Football tournament season
1996 PFF President's Cup National Football Challenge Cup Country Pakistan Venue(s) Quetta Dates 16 August – 13 September Teams 24 (total) 21 (participating, 3 teams withdrew) Defending champions General Fans Champions Allied Bank (1st title) Runner-up Pakistan Army Third place WAPDA Fourth place Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Matches played 95 Goals scored 151 (1.59 per match) Top goal scorer(s) Qazi Ashfaq (8 goals)Best player Mohammad Shahbaz(Pakistan Army )
The 1996 PPF President's Cup was the 10th edition of Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup . 24 teams qualified for the tournament but 3 withdrew as soon as the tournament started. Quetta hosted the tournament, commencing from August 16, 1996 – September 13, 1996.[ 1]
Allied Bank won the tournament, defeating Pakistan Army 3–1 in the final, completing the double as they also won the league the same year.[ 1]
Teams
A total of 24 teams participated in the team. General Fans won the previous tournament, held in 1994. But they did not participated in the 1996 edition.[ 1]
Groups
Group stage
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Allied Bank
3
3
0
0
8
2
+6
9
Advance to Knockout round
2
Pakistan Airforce
3
2
1
0
3
1
+2
7
3
Pakistan Public Work Department
3
1
0
2
6
4
+2
3
4
Karachi Development Authority
3
0
0
3
2
12
−10
0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Muslim Commercial Bank
3
2
1
0
6
2
+4
7
Advance to Knockout round
2
Pakistan Railways
3
1
2
0
4
3
+1
5
3
Quetta Metropolitan Corporation
3
1
1
1
8
6
+2
4
4
Pakistan Police
3
0
0
3
3
10
−7
0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group C
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group D
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group E
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Pakistan Airlines
3
3
0
0
12
0
+12
9
Advance to Knockout round
2
Pakistan Automobile Corporation
3
2
0
1
5
7
−2
6
3
Port Qasim Authority
3
1
0
2
2
8
−6
3
4
Pat Feeder Project
3
0
0
3
1
5
−4
0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group F
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Sindh Government Press
3
2
1
0
14
1
+13
7
Advance to Knockout round
2
Habib Bank
3
2
1
0
2
0
+2
7
3
Ordinance Depot Quetta
3
1
0
2
5
7
−2
3
4
State Bank of Pakistan
3
0
0
3
1
14
−13
0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group G
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Group H
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Karachi Port Trust
3
2
1
0
10
0
+10
7
Advance to Knockout round
2
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
5
3
House Building Finance Corporation
3
1
1
1
1
5
−4
4
4
Balochistan Secretariat
3
0
0
3
2
9
−7
0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2003. Source:
RSSSF
Knockout round
In knockout stages, 2 matches will be played simultaneously therefore one match was played in Quetta while other in Loralai .[ 1]
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Finals
Statistics
Top goalscorers
As of 13 September 1996 [ 1]
References