49th National Championship At Bannu (NWFP), April 25-May 18, 2003 Note: CDGK (Karachi City District Government, formerly known as KMC) announced their withdrawal due to financial problems but eventually entered. Group A [Apr 25] WAPDA 3-0 NWFP Red [Khuda Bukhsh (2), Arif Mehmood] [Apr 28] NWFP Red 2-1 SSGC [Nazir Ullah 20, Taj Mohammed 60; Anwar 35] [Apr 30] WAPDA 2-1 SSGC [Arif Mehmood, Khuda Bukhsh; Allahuddin] 1.WAPDA 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6 Qualified 2.NWFP Red 2 1 0 1 2- 4 3 Qualified [aka Sarhad Red] 3.SSGC 2 0 0 2 2- 4 0 Group B [Apr 26] PAF 0-0 Habib Bank [May 3] PAF 0-0 Punjab Green [May 5] Habib Bank 4-0 Punjab Green [Shahid Salim (2), Shakir, Habib Ghulam] 1.Habib Bank 2 1 1 0 4- 0 4 Qualified 2.PAF 2 0 2 0 0- 0 2 Qualified 3.Punjab Green 2 0 1 1 0- 4 1 Group C [Apr 26] Pak Police 0-2 PTCL [Adeel Ahmed 3, 35] [Apr 29 - postponed from Apr 28 due to confusion over Balochistan teams] Pak Police 2-1 Balochistan Red [Sher Zaman, Nida Muhammad; Muhammad Naeem] [Apr 30] PTCL 2-0 Balochistan Red [Adeel Ahmed 20, 74] 1.PTCL 2 2 0 0 4- 0 6 Qualified 2.Pakistan Police 2 1 0 1 2- 3 3 Qualified 3.Balochistan Red 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0 Group D [May 3] Pak Navy 6-0 Sindh Green [Saleem (4), Nomi Martin Gill, Jara] [May 5] ABL 6-0 Sindh Green [Abdul Khaliq (2), Amir Khan, M.Yousuf (2), Amjad Zakriya] [May 8] Pak Navy 0-0 ABL 1.Pakistan Navy 2 1 1 0 6- 0 3 Qualified 2.Allied Bank Ltd 2 1 1 0 6- 0 3 Qualified 3.Sindh Green 2 0 0 2 0-12 0 NB: Navy won group on toin coss. Group E [May 2] Army 6-0 Punjab Red [Imran Hussain 17, 35, ?, Muhammad Zahid 33, ?, Kashif] FATA 2-0 CDGK [Abdul Samat 48, Saghi] [May 4] Pak Army 2-1 FATA [Ghulam Ali 53pen, Imran Hussain 67; Nadar Khan 45] Punjab Red 0-0 CDGK [May 6] FATA 4-0 Punjab Red [Mohammad Saeed 26, Samiullah 59, Saki Rehman 66, Allah Din 84] [May 7] Army 4-0 CDGK [Imran Hussain, Majid, Muzafar, Sanaullah] 1.Pakistan Army 3 3 0 0 12- 1 9 Qualified 2.FATA 3 2 0 1 7- 2 6 Qualified [*] 3.CDGK 3 0 1 2 0- 6 1 [*] 4.Punjab Red 3 0 1 2 0-10 1 [*] CDGK = City District Government Karachi; FATA = Federal Administered Tribal Area Group F [Apr 27] Railways 1-0 NWFP Green [Kaleem Akhtar 15] [Apr 29] KPT 5-0 NWFP Green [Shakir Taj (2), Fareed Majeed, Qasim Faiz, Ghulam Farooq] [May 7] Railways 0-0 KPT 1.Karachi Port Trust 2 1 1 0 5- 0 4 Qualified 2.Pakistan Railways 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4 Qualified 3.NWFP Green 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0 Group G [Apr 27] PIA 2-2 NBP [Javed Niaz 40, Shahid Imsail 90pen; Akhtar Rasool 76, Abdul Sattar 80] [Apr 29] PIA 1-0 Balochistan Green [Zahid Niaz] [May 2] NBP 1-2 Balochistan Green [Jamil; Azam (2)] 1.PIA 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4 Qualified 2.Balochistan Green 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3 Qualified 3.National Bank 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 Group H [May 1] UGC 1-5 KRL [Salman; Qadeer Ahmed (2), Ayaz Mohammad, Allah Nawaz, Sarfraz Rasool] [May 6] UGC 0-3 Sindh Red [Akbar Ali 51, M. Musa 67, Aurangzeb 87] [May 8] KRL 1-1 Sindh Red [Hayatullah; M. Nazeer] 1.Khan Research Laboratories 2 1 1 0 6- 2 4 Qualified 2.Sindh Red 2 1 1 0 4- 1 4 Qualified 3.University Grants Commission 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0 1/8 Finals [May 9] WAPDA 2-0 PAF [Mehmood Arif (2, both 2nd half)] Army 3-0 Railways [M.Kashif, Jaffar Hussain, Imran Hussain] [May 10] KRL 1-0 Balochistan Green [Allah Nawaz 13] PIA 1-3 Sindh Red [Shahid Ismail 27pen; Muhammad Musa 9, Aurangzeb 75, Ghafoor 81] [May 11] Navy 3-0 Police [Basharat Ali, Zaheer Ahmed, Nazakat Hussain] KPT 0-0 