2019 PFF National Challenge Cup final explained

2019 PFF National Challenge Cup final
Event:	National Challenge Cup
Team1:	Sui Southern Gas
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Pakistan Army
Team2score:	3
Date:	4 August 2019
Stadium:	Tehmas Khan Football Stadium
City:	Peshawar
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup final was a football match between Pakistan Army and Sui Southern Gas played on 4 August 2019 at Tehmas Khan Football Stadium in Peshawar.^[1] Pakistan Army won their National Challenge Cup title after having won the last time in 2001.

Road to final

Sui Southern Gas	Round	Pakistan Army
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Pakistan Television	1–1	Matchday 1	PFF Tigers	1–0
Pakistan Navy	2–1	Matchday 2	Pakistan Railways	1–0
		Matchday 3	Civil Aviation Authority	2–2
Group B winner Team Sui Southern Gas 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Pakistan Navy 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Pakistan Television 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1		Final standings	Group C winner Team Pakistan Army 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Civil Aviation Authority 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 5 PFF Tigers 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Pakistan Railways 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Civil Aviation Authority	1–0	Quarter-finals	Pakistan Navy	2–0 (aet)
WAPDA	1–0	Semi-finals	Khan Research Laboratories	0–0 (aet) (3–1 p.)

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 34 Saqib Hanif LWB 20 Nabi Bux CB 13 CB 11 Abdul Salam CB 4 Muhammad Naveed RWB 3 Amjad Hussain LW 27 Salal Raza CM 6 Bilawal-ur-Rehman CM 17 Saddam Hussain (c) RW 23 Habib-ur-Rehman CF 10 Substitutes: GK 40 Zubair Ahmed DF 2 Hameed Khan MF 7 Jadeed Khan MF 19 Zakir Lashari FW 9 Muhammad Lal FW 15 Raziq Mushtaq FW 24 Muhammad Tahir Manager: Tariq Lutfi

width=25 ! width=25 GK 18 Ahmed Manzoor RB 3 Nisar Ahmed CB 4 Shahid Iqbal CB 5 Shahbaz Younas LB 12 Nauman Saud DM 7 Zil Hasnain CM 8 Muhammad Afzaal CM 21 Ansar Abbas (c) RF 17 Abdul Rehman CF 23 Muhammad Jamil LF 19 Muhammad Nasir Substitutes: GK 1 Shahbaz Ahmed DF 2 Mir Shiraz-ud-Din DF 13 Muhammad Irshad DF 14 Muhammad Shahid MF 15 Najeeb-ur-Rehman FW 9 Ali Raza FW 10 Mohammad Sarfaraz Manager: Ghayoor Ali Hamdani

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Seven named substitutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sui Southern Gas Company 2 : 3 Pakistan Army FC . Global Sports Archive . August 4, 2019 . globalsportsarchive.com . August 6, 2019.