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clubs based in

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which have competed in the leagues and divisions of the Pakistan football league system.

By league and division

Pakistan Premier League The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ) is a Pakistani semi-professional league for men's football clubs. The top tier of the Pakistan football league system, the PPL operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the PFFL B Division. The ...

PFF League The Pakistan Football Federation League B Division (; abbreviated: PFFL) is a Pakistani professional league for men's football departments and clubs which are in the Pakistan football league system, and is the country's second-tier competition. ...

*Regional Leagues

List of clubs grouped by league and province

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger ...

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

Gilgit Baltistan Gilgit (; Shina: ; ) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...

Islamabad Capital Territory The Islamabad Capital Territory is a federal territory of Pakistan, centred around Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is located on the northern edge of the Pothohar Plateau, at the foot of the Margalla Hills, in the northwest of the ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

Defunct and inactive clubs

The following is a list of clubs that have competed within the leagues and divisions of the Pakistan football league system, but have been disbanded or inactive for a long while as evidenced by th
Clubs & Academies List

Franchise clubs

Defunct

The following clubs competed in the franchise based Geo Super Football League.

Other teams

The National Football Championship contested among the regional provincial and division association teams, as well as departmental and

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representing government institutions under the Pakistan Football Federation served as the premier football tournament in the country for over five decades until 2004, when the

was introduced. With the inception of the newly formed league,

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and divisional teams were phased out from the top tier and continued their participation in the

National Games of Pakistan The National Games of Pakistan is a multi-sport event held in Pakistan. It comprises various disciplines in which sportsmen from the provinces and departments of Pakistan compete against each other. The games are organized by Pakistan Sports Boa ...

. In contrast, departmental and

teams, which hired footballers as employees and provided them with a basic wage to play for their sides and work full time in the off-season, remained active in the new league format. Majority of the departmental clubs were disbanded following the shutdown of departmental sports in Pakistan in September 2021. Departmental sports in Pakistan were restored in August 2022. Since 2023, departmental clubs became restricted to the

PFF National Challenge Cup The PFF National Challenge Cup is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Pakistani football within the Pakistan football league system. It is organized by and named after the Pakistan Football Federation. Initially named as ...

Provincial teams

* Punjab football team * Sindh football team * Balochistan football team * North-West Frontier Province football team *

East Pakistan football team The East Pakistan football team () was a provincial team operated by the East Pakistan Sports Federation (EPSF) and represented East Pakistan in national and international matches from 1948 till the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, which led to ...

Divisional teams

* Karachi Division football team * Dacca Division football team * Peshawar Division football team * Chittagong division football team * Quetta Division football team * Lahore Division football team * Malakand Division football team * Rawalpindi Division football team * Multan Division football team * Kalat Division football team * Khairpur Division football team

Departmental teams

Allied Bank Limited Allied Bank Limited (ABL) is a Pakistani commercial bank headquartered on Main Boulevard, New Garden Town, Lahore, along with its asset management division, ABL Funds, and Islamic banking division, ABL Aitebar. It is a subsidiary of the Ibrahim ...

* Ashraf Sugar Mills * Crescent Textile Mills *

Gwadar Port Authority The Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) functions as a governmental body in Pakistan established in accordance with the ''Gwadar Port Authority Ordinance, 2002'', this ordinance outlines the framework for planning, constructing, operating, managing, an ...

* Higher Education Commission *

Habib Bank Limited Habib Bank Limited (often abbreviated as HBL) is a Pakistani bank headquartered at Habib Bank Plaza, Karachi with regional offices in Lahore and Islamabad. It is a subsidiary of Swiss-based organisation Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development ( ...

Karachi Port Trust The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) () is a Government of Pakistan, Pakistani federal government agency, under the administrative control of the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan, Federal Maritime Secretary that oversees the operations of the Port of Ka ...

Karachi Municipal Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation () is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh. History 1846 Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in ...

Khan Research Laboratories The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (shortened as KRL), is a federally funded research and development laboratory located in Kahuta at a short distance from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. Established in 1976, the laboratory is best know ...

K-Electric K-Electric Limited (KE), formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited or Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited, is a Pakistani utility company based in Karachi. Privatised in 2005, KE is the only vertically integrated utili ...

* National Bank *

Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ...

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

Pakistan Customs Pakistan Customs () is one of the cadres of the Civil Services of Pakistan. It is staffed by officers from the Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) which is one of the premier occupational groups among Pakistan's civil services. Pakistan’s Federal ...

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines, commonly known as PIA, is the flag carrier of Pakistan. With its primary hub at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the airline also operates from its secondary hubs at Allama Iqbal International Airport ...

Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

Pakistan Police Law enforcement in Pakistan () is one of the three main components of the Pakistan Penal Code, criminal justice system of Pakistan, alongside the Judiciary of Pakistan, judiciary and the :Prisons in Pakistan, prisons. The country has a mix of fe ...

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering bot ...

* Pakistan Steel * Pakistan Telecommunication *

Pakistan Television Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcasting, broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information & Broadc ...

* Pak Elektron Limited *

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) () is a state-owned autonomous body under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation, which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Pakistan. ...

Pakistan Public Works Department Pakistan Public Works Department () was a federal government department under Ministry of Housing and Works. It was based in Islamabad, and had sub-offices in all the major cities of the country. History The Public Works Department was establishe ...

* Sindh Government Press *

Social Welfare FT Social Welfare is a Pakistani departmental football team. History Social Welfare was defeated 4–1 on debut against Sui Southern Gas The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), () formerly known as Sui Gas Transmission Company Limited, is a Paki ...

Sui Northern Gas Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited () is a Pakistani state-owned gas distribution company based in Lahore. It is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. SNGPL is the largest integrated gas company serving more than 7.22 million consumers in nor ...

Sui Southern Gas The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), () formerly known as Sui Gas Transmission Company Limited, is a Pakistani state-owned natural gas supply company based in Karachi, Pakistan. Sui Southern Gas Company is Pakistan's leading integrated gas comp ...

WAPDA The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (), colloquially known as WAPDA, is a Pakistani government-owned public utility agency maintaining hydropower and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power plants. WAPDA includes ...

* Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Notes

References

External links

Clubs & Academies List via PFF
{{Asia topic, List of football clubs in

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