- Pakistan Army FC
Football club infobox
clubname = Pakistan Army
fullname = Pakistan Army Football Club
nickname = The Soldiers
founded = 1950
ground = Army Stadium,Rawalpindi ,Pakistan
capacity = 7,000
chairman = Flagicon|Pakistan Brig. Saleem Nawaz
manager = Flagicon|Pakistan Major Shafqat Mehmood
league =Pakistan Premier League
season = PPL 2007/8
position = 2nd
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Pakistan i football club who play in thePakistan Premier League . They have won the league under its current format twice, in 2005 and 2006/7. They won the National Championship in 1993/94 and 1995. They have also been Cup winners twice, in 2000 and 2001. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pakichamp.html Pakistan - List of Champions ] ] [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pakicuphist.html Pakistan - List of Cup Winners ] ]Since the turn of the millennium, Army have become one of the three dominant clubs in Pakistan. This has been aided by their good training facilities in comparison to other teams and their financial resources.
In the 2006/7 season, keeper Jaffar Khan set a new Pakistani record by remaining unbeaten for 1170 minutes.
The Pakistan Army represented Pakistan in the
AFC President's Cup 2006 , and again 2007 as last seasons national champions. In both instances, Army has showed a poor performances finishing bottom of their groups and failing to qualify for the next rounds of the tournaments.Achievements
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Pakistan Premier League : 4:: 1993/94, 1995, 2005, 2006/07
*Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup : 2:: 2000, 2001
*Quaid-i-Azam Shield : 5:: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007Performance in AFC Competitions
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Asian Club Championship : 1 appearance::1994: Qualifying - 2nd round
*AFC President's Cup : 2 appearances::2006: Group Stage::2007: Group StageCurrent Squad
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