Karachi football team

Not to be confused with Karachi Division football team

Karachi

Full name	Karachi football team
Dissolved	1961
Ground	Various
Owner	Karachi Football Association
League	National Football Championship

The Karachi football team was a Pakistani football team representing the Karachi Federal Capital Territory in the National Football Championship. ^[1]

History

The team competed at the National Football Championship, the premier football competition of Pakistan, from 1950 till 1960. ^[1] In the beginning, the team was under the Sind-Karachi Football Association, the governing body of football in Sindh and the Karachi Federal Capital Territory. In 1950, a separate Karachi Football Association body was formed. ^{[2] [3]}

In the 1960 National Football Championship, the team under the name of Karachi Whites finished runner-ups after falling 0–1 against East Pakistan in the final. ^{[1] [4]}

In 1961, under PFF newly elected president Asghar Khan, the National Football Championship structure in Pakistan transitioned from provincial to divisional based teams for the first time, and coupled with the relocation of capital of Pakistan to Rawalpindi, the team was effectively dissolved. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Squads

1957 National Football Championship

• Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Raza, Muhammad Nisar, Aziz Baloch, Muhammad Aqil, Abid Hussain Ghazi, Muhammad Ismail, Anver Sadiq (Captain), Jehangir Khan, Ibrahim (Vice-captain), Muhammad Haroon, Muhammad Yaqoob, Aurangzeb Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, Izhar Haider ^[10]

1958 National Football Championship

• Muhammad Ramzan, Shamoo Abdul Ghani, Ghulam Rasool, Aziz Baloch, Muhammad Omar, Yar Muhammad (Vice-captain), Muhammad Ismail, Ghulam Muhammad, Naseeruddin, Muhammad Rashid, Ibrahim (Captain), Muhammad Yakub, Ghulam Abbas Baloch, Abdullah Rahi, Yousuf Sr., Mahmood, Moosa Ghazi ^[11]

1960 National Football Championship

• Karachi Whites: Ghulam Hussain, Khuda Bakhsh, Turab Ali, Ismail Roshoo, Ismail Sr., Ghulam Muhammad, Mir Dad, Haroon (Captain), Mahmood, Ghulam Abbas Baloch (Vice-captain), Yousuf Sr., Nisar, Yakub, Ram Lal, Sabir, Ghulam Rasool, Abdullah, Ismail Jr. ^[12]
• Karachi Greens: Shamoo Abdul Ghani (Captain), Rahman, Murad Ali, Yar Muhammad, Murad Bakhsh, Mehrab, Lal Muhammad, Yousuf Jr. (Vice-captain), Faqir Muhammad, Jamshed, Gul Muhammad, Ali Muhammad, Aziz Baloch, Muhammad Jan, Umer, Mumtaz, Abdul Razaaq, Abdul Majid, Nabi Khan ^[12]

Honours

• National Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1960 ^[1]

See also

• Punjab football team

• Balochistan football team
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa football team
• East Pakistan football team

References

1. "Pakistan - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
2. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 24 November 1950" – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 27 November 1950". British Newspaper Archive .
4. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 05 May 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 05 May 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Wednesday 14 June 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 11 July 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 10 December 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 21 December 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 10 October 1957" – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Karachi team selected". Pakistan Observer. 11 November 1958. p. 6.
12. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 27 October 1960" – via British Newspaper Archive.