33-561: National Football Championship may refer to: Association Football [ edit ] National Football Championship (Pakistan) National Football Championship (Bangladesh) Korean National Football Championship National Football Championship of Romania American Football [ edit ] College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS NJCAA National Football Championship Topics referred to by
66-489: A cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSk ) with a significant variation between summer and winter temperatures. Summer starts from late May and goes on until early September with average temperatures ranging from 24–26 °C (75–79 °F). The highest temperature in Quetta is 42 °C (108 °F) which was recorded on 10 July 1998. Autumn starts in mid-September and continues until mid-November with average temperatures in
99-484: A monsoon season of heavy rainfall. Highest rainfall during 24 hours in Quetta is 113 millimetres (4.4 in) which was recorded on 17 December 2000, Highest monthly rainfall of 232.4 millimetres (9.15 in) was recorded in March 1982 which was also the year of the highest annual rainfall, 949.8 millimetres (37.39 in). In the winter, snowfall has become quite erratic (December, January and February). The city saw
132-462: A part of Durrani Empire . The first European visited Quetta in 1828, describing it as mud-walled fort surrounded by three hundred mud houses . In 1876, Quetta was occupied by the British and subsequently incorporated into British India . In 1856, British General John Jacob had urged his government to occupy Quetta given its strategic position on the western frontier. British troops constructed
165-467: A severe drought from 1999 to 2001 during which the city did not receive snowfall and below normal rains. In 2002, the city received snow after a gap of five years. In 2004 and 2005, the city received normal rains after three years without snowfall while in 2006, 2007 and 2009 the city received no snow. In 2008, it received a snowfall of 10 centimetres (4 in) in four hours on 29 January, followed on 2 February by 25.4 centimetres (10 in) in 10 hours –
198-581: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Football Championship (Pakistan) The National Football Championship was the men's highest level football competition from 1948 to 2003. Founded by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in 1948, it was mainly held on knock-out basis. It was eventually replaced by the Pakistan Premier League from
231-486: Is governed by a municipal corporation consisting of 66 ward members which elects a mayor and a deputy mayor. In addition, Quetta Development Authority is responsible for provision of municipal services for the city. Quetta is on the western side of Pakistan and is connected to the rest of the country by a network of roads, railways and its international airport close to its centre. At an altitude of 1,605 metres (5,266 feet) above sea level, Quetta International Airport
264-484: Is the second highest airport in Pakistan. Pakistan International Airlines has regular flights to and from the other major cities of Pakistan including Islamabad , Gwadar , Karachi , Lahore and Peshawar . Quetta Railway Station is one of the highest railway stations in Pakistan at 1,676 metres (5,499 feet) above sea level. The railway track was laid in the 1890s during the British era to link Quetta with rest of
297-674: The 2004–05 season in order to professionalize the sport in Pakistan. Until 1971, it was run in parallel with the Dhaka League in East Pakistan . The National Football League era though saw Karachi based Pakistan Airlines with most championships, winning the competition nine times. National Football Championship featured teams representing cities or provinces, including teams from Dacca Division and Chittagong Division from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ). Dacca Division won two back-to-back leagues, and Chittagong Division won
330-472: The 2014 National Women Championship . The major football ground is Ayub National Stadium , a multipurpose stadium also used for athletics. Other football grounds include Qayyum Papa Stadium and Sadiq Shaheed Stadium . Bugti Stadium is the home of Balochistan cricket team , a first-class cricket team which competes in domestic tournaments, and the Quetta-based team Quetta Gladiators compete in
363-620: The Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were the champion of the PSL 2019 . Boxing is highly popular as well. Muhammad Waseem is a professional boxer from Quetta. In Body Building Nisar Ahmed Khilji has Mr. Balochistan and Mr. Pakistan Titles and Pakistan representation in International Body Building Contests. In hockey, Quetta has produced Zeeshan Ashraf and Shakeel Abbasi , who were members of
