1996 President PFF Cup

1996 President PFF Cup
National Football Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryPakistan
Venue(s)Quetta
Dates16 August – 13 September
Teams24 (total)
21 (participating, 3 teams withdrew)
Defending championsFrontier Constabulary
Final positions
ChampionsAllied Bank (1st title)
Runners-upPakistan Army
Third placeWAPDA
Fourth placeKarachi Electric Supply Corporation
Tournament statistics
Matches played95
Goals scored151 (1.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Qazi Ashfaq (8 goals)
Awards
Best playerMohammad Shahbaz
(Pakistan Army)

The 1996 President PFF Cup was the 10th edition of Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup. 24 teams qualified for the tournament but 3 withdrew as soon as the tournament started. Quetta hosted the tournament, commencing from 16 August 1996 – 13 September 1996.[1]

Allied Bank won the tournament, defeating Pakistan Army 3–1 in the final, completing the double as they also won the National Football Championship the same year.[1][2][3]

Teams

A total of 24 teams participated in the team. General Fans won the previous tournament, held in 1994. But they did not participated in the 1996 edition.[1]

Groups

Group stage
Allied Bank Karachi Development Authority Pakistan Airforce Pakistan Public Work Department
Muslim Commercial Bank Pakistan Police Pakistan Railways Quetta Metropolitan Corporation
Hinopak * Pakistan Army Pakistan Telecommunication Sui Southern Gas
Balochistan Agriculture Department Khan Research Laboratories National Bank Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Automobile Corporation Pakistan International Airlines Pat Feeder Project Port Qasim Authority
Habib Bank Ordinance Depot Quetta Sindh Government Press State Bank of Pakistan
Building & Road Department * Karachi Electric Supply Corporation University Grants Commission * WAPDA
Balochistan Secretariat House Building Finance Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Karachi Port Trust
  • * Withdrew

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Allied Bank 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Airforce 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3 Pakistan Public Work Department 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
4 Karachi Development Authority 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Pakistan Public Work Department5–1Karachi Development Authority
Tariq Umar ?', ?', ?', ?'
Ramzan ?'		 Report Prem Chand ?'
Allied Bank1–0Pakistan Airforce
M. Bashir ?' Report
Pakistan Airforce1–0Pakistan Public Work Department
M. Zameer ?' Report
Allied Bank5–1Karachi Development Authority
Qazi Ashfaq ?', ?', ?'
Shakil ?', ?'		 Report Wazir Ali ?'
Pakistan Airforce2–0Karachi Development Authority
Tahir Mehmood ?'
Javed ?'		 Report
Allied Bank2–1Pakistan Public Work Department
Qazi Ashfaq ?'
M. Bashir ?'		 Report Ayub Taj ?'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Muslim Commercial Bank 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Railways 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3 Quetta Metropolitan Corporation 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
4 Pakistan Police 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Quetta Metropolitan Corporation6–2Pakistan Police
Aslam Shah ?', ?', ?'
Ghulam Nabi ?', ?', ?'		 Report Mairaj Akhter ?'
M. Shafiq ?'
Pakistan Railways1–1Muslim Commercial Bank
Israr Hussain ?' Report Shahid Saleem ?'
Muslim Commercial Bank2–0Quetta Metropolitan Corporation
M. Zafar ?'
M. Bashir ?'		 Report
Pakistan Railways1–0Pakistan Police
Israr Hussain ?' Report
Muslim Commercial Bank3–1Pakistan Police
Imam Bux ?'
M. Zafar ?'
Shahid Saleem ?'		 Report Bakhtawar ?'
Quetta Metropolitan Corporation2–2Pakistan Railways
Jalal Qazi ?', ?' Report Salim Yousuf ?'
Burhan Ali ?'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pakistan Army 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 4 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Telecommunication 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
3 Sui Southern Gas 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
4 Hinopak * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Pakistan Telecommunication3–2Sui Southern Gas
M. Mehdi ?'
Talib ?'
Ali Ahmed ?'		 Report Pervez ?'
M. Karim ?'
Pakistan Army5–0Sui Southern Gas
M. Shahbaz ?', ?', ?'
Mayor Jan ?'
Babar Mehmood ?'		 Report
Pakistan Army2–2Pakistan Telecommunication
M. Shahbaz ?'
Haji Abdul Sattar ?'		 Report M. Mehdi ?'
Shahid ?'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 National Bank 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Navy 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3 Khan Research Laboratories 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4 Balochistan Agriculture Department 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
National Bank5–0Balochistan Agriculture Department
Zafri ?', ?', ?'
Shamim Akhter ?'
Nasir Ismail ?'		 Report
Pakistan Navy1–0Khan Research Laboratories
Zahir Ahmed ?' Report
Pakistan Navy2–2Balochistan Agriculture Department
Naik Muhammad ?'
Zahir Ahmed ?'		 Report M. Zahir ?'
M. Hanif ?'
National Bank1–1Khan Research Laboratories
Asghar Sr. ?' Report Jahanzeb ?'
Pakistan Navy1–1National Bank
Zahir Ahmed ?' Report Syed Nasir Ali ?'
Khan Research Laboratories4–2Balochistan Agriculture Department
Shahid ?', ?'
Hameed Khan ?'
Sajjad Hussain ?'		 Report Abdullah ?'
Qadir Shah ?'

