The Pakistan Army Football Club is a Pakistani professional
football club based in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
,
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
. The club was established in 1950 by
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...
and is third oldest existing club in Pakistan after
K-Electric
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(1913) and
Pakistan Navy
ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'')
, type ...
(1948). The club plays in
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ur, پاکستان پریمیئر لیگ) is a Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football compe ...
under the licence from
Pakistan Football Federation
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in Pakistan. Founded in 1947, its headquarters are at the FIFA Football House in Lahore, Punjab near Punjab Stadium. The federation manages the men's and women's ...
(PFF).
Pakistan Army has won the top-flight football league in
Pakistan
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4 times,
National Football Challenge Cup
The PFF National Challenge Cup is an annual semi-professional 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.
...
2 times and
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...
5 times.
The Pakistan Army represented Pakistan in the
AFC President's Cup 2006
The 2006 AFC President's Cup was the second season of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that compete are split up into two ...
, and again
2007
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as last seasons national champions. In both instances, Army showed poor performances, finishing bottom of their groups and failing to qualify for the next rounds of the tournaments. In 2016, Pakistan Army defeated
Pakistan Airlines in the All-Pakistan Football Tournament at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.
Competitive record
The club's competitive record since the
2004–05 season are listed below.
Performance in AFC competitions
*
Asian Club Championship
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: 1 appearance
::
1994
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: Qualifying – 2nd round
*
AFC President's Cup
The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held between 2005 and 2014.
The competition targeted emerging football nations, and wa ...
: 2 appearances
::
2006: Group Stage
::
2007
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: Group Stage
Squad
Honours
*
National Football League
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/
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ur, پاکستان پریمیئر لیگ) is a Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football compe ...
: 4
:: 1993–94, 1995–96,
2005–06,
2006–07
*
Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup
The PFF National Challenge Cup is an annual semi-professional 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.
...
: 3
:: 2000, 2001,
2019
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*Quaid-i-Azam Shield : 5
:: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007
References
Football clubs in Pakistan
Pakistan Army
Military association football clubs in Pakistan
1950 establishments in Pakistan
Association football clubs established in 1950
Military sport in Pakistan
Football in Rawalpindi
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