2005 National Football Challenge Cup

2005 National Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryPakistan
Dates17 June – 5 August 2005
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsPTCL (2nd title)
Runners-upWAPDA
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All statistics correct as of 5 August 2005.

The 2005 National Football Challenge Cup was the 17th season of National Football Challenge Cup, the main cup tournament in Pakistani football.[1]

PTCL won the cup, although their team was dissolved in the end of 2005 season.

Background

The Pakistan Football Federation under new elected body headed by president Faisal Saleh Hayat abolished the President's PFF Cup along with the National Football Championship in 2004, as part of a league-first restructuring.[2][3] In 2005 the federation launched the National Football Challenge Cup, promoted in contemporary reports as an inaugural tournament and serving as the new national knockout competition.[4][5][6] In contrary to the departments-only format of the former President PFF Cup, the restructured Challenge Cup briefly admitted club sides in the preliminary stage before the seeded departments entered later rounds.[5][7]

Ahead of the event, the federation announced a format with five pre-seeded teams, WAPDA, KRL, Army, KPT and NBP, entering directly at the second stage.[5] The tournament was scheduled to kick off on 1 June, featuring 27 phase-one teams, a prize purse of Rs1 million, and matches staged in Peshawar, Wah, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi and Quetta.[7]

During the competition the second-stage venues were shifted, with Group I matches moved to Faisalabad and Group II to Rawalpindi’s Army Stadium.[8]

PTCL won the cup in August 2005, with striker Adeel Ahmed finishing as leading scorer. The final at Rawalpindi Army Sports Complex was held under floodlights, with PFF president Faisal Saleh Hayat as chief guest.[9][10]

Stage 1

Note: WAPDA, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army, Karachi Port Trust and National Bank of Pakistan bye to stage 2.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Higher Education Commission 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7
2 United Club 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3 PA XI Club 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 Mardan FC 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
- Young Eleven FC 0 - - - - - — 0
Source: RSSSF

Playoff

Higher Education Commission3–1Pakistan Air Force
Report
Pakistan Air Force1–2Higher Education Commission
Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pakistan Ordnance Factory 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
2 Mehran FC 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3 DFA XI Gilgit 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 Pilot FC 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: RSSSF

Playoff

Pakistan Ordnance Factory1–2PTCL
Report
PTCL1–0Pakistan Ordnance Factory
Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Panther Club 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13
2 Pakistan Railways FC 6 4 0 2 17 5 +12 12
3 Wohaib FC 6 3 1 2 27 8 +19 10
4 City FC 6 0 0 6 3 44 −41 0
Source: RSSSF

Pool D

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pakistan Public Works Department 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9
2 Pakistan Navy 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9
3 Sui Southern Gas 4 2 1 1 8 2 +6 7
4 City District Government Karachi 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
5 Mauripur Baloch 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 10
2 Sindh Government Press 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 9
3 Habib Bank Limited 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
4 Korangi Rangers Club 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
5 Naka Mohammedan 4 0 0 4 3 23 −20 0
Source: RSSSF

Semifinals

Pakistan Public Works Department1–2Sindh Government Press
Report
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation1–1Pakistan Navy
Report

Replay

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation0–1Pakistan Navy
Report

Third place match

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation1–1Pakistan Public Works Department
Report

Final

Pakistan Navy1–1 (a.e.t.)Sindh Government Press
Report
Penalties
4–3

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pakistan Police 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
2 Afghan Chaman 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 7
3 Baloch Quetta 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
4 Balochistan Club 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF

Stage 2

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 5 5 0 0 11 4 +7 15
2 WAPDA 5 4 0 1 14 3 +11 12
3 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 5 3 0 2 7 5 +2 9
4 Pakistan Navy 5 2 0 3 3 7 −4 6
5 Pakistan Police 5 1 0 4 3 12 −9 3
6 Panther Club 5 0 0 5 5 12 −7 0
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pakistan Army 5 5 0 0 8 0 +8 15
2 PTCL 5 4 0 1 16 6 +10 12
3 National Bank 5 2 1 2 18 5 +13 7
4 Karachi Port Trust 5 2 1 2 11 7 +4 7
5 Sindh Government Press 5 1 0 4 9 16 −7 3
6 Higher Education Commission 5 0 0 5 2 30 −28 0
Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

Semifinals

Pakistan Army0–1WAPDA
Report
Khan Research Laboratories1–3PTCL
Report

Third place match

Pakistan ArmyN/AKhan Research Laboratories
Report

Final

WAPDA1–2PTCL
Report

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan 2005". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ "PFF abolishes national championship". Dawn. 2004-01-10. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  3. ^ "National soccer league kicks off from May 28". Dawn. 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  4. ^ "Elimination phase starts from today". Dawn. 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. ^ a b c "National Challenge Cup from May 25". Dawn. 2005-05-11. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  6. ^ "Challenge Cup soccer". Dawn. 2005-06-01. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  7. ^ a b "Challenge Cup kicks off on June 1". Dawn. 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  8. ^ "Venues for Challenge Cup shifted". Dawn. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  9. ^ "Adeel hat trick shocks Afghan Club". Dawn. 2005-09-25. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  10. ^ "National Football Challenge Cup next month". The Nation. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
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