2014 National Football Challenge Cup

2014 National Football Challenge Cup
2014 NBP National Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	KPT Sports Complex; KMC Football Ground, Karachi
Dates	25 March 2014 – 5 April 2014
Teams	12
Defending champions	Khan Research Laboratories
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan Airforce (1st title)
Runner-up	KESC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	51 (2.68 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammad Mujahid (5 goals)
Best player	Abayomi Oludeyi
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The 2014 National Football Challenge Cup was 24th season of domestic cup tournament in Pakistani football. It was sponsored by National Bank of Pakistan, and known as NBP National Football Challenge Cup.^[2] 12 teams participated in the tournament.^[2]

National Bank were the defending champions, but were eliminated in quarter-finals by Karachi Port Trust.^[3]

Pakistan Airforce won their first title after defeating KESC 2–1 in the finals.^[4]^[5]

Teams edit

The 21 teams participating in the tournament are as below:^[2]^[6]^[7]

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

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Airlines	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Knockout round
2	Khan Research Laboratories	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance to Knockout round
3	Pakistan Navy	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2014. Source: FPDC

26 March 2014

16:15 PST

Khan Research Laboratories	1–1	Pakistan Navy
Rizwan 63'	Report	Asif Bux 30' (pen.)

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

28 March 2014

16:15 PST

Pakistan Navy	1–2	Pakistan Airlines
Asif Bux 76'	Report	Shakir 59' Haji Mohammad 90+1' (pen.)

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

30 March 2014

16:15 PST

Pakistan Airlines	1–0	Khan Research Laboratories
Saadullah 9'	Report

KMC Football Stadium, Karachi

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KESC	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4	Advance to Knockout round
2	Karachi Port Trust	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to Knockout round
3	Pak Afghan Clearing	2	0	0	2	4	9	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2014. Source: FPDC

25 March 2014

16:15 PST

KESC	5–2	Pak Afghan Clearing
Abayomi Oludeyi 10' Rasool 27', 57' A. Rehman 61' U. Farooq 75'	Report	A. Salam 86' Rehmatullah 89'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

27 March 2014

16:15 PST

Pak Afghan Clearing	2–3	Karachi Port Trust
M. Essa Jr. 60' A. Salam 84'	Report	M. Wasim 5', 66' Z. Majeed 81'

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

29 March 2014

16:15 PST

Karachi Port Trust	1–1	KESC
U. Farooq 9' (o.g.)	Report	Abayomi Oludeyi 56'

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

Group C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	National Bank	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Knockout round
2	WAPDA	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Knockout round
3	Higher Education Commission	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2014. Source: FPDC

25 March 2014

16:15 PST

National Bank	3–1	Higher Education Commission
Sher Ali 14', 37' (pen.) Adnan Mazhar 81'	Report	Noman Khan 76'

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

27 March 2014

16:15 PST

WAPDA	2–1	Higher Education Commission
Hassnain 37' M. Adnaan 57'	Report	Umair Ali 82'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

29 March 2014

16:15 PST

National Bank	1–1	WAPDA
Naveed Mumtaz 49'	Report	M. Asif 84'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

Group D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
1	Habib Bank	2	1	1	4	4	3	Advance to Knockout round
2	Pakistan Airforce	2	1	1	4	4	3	Advance to Knockout round
3	Pakistan Police	2	1	1	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2014. Source: FPDC

26 March 2014

16:15 PST

Pakistan Airforce	2–1	Pakistan Police
M. Mujahid 51', 77'	Report	Himmat 85'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

28 March 2014

16:15 PST

Pakistan Police	2–1	Habib Bank
Ghulam Nabi 39' Perveiz 90+2'	Report	Saeed 85'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

30 March 2014

16:15 PST

Habib Bank	3–2	Pakistan Airforce
Saeed 62' Hassan 71' M. Bilal 73'	Report	Mansoor 12' M. Mujahid 63'

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

Knockout round edit

Quarter-finals edit

31 March 2014

15:30 PST

National Bank	0–1	Karachi Port Trust
	Report	Junaid Qadir 67'

