The 2019 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Pakistan Air Force330090+99Advance to Knockout round
2Pakistan Police311174+34
3National Bank311146−24
4Asia Ghee Mills3003111−100
Pakistan Air Force4–0Asia Ghee Mills
Irfan Ali 45' Mansoor 59' (pen.), 67' M. Faisal Yaseen 61'
National Bank2–2Pakistan Police
Basit Ali 42' Maqbool 67'Tariq 28', 53'
Pakistan Air Force2–0Pakistan Police
Ali Raza 64', 84'
National Bank2–0Asia Ghee Mills
Maqbool 20' Sher Ali 88'
Pakistan Police5–0Asia Ghee Mills
Jamil 31' M. Hanif 49' Yousaf Ali 75', 80' Nabeel 87'
National Bank0–3Pakistan Air Force
Sohail Jr. 47' M. Faisal Yaseen 90+3' Mansoor 90+4'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Sui Southern Gas211032+14Advance to Knockout round
2Pakistan Navy210132+13
3Pakistan Television201113−21
Pakistan Navy2–0Pakistan Television
Awais Gul 66' Abdurl Rehman 89'
Sui Southern Gas1–1Pakistan Television
Zain-ul-Abden 58'Adnan Khan 41'
Sui Southern Gas2–1Pakistan Navy
Saadullah 10' Zakir Lashari 39'Farhaullah 73'

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Pakistan Army321042+27Advance to Knockout round
2Civil Aviation Authority312082+65
3PFF Tigers302112−12
4Pakistan Railways301218−71
Pakistan Army1–0PFF Tigers
M. Jamil 90'
Civil Aviation Authority6–0Pakistan Railways
Muhammad Waheed 4', 45+5', 60', 71', 78', 79'
PFF Tigers0–0Civil Aviation Authority
Pakistan Army1–0Pakistan Railways
Ali Raza 9'
Civil Aviation Authority2–2Pakistan Army
Shakeel Ahmed 6' Muhammad Waheed 62'M. Nasir 31', 51'
Pakistan Railways1–1PFF Tigers
M. Saleem 90+2'Naik Alam 13'

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Khan Research Laboratories321080+87Advance to Knockout round
2WAPDA321050+57
3Karachi Port Trust310218−73
4Karachi United300306−60
Khan Research Laboratories3–0Karachi United
Izharullah 29' Iftikhar A. Khan 41' Umair Ali 90+1'
WAPDA3–0Karachi Port Trust
Zubair Qadeer 10' Ashfaquddin 23' Adnan Saeed 57'
WAPDA2–0Karachi United
Zubair Qadeer 18' Ashfaquddin 78'
Khan Research Laboratories5–0Karachi Port Trust
Arslan Ali 17' Izharullah 29' Iftikhar A. Khan 39' Imran Khan 65' Umair Ali 83'
Khan Research Laboratories0–0WAPDA
Karachi Port Trust1–0Karachi United
Fareed Ahmed 21'

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

WAPDA0–1Sui Southern Gas
Hussain 23'
Khan Research Laboratories0–0 (a.e.t.)Pakistan Army
Penalties
Umair Ali Iftikhar A. Khan Shahid Ghulam Fareed1–3Nisar Ahmed Najeeb-ur-Rehman M. Jamil

Third place

WAPDA0–1Khan Research Laboratories
Umair Ali 90'

Final

Details

Sui Southern Gas2–3Pakistan Army
Saadullah 41' M. Tahir 52'Abbas 67', 75' Ali Raza 77'

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

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Muhammad WaheedCivil Aviation Authority7
2Umair AliKhan Research Laboratories6
3Ashfaqquddin BabarWAPDA4
4Mansoor KhanPakistan Air Force3
5Ali RazaPakistan Air Force2
Muhammad TariqPakistan Police
Iftikhar Ali KhanKhan Research Laboratories
Izharullah KhanKhan Research Laboratories
Muhammad NasirPakistan Army
Ali RazaPakistan Army

Clean Sheets

As of 4 August 2019

RankPlayerTeamC
1Abdul BasitWAPDA4
NasrullahKhan Research Laboratories4
2Ghanzafar YaseenPakistan Air Force3
3Saqib HanifSui Southern Gas Company2
4Murad KhanPFF Tigers1
Shehroz AhmedPakistan Navy1
Ahmed ManzoorPakistan Army1
Sameer AhmedPakistan Civil Aviation Authority1

Awards

As of 4 August 2019

AwardPlayerClub
Top ScorerMuhammad WaheedCivil Aviation Authority
Most Valuable PlayerSaadullah KhanSui Southern Gas
Best GoalkeeperAhmed ManzoorPakistan Army
Fair Play—Pakistan Air Force

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