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pakistan Airlines 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Advance to Knockout round
2 Pakistan Automobile Corporation 3 2 0 1 5 7 −2 6
3 Port Qasim Authority 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4 Pat Feeder Project 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Port Qasim Authority1–0Pat Feeder Project
Gul Hussain ?' Report
Pakistan Airlines5–0Pakistan Automobile Corporation
Zahid Niaz ?', ?'
Naseem Akhter ?'
Abid ?'
Abdul Wahid ?'		 Report
Pakistan Automobile Corporation2–1Port Qasim Authority
M. Khalid ?'
Aftab Ahmed ?'		 Report M. Rasheed ?'
Pakistan Airlines1–0Pat Feeder Project
M. Umar ?' Report
Pakistan Airlines6–0Port Qasim Authority
Gohar Zaman ?', ?'
M. Umar ?'
A. Rehman ?'
Naseem Akhter ?'
Abid ?'		 Report
Pakistan Automobile Corporation2–1Pat Feeder Project
M. Khalid ?'
Aftab Ahmed ?'		 Report M. Rasheed ?'

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sindh Government Press 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Advance to Knockout round
2 Habib Bank 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
3 Ordinance Depot Quetta 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 State Bank of Pakistan 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Ordinance Depot Quetta4–1State Bank of Pakistan
Azam ?', ?', ?'
M. Iqbal ?'		 Report Arshad Jameel ?'
Habib Bank0–0Sindh Government Press
Report
Sindh Government Press10–0State Bank of Pakistan
Asif ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Essa ?', ?', ?'
Zulfiqar ?'
Allah Bux ?'		 Report
Habib Bank2–0Ordinance Depot Quetta
Pervaiz ?'
Ibrahim ?'		 Report
Sindh Government Press4–1Ordinance Depot Quetta
Essa ?', ?'
Asif ?'
Allah Bux ?'		 Report M. Iqbal ?'
Habib Bankw/oState Bank of Pakistan
Report

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Advance to Knockout round
2 WAPDA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Building & Road Department* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 University Grants Commission* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
WAPDA0–0Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Report

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Karachi Port Trust 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7 Advance to Knockout round
2 Karachi Metropolitan Corporation 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 House Building Finance Corporation 3 1 1 1 1 5 −4 4
4 Balochistan Secretariat 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source: RSSSF
Balochistan Secretariat0–1House Building Finance Corporation
Report Ashraf ?'
Karachi Port Trus0–0Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
Report
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation3–2Balochistan Secretariat
Hanif Patni ?'
A. Ghafoor ?'
Bakht Rehmna ?'		 Report Haider Shah ?', ?'
Karachi Port Trust5–0House Building Finance Corporation
Khaliq ?', ?', ?'
Salim Arab ?'
Ghulam Farooq ?'		 Report
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation0–0House Building Finance Corporation
Report
Karachi Port Trust5–0Balochistan Secretariat
Amin ?', ?'
Khaliq ?', ?'
Ghulam Farooq ?'		 Report

Knockout round

In knockout stages, 2 matches will be played simultaneously therefore one match was played in Quetta while other in Loralai.[1]

Round of 16

Allied Bank5–2Pakistan Railways
Qazi Ashfaq ?', ?'
Amjad Zakariya ?', ?'
Shakil ?'		 Report Burhan Ali ?'
Tariq ?'
Muslim Commercial Bank0–1Pakistan Airforce
Report Arshad ?'
Pakistan Airlines1–0Habib Bank
Zahid Niaz ?' Report
Sindh Government Press0–0 (a.e.t.)Pakistan Automobile Corporation
Report
Penalties
4–3
Pakistan Army3–0Pakistan Navy
Mayor Jan ?'
M. Shahbaz ?'
Babar Mehmood ?'		 Report
National Bank3–0Pakistan Telecommunication
Syed Nasir Ali ?'
Shamim Akhter ?'
Zafri ?'		 Report
Karachi Port Trust0–0 (a.e.t.)WAPDA
Report
Penalties
3–4
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation0–3Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Report Habib ?'
Ashraf ?'
Ilyas ?'

Quarter finals

Allied Bank3–0Pakistan Airforce
Amjad Zakariya ?'
Bashir ?'
Qazi Ashfaq ?'		 Report
Pakistan Airlines2–1Sindh Government Press
Gohar Zaman ?'
Asif ?'		 Report Anwar Saeed ?'
Pakistan Army2–0National Bank
M. Shahbaz ?'
Mayor Jan ?'		 Report
WAPDA4–0Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Imtiaz Butt ?', ?'
Shahid ?'
Rashid ?'		 Report

Semi finals

Pakistan Army1–1 (a.e.t.)WAPDA
Mayor Jan ?' Report Zubair Ahmed ?'
Penalties
3–1
Pakistan Airlines0–1Allied Bank
Report Haroon Yousaf ?'

Finals

Allied Bank3–1Pakistan Army
Qazi Ashfaq ?'
Haroon Yousaf ?'
Amjad Zakariya ?'		 Report Haji Abdul Sattar ?'

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 13 September 1996[1]
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Qazi Ashfaq Allied Bank 8
2 Mohammad Shahbaz Pakistan Army 6
Muhammad Asif Sindh Government Press
4 Essa Khan Sindh Government Press 5
Abdul Khaliq Karachi Port Trust
6 Tariq Umar Pakistan Public Work Department 4
Amjad Zakariya Allied Bank
Mayor Jan Pakistan Army
Zafri National Bank

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pakistan 1996". RSSSF. November 23, 2003. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Ali, Shazad (2002-11-04). "ABL regain PFF Cup on penalty shootout". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  3. ^ Report, Recorder (2019-08-06). "Pakistan Army win 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup". Brecorder. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
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