List of football clubs in Pakistan

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This is a list of football clubs located in Pakistan which have competed within the leagues and divisions of the Pakistan football league system. For a complete list of clubs as of 2024, see Pakistan Football Federation DFA Elections 2024 Round 1 Voting Clubs list and Pakistan Football Federation DFA Elections 2024 Round 2 Voting Clubs list.

Contents

By league and division

List of clubs grouped by league and province

Azad Kashmir

ClubTown or CityLeague
Pilot FC [lower-alpha 1] Mirpur TBA

Balochistan

ClubTown or CityLeague
Afghan Chaman Chaman TBA
Muslim Chaman TBA
Young Ittefaq Chaman TBA
Baloch Quetta Quetta TBA
Almo Mohammedan [lower-alpha 2] Quetta TBA
Afghan FC Quetta [lower-alpha 3] Quetta TBA
Milli Afghan FC Quetta TBA
Afghan Sports FC [lower-alpha 4] Quetta TBA
Baloch Nushki Nushki TBA
Balaach FC [lower-alpha 5] Nushki TBA
Mansab FC [lower-alpha 6] Kharan TBA
Suraj FC [lower-alpha 7] Panjgur TBA

Gilgit Baltistan

ClubTown or CityLeague
Gilgit FC [lower-alpha 8] Gilgit TBA

Islamabad Capital Territory

ClubTown or CityLeague
Huma FC Islamabad TBA
POPO FC Islamabad TBA
Mehran FC Islamabad TBA
Ravi FC Islamabad TBA
Quaid-e-Azam FC Islamabad TBA

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ClubTown or CityLeague
Young Eleven Dera Ismail Khan TBA
Atish Tank Tank TBA
Karwan FC [lower-alpha 9] Lakki Marwat TBA
Hazara Zamindar FC [lower-alpha 10] Abbottabad TBA

Punjab

ClubTown or CityLeague
Lyallpur Faisalabad TBA
Wohaib Lahore TBA
SA Gardens Lahore TBA
City FC [lower-alpha 11] Lahore TBA
Young Blood FC Sahiwal TBA
Chand Layyah Layyah TBA
Green Star Okara TBA
Al Hilal FC [lower-alpha 12] Pakpattan TBA

Sindh

ClubTown or CityLeague
Karachi United Karachi TBA
Karachi Kickers Karachi TBA
Mauripur Baloch Karachi TBA
Naka Mohammedan [lower-alpha 13] Karachi TBA
Jeay Laal Thatta TBA
Qureshi FC [lower-alpha 14] Hyderabad TBA
Young Baloch FC [lower-alpha 15] Hyderabad TBA

Defunct and inactive clubs

The following is a list of clubs that have competed within the leagues and divisions of the Pakistan football league system, but have been disbanded or inactive for a long while as evidenced by the Pakistan Football Federation DFA Elections 2024 Round 1 Voting Clubs list and Pakistan Football Federation DFA Elections 2024 Round 2 Voting Clubs list.

ClubTown or City
Panther FC Faisalabad
PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad Faisalabad
Mardan Blue Star Mardan
Mardan FC [lower-alpha 16] Mardan
Bannu Red [lower-alpha 17] Bannu
Nowshera XI [lower-alpha 18] Nowshera
Munir Shaheed FC [lower-alpha 19] Kasur
FATA FC [lower-alpha 20] Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Eleven Star [lower-alpha 21] Muzaffarabad
Star FC [lower-alpha 22] Azad Kashmir
Baloch FC Dera Badin [lower-alpha 23] N/A

Franchise clubs

Defunct

The following clubs competed in the franchise based Geo Super Football League. [1] [2]

ClubTown or City
Islamabad United FC Islamabad
Karachi Energy FC (Karachi Bazigar) Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals FC Lahore
Quetta Zorawar FC Quetta
Tribe FC Peshawar

Departmental clubs

In its early years, football in Pakistan was mainly dominated by departmental and armed forces teams, which hired footballers as employees and provided them with a basic wage to play for their sides and work full time in the off-season. [3] These government entities primarily used investment in sports as evidence of their Corporate Social Responsibility, with little incentive to develop talent or professionalise their set-ups. [4] Similar system was also prevalent in several countries such as the Soviet Union, and was abolished in these nations after the 1960s. [5]

After the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League in 2004, the domestic setup remained under severe criticism due to the continuous domination of departments in the domestic competition, which poached talented players from clubs without any transfer fees or compensation involved. [6] [7] However majority of the departmental clubs were disbanded following the shutdown of departmental sports in Pakistan in September 2021 during the tenure of prime minister Imran Khan. [8] [9] [10] [11] After Shehbaz Sharif took over the seat in 2022, departmental sports in Pakistan were restored in August 2022. [12] [13] As of July 2023, only the armed forces, KRL, WAPDA and Police reportedly remained active in football. [14] Since 2023, departmental clubs became restricted to the PFF National Challenge Cup. [15] [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Participated at the 2005 National Football Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Participated at the 2014 PFF League
  3. ↑ Participated at the 2009–10 PFF League
  4. ↑ Participated at the 2010 PFF League, 2011 PFF League, and 2012 PFF League
  5. ↑ Participated at the 2012 PFF League
  6. ↑ Participated at the 2011 PFF League
  7. ↑ Participated at the 2010 PFF League, but withdrew at the end
  8. ↑ Participated at the 2010 PFF League, but withdrew at the end
  9. ↑ Participated at the 2008–09 PFF League, but withdrew at the end
  10. ↑ Participated at the 2009–10 PFF League
  11. ↑ Participated at the 2009–10 PFF League
  12. ↑ Participated at the 2010 PFF League
  13. ↑ Participated at the 2004–05 Pakistan Premier League
  14. ↑ Participated at the 2009–10 PFF League
  15. ↑ Participated at the 2008–09 PFF League
  16. ↑ Participated at the 2004–05 Pakistan Premier League, and 2005–06 PFF National League
  17. ↑ Participated at the 2006 PFF National League, and 2007–08 PFF League
  18. ↑ Participated at the 2008–09 PFF League
  19. ↑ Participated at the 2009–10 PFF League
  20. ↑ Participated at the 2011 PFF League
  21. ↑ Participated at the 2012 PFF League
  22. ↑ Participated at the 2010 PFF League
  23. ↑ Participated at the 2013 PFF League, and 2014 PFF League

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