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Pakistan Army F.C.

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Pakistan Army F.C.
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The Pakistan Army Football Club serves as the football section of the Pakistan Army. The club was established in 1950 by Pakistan Army and is the third oldest existing club in Pakistan after Karachi Port Trust (1887) and Pakistan Navy (1948).[1] The club used to compete in the National Football Championship and Pakistan Premier League. The club regularly participates in the PFF National Challenge Cup.

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History

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Pakistan Army football team, winners of the 1975 Inter-Services Football Championship

The club was established in 1950 by the Pakistan Army.[1] In the 1980 National Football Championship, it finished as runner-up after falling against Karachi Red in the final.[2]

In the season of 1992–93 of the Lifebuoy Soap sponsored league structured National Football Championship, the club finished as runner-up after Pakistan Airlines. The club clinched their first league the next season.[3] Muhammad Nauman Khan was team captain in the in 1993 and the second title in 1995.[4]

The Pakistan Army represented Pakistan in the AFC President's Cup 2006 after winning the 2005–06 Pakistan Premier League, and again in 2007 as 2006–07 season 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.[5]

Army also won the National Football Challenge Cup in 2000, 2001, and recently in 2019.[6]

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Competitive record

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The club's competitive record since the 2004–05 season are listed below.

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Honours

Domestic

    • Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96

Performance in AFC competitions

2006: Group Stage
2007: Group Stage

Notable players

References

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