1985 National Football Championship (Pakistan)

National Football Championship 1985 Pakistan 21 July 1985 – 16 September 1985 Sadiq Shaheed Stadium, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan Quetta Division Pakistan International Airlines The 1985 National Football Championship was the 33rd edition of the National Football Championship, Pakistan's premier domestic football competition. The qualifying round started on 21 July,Pakistan - List of Champions https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pakichamp.html 2025-11-08 www.rsssf.org and the final round was held at Sadiq Shaheed Stadium, Quetta, from 6 to 16 September 1985.Pakistan 1985 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki85.html 2025-11-08 www.rsssf.org Overview The final round of the 1985 National Football Championship was held at Quetta. Quetta Division defeated Peshawar Division 3–1 in the semifinal on 13 September 1985. Quetta scored the lead through right-winger Ishaque on a pass from left-in Lala Amin. Centre forward Mohammad Ali scored the second goal and two minutes later the third goal. Peshawar reduced the margin through right-in Jehanzeb.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Pakistan_Year_Book/NHhCAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22The+33rd+National+Football+Championship+was+held+at+Quetta%22&dq=%22The+33rd+National+Football+Championship+was+held+at+Quetta%22&printsec=frontcover Pakistan Year Book 1986 East & West Publishing Company 163–164 en In the second semi-final, PIA recorded a 3–2 victory over Karachi Reds, who soon after the start, gained the lead through inside-left Rashid, but PIA scored the equaliser through centre-forward Naushad. PIA further scored via Mahmood Anwar, and later through Muhammad Idrees before the half time. Karachi Reds reduced the margin in the second half through Din Mohammad. The Quetta Division regained the title after 26 years when they defeated PIA by 2–1 in the final. In the 23rd minute, PIA gained the lead through Saleem off a pass from Ghulam Sarwar Teddy. In the 10th minute of second half, Abdul Wahid levelled the score off a pass from captain Mohammad Ali. Just before full time, Karim scored the match winning goal for Quetta. Karachi Division defeated Peshawar Division on penalty kick after playing 1–1 draw to win the third place. Group stage Group A main football Group A 200 Q 2 green1 Qualified for knockout stage QUE Quetta Division KAR Karachi Red RWP Rawalpindi Division PAF Pakistan Air Force 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 KO KO complete RSSSF Group B main football Group B 200 Q 2 green1 Qualified for knockout stage PIA Pakistan International Airlines PES Peshawar Division QAL Qalat Division MUL Multan Division 2 1 0 8 1 2 0 1 7 9 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 3 8 KO KO complete RSSSF Knockout stage Semi-finals Quetta Division 3–1 Peshawar Division 13 September 1985 Ishaque Mohammad Ali https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki85.html Jehanzeb Pakistan International Airlines 3–2 Karachi Red Naushad Anwar Idrees 42 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki85.html Rashid Din Mohammad Third place match Karachi Red 1–1 Peshawar Division 3–2 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki85.html Final Quetta Division 2–1 Pakistan International Airlines 16 September 1985 Abdul Wahid 55Karim https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki85.html Saleem 23 References Category:National Football Championship (Pakistan)