2019 PFF National Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryPakistan
CityPeshawar
Venue(s)Tehmas Khan Football Stadium
Qayyum Stadium
Dates19 July 2019 – 4 August 2019[1]
Teams15
Defending championsPakistan Air Force
Final positions
ChampionsPakistan Army (3rd title)
Runner-upSui Southern Gas
Third placeKhan Research Laboratories
Fourth placeWAPDA
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored74 (2.55 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Muhammad Waheed (7 goals)
Best playerSaadullah Khan (SSGC)
Best goalkeeperAhmed Manzoor (Pakistan Army)
All statistics correct as of August 4, 2019.
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The 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of domestic association football cup competition in Pakistan. 15 teams participated in the competition, commencing from 19 July and concluding on 4 August 2019. The competition was held in Peshawar, with Tehmas Khan Football Stadium and Qayyum Football Stadium hosting all the matches.[2]

Teams

The following 15 teams participated in the tournament:[2][3]

Notes
TH = Challenge Cup title holders; PPL = Pakistan Premier League winners

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pakistan Air Force 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Police 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
3 National Bank 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4 Asia Ghee Mills 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Air Force4–0Asia Ghee Mills
Irfan Ali 45'
Mansoor 59' (pen.), 67'
M. Faisal Yaseen 61'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Attendance: 500
National Bank2–2Pakistan Police
Basit Ali 42'
Maqbool 67'		 Report Tariq 28', 53'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Pakistan Air Force2–0Pakistan Police
Ali Raza 64', 84' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
National Bank2–0Asia Ghee Mills
Maqbool 20'
Sher Ali 88'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Attendance: 200
Pakistan Police5–0Asia Ghee Mills
Report Jamil 31'
M. Hanif 49'
Yousaf Ali 75', 80'
Nabeel 87'
Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar
National Bank0–3Pakistan Air Force
Report Sohail Jr. 47'
M. Faisal Yaseen 90+3'
Mansoor 90+4'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sui Southern Gas 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Navy 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Pakistan Television 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Navy2–0Pakistan Television
Awais Gul 66'
Abdurl Rehman 89'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Sui Southern Gas1–1Pakistan Television
Zain-ul-Abden 58' Report Adnan Khan 41'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Sui Southern Gas2–1Pakistan Navy
Saadullah 10'
Zakir Lashari 39'		 Report Farhaullah 73'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pakistan Army 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to Knockout round
2 Civil Aviation Authority 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 5
3 PFF Tigers 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4 Pakistan Railways 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2019. Source: GSA
Pakistan Army1–0PFF Tigers
M. Jamil 90' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Attendance: 500
Civil Aviation Authority6–0Pakistan Railways
Muhammad Waheed 4', 45+5', 60', 71', 78', 79' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Attendance: 700
PFF Tigers0–0Civil Aviation Authority
Report
Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar
Pakistan Army1–0Pakistan Railways
Ali Raza 9' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Civil Aviation Authority2–2Pakistan Army
Shakeel Ahmed 6'
Muhammad Waheed 62'		 Report M. Nasir 31', 51'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Pakistan Railways1–1PFF Tigers
M. Saleem 90+2' Report Naik Alam 13'
Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Khan Research Laboratories 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7 Advance to Knockout round
2 WAPDA 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
3 Karachi Port Trust 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
4 Karachi United 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2019. Source: GSA
Khan Research Laboratories3–0Karachi United
Izharullah 29'
Iftikhar A. Khan 41'
Umair Ali 90+1'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
WAPDA3–0Karachi Port Trust
Zubair Qadeer 10'
Ashfaquddin 23'
Adnan Saeed 57'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
WAPDA2–0Karachi United
Zubair Qadeer 18'
Ashfaquddin 78'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories5–0Karachi Port Trust
Arslan Ali 17'
Izharullah 29'
Iftikhar A. Khan 39'
Imran Khan 65'
Umair Ali 83'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories0–0WAPDA
Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Karachi Port Trust1–0Karachi United
Fareed Ahmed 21' Report
Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

