2016 Pakistan Football Federation Cup

The 2016 National Football Challenge Cup or 2016 Pakistan Football Federation Cup was the 26th season of domestic cup tournament in Pakistani football. 24 teams took part in this competition from 28 January 2016 to 22 February 2016, which took place in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi.^[1]

2016 National Football Challenge Cup

Pakistan Football Federation Cup
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
City	Islamabad Lahore Karachi
Dates	28 January 2016 – 6 February 2016 (qualifying competition) 9 February 2016 – 22 February 2016 (main competition)
Teams	24 (overall) 16 (qualifying competition) 8 (main competition)
Defending champions	Khan Research Laboratories
Final positions
Champions	Khan Research Laboratories (6th title)
Runner-up	National Bank
Third place	Pakistan Air Force
Fourth place	Pakistan Army
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	116 (2.32 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Fazal (6 goals)
Best player Best goalkeeper	Mansoor Khan (Pakistan Air Force) Saqib Hanif (Khan Research Laboratories)
← 2015 2018 →

Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions. They defended their title after defeating National Bank 1–0 in the final.

Renaming

The National Challenge Cup was renamed to Pakistan Football Federation Cup or PFF Cup for unknown reasons. After eight months of no football action, the tournament was announced for 28 January 2016 to 23 February 2016.

Format

Qualifying round

For qualification, 15 teams from PFF League (B Division) and 1 team from the Pakistan Premier League played in a group stage, with winners and runners-up from each group qualifying for the final round.

Final round

Eight teams from the qualifying round and eight teams from the Pakistan Premier League played in a group stage, with the group winners and runners-up qualifying for the knock-out stages.

Teams

Final Round the 8 Teams from PPL.[A]	Qualifying Round the 15 teams from PFF League, 1 from PPL
Khan Research Laboratories WAPDA Pakistan Army National Bank Pakistan Air Force Karachi Port Trust Pakistan Navy Pakistan Airlines (withdrew)	Pakistan Railways Sui Southern Gas Company Ashraf Sugar Mills Social Welfare [B] Pakistan Steel Gwadar Port Authority Sindh Government Press Pakistan Police Karachi United Saif Textiles Falcon Company Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company Higher Education Commission Pakistan Television Bhatti United SNGPL

^ A: PPFL Champions K Electric couldn't play in the tournament due to 2016 AFC Cup play-offs match vs Bahraini side Al Hidd

1. ^
   Sindh Social Welfare Trust withdrew without playing a match

Qualifying round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sui Southern Gas	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Ashraf Sugar Mills	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Pakistan Steel	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2016. Source: PFF

• All Matches played in Karachi

Sui Southern Gas	Not Held	Social Welfare
	Report

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KPT Stadium, Karachi

Ashraf Sugar Mills	6–0	Pakistan Steel
M. Bilal 20', 55', 67' Imran Ali 50' M. Imran 53' Kashif Amin 85'

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

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Sui Southern Gas	2–1	Pakistan Steel
Ahmed 25' Zahid Nadeem  51' Abdus Salam 71'		Nasir Ahmed 17' Amjad Hussain  44'

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Younas Lal

Ashraf Sugar Mills	Not Held	Social Welfare
	Report

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

15:00(UTC+5)

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Pakistan Steel	Not Held	Social Welfare
	Report

1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)

15:00 (UTC+5)

Sui Southern Gas	2–1	Ashraf Sugar Mills
Saadullah (45+1) M. Lal 77'		Zeshan Rafiq 79'

1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karachi United	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Advance to Final Round
2	Pakistan Police	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Gwadar Port Authority	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	3
4	Sindh Government Press	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2016. Source: PFF

• All Matches played in Karachi

Gwadar Port Authority	1–4	Karachi United
Pehchan 51'		Fazal 5', 32' Asif Khan 24', 41'

29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KPT Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Younas Lal

