2015 NBP National Challenge Cup

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2015 National Football Challenge Cup
National Bank Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country Pakistan
City Lahore
Venue(s) Railway Stadium
Model Town Football Academy Ground
Shah Faisal Sports Ground
Dates15 April 2015 – 28 April 2015
Teams16
Defending champions Pakistan Air Force
Final positions
Champions Khan Research Laboratories (5th title)
Runners-up Pakistan International Airlines
Third place Pakistan Army
Fourth place WAPDA
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored92 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Muhammad Mujahid (4 goals) [1]
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2016  →

All statistics correct as of 28 April 2015.

2015 National Football Challenge Cup was the 25th edition of the Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup, the main domestic cup in Pakistani football. The tournament was held in Lahore, from 15 to 28 April 2015. The season was called NBP National Challenge Cup as it was sponsored by National Bank of Pakistan.

Contents

Teams

The 16 participating teams are as below: [2]

Notes
TH = Challenge Cup title holders; PPL = Pakistan Premier League winners; H = Host

Group stages

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pakistan Airlines 320132+16Advance to Knockout round
2 National Bank 320134−16
3Higher Education Commission311142+24
4Saif Textiles Mills301213−21
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2015. Source: GSA
National Bank 0–3Higher Education Commission
Report Awais Riasat Soccerball shade.svg44', 52'
Ali Raza Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.)
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 50
Pakistan Airlines 1–0Saif Textiles Mills
Habib-ur-Rehman Soccerball shade.svg75' Report
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Airlines 2-1Higher Education Commission
A. Jabbar Soccerball shade.svg40'
Lashari Soccerball shade.svg76'		 Report Waseem Soccerball shade.svg90'
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 400
National Bank 2–1Saif Textiles Mills
Maqbool Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Akmal Shahzad Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report Mustafa Soccerball shade.svg57'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 250
Higher Education Commission0–0Saif Textiles Mills
Report
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Airlines 0–1 National Bank
Report Sher Mohammad Soccerball shade.svg72'
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 200

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pakistan Navy 312053+25Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Army 312032+15
3Ashraf Sugar Mills311123−14
4 Karachi Port Trust 301224−21
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2015. Source: GSA
Karachi Port Trust 1–1 Pakistan Navy
M. Waseem Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Mohsin Ali Soccerball shade.svg84'
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 100
Pakistan Army 0–0Ashraf Sugar Mills
Report
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 300
Karachi Port Trust 0–1Ashraf Sugar Mills
Report M. Imran Jr. Soccerball shade.svg80'
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Army 1–1 Pakistan Navy
Ansar Abbas Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Naveed Soccerball shade.svg73'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Navy 3–1Ashraf Sugar Mills
Hafiz Hassan Soccerball shade.svg62'
Farhan Soccerball shade.svg72', 90'		 Report Azeem Abbas Soccerball shade.svg88'
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 300
Pakistan Army 2–1 Karachi Port Trust
Ansar Abbas Soccerball shade.svg4'
Masror Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)		 Report Zahid Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.)
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 100

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pakistan Airforce 320161+56Advance to Knockout round
2 Habib Bank 320164+26
3 WAPDA 320142+26
4 Pakistan Railways 3003110−90
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2015. Source: GSA
WAPDA 1–0 Pakistan Railways
Waseem Abbas Soccerball shade.svg81' Report
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 200
Pakistan Airforce 0–1 Habib Bank
Report Saeed Soccerball shade.svg58'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 100
Pakistan Airforce 4–0 Pakistan Railways
M. Sohail Soccerball shade.svg6'
M. Mujahid Soccerball shade.svg20', 35', 56'		 Report
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 300
WAPDA 3–0 Habib Bank
Waseem Abbas Soccerball shade.svg52', 75'
Ahsan Ali Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 200
Pakistan Airforce 2–0 WAPDA
M. Mujahid Soccerball shade.svg14'
Mansoor Soccerball shade.svg32'		 Report
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Railways 1–5 Habib Bank
Usman Soccerball shade.svg6' Report Saeed Soccerball shade.svg14', 45+1'
Atif Fateh Soccerball shade.svg64'
Khayal Muhammad Soccerball shade.svg68' (pen.)
Noman Soccerball shade.svg75'
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 300

