |
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Report | Abdullah ![]() Nazir Ahmed ![]() |
WAPDA | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Pakistan Navy |
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M. Ahmed ![]() |
Report |
Pakistan Army | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Pakistan Airforce |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
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2–4 |
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Civil Aviation Authority | 2–1 | Asia Ghee Mills |
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Zaid Umar ![]() Nouman ![]() |
Report | Sajid Ali ![]() |
Semi-finals
[edit]WAPDA | 2–0 | Pakistan Petroleum |
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Ahmed ![]() Usman ![]() |
Report |
Pakistan Airforce | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Civil Aviation Authority |
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Sohail Khan ![]() |
Report | Saeed A. Aziz ![]() |
Penalties | ||
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4–3 |
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Third position
[edit]Pakistan Petroleum | 5–1 | Civil Aviation Authority |
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Abdullah ![]() Mehrullah ![]() Nazir Ahmed ![]() |
Report | Zain ![]() |
Finals
[edit]WAPDA | 1–2 | Pakistan Airforce |
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Ahmed ![]() |
Report | M. Mujahid ![]() Samad Khan ![]() |
Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
3 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Ashraf Sugar Mills | 0 | |||||||||
7 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Pakistan Petroleum | 3 | |||||||||
Pakistan Petroleum | 0 | |||||||||
4 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
WAPDA | 2 | |||||||||
Pakistan Navy | 0 | |||||||||
10 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
WAPDA (AET) | 2 | |||||||||
WAPDA | 1 | |||||||||
5 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Pakistan Airforce | 2 | |||||||||
Pakistan Airforce (P) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
8 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Pakistan Army | 0 (2) | |||||||||
Pakistan Airforce (P) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
6 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Civil Aviation Authority | 1 (3) | Third place | ||||||||
Civil Aviation Authority | 2 | |||||||||
9 May – 4:00 PM | ||||||||||
Asia Ghee Mills | 1 | |||||||||
Pakistan Petroleum | 5 | |||||||||
Civil Aviation Authority | 1 | |||||||||
Top scorers
[edit]- As of 10 May 2018[2]
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Nazir Ahmed | Pakistan Petroleum | 5 |
2 | Abdullah | Pakistan Petroleum | 3 |
Mehrullah | Pakistan Petroleum | ||
4 | Samad Khan | Pakistan Airforce | 2 |
Muhammad Ahmed | WAPDA | ||
Pervez Kouda | Gwadar Port Authority | ||
Hafiz Hassan Faiz | Pakistan Navy | ||
Muhammad | Karachi Port Trust | ||
Zaid Umar | Civil Aviation Authority | ||
Saeed Abdul Aziz | Civil Aviation Authority |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2018-04-19). "National Challenge Cup from Saturday". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ a b "National Challenge Cup". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ a b "PFF announces National Football Cup 2018 after FIFA lifts ban". Arab News. 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Brazilian coach to train Pakistan football team: PFF President". The Nation. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2022-01-06.