Sindh Government Press	1–2	Pakistan Police
M. Waqas 45+1' Mohammad  90+1'		Sher Hassan 22' Zakir Ullah 71' M. Naeem

29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Habibullah

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Gwadar Port Authority	3–2	Pakistan Police
Mian 24' Pehchan 75' Wahid 90+5'		Hassan 43' Zaman 90'

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

Karachi United	4–0	Sindh Government Press
Ali Raza 10' Fazal 21' M.Junaid 73' A.Usman 75'

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KPT Stadium, Karachi

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Karachi United	2–2	Pakistan Police
Noman 16' Asif Khan 42'		Hassan 75' Monibullah 85'

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KPT Stadium, Karachi

Gwadar Port Authority	1–3	Sindh Government Press
Shahnawaz 62'		Zohaib 12' Dodo 33', 48'

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

15:00 (UTC+5)

KMC Stadium, Karachi

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Railways	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to Final Round
2	Saif Textiles	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Falcon Company	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: PFF

• All Matches played in Lahore

Pakistan Railways	4–0	Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company
M.Asim 26', 72', 77' Umer Zafar 47'

1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)

11:45 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Saif Textile	0–0	Falcon Company

1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Pakistan Railways	1–0	Falcon Company
M.Asim 70'

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Saif Textile	1–0	Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company
Virk 34'

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Falcon Company	0–0	Insaf Afghan Goods Trading Company

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Pakistan Railways	0–0	Saif Textile

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sui Northern Gas	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Final Round
2	Bhatti United	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	5
3	Higher Education Commission	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	3
4	Pakistan Television	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: PFF

• All Matches played in Islamabad

Higher Education Commission	1–3	Sui Northern Gas
Danial 35'		Mehmood 5' Bahar 54' Farooq 90'

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Pakistan Television	0–0	Bhatti United

31 February 2016 (2016-02-31)

12:00 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

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Higher Education Commission	0–3	Bhatti United
		Bahar Owais Nadeem

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Pakistan Television	0–3	Sui Northern Gas
		Latif (2) Munir

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

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Bhatti United	0–0	Sui Northern Gas

4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Pakistan Television	0–1	Higher Education Commission
		Ashraf

4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Army	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Karachi United	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Karachi Port Trust	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Saif Textile	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pakistan Army	4–1	Saif Textile
Sarfaraz 28', 82' Nisar 58' Zahid 60'		Waqas 86'

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Karachi Port Trust	0 - 2	Karachi United
		Fazal 44', 54'

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

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Pakistan Army	2 - 0	Karachi United
Najeeb 3' Ansar Abbas 73'

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Karachi Port Trust	3 - 1	Saif Textile
M.Jalil 2' Qadir 70' Shamir Taj 90+1'		Ali Raza 45'

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Karachi United	3 - 2	Saif Textile
Ali Reza 18' Fazal 50' Baloch 72'		Virk 45' Waqas Ali 64'

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Pakistan Army	2 - 1	Karachi Port Trust
Ansar Abbas 24' Rasool 86'		Baloch 27'

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sui Southern Gas	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	WAPDA	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Pakistan Police	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Pakistan Navy	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

WAPDA	1 - 0	Pakistan Police
Ahsan 4'

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Pakistan Navy	0 - 0	Sui Southern Gas

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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WAPDA	1 - 2	Sui Southern Gas
Hasnain 3'		Saadullah 78' Abdus Salam 86'

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Stadium, Lahore

Pakistan Navy	0 - 2	Pakistan Police
		Izharullah 68' M.Naveed 76'

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Sui Southern Gas	2 - 1	Pakistan Police
Abdul Salam 7' Saadullah 73'		Umair 14'

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

WAPDA	5 - 1	Pakistan Navy
Jadeed Khan 12', 74', 86' 57', 64'		Mohsin 72'

