| Country | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 May – 15 May |
| Championship venue | CDGK Stadium, People's Football Stadium, Karachi |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Pakistan Telecommunication (2005 winners, team dissolved) |
| Champions | Pakistan Navy (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Khan Research Laboratories |
| Third place | National Bank |
| Fourth place | WAPDA |
| Championship match score | 3–1 |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 71 (1.61 per match) |
← 2005 2009 → All statistics correct as of 31 July 2008. | |
The 2008 National Football Challenge Cup was the 18th season of National Football Challenge Cup, the main cup tournament in Pakistani football. [1]
The Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup (NFCC), is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Pakistani football. It is organised by and named after Pakistan Football Federation. Pakistan Army are the current champions of the National Challenge Cup, winning the 2019 National Challenge Cup, thus winning the competition for a third time.
Association football is the most popular team sport in Pakistan after cricket and field hockey, and it is organised and regulated by the Pakistan Football Federation.
Contents
- Group stage
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Knockout round
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Third place match
- Final
- References
Pakistan Telecommunication were the defending champions, winning the 2005 edition, although their team was dissolved in the end of 2005 season. Thus there was no defending champions.
All the matches were played in CDGK Stadium and Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.
The KMC Football Stadium, formerly known as the CDGK Stadium, is an association football stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, with a capacity of 15,000. It belongs to the Karachi Municipal Corporation. The venue hosted the 2009 national league's football final, with 15,000 people in attendance. Karachi United, the first Pakistani football club with almost 100,000 followers on Facebook, use the stadium for some games. FC Karachi also use the stadium for some of their home games.
The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located near Port Grand, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation formerly City District Government of Karachi. It has a capacity of 40,000. In 2016, Pakistan Army defeated Pakistan Airlines in the national football tournament at the stadium.
Karachi (Urdu: کراچی; ALA-LC: Karācī, IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi]; is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the most populous city in Pakistan, and fifth-most-populous city proper in the world. Ranked as a beta-global city, the city is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. It is the cultural, economic, philanthropic, educational, and political hub of the country, and Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city. Situated on the Arabian Sea, Karachi serves as a transport hub, and is home to Pakistan's two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport.
