PIA FC

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PIA

Full name

Pakistan International Airlines
Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Airliners

Founded

1958

Ground

KMC Stadium
(Capacity 6,000)

Chairman

Lt.Col Moin Rauf

Manager

Tariq Lutfi

League

Pakistan Premier League

PPL 2007/8

6th





Home colours





Away colours

PIA are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. Founded in 1958 and based in Islamabad, the Airliners are the most successful Pakistani football club, winning the national championship a record 9 times.

Their first championship came in 1971 when thy beat Karachi. They defended their title in 1972 when they held off Peshawar White. 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 challenege from Pakistan Railways FC. PIA 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 the championship for a fifth time. They defeated PAF FC in 1981 to win their sixth title. They had to wait 8 years for their next title win, SGP FC were the team beaten in 1989(2). In the 1992/93 they won their 8th title when PIA beat Pakistan Army FC. In the 1997(2) season, PIA fought off tough competition from ABL FC to win their 9th national championship. PIA were elected to PPL for the 2007/08 season without needing promotion when the PPL expanded.

[edit] Achievements

Pakistan Premier League: 9

1971, 1972, 1975(1), 1976, 1978, 1981, 1989(2), 1992/3, 1997(2)

Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup: 1

1984

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1991: Qualifying Stage

Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1992/93: withdrew in First Round

1998/99: withdrew in First Round

[edit] Current Players

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Syed Sultan Ali
3	DF	Mohammad Irfan
4	DF	Zubair Moazzam
5	DF	Haji Muhammad (vice captain)
6	DF	Wali Khan
8	MF	Ali Adeem Shahzad
9	FW	Imran Hashmi
10	MF	Nasrullah Khan
11	FW	Nazir Ahmed

No.	Position	Player
12	MF	Shakir Lashari
13	DF	Ali Ehsan
14	FW	Zeeshan Ali
15	MF	Liaquat Ali
16	MF	Waseem Ullah
19	MF	Nadeem Tariq
20	DF	Abdul Jabbar
23	MF	Abdul Ghaffar
77	GK	Bilal Rafiq

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