FATA [asdet, 4-2 pen] [May 12] PTCL 1-0 ABL [Adeel Ahmed 71] HBL 2-0 NWFP Red [Shahid Salim, Amjad Hussain] Quarterfinals [May 13] Army 1-0 Sindh Red [Nasir Iqbal 83] FATA 1-2 KRL [asdet] [Samee; Qadeer Ahmed (1st half), Allah Nawaz (golden goal)] [May 14] WAPDA 1-0 PTCL [Khuda Bukhsh 5] HBL 1-1 Navy [asdet, 4-2 pen] [Abdul Waheed; Iqbal] Semifinals [May 15] Army 1-0 KRL [Imran Hussain (2nd half)] [May 16] WAPDA 4-1 HBL [Khuda Bukhsh 20, Arif Mehmood 54, Muhammad Niaz 73, Muhammad Fakhar 85; Muhammad Zahir 78] Final [May 18] WAPDA 0-0 Army [no et, 4-2 pen] [penalty scorers: WAPDA: Khuda Baksh, Muhammad Jamshed, Qamar Zaman, Muhammad Niaz; Army: Shahid Nadeem, Jaffar Khan] Topscorers: 1. Imran Hussain (Army) 7 2. Adeel Ahmed (PTCL) 5 3. Khuda Bukhsh (WAPDA) 4 Saleem (Navy) 4 Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 4 6. Shahid Saleem (HBL) 3 Qadeer Ahmed (KRL) 3 Allah Nawaz (KRL) 3 NB: at the end of the year 2003, PIA disbanded their soccer team. (Partial) Squads: PTCL: GK: 1 Basharat Mirza, Amjad Rafiq DF: 5 Arif Mashi (VC) 3 Shahbaz Ali, 4 Mohammad Shahbaz, 11 Saleem Butt, Abdul Ghani, Yasir Sabir MF: 10 Adeel Ahmed, 6 Burhan Ali, 18 Mohammad Arshad, 2 Tahir Karamat, Sajjad Sami, 15 Sibghat Ullah FW: 7 Muhammad Essa (Not at Championship), 9 Shahid Ahmed©, Nouman Javed, Abdul Haq, Zahid Hameed, 17 Muhammad Bashir Coach: M. Younus Rana Manager: Syed Sharafat Hussain Shah Bukhari KPT: GK: Abdul Ghani DF: Naseer Ahmed©, Zulfiqar, Akhtar, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Samad, Rashid, Abdul Khaliq MF: Fareed Majeed (VC), Nawaz Rehman, Shakir Taj, Idrees FW: Asif Ayub, Lal Bakhsh, Asim Faiz and Ghulam Farooq Coach: Qasim Soomar Manager: Akber Baloch NBP: GK: Zahid Taj© DF: Shamim Ahmed, Abdul Qayyum, Asghar Ali Sr., Ghulam Shabbir, Asghar Ali Jr. MF: Muhammad Sadiq, Muhammad Ashraf, Rasheed Soomro, Qamar Ali, M Anis, Abdul Sattar, Mansoor Ali, Sorab Khan, Syed Nasir Ismail FW: Arif Nasim, M Arshad, Basit Kamal, Zahir Muhammad. Coach: Abbas Baloch Manager: Pervez Iqbal WAPDA: GK: Rashid Luqman DF: Tanveer Ahmed©, Talib Hussain, Muhammad Fakhar MF: Muhammad Niaz FW: Khuda Bukhsh, Dilshad Ali, Arif Mehmood, Army: GK: Jaffar Khan, Falak Sher DF: Muhammad Zahid MF: Ghulam Ali, Sanullah FW: Imran Hussain KRL: DF: Attique-ur-Rehman, MF: Sarfraz Rasool, Ayyaz Muhammad, Sajjad Hussain FW: Allah Nawaz©, Qadeer Ahmed ABL: GK: Noman Ibrahim DF: 15 Haroon Yousaf©, 13 Ashfaq Ahmed, 5 Bashir Ahmed, 14 Amir Khan MF: 10 Muhammad Ejaz FW: Amjad Zakariya, Abdul Khaliq HBL: GK: Muhammad Shazad MF: Muhammad Zahir©, Amjad Hussain, Abdul Waheed, FW: Shahid Saleem, Habib Ghulam, Shakir, Provisional Squad Sindh Red: GK: Khair Mohammad (Baloch Union), Sajid Hussain, Zulfiqar (KESC), Imran (Metroville) DF: Abdul Razzaq, Akber, Abbas, Ahmed, Sohail (KESC), Jahangir (Askari Brothers), Farid (Phool Patti Star), Ghulam Naib (Bashir Memorial), Jamil Baba (Young Phool Patti), Farooq (Shama Eleven), Azizur Rehman (Imtiaz Sports), Shakir Sher Mohammad (Young Kalri), Ghaffar (Saifee Sports), Jalal (Metro Ville Star) MF: Aftab Qadir, Javed (KESC), Rashid (Young Phool Patti), Yasir Murad FW: Moosa, Sohail Ishaq, Auranzeb (KESC), Gul Mohammad (Lyari Kickers), Nazir Ahmed, (Young Thuglaq), Fazal Wahab (Shama Sports), Imam Bux (Khaskheli Sports), Basit (Sindh Baloch), Akram (Azam Nagar), Imran (Young Umerlane), Ghafoor (Young Hilal), Asif Yousuf (Ghulam Ali Memorial), Fayyaz (Young Baloch), Murad Ali (Young Panjgur) Authors: Syed Akber Ali Wahidi (akbersoccer@hotmail.com) and Malik Riaz Hai Naveed (MalikRiaz@footballpakistan.com) Last updated: 7 Feb 2004 (C) Copyright Syed Akber Ali Wahidi, Malik Riaz Hai Naveed and RSSSF 2003/04