Pakistan Navy Football Team serves as the

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section of the

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. The club was founded in 1948 and mostly plays their home games at the Naval Sports Complex in

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. The club used to compete in the National Football Championship and the

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. The club regularly participates in the

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History

Early years

Founded in 1948, the club is the second oldest football team in Pakistan after

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. Pakistan Navy first entered the competitive tournament in 1984, when they participated in ''1984 Inter-provincial Championship''. They reached the final of 1999 National Football Championship (then the top-tier in Pakistani football), losing 4–3 on penalties to Allied Bank. In 2000 National Football Championship Pakistan Navy reached the semi-finals, although the match was abandoned after Pakistan Navy refused to continue the match after receiving a red card and match was awarded in the favor of their opponents Habib Bank. In 2002, Pakistan Navy reached the quarter-finals of 2002 Pakistan PFF's President Cup, they were knocked out by

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after losing 1–0. They reached the 2003

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, losing to Habib Bank 4–2 on penalties after the match ended 1–1, they also reached the 2003 PFF President's Cup semi-finals, where they lost 3–0 to

. Pakistan Navy and

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competed for "Inter-services Championship" as Pakistan Navy lost 6–1 to Pakistan Army.

Pakistan Premier League era: 2004 to 2014

Pakistan Navy were the founding members of newly formed

. They finished 6th in the league in 2004–05 season. They record some of the biggest victories in the season, defeating Young XI DIK and Mardan 8–1 and 10–0 respectively. In the second season, Pakistan Navy survived relegation by one point, ending the season with 21 points. Pakistan Navy won their first silverware in 2008, winning the 2008 National Football Challenge Cup, defeating

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3–1 in the final. In the 2009–10 season Pakistan Navy got their highest ever position in Pakistan Premier League, finishing in 4th position with 57 points. They reached the finals of 2010 National Football Challenge Cup, where they lost 4–0 to defending champions Khan Research Laboratories. In 2011–12 season, the club reached the semi-finals of

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, where they once again lost 1–0 to Khan Research Laboratories. They then lost the third-place match to

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on penalties. The club got relegated in 2013–14 season, when the

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decided to reduce the teams from 16 to 12 for the

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. Pakistan Navy were the joint-highest placed team in the relegation zone with Habib Bank, sharing 35 points each. Pakistan Navy were knocked out of the group stage in the

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Second division

After getting relegated in the 2013–14 season, they competed in the second division, Pakistan Football Federation League. Pakistan Navy defeated Falcon Company and Pakistan Steel 2–1 and 3–1 respectively and finished top in their group. In the second phase, they again topped their group after defeating

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and

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5–0 and 1–0 respectively. Pakistan Navy faced Higher Education Commission in the final of departmental leg, winning 2–1 and earning promotion back to the Pakistan Premier League. They faced Baloch Nushki in the final of the second division, which they won 1–0 and were crowned the champions.

Return to top-flight: 2015–2019

After winning the 2014-15 Pakistan Football Federation League, Pakistan Navy were to play in the ''2015–16 Pakistan Premier League'', but no league was held in the country until the 2018–19. They competed in the National Football Challenge Cup as it was the only top-tier of Pakistani football. They competed in the

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and

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, reaching quarter-finals of the former and were knocked out at the group stage in the latter one. Domestic football returned to Pakistan in 2018–19. Pakistan Navy participated in the

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, reaching quarter-finals where they lost 2–0 to

. In

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, they finished 9th. During the season the club recorded one of the bigges home victories when they defeated Baloch Nushki 6–1.

2023–present

Following the domestic football revamp in the country in 2023, departmental clubs including Navy remained competing in the

Honours

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** Champions (1): 2014–15 *

**Winners (1):

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References

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