| Year | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Dates | 17 June – 5 August 2005 |
| Num teams | 31 |
| Winners | PTCL |
| Count | 2 |
| Second | WAPDA |
| Prev season | 2003 |
| Next season | 2008 |
| Updated | 5 August 2005 |
The 2005 National Challenge Cup was the 17th season of National Challenge Cup, the main cup tournament in Pakistani football.[1]
PTCL won the cup, although their team was dissolved in the end of 2005 season.
Background
The Pakistan Football Federation under new elected body headed by president Faisal Saleh Hayat abolished the President's PFF Cup along with the National Football Championship in 2004, as part of a league-first restructuring.[2][3] In 2005 the federation launched the National Challenge Cup, often promoted in contemporary reports as an inaugural tournament,[4][5][6] although it effectively represented a rebranded continuation of the earlier President’s PFF Cup.[7] In contrary to the departments-only format of the former President PFF Cup, the restructured Challenge Cup briefly admitted club sides in the preliminary stage before the seeded departments entered later rounds.[5][8]
Ahead of the event, the federation announced a format with five pre-seeded teams, WAPDA, KRL, Army, KPT and NBP, entering directly at the second stage.[5] The tournament was scheduled to kick off on 1 June, featuring 27 phase-one teams, a prize purse of Rs1 million, and matches staged in Peshawar, Wah, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi and Quetta.[8]
During the competition the second-stage venues were shifted, with Group I matches moved to Faisalabad and Group II to Rawalpindi’s Army Stadium.[9]
PTCL won the cup in August 2005, with striker Adeel Ahmed finishing as leading scorer. The final at Rawalpindi Army Sports Complex was held under floodlights, with PFF president Faisal Saleh Hayat as chief guest.[10][11]
Stage 1
Note: WAPDA, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army, Karachi Port Trust and National Bank of Pakistan bye to stage 2.
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
Group 1
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Group 2
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Pool E
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Stage 2
Group 1
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Group 2
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Knockout round
Semifinals
Third place match
References
- ^ "Pakistan 2005". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "PFF abolishes national championship". Dawn. 2004-01-10. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "National soccer league kicks off from May 28". Dawn. 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "Elimination phase starts from today". Dawn. 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "National Challenge Cup from May 25". Dawn. 2005-05-11. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "Challenge Cup soccer". Dawn. 2005-06-01. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "Giving local football a helping hand". jang.com.pk. 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ^ "Challenge Cup kicks off on June 1". Dawn. 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
- ^ "Venues for Challenge Cup shifted". Dawn. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "Adeel hat trick shocks Afghan Club". Dawn. 2005-09-25. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ "National Challenge Cup next month". The Nation. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2025-09-18.