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Nickname(s) | QFC | |||
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Founded | 1971 | |||
Ground | Embassy Road G 6/4 Islamabad | |||
Capacity | 1,000 | |||
Chairman | Muhammad Saleem | |||
Manager | Ghulam Rasool | |||
League | IFA 'A' League | |||
Quaid-e-Azam Football Club, is a Pakistani football club based in Islamabad, Pakistan. [1] [2]
The club was founded in 1971. [1] [3] It regularly featured in the regional Islamabad Football League in the early 2000s. [4] [5]
In 2010, during a Pakistan Football Federation scrutiny of Islamabad clubs, Quaid-e-Azam was listed among the 34 active clubs of the Islamabad Football Association. [6] It continued featuring in the Islamabad Football League, [7] [8] [9] [10] and several tournaments in Islamabad in the 2010s. [11] [12] [13] On 9 January 2014, The Nation reported allegations of rules violations by the Islamabad Football Association, naming Quaid-e-Azam FC secretary Ghulam Rasool as having been appointed to supervise a lower-division match despite lacking formal qualifications. [14]
In 2018, Quaid-e-Azam FC moved into the final of the Islamabad A-Division Meridian Football League pertaining to the Islamabad Football Association, after winning against Poona FC 1–0 in the semifinal. [15] The team lost in the final to Kiran FC on penalties. [16]