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

31 March 2014

15:30 PST

KESC	1–0	WAPDA
Riaz 16'	Report

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

1 April 2014

15:30 PST

Pakistan Airforce	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Khan Research Laboratories
	Report
Penalties
	4-2

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

1 April 2014

15:30 PST

Habib Bank	1–0	Pakistan Airlines
Saeed 33'	Report

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

Semifinals edit

2 April 2014

16:00 PST

Pakistan Airforce	4–0	Karachi Port Trust
M. Mujahid 9', 65' Imran Mushtaq 76' Ahmed Akber 85'	Report

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

2 April 2014

16:00 PST

KESC	1–0	Habib Bank
Abayomi Oludeyi 71'	Report

KMC Football Ground, Karachi

Finals edit

5 April 2014

16:00 PST

KESC	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Pakistan Airforce
Abayomi Oludeyi 45+1'	Report	M. Mujahid 71' M. Arif Nawaz 109' M. Sheir 116'

KPT Sports Complex, Karachi

Attendance: 6,002

Referee: M Younis Lal

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

31 March – 15:30 PM

National Bank	0
		2 April – 4:00 PM
Karachi Port Trust	1
		Pakistan Airforce	4
31 March – 15:30 PM
		Karachi Port Trust	0
KESC	1
				10 May – 4:00 PM
WAPDA F.C.	0
				Pakistan Airforce (a.e.t.)	3
1 April – 4:00 PM
				KESC	1
Pakistan Airforce (P)	0 (4)
		2 April – 4:00 PM
Khan Research Laboratories	0 (2)
		KESC	1
1 April – 4:00 PM
		Habib Bank	0
Habib Bank	1

Pakistan Airlines	0

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mohammad Mujahid	Pakistan Airforce	5
2	Abayomi Oludeyi	KESC	4
3	Saeed Ahmed	Habib Bank	3
4	Muhammad Rasool	KESC	2
	Asif Bux	Pakistan Navy
	Mansoor Khan	Pakistan Airforce
	Abdus Salam	Pak Afghan Clearing
	Sher Ali	National Bank

References edit

^ Sohail, Shahrukh (17 May 2014). "K-Electric consider hiring more Nigerians [The News]". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sohail, Shahrukh (8 March 2014). "NBP NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP SET TO START FROM 25TH MARCHNBP NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP SET TO START FROM 25TH MARCH". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Sohail, Shahrukh (1 April 2014). "NBP National Challenge Cup: KPT and KESC reach semis". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Sohail, Shahrukh (3 April 2014). "K-Electric to face PAF in NBP National Challenge Cup Final". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Sohail, Shahrukh (13 April 2014). "PAF boss Shahzad Anwar: We wanted to win the National Challenge Cup from the start". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Sohail, Shahrukh (19 March 2014). "KRL not targeting a win in Challenge Cup: Lutfi [Express Tribune]". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Sohail, Shahrukh (8 March 2014). "NBP gear up to defend National Challenge Cup [Express Tribune]". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[1] Sohail, Shahrukh (17 May 2014). "K-Electric consider hiring more Nigerians [The News]". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[NBP_NFCC-2] Sohail, Shahrukh (8 March 2014). "NBP NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP SET TO START FROM 25TH MARCHNBP NATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP SET TO START FROM 25TH MARCH". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[Qtr_1-3] Sohail, Shahrukh (1 April 2014). "NBP National Challenge Cup: KPT and KESC reach semis". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[Finals-4] Sohail, Shahrukh (3 April 2014). "K-Electric to face PAF in NBP National Challenge Cup Final". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[Finals_2-5] Sohail, Shahrukh (13 April 2014). "PAF boss Shahzad Anwar: We wanted to win the National Challenge Cup from the start". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[Teams_1-6] Sohail, Shahrukh (19 March 2014). "KRL not targeting a win in Challenge Cup: Lutfi [Express Tribune]". footballpakistan. Football Pakistan. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

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