2019 PFF National Challenge Cup

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2019 PFF National Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country Pakistan
City Peshawar
Venue(s) Tehmas Khan Football Stadium
Qayyum Stadium
Dates19 July 2019 – 4 August 2019 [1]
Teams15
Defending champions Pakistan Air Force
Final positions
Champions Pakistan Army (3rd title)
Runner-up Sui Southern Gas
Third place Khan Research Laboratories
Fourth place WAPDA
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored74 (2.55 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Muhammad Waheed (7 goals)
Best player Saadullah Khan (SSGC)
Best goalkeeper Ahmed Manzoor (Pakistan Army)
←  2018
2020  →

All statistics correct as of August 4, 2019.

The 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of domestic association football cup competition in Pakistan. 15 teams participated in the competition, commencing from 19 July and concluding on 4 August 2019. The competition was held in Peshawar, with Tehmas Khan Football Stadium and Qayyum Football Stadium hosting all the matches. [2]

Contents

Teams

The following 15 teams participated in the tournament: [2]

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

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pakistan Air Force 330090+99Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Police 311174+34
3 National Bank 311146−24
4 Asia Ghee Mills 3003111−100
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Air Force 4–0 Asia Ghee Mills
Irfan Ali Soccerball shade.svg45'
Mansoor Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.), 67'
M. Faisal Yaseen Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Attendance: 500
National Bank 2–2 Pakistan Police
Basit Ali Soccerball shade.svg42'
Maqbool Soccerball shade.svg67'		 Report Tariq Soccerball shade.svg28', 53'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
National Bank 2–0 Asia Ghee Mills
Maqbool Soccerball shade.svg20'
Sher Ali Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Attendance: 200
Pakistan Police 5–0 Asia Ghee Mills
Report Jamil Soccerball shade.svg31'
M. Hanif Soccerball shade.svg49'
Yousaf Ali Soccerball shade.svg75', 80'
Nabeel Soccerball shade.svg87'
Qayyum Football Stadium , Peshawar
National Bank 0–3 Pakistan Air Force
Report Sohail Jr. Soccerball shade.svg47'
M. Faisal Yaseen Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Mansoor Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Sui Southern Gas 211032+14Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Navy 210132+13
3 Pakistan Television 201113−21
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Navy 2–0 Pakistan Television
Awais Gul Soccerball shade.svg66'
Abdurl Rehman Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Sui Southern Gas 1–1 Pakistan Television
Zain-ul-Abden Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Adnan Khan Soccerball shade.svg41'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Sui Southern Gas 2–1 Pakistan Navy
Saadullah Soccerball shade.svg10'
Zakir Lashari Soccerball shade.svg39'		 Report Farhaullah Soccerball shade.svg73'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pakistan Army 321042+27Advance to Knockout round
2 Civil Aviation Authority 312082+65
3PFF Tigers302112−12
4 Pakistan Railways 301218−71
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Army 1–0PFF Tigers
M. Jamil Soccerball shade.svg90' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Attendance: 500
Civil Aviation Authority 6–0 Pakistan Railways
Muhammad Waheed Soccerball shade.svg4', 45+5', 60', 71', 78', 79' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Attendance: 700
Civil Aviation Authority 2–2 Pakistan Army
Shakeel Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg6'
Muhammad Waheed Soccerball shade.svg62'		 Report M. Nasir Soccerball shade.svg31', 51'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Pakistan Railways 1–1PFF Tigers
M. Saleem Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Report Naik Alam Soccerball shade.svg13'
Qayyum Football Stadium , Peshawar

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Khan Research Laboratories 321080+87Advance to Knockout round
2 WAPDA 321050+57
3 Karachi Port Trust 310218−73
4 Karachi United 300306−60
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2019. Source: GSA
Khan Research Laboratories 3–0 Karachi United
Izharullah Soccerball shade.svg29'
Iftikhar A. Khan Soccerball shade.svg41'
Umair Ali Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
WAPDA 3–0 Karachi Port Trust
Zubair Qadeer Soccerball shade.svg10'
Ashfaquddin Soccerball shade.svg23'
Adnan Saeed Soccerball shade.svg57'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
WAPDA 2–0 Karachi United
Zubair Qadeer Soccerball shade.svg18'
Ashfaquddin Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories 5–0 Karachi Port Trust
Arslan Ali Soccerball shade.svg17'
Izharullah Soccerball shade.svg29'
Iftikhar A. Khan Soccerball shade.svg39'
Imran Khan Soccerball shade.svg65'
Umair Ali Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Karachi Port Trust 1–0 Karachi United
Fareed Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg21' Report
Qayyum Football Stadium , Peshawar