Pakistan Air Force0–3WAPDA
Report Usman Manzoor 29'
Ashfaquddin 32', 75'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Sui Southern Gas1–0Civil Aviation Authority
Habib-ur-Rehman 34' Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories6–1Pakistan Police
Umair Ali 1', 44', 87'
Zaid Umer 53'
Imran Khan 59'
Zeeshan Siddiqui 80'		 Report M. Yousaf 40'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Pakistan Army2–0 (a.e.t.)Pakistan Navy
Abbas 101'
Zil Hasnain 113'		 Report
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Attendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

WAPDA0–1Sui Southern Gas
Hussain 23'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar
Khan Research Laboratories0–0 (a.e.t.)Pakistan Army
Report
Penalties
  • Umair Ali soccer ball with check mark
  • Iftikhar A. Khan soccer ball with red X
  • Shahid soccer ball with red X
  • Ghulam Fareed soccer ball with red X
 1–3
  • soccer ball with check mark Nisar Ahmed
  • soccer ball with check mark Najeeb-ur-Rehman
  • soccer ball with check mark M. Jamil
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Third place

WAPDA0–1Khan Research Laboratories
Report Umair Ali 90'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Final

Main article: 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup final

Details

Sui Southern Gas2–3Pakistan Army
Saadullah 41'
M. Tahir 52'		 Report Abbas 67', 75'
Ali Raza 77'
Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 July – 15:00
 
 
Pakistan Air Force0
 
1 August – 18:00
 
WAPDA3
 
WAPDA0
 
30 July – 20:00
 
Sui Southern Gas1
 
Sui Southern Gas1
 
4 August – 21:00
 
Civil Aviation Authority0
 
Sui Southern Gas2
 
31 July – 17:00
 
Pakistan Army3
 
Khan Research Laboratories6
 
2 August – 18:00
 
Pakistan Police1
 
Khan Research Laboratories0 (1)
 
31 July – 20:00
 
Pakistan Army (a.e.t.)(P)0 (3) Third place
 
Pakistan Army (a.e.t.)2
 
3 August – 21:00
 
Pakistan Navy0
 
WAPDA0
 
 
Khan Research Laboratories1
 

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 August 2019''[4]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Muhammad Waheed Civil Aviation Authority 7
2 Umair Ali Khan Research Laboratories 6
3 Ashfaqquddin Babar WAPDA 4
4 Mansoor Khan Pakistan Air Force 3
5 Ali Raza Pakistan Air Force 2
Muhammad Tariq Pakistan Police
Iftikhar Ali Khan Khan Research Laboratories
Izharullah Khan Khan Research Laboratories
Muhammad Nasir Pakistan Army
Ali Raza Pakistan Army

Clean Sheets

As of 4 August 2019[5]
Rank Player Team C
1 Abdul Basit WAPDA 4
Nasrullah Khan Research Laboratories 4
2 Ghanzafar Yaseen Pakistan Air Force 3
3 Saqib Hanif Sui Southern Gas Company 2
4 Murad Khan PFF Tigers 1
Shehroz Ahmed Pakistan Navy 1
Ahmed Manzoor Pakistan Army 1
Sameer Ahmed Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority 1

Awards

As of 4 August 2019[6]
Award Player Club
Top Scorer Muhammad Waheed Civil Aviation Authority
Most Valuable Player Saadullah Khan Sui Southern Gas
Best Goalkeeper Ahmed Manzoor Pakistan Army
Fair Play — Pakistan Air Force

References

  1. ^ "PFF National Challenge Football Cup 2019". Pakistan Football Federation. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  2. ^ a b "PFF National Challenge Football Cup From July 19". Urdu Point. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  3. ^ "National Challenge Cup kicks off from Friday [Dawn]". Football Pakistan. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  4. ^ "National Challenge Cup". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Army reclaim National Challenge Cup title [The News]". footballpakistan.com. Football Pakistan. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Army reclaim National Challenge Cup title [The News]". footballpakistan.com. Football Pakistan. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.

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