2003 President PFF Cup

2003 President PFF Cup

National Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	Quetta
Dates	18 September 20023 – 5 October 2003
Teams	17 (total) 15 (participating, 2 teams withdrew)
Defending champions	Allied Bank
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan Telecommunications (1st title)
Runners-up	Karachi Port Trust
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	72 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lal Bakhsh Muhammad Essa Muhammad Nawaz (5 goals)
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The 2003 President PFF Cup was the 16th edition of Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup . It ran from 18 September till 5 October 2003, and was held in Quetta. ^[1]

The tournament was initially scheduled to feature 17 teams, a reduction from the traditional 24. Two days before the event began, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) was added by newly elected Pakistan Football Federation secretary Arshad Khan Lodhi. This late inclusion led to a significant reshuffling of the original 16-team draw and group allocations. However, only 15 teams ultimately participated, as both HEC and the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) withdrew before playing any matches. ^[1]

Pakistan Telecommunications won the title on coin toss after a draw against Karachi Port Trust, no penalty shoot-out was held because the chief guest, the governor of Balochistan, could not wait. ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karachi Port Trust	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Advance to Knockout round
2	Allied Bank	3	2	0	1	3	6	−3	6
3	Pakistan Police	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
4	Pakistan Airlines	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Telecommunications	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Knockout round
2	Habib Bank	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Pakistan Railways	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Pakistan Air Force	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Navy	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to Knockout round
2	Pakistan Army	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	KESC	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
4	City District Government Karachi *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khan Research Laboratories	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to Knockout round
2	WAPDA	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	National Bank	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Sui Southern Gas	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
5	Higher Education Commision *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

Quarter finals

1 October 2003

Karachi Port Trust	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Habib Bank
Asif Ayub 32' Lal Bakhsh 111'	Report	Abdul Qayyum 71'

1 October 2003

Pakistan Telecommunications	1–0	Allied Bank Limited
Muhammad Essa 91'	Report

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2 October 2003

Pakistan Navy	0–0	WAPDA
	Report
Penalties
	4–3

2 October 2003

Khan Research Laboratories	1–0	Pakistan Army
Allah Nawaz 70'	Report

Semi finals

3 October 2003

Pakistan Navy	0–3	Karachi Port Trust
	Report	Lal Bakhsh 43' Akhtar 45' (pen.) Fareed Majeed

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4 October 2003

Khan Research Laboratories	0–1	Pakistan Telecommunications
	Report	Shahid Ahmed 94'

Finals

5 October 2003

Karachi Port Trust	1–1	Pakistan Telecommunications
Akhtar 78' (pen.)	Report	Zahid Hameed 58'

Sadiq Shaheed Stadium , Quetta

Referee: Nazeer Ahmed

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lal Bakhsh	Karachi Port Trust	5
	Muhammad Essa	Pakistan Telecommunications
	Muhammad Nawaz	Pakistan Police
2	Fareed Majeed	Karachi Port Trust	4

References

1. "Pakistan 2003". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
2. "PTCL lift PFF Cup on spin of coin". DAWN.COM. 2003-10-06. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
3. Report, Recorder (2019-08-06). "Pakistan Army win 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup". Brecorder. Retrieved 2025-07-24.