2005 National Football Challenge Cup

2005 National Football Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Dates	17 June – 5 August 2005
Teams	31
Defending champions	Pakistan Telecommunication (2005 winners, team dissolved)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan 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]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Higher Education Commission	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7
2	United Club	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	PA XI Club	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Mardan FC	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0
-	Young Eleven FC	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Source: RSSSF

Playoff

June 25, 2005

Higher Education Commission	3–1	Pakistan Air Force
	Report

July 11, 2005

Pakistan Air Force	1–2	Higher Education Commission
	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan Ordnance Factory	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
2	Mehran FC	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	DFA XI Gilgit	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Pilot FC	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Playoff

June 11, 2005

Pakistan Ordnance Factory	1–2	PTCL
	Report

June 13, 2005

PTCL	1–0	Pakistan Ordnance Factory
	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Panther Club	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
2	Pakistan Railways FC	6	4	0	2	17	5	+12	12
3	Wohaib FC	6	3	1	2	27	8	+19	10
4	City FC	6	0	0	6	3	44	−41	0

Source: RSSSF

Pool D

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan Public Works Department	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	9
2	Pakistan Navy	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
3	Sui Southern Gas	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7
4	City District Government Karachi	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
5	Mauripur Baloch	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	4	3	1	0	11	2	+9	10
2	Sindh Government Press	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9
3	Habib Bank Limited	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	7
4	Korangi Rangers Club	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	3
5	Naka Mohammedan	4	0	0	4	3	23	−20	0

Source: RSSSF

Semifinals

June 24, 2005

Pakistan Public Works Department	1–2	Sindh Government Press
	Report

June 25, 2005

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	1–1	Pakistan Navy
	Report

Replay

June 27, 2005

Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	0–1	Pakistan Navy
	Report

Third place match

June 29, 2005

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

Final

June 29, 2005

Pakistan Navy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sindh Government Press
	Report
Penalties
	4–3

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan Police	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	8
2	Afghan Chaman	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	7
3	Baloch Quetta	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	5
4	Balochistan Club	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF

Stage 2

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Khan Research Laboratories	5	5	0	0	11	4	+7	15
2	WAPDA	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12
3	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	9
4	Pakistan Navy	5	2	0	3	3	7	−4	6
5	Pakistan Police	5	1	0	4	3	12	−9	3
6	Panther Club	5	0	0	5	5	12	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan Army	5	5	0	0	8	0	+8	15
2	Pakistan Telecommunication Company	5	4	0	1	16	6	+10	12
3	National Bank	5	2	1	2	18	5	+13	7
4	Karachi Port Trust	5	2	1	2	11	7	+4	7
5	Sindh Government Press	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	3
6	Higher Education Commission	5	0	0	5	2	30	−28	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

Semifinals

August 1, 2005

Pakistan Army	0–1	WAPDA
	Report

August 2, 2005

Khan Research Laboratories	1–3	Pakistan Telecommunication Company
	Report

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Third place match

August 4, 2005

Pakistan Army	N/A	Khan Research Laboratories
	Report

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Final

August 5, 2005

WAPDA	1–2	Pakistan Telecommunication Company
	Report

Army Stadium, Rawalpindi

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