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

Pakistan Air Force 0–3 WAPDA
Report Usman Manzoor Soccerball shade.svg29'
Ashfaquddin Soccerball shade.svg32', 75'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories 6–1 Pakistan Police
Umair Ali Soccerball shade.svg1', 44', 87'
Zaid Umer Soccerball shade.svg53'
Imran Khan Soccerball shade.svg59'
Zeeshan Siddiqui Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report M. Yousaf Soccerball shade.svg40'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Pakistan Army 2–0 (a.e.t.) Pakistan Navy
Abbas Soccerball shade.svg101'
Zil Hasnain Soccerball shade.svg113'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar
Attendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

Khan Research Laboratories 0–0 (a.e.t.) Pakistan Army
Report
Penalties
  • Umair Ali Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Iftikhar A. Khan Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Shahid Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Ghulam Fareed Soccerball shade cross.svg
1–3
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Nisar Ahmed
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Najeeb-ur-Rehman
  • Soccerball shad check.svg M. Jamil
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar

Third place

Final

Details

Sui Southern Gas 2–3 Pakistan Army
Saadullah Soccerball shade.svg41'
M. Tahir Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Report Abbas Soccerball shade.svg67', 75'
Ali Raza Soccerball shade.svg77'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium , Peshawar

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
29 July – 15:00
 
 
 Pakistan Air Force 0
 
1 August – 18:00
 
 WAPDA 3
 
 WAPDA 0
 
30 July – 20:00
 
 Sui Southern Gas 1
 
 Sui Southern Gas 1
 
4 August – 21:00
 
 Civil Aviation Authority 0
 
 Sui Southern Gas 2
 
31 July – 17:00
 
 Pakistan Army 3
 
 Khan Research Laboratories 6
 
2 August – 18:00
 
 Pakistan Police 1
 
 Khan Research Laboratories 0 (1)
 
31 July – 20:00
 
 Pakistan Army (a.e.t.)(P)0 (3) Third place
 
 Pakistan Army (a.e.t.)2
 
3 August – 21:00
 
 Pakistan Navy 0
 
 WAPDA 0
 
 
 Khan Research Laboratories 1
 

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 August 2019 [3]
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Muhammad Waheed Civil Aviation Authority 7
2Umair Ali Khan Research Laboratories 6
3Ashfaqquddin Babar WAPDA 4
4 Mansoor Khan Pakistan Air Force 3
5Ali Raza Pakistan Air Force 2
Muhammad Tariq Pakistan Police
Iftikhar Ali Khan Khan Research Laboratories
Izharullah Khan Khan Research Laboratories
Muhammad Nasir Pakistan Army
Ali Raza Pakistan Army

Clean Sheets

As of 4 August 2019
RankPlayerTeamC
1Abdul Basit WAPDA 4
Nasrullah Khan Research Laboratories 4
2Ghanzafar Yaseen Pakistan Air Force 3
3 Saqib Hanif Sui Southern Gas Company 2
4Murad KhanPFF Tigers1
Shehroz Ahmed Pakistan Navy 1
Ahmed Manzoor Pakistan Army 1
Sameer Ahmed Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority 1

Awards

As of 4 August 2019
AwardPlayerClub
Top Scorer Muhammad Waheed Civil Aviation Authority
Most Valuable Player Saadullah Khan Sui Southern Gas
Best GoalkeeperAhmed Manzoor Pakistan Army
Fair Play— Pakistan Air Force

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  2. 1 2 "PFF National Challenge Football Cup From July 19". Urdu Point. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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