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| Full name | Pakistan Air Force Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | PAF | ||
| Ground | PAF Complex | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 2000 | ||
| Owner | Pakistan Air Force | ||
| Chairman | AM Asim Suleman | ||
| Manager | Salman Chaudhry | ||
Pakistan Air Force Football Club, abbreviated as PAF FC, serves as the football section of Pakistan Air Force. The club used to compete in the National Football Championship and Pakistan Premier League. It regularly participates in the PFF National Challenge Cup.
In the 1950s, Pakistan Airforce played the Inter-Services Football Championship at the domestic level in Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In August 1960, PAF won the fifth Ismail Gold Shield Football Tournament, which featured guest teams from India and Iran. [6] [7] In 1961, PAF played a friendly game against the Iranian club Shahin F.C., with PAF international forward Faqir Hussain scoring all 4 goals for his team in a match which ended in a 6–4 defeat. [8]
In 1963, the club finished runners-up in the Mohammad Ali Bogra Shield, losing 1–3 to Victoria SC in the final held in Rawalpindi. [9] In the 1981 National Football Championship, it finished as runner-up after losing to Pakistan Airlines in the final. [10] Their first national title came in 1986, this time defeating Pakistan Airlines in the final of the National Football Championship. [10]
They were promoted to the Pakistan Premier League from the PFF League after finishing second to Baloch Nushki in the 2007–08 season.
At the end of 2013 after the appointment of coach Shahzad Anwar, Air Force ended up in fourth position in the 2013–14 Pakistan Premier League season, [11] and ended up champions in the 2014 National Football Challenge Cup. [12]
It won the National Challenge Cup, after defeating WAPDA 2–1 in the finals of 2018 National Challenge Cup. [13] [14]
Following the domestic football revamp in the country in 2023, departmental clubs including Air Force remained competing in the PFF National Challenge Cup. [15] [16]
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