The 2018 National Football Challenge Cup final was a football match between Pakistan Air Force and WAPDA played on 10 May 2018 at KPT Football Stadium in Karachi. Pakistan Air Force won their second National Challenge Cup title after having won the first in 2014.
Road to final
WAPDARound Pakistan Air ForceOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Sui Southern Gas1–0Matchday 1 Pakistan Police2–2 Karachi United3–0Matchday 2 State Life2–0Group F winner Team WAPDA220040+46 Sui Southern Gas21012203 Karachi United200215−40Final standingsGroup C winner Team Pakistan Air Force211042+24State Life210123–13 Pakistan Police201134−11OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultPakistan Navy2–0Quarter-finalsPakistan Army0–0 (aet) (2–4 p.)Pakistan Petroleum2–0Semi-finalsCivil Aviation Authority1–1 (aet) (4–3 p.)
Match Details
GK 1 Muzammil Hussain (c)RB 4 Saadat HussainCB 5 Shahram BabarCB 6 Muhammad UmarLB 8 Muhammad Ahmed CM 15 Muhammad BilalCM 14 Ali UzairRW 7 Ahmed Faheem AM 10 NaeemullahLW 29 Adeel AliCF 11 Muhammad AliSubstitutes:GK 18 Bilal KhalidDF 3 Mohsin AliDF 21 Arbab BasitMF 9 Usman Manzoor MF 12 Muhammad WasimMF 13 Adnan SaeedMF 20 Muhammad Khurram Manager: Muhammad Habib GK 18 Ghazanfer YaseenRB 3 Muhammad AsifCB 4 Muhammad SohailCB 15 Mehdi HasanLB 16 Muhammad Alam DM 8 Amir Khan CM 10 Muhammad Mujahid (c) CM 17 Sohail Khan RW 19 Samad Khan LW 7 Mansoor KhanCF 9 Irfan AliSubstitutes:GK 1 Muhammad MubashirDF 13 Mudassir WasimDF 20 Muhammad JunaidMF 21 Abdul RehmanFW 6 Salman KhanFW 11 Muhammad ZeeshanManager: Aslam Khan Assistant referees:2,500 Adnan Anjum Jahangir Khan Fourth official:2,500 Mehboob AliMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
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