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#1732797551378396-455: The Pakistan's national hockey team . Local facilities were created in the city for mountain climbing and caving as well as water sports. Hayatullah Khan Durrani ( Pride of Performance ) is the chief executive of Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy, Balochistan's first and only Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Sailing, rough swimming and boating academy where all such facilities provide free to
429-639: The River Indus . Quetta serves as the learning centre for the Balochistan province. The city has a number of government and private colleges, including the following: Football is the most popular sport among the people of Quetta. The city has produced notable footballers for the Pakistan national football team including Abdul Wahid Durrani , Qayyum Changezi , Ayub Dar , Mohammad Ali , and Rajab Ali Hazara . Main football clubs from Quetta include Baloch Quetta . Balochistan United WFC won
462-431: The 12–18 °C (54–64 °F) range. Winter starts in late November and ends in late February with average temperatures near 4–5 °C (39–41 °F). The lowest temperature in Quetta is −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) which was recorded on 8 January 1970. Spring starts in early March and ends in mid-May with average temperatures close to 15 °C (59 °F). Unlike more easterly parts of Pakistan, Quetta does not have
495-454: The 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons won by Pakistan Airlines and Pakistan Army respectively structured on a proper league-style basis and spread over a number of months. Butt also managed to get a three-year sponsorship deal with Lifebuoy Soap , with amounts of 35 million PKR spent in the organisations of the seasons and televised through the country. Out of that amount, 15 million rupees were spent on advertisement and remaining 20 million on
528-792: The National Championships each year. Before the Bangladesh Liberation War , the 1969–70 National Championship was won by Chittagong in East Pakistan as they beat Peshawar in the final at Comilla . A year later without teams from East Pakistan, Pakistan Airlines won its first ever national championship in Multan after overcoming Karachi in the final. After the formation of Bangladesh in December 1971, clubs from East Pakistan stopped featuring in
561-859: The Pakistan Football Federation failed to organise the National Championship 1949. However, in early 1950, the PFF was completely restructured and reorganised, bringing the competition back, this time held in early September 1950 at Quetta where Balochistan Red beat Sindh in the final. The results of the 1950 National Championship contributed in the selection of the first ever Pakistan national football team , which debuted internationally on its first official tour to Iran and Iraq in October 1950. Between 1960 and 1966, football teams from Karachi and Dacca began dominating when
594-583: The championship for a fifth time. They defeated Pakistan Air Force in 1981 to win their sixth title. They had to wait eight years for their next title win, Sindh Government Press were the team beaten in 1989. Between 1991 and 1994, the years were often regarded as the best administrative era of Pakistani football. Under the General Secretary of the Pakistan Football Federation Hafiz Salman Butt,
627-415: The city's heaviest snowfall in a decade. During the winter of 2010, it received no snow and saw below normal rains due to the presence of El-Nino over Pakistan. According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the population of the city was a total of 1,565,546. This makes it the largest city in Balochistan province and one of the major cities of Pakistan. Quetta is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in
660-453: The country. The city has a Pashtun plurality followed by Balochs , Hazaras , Brahui , Punjabis and Muhajir people . Urdu being the national language is used and understood by all the residents and serves as a lingua franca . According to Reuters and the BBC , there are as many as 500,000-600,000 Hazaras living in Quetta and its surrounding areas. At the local level, the city
693-402: The country. The extensive network of Pakistan Railways connects Quetta to Karachi in the south, by a 863 km (536 mi) track, Lahore in the northeast (1,170 km or 727 miles) and Peshawar further northeast (1,587 km or 986 miles). A metalled road runs alongside the railway that connects Quetta to Karachi via the nearby town of Sibi to Jacobabad and Rohri in the plain of
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#1732797551378726-427: The end of the 1990s, winning their last of 9 national championships in 1997. WAPDA , Pakistan Army , and Allied Bank before their disbanding in early 2000s took over as the dominant sides in Pakistan. The physically dominant gameplay of Punjab teams, had over-taken Karachi football by then. Punjab dominated the championship with a total of 21 titles won. Sindh based Karachi and East Bengal based Dacca dominated
