| Full name | Sindh Government Press |
|---|---|
| Short name | SGPFC |
Sindh Government Press Football Club is a departmental team based in Karachi, Pakistan.
The team first competed as West Pakistan Government Press. [1] [2] In 1959, the team played at the All-Pakistan President's Cup, with players such as Abdul Ghafoor and Abdullah Rahi. [3] [4] [5] In 1962 the team featured in the Karachi Football League. [1]
The team was later being renamed as Sindh Government Press in the 1970s following the independence of Bangladesh. [1]
Sindh Government Press debuted in the 1979 Inter-Departmental Championship (now PFF National Challenge Cup), the inaugural edition of the Pakistan National Challenge Cup which they won after defeating Muslim Commercial Bank. [6] In the 1989 National Football Championship, they were runners-up to Pakistan Airlines. [7]
In the 2004–05 PFF National League, SGP was in Southern Group. They ended up in the fourth place out of seven team. In the 2005–06 PFF National League, SGP were placed second in Group A . They reached the semi-finals, where the loss against Pakistan Railways also ended their promotion chance. They have played more than five editions of PFF League but still have not been promoted to Pakistan Premier League. In 2020, they played PFF League after six years, but still could not win promotion.