2005 National Football Challenge Cup

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2005 National Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country Pakistan
Dates17 June – 5 August 2005
Teams31
Defending championsPakistan Telecommunication
(2005 winners, team dissolved)
Final positions
ChampionsPakistan Telecommunication (2nd title)
Runners-up WAPDA
  2003
2008  

All statistics correct as of 5 August 2005.

The 2005 National Football Challenge Cup was the 17th season of National Football Challenge Cup, the main cup tournament in Pakistani football. [1]

Contents

Pakistan Telecommunication won the cup, although their team was dissolved in the end of 2005 season.

Background

The Pakistan Football Federation under new elected body headed by president Faisal Saleh Hayat abolished the President's PFF Cup along with the National Football Championship in 2004, as part of a league-first restructuring. [2] [3] In 2005 the federation launched the National Football Challenge Cup, promoted in contemporary reports as an inaugural tournament and serving as the new national knockout competition. [4] [5] [6]

Ahead of the event, the federation announced a format with five pre-seeded teams, WAPDA, KRL, Army, KPT and NBP, entering directly at the second stage. [5] The tournament was scheduled to kick off on 1 June, featuring 27 phase-one teams, a prize purse of Rs1 million, and matches staged in Peshawar, Wah, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi and Quetta. [7]

During the competition the second-stage venues were shifted, with Group I matches moved to Faisalabad and Group II to Rawalpindi’s Army Stadium. [8]

Pakistan Telecommunication won the cup in August 2005, with striker Adeel Ahmed finishing as leading scorer. The final at Rawalpindi Army Sports Complex was held under floodlights, with PFF president Faisal Saleh Hayat as chief guest. [9] [10]

Stage 1

Note: WAPDA, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army, Karachi Port Trust and National Bank of Pakistan bye to stage 2.

Pool A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Higher Education Commission3210124+87
2United Club32016716
3PA XI Club31116604
4Mardan FC300341170
- Young Eleven FC 0-----0
Source: RSSSF

Playoff

Higher Education Commission3–1 Pakistan Air Force
Report
Pakistan Air Force 1–2Higher Education Commission
Report

Pool B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Pakistan Ordnance Factory330071+69
2 Mehran FC 3201107+36
3DFA XI Gilgit31025723
4Pilot FC300331070
Source: RSSSF

Playoff

Pakistan Ordnance Factory1–2PTCL
Report
PTCL1–0Pakistan Ordnance Factory
Report

Pool C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Panther Club 6411155+1013
2 Pakistan Railways FC 6402175+1212
3 Wohaib FC 6312278+1910
4City FC6006344410
Source: RSSSF

Pool D

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Pakistan Public Works Department430175+29
2 Pakistan Navy 430153+29
3 Sui Southern Gas 421182+67
4City District Government Karachi41125614
5 Mauripur Baloch 400421190
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 4310112+910
2 Sindh Government Press 4301102+89
3 Habib Bank Limited 421193+67
4Korangi Rangers Club41035833
5Naka Mohammedan4004323200
Source: RSSSF

Semifinals

Pakistan Public Works Department1–2 Sindh Government Press
Report

Third place match

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 1–1Pakistan Public Works Department
Report

Final

Pool E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Pakistan Police 42200008
2 Afghan Chaman 42110007
3 Baloch Quetta 31200005
4Balochistan Club40040000
Source: RSSSF

Stage 2

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 5500114+715
2 WAPDA 5401143+1112
3 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 530275+29
4 Pakistan Navy 52033746
5 Pakistan Police 510431293
6 Panther Club 500551270
Source: RSSSF

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Pakistan Army 550080+815
2Pakistan Telecommunication Company5401166+1012
3 National Bank 5212185+137
4 Karachi Port Trust 5212117+47
5 Sindh Government Press 510491673
6Higher Education Commission5005230280
Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

Semifinals

Pakistan Army 0–1 WAPDA
Report
Khan Research Laboratories 1–3Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Report

Third place match

Final

WAPDA 1–2Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Report

References

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  4. "Elimination phase starts from today". Dawn. 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
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  6. "Challenge Cup soccer". Dawn. 2005-06-01. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  7. "Challenge Cup kicks off on June 1". Dawn. 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  8. "Venues for Challenge Cup shifted". Dawn. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  9. "Adeel hat trick shocks Afghan Club". Dawn. 2005-09-25. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  10. "National Football Challenge Cup next month". The Nation. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2025-09-18.