759-432: The infrastructure for their establishment as a garrison town. It was reconstructed after the 1935 Quetta earthquake , which razed the city to the ground. The epicentre of the earthquake was close to the city and destroyed most of the city's infrastructure, killing an estimated 40,000 people. After the foundation of Pakistan, Balochistan acquired the status of a province and Quetta became a provincial capital. Quetta has
792-628: The large variety of fresh and dried fruits produced there. Located in northern Balochistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and the road across to Kandahar , Quetta is a trade and communication centre between the two countries. The city is near the Bolan Pass , which was on a major gateway from Central Asia to South Asia . The name Quetta is a variation of the Pashto word Kwatkōṭ , or kōta meaning "fortress". Quetta
825-455: The league from 1960 to 1965; Dacca winning consecutive titles from 1960 to 1961 and 1961–62, and Karachi winning back to back three titles from 1962 to 1963, 1963–64 and 1964–65. Quetta Quetta ( / ˈ k w ɛ t ə / ; Urdu : کوئٹہ , ko'eṭa , [ˈkweːʈə] , Pashto : کوټه ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan . It is
858-509: The league only once. The 1948 Pakistan National Football League was the first season held between 28 May and 5 June which ended with Sindh Red being crowned champions after defeating Sindh Blue in the final. However, any sort of professionalism in the game was non-existent, as the first participants of the championship used players from local schools, colleges, government departments that coincidentally employed sportsmen, and open trials. After first two years of lack of funds and mismanagement,
891-582: The league. Football mainly survived on the basis of sports budgets of majority of the departmental teams and armed forces teams which already dominated in West Pakistan, which hired footballers as employees and provided them with a basic wage to play for their sides and work full time in the off-season. These government entities primarily used investment in sports as evidence of their Corporate Social Responsibility , with little incentive to develop talent or professionalise their set-ups. Similar system
924-444: The ninth largest city in Pakistan , with an estimated population of over 1.5 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a valley surrounded by mountains on all sides. Quetta is at an average elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 feet) above sea level, making it Pakistan's highest altitude major city. The city is known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it and
957-428: The players and teams over the three-year period. The teams were awarded 50,000 rupee bonuses. Butt was eventually ousted by Mian Muhammad Azhar due to political rifts and alleged abuse of power . With Butt's dismissal in 1994 and ban by FIFA in 1995, Pakistani football declined again into an era of mismanagement and long-lasting lack of sponsors in the upcoming years. Pakistan Airlines lost their dominance until
990-457: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Football Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Football_Championship&oldid=1240558088 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1023-464: The two cities won five consecutive national championships between 1960 and 1966. Much of the credit was due to the better organised and well-attended Dhaka League that gave a level of competitive professionalism in East Pakistan , which lacked in West Pakistan . The Dhaka League often attracted the leading players from West Pakistan to play professionally in a competition run as a parallel to
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1056-641: Was also prevalent in several countries such as the Soviet Union , and was abolished in these nations after the 1960s. In the consequent years, Pakistan Airlines continued dominating the domestic structure. Their third title came in the first of the two 1975 seasons, defeating provincial side Punjab A. In 1976 they retained their title, holding off a challenge from Pakistan Railways . Pakistan Airlines were defending champions in 1978, after there being no football 1977 due to martial law , but they continued to dominate Pakistani football and beat Sindh Red to take
1089-422: Was formerly known as Shalkot ( Pashto : ښالکوټ ) Modern day Quetta was captured by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi during his invasion of South Asia . In 1543, Mughal emperor Humayun came to Quetta en route to Safavid Persia , leaving his son and future Mughal emperor Akbar here. In 1709, the region was a part of Afghan Hotak dynasty and stayed a part until 1747 when Ahmed Shah Durrani conquered it and made it
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