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Stadium, Lahore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khan Research Laboratories	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Knockout stage
2	National Bank	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Sui Northern Gas	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	Ashraf Sugar Mills	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Khan Research Laboratories	3 - 0	Ashraf Sugar Mills
Adil 79' M.Hanif 86' M.Salman 90'

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

National Bank	1 - 0	Sui Northern Gas
Maqbool 57'

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Khan Research Laboratories	1 - 0	Sui Northern Gas
Murtaza 50'

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

National Bank	1 - 0	Ashraf Sugar Mills
J.Hamza 42'

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Sui Northern Gas	1 - 0	Ashraf Sugar Mills
Farooq 52'

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

Khan Research Laboratories	2 - 1	National Bank
Murtaza 10' Y.Afridi 21'		Sher Ali Khan 81'

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Air Force	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Bhatti United	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Pakistan Railways	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

First match(es) will be played: 9 February 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pakistan Air Force	2 - 1	Bhatti United
Salman 33' Arif 71'		Latif 34'

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Pakistan Air Force	2 - 1	Pakistan Railways
Mansoor 28' Sohail Jr. 45'		Wajid 51'

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)

11:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

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Pakistan Railways	0 - 0	Bhatti United

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

14:30 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Quarterfinals

Pakistan Army	1 - 0	Bhatti United
Ansar Abbas 85'

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)

14:00 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Referee: Habibullah

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PAF F.C.	1 - 0	Karachi United
M.Mujahid 73'

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)

14:00 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

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Sui Southern Gas	0 - 0	National Bank
Penalties
	2 - 3

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)

14:00 (UTC+5)

Fame Club Ground, Lahore

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Khan Research Laboratories	3 - 1	WAPDA
Hanif 21' M.Adil 52' M.Shahid 89'		Arif 82'

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)

14:00 (UTC+5)

Faisal Town Football Ground, Lahore

Semifinals

Khan Research Laboratories	0 - 0	Pakistan Air Force
Penalties
	4 - 3

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)

11:00 (UTC+5)

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

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National Bank	1 - 0	Pakistan Army
M.Maqbool 6'

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)

14:00 (UTC+5)

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Third place match

Pakistan Air Force	2 - 0	Pakistan Army
Irfan 42', 66'

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Final

Khan Research Laboratories	1 - 0	National Bank
M.Ahmed 75'

22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)

Punjab Stadium, Lahore

Knockout round

Bracket

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

C1

Khan Research Laboratories

3

B2

WAPDA

1

C1

Khan Research Laboratories

0 (4)

D1

Pakistan Air Force

0 (3)

D1

Pakistan Air Force

1

A2

Karachi United

0

C1

Khan Research Laboratories

1

C2

National Bank

0

B1

Sui Southern Gas

0 (2)

C2

National Bank

0 (3)

C2

National Bank

1

Third place

A1

Pakistan Army

0

A1

Pakistan Army

1

D1

Pakistan Air Force

2

D2

Bhatti United

0

A1

Pakistan Army

0

Top scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fazal	Karachi United	6
2	Jadeed Khan	WAPDA	5
3	M. Bilal	Ashraf Sugar Mills	3
	Saadullah Khan	Sui Southern Gas
	Asif Khan	Karachi United
	Abdus Salam	Sui Southern Gas
4	Pehchan	Gwadar Port Authority	2

Prize fund

Prize money for 2016 PFF Cup.^[2]
Teams

Achieved round	Premium per team	Summed bonuses
Third Place	Rs.100,000
Finals	Rs.200,000
Champion	Rs.100,000	Rs.300,000

Fair Play, Best Players and Referees

Type	Money
Fair-play Trophy Winner	Rs.50,000
Top Goalscorer	Rs.25,000
Best Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Referee	Rs.15,000
Best Assistant Referee	Rs.10,000

References

1. "Local teams welcome upcoming PFF Cup 2016". The Express Tribune. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. "Football activity resumes as PFF Cup begins tomorrow". The News International. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.