2011 National Football Challenge Cup

2011 National Football Challenge Cup was the 21st season of Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup, the main domestic cup in Pakistani football. Hosted by PMC Athletico, the tournament was held from 14 to 27 April 2011.

2011 National Football Challenge Cup

National Bank Football Cup
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad
Dates	14 April 2011 – 27 April 2011
Teams	16
Defending champions	Khan Research Laboratories
Final positions
Champions	Khan Research Laboratories (3rd title)
Runners-up	K-Electric
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	92 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Muhammad Rasool (5 goals)
Awards
Best player	Hassnain Abbas (Khan Research Laboratories)
← 2010 2012 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2011.

Teams

The 16 teams participating in the tournament were as below:

Teams

(TH: Challenge Cup title holders; PPL: Pakistan Premier League winners)

Teams for 2011 National Football Challenge Cup
Group stage

Khan Research LaboratoriesTH	WAPDAPPL	PMC Athletico (H)	Pakistan Army
Karachi Port Trust	Pakistan Airlines	Pakistan Navy	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Habib Bank	National Bank	Pakistan Airforce	Pakistan Television
Pakistan Railways	Zarai Taraqiati	Ashraf Sugar Mills	Pakistan Police

Group stages

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ashraf Sugar Mills	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Knockout round
2	WAPDA	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Pakistan Navy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	National Bank	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)

16:00 (UTC+5)

National Bank	2-1	Pakistan Navy
Ashfaq 33' Waheed Hameed 64'		Asif Bakhsh 57'

Bohranwali Stadium, Faisalabad

16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)

16:00 (UTC+5)

WAPDA	0-1	Ashraf Sugar Mills
		Nisar 87'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)

16:00 (UTC+5)

WAPDA	2-1	National Bank
Shahid Baloch 5' Ayaz Baloch 54'		Misbah 90+3'

Bohranwali Stadium, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Navy	1-0	Ashraf Sugar Mills
Asif Bakhsh 45+1'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Naveed Bashir Butt

21 April 2011 (2011-04-21)

16:00 (UTC+5)

National Bank	0-2	Ashraf Sugar Mills
		Zainul Abedia 3' Saeed Khan 82'

Bohranwali Stadium, Faisalabad

21 April 2011 (2011-04-21)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Navy	1-1	WAPDA
Shahid Munir 90'		Yasir 4'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khan Research Laboratories	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to Knockout round
2	Pakistan Airforce	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Zarai Taraqiati	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Habib Bank	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 April 2011 (2011-04-14)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Airforce	3-0	Habib Bank
Muhammad Arif 24' Amir Khan 30' Irfan Ali 36'

Bohranwali Stadium, Faisalabad

15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Research Laboratories	4-0	Zarai Taraqiati
Asim Mansoor 20' Asif 84', 89' Khan 87'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Habib Bank	0-2	Khan Research Laboratories
		Asif 50' Ishaq 73'

PMC Ground

Referee: Ahmed Ali

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Airforce	2-0	Zarai Taraqiati
Irfan 45' Amir 61'

PMC Ground

Referee: Naveed Bashir Butt

19 April 2011 (2011-04-19)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Khan Research Laboratories	3-0	Pakistan Airforce
Qasim 25' Saadullah 67' Kaleemullah 89'

PMC Ground

Referee: Naveed Bashir Butt

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Habib Bank	0-1	ZTBL
		Iftikhar Ali 68'

PMC Ground

Referee: Naveed Bashir Butt

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Airlines	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to Knockout round
2	Karachi Port Trust	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Pakistan Police	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
4	Pakistan Television	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Port Trust	1-0	Pakistan Police
Zafar Majeed 17'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Television	0-1	Pakistan Airlines
		Lashari 26'

University of Agriculture Ground, Faisalabad

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Police	1-2	Pakistan Airlines
Sher Hassan 71' (pen.)		Saddam 54' Nazir 75'

Bohramwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Port Trust	1-0	Pakistan Television
Zafar Majeed 89'

Bohramwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: M. Iqbal Jr

19 April 2011 (2011-04-19)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Port Trust	0-2	Pakistan Airlines
		Abdul Qadir 41' Lashari 46'

Bohramwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: M. Iqbal Jr

19 April 2011 (2011-04-19)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Television	3-3	Pakistan Police
M. Ali 8' Salah Uddin 42' Niamatullah 79'		Rasheed 38' Nasibullah 54' Sanaullah 58'

Bohramwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: M. Iqbal Jr

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to Knockout round
2	Pakistan Army	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	Pakistan Railways	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	PMC Athletico	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)

16:00 (UTC+5)

PMC Athletico	1-3	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Usman 43'		Rasool 27', 29' Muhammad 54'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Army	1-0	Pakistan Railways
Safeer 33'

Bohranwali Stadium, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	4-3	Pakistan Railways
Rasool 10', 71', 77' M. Riaz 55'		Imran 67' Waseem Abbass 80' Usman 86'

University of Agriculture Stadium, Faisalabad

Referee: M. Iqbal Jr.

18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)

16:00 (UTC+5)

PMC Athletico	0-1	Pakistan Army
		Ikram 45'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

20 April 2011 (2011-04-20)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	0-0	Pakistan Army

University of Agriculture Stadium, Faisalabad

20 April 2011 (2011-04-20)

16:00 (UTC+5)

PMC Athletico	1-2	Pakistan Railways
Alam 43'		Imran 44', 90'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Knockout round

Quarter finals

22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Khan Research Laboratories	6-0	Karachi Port Trust
M. Zeeshan 18' S. Hasnain 22', 30' Saadullah 54', 66', 90+1'

PMC Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: M. Iqbal Jr.

22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Airlines	3-0	Pakistan Airforce
Lashari 41', 87' A. Jabbar 89'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Naveed Butt

22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Ashraf Sugar Mills	0-2	Pakistan Army
		Jaffer 16' (pen.) Ikram 59'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

22 April 2011 (2011-04-22)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	2-0	WAPDA
Muhammad bin Yousuf 34' Essa 74'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

Semi-finals

25 April 2011 (2011-04-25)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Khan Research Laboratories	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan Army
Hussain Abbas 48'		Ikram 30'
Penalties
	4–2

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Jehangir Khan

25 April 2011 (2011-04-25)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan Airlines
Aurangzeb Shahmir 115'		Nasrullah 109'
Penalties
	4–3

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

Third place

24 April 2011 (2011-04-24)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Pakistan Army	3-0	Pakistan Airlines
M. Ikram 20' Shabbir Hussain 22' Safeer 56'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

Final

25 April 2011 (2011-04-25)

16:00 (UTC+5)

Khan Research Laboratories	1-0	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Hassnain Abbas 74'

Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad

Referee: Ahmed Ali

Bracket

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

D1

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

2

A2

WAPDA

0

D1

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

1 (4)

C1

Pakistan Airlines

1 (3)

C1

Pakistan Airlines

3

B2

Pakistan Airforce

0

B1

Khan Research Laboratories

1

C1

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

0

A1

Ashraf Sugar Mills

0

D2

Pakistan Army

2

B1

Khan Research Laboratories

1 (4)

D1

Pakistan Army

1 (2)

B1

Khan Research Laboratories

6

C2

Karachi Port Trust

0

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2011

Top scorer

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Muhammad Rasool	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	5
2	Saadullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	4
	Shakir Lashari	Pakistan Airlines
4	Hassnain Abbas	Khan Research Laboratories	3
	Imran	Pakistan Railways