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Khan Research Laboratories 321031+27Advance to Knockout round
2 K-Electric 312031+25
3 Sui Southern Gas 311174+34
4 Sui Northern Gas 3003311−80
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2015. Source: GSA
K-Electric 3–1 Sui Northern Gas
Rasool Soccerball shade.svg22', 72'
Essa Soccerball shade.svg45+1'		 Report Ahmed Faheem Soccerball shade.svg86'
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 200
Khan Research Laboratories 2–1 Sui Southern Gas
Murtuza Hussain Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
A. Samad Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Zakir Lashari Soccerball shade.svg13'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 300
K-Electric 0–0 Sui Southern Gas
Report
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 130
Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 Sui Northern Gas
M. Naveed Soccerball shade.svg87' Report
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 400
Khan Research Laboratories 0–0 K-Electric
Report
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Sui Southern Gas 6–2 Sui Northern Gas
Saeed Soccerball shade.svg4'
Bilawal-ur-Rehman Soccerball shade.svg17' (pen.)
Hameed Khan Soccerball shade.svg24'
M. Lal Soccerball shade.svg54', 79'
Umair Ali Soccerball shade.svg60'		 Report Sada Bahar Soccerball shade.svg57'
Ahmed Faheem Soccerball shade.svg88' (pen.)
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 30

Knockout round

Quarter finals

Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 National Bank
Murtuza Hussain Soccerball shade.svg20' Report
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Airlines 3-1 K-Electric
Nasrullah Soccerball shade.svg79' (pen.)
Zeeshan Ali Soccerball shade.svg93'
Imran Khan Soccerball shade.svg106'		 Report Rasool Soccerball shade.svg36'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Pakistan Airforce 0–2 Pakistan Army
Report Zahid Naveed Soccerball shade.svg20', 86'
Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 200
Pakistan Navy 1–2 WAPDA
Hafiz Hassan Soccerball shade.svg3' Report Ahsan Ali Soccerball shade.svg31'
Hassnain Soccerball shade.svg70'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 200

Semi-finals

Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 Pakistan Army
Murtuza Hussain Soccerball shade.svg23' Report
Shah Faisal Sports Ground, Lahore
Attendance: 250
Referee: Shahid Hussain
Pakistan Airlines 1–1 (a.e.t.) WAPDA
Riaz Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg62' Report A. Razzaq Soccerball shade.svg81'
Penalties
Lashari Soccerball shad check.svg
Riaz Ahmed Soccerball shad check.svg
A. Jabbar Soccerball shad check.svg
Habib-ur-Rehman Soccerball shad check.svg
A. Ghaffar Soccerball shad check.svg		5–4Soccerball shad check.svg Waseem Abbas
Soccerball shad check.svg Ahsan Ali
Soccerball shad check.svg Hassnain
Soccerball shad check.svg S. Aun Raza
Soccerball shade cross.svg M. Noman
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 250
Referee: Irshad-ul-Haq

Third place

Pakistan Army 0–0 (a.e.t.) WAPDA
Report
Penalties
Ansar Abbas Soccerball shad check.svg
Shahid Zameer Soccerball shad check.svg
M. Yasir Soccerball shad check.svg
Farmanullah Soccerball shad check.svg
Zahid Naveed Soccerball shad check.svg		5–4Soccerball shad check.svg Waseem Abbas
Soccerball shad check.svg M. Bilal
Soccerball shad check.svg Hassnain
Soccerball shad check.svg Naeemullah
Soccerball shade cross.svg M. Touseef
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 150
Referee: Shahid Hussain

Final

Pakistan Airlines 0–3 Khan Research Laboratories
Report M. Dawood Soccerball shade.svg3'
Izharullah Soccerball shade.svg50', 54'
Railway Stadium, Lahore
Attendance: 500
Referee: Irshad-ul-Haq

Top scorers

As of 28 April 2015
RankScorerClubGoals
1Muhammad Mujahid Pakistan Airforce 4
2Murtuza Hussain Khan Research Laboratories 3
Muhammad Rasool K-Electric
Waseem Abbas WAPDA
Saeed Habib Bank

References

  1. ↑ "NBP Challenge Cup". globalsportsarchive. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2015 NBP Challenge Cup". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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