2019 PFF National Challenge Cup

Football tournament season

2019 PFF National Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
City	Peshawar
Venue(s)	Tehmas Khan Football Stadium Qayyum Stadium
Dates	19 July 2019 – 4 August 2019
Teams	15
Defending champions	Pakistan Air Force
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan Army (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sui Southern Gas
Third place	Khan Research Laboratories
Fourth place	WAPDA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	74 (2.55 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Muhammad Waheed (7 goals)
Best player	Saadullah Khan (SSGC)
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Manzoor (Pakistan Army)
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of August 4, 2019.

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. Pakistan Army defeated Sui Southern Gas by 3-2 to win their third title.

Teams

The following 15 teams participated in the tournament:

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	Advance to Knockout round
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 19 July 201920:00 PST

Pakistan Air Force	4–0	Asia Ghee Mills
Irfan Ali 45' Mansoor 59' (pen.), 67' M. Faisal Yaseen 61'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, PeshawarAttendance: 500 20 July 201917:00 PST

National Bank	2–2	Pakistan Police
Basit Ali 42' Maqbool 67'	Report	Tariq 28', 53'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 23 July 201917:00 PST

Pakistan Air Force	2–0	Pakistan Police
Ali Raza 64', 84'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 23 July 201920:00 PST

National Bank	2–0	Asia Ghee Mills
Maqbool 20' Sher Ali 88'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, PeshawarAttendance: 200 26 July 201917:00 PST

Pakistan Police	5–0	Asia Ghee Mills
	Report	Jamil 31' M. Hanif 49' Yousaf Ali 75', 80' Nabeel 87'

Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar 26 July 201917:00 PST

National Bank	0–3	Pakistan 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	Advance to Knockout round
3	Pakistan Television	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2019. Source: GSA 21 July 201923:00 PST

Pakistan Navy	2–0	Pakistan Television
Awais Gul 66' Abdurl Rehman 89'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 25 July 201917:15 PST

Sui Southern Gas	1–1	Pakistan Television
Zain-ul-Abden 58'	Report	Adnan Khan 41'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 25 July 201917:00PST

Sui Southern Gas	2–1	Pakistan 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	Advance to Knockout round
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 22 July 201917:15 PST

Pakistan Army	1–0	PFF Tigers
M. Jamil 90'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, PeshawarAttendance: 500 22 July 201920:00 PST

Civil Aviation Authority	6–0	Pakistan Railways
Muhammad Waheed 4', 45+5', 60', 71', 78', 79'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, PeshawarAttendance: 700 25 July 201920:00 PST

PFF Tigers	0–0	Civil Aviation Authority
	Report

Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar 26 July 201917:00 PST

Pakistan Army	1–0	Pakistan Railways
Ali Raza 9'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 28 July 201917:00 PST

Civil Aviation Authority	2–2	Pakistan Army
Shakeel Ahmed 6' Muhammad Waheed 62'	Report	M. Nasir 31', 51'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 28 July 201917:00 PST

Pakistan Railways	1–1	PFF 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	Advance to Knockout round
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 20 July 201920:00 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	3–0	Karachi United
Izharullah 29' Iftikhar A. Khan 41' Umair Ali 90+1'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 21 July 201920:15 PST

WAPDA	3–0	Karachi Port Trust
Zubair Qadeer 10' Ashfaquddin 23' Adnan Saeed 57'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 24 July 201920:00 PST

WAPDA	2–0	Karachi United
Zubair Qadeer 18' Ashfaquddin 78'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 24 July 201917:15 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	5–0	Karachi Port Trust
Arslan Ali 17' Izharullah 29' Iftikhar A. Khan 39' Imran Khan 65' Umair Ali 83'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 27 July 201917:00 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	0–0	WAPDA
	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 27 July 201917:00 PST

Karachi Port Trust	1–0	Karachi United
Fareed Ahmed 21'	Report

Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

29 July 201920:00 PST

Pakistan Air Force	0–3	WAPDA
	Report	Usman Manzoor 29' Ashfaquddin 32', 75'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 30 July 201920:00 PST

Sui Southern Gas	1–0	Civil Aviation Authority
Habib-ur-Rehman 34'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 31 July 201917:00 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	6–1	Pakistan Police
Umair Ali 1', 44', 87' Zaid Umer 53' Imran Khan 59' Zeeshan Siddiqui 80'	Report	M. Yousaf 40'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 31 July 201920:00 PST

Pakistan Army	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan Navy
Abbas 101' Zil Hasnain 113'	Report

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, PeshawarAttendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

1 August 201918:00 PST

WAPDA	0–1	Sui Southern Gas
		Hussain 23'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar 2 August 201918:00 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan Army
	Report
Penalties
Umair Ali Iftikhar A. Khan Shahid Ghulam Fareed	1–3	Nisar Ahmed Najeeb-ur-Rehman M. Jamil

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Third place

3 August 201921:00 PST

WAPDA	0–1	Khan Research Laboratories
	Report	Umair Ali 90'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Final

Main article: 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup final

Details

4 August 201921:00 PST

Sui Southern Gas	2–3	Pakistan Army
Saadullah 41' M. Tahir 52'	Report	Abbas 67', 75' Ali Raza 77'

Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

29 July – 15:00

Pakistan Air Force	0
		1 August – 18:00
WAPDA	3
		WAPDA	0
30 July – 20:00
		Sui Southern Gas	1
Sui Southern Gas	1
				4 August – 21:00
Civil Aviation Authority	0
				Sui Southern Gas	2
31 July – 17:00
				Pakistan Army	3
Khan Research Laboratories	6
		2 August – 18:00
Pakistan Police	1
		Khan Research Laboratories	0 (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 Navy	0
				WAPDA	0

				Khan Research Laboratories	1

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 August 2019''

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


Rank	Player	Team	C
1	Abdul Basit	WAPDA	4
1	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

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

"PFF National Challenge Football Cup 2019". Pakistan Football Federation. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ "PFF National Challenge Football Cup From July 19". Urdu Point. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
"National Challenge Cup". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved July 27, 2019.

External links

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National teams

Men's	Pakistan B U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach
Women's	Pakistan U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men's	Pakistan Premier League Pakistan Football Federation League (B Division) National Club Championship (C Division) D Division (Karachi Football League)
Youth	Junior Championships

Cup competitions

Men's	PFF National Challenge Cup
Women's	National Women Football Championship National Inter-Club Women Football Championship PFF National Under-19 Women’s Football Championship Shahlyla Baloch National Women U-16 Championship

Defunct competitions

Leagues	National Football Championship Geo Super Football League
Cups	Quaid-e-Azam International Cup

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