2001 National Football Championship (Pakistan)

2001 National Football Championship

Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	Sadiq Shaheed Stadium, Quetta, Balochistan
Dates	29 July 2001 – 19 August 2001
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	WAPDA
Runners-up	Khan Research Laboratories
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	106 (2.86 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Allah Nawaz (Khan Research Laboratories)Gohar Zaman (Allied Bank)(6 goals each)

The 2001 National Football Championship was the 48th edition of the National Football Championship, Pakistan's premier domestic football competition. It was played at Sadiq Shaheed Stadium, Quetta from 29 July to 19 August 2001.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Allied Bank	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	Qualified for knockout stage
2	Pakistan Railways	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	NWFP Red	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

Allied Bank	0–1	Pakistan Railways
	Report	Zaheer Abbas

6 August 2001

NWFP Red	2–1	Pakistan Railways
Nadir Khan Samiullah	Report	Zaheer Abbas

6 August 2001

Allied Bank	4–2	NWFP Red
ZamanSaifullah Nasir Iqbal	Report	Nadir Sami

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Khan Research Laboratories	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualified for knockout stage
2	Pakistan Police	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
3	Sindh Green	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

Khan Research Laboratories	1–0	Pakistan Police
Ayaz Muhammad	Report

29 July 2001

Pakistan Police	6–2	Sindh Green
Naseebullah Iqbal Attaullah Ghulam Hussain Nawaz	Report	Altaf Muhammad Imran

5 August 2001

Khan Research Laboratories	5–1	Sindh Green
Sajjad Allah Nawaz Hameed	Report	Muhammad Imran

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Navy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Qualified for knockout stage
2	National Bank	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Punjab Red	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

Pakistan Navy	0–0	National Bank
	Report

29 July 2001

Pakistan Navy	0–0	Punjab Red
	Report

29 July 2001

National Bank	2–2	Punjab Red
Ashraf Ismail	Report	Nasir Farooq Khadim

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karachi Port Trust	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Qualified for knockout stage
2	University Grants Commission	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Balochistan Green	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

University Grants Commission	1–1	Balochistan Green
Tahseen Agha	Report	Haji Muhammad

29 July 2001

Karachi Port Trust	0–0	University Grants Commission
	Report

29 July 2001

Karachi Port Trust	2–0	Balochistan Green
MajeedGhulam Farooq	Report

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Telecommunication	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified for knockout stage
2	Pakistan Air Force	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Balochistan Red	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

Pakistan Air Force	3–3	Balochistan Red
ArshadFazal	Report	Marshal Saadula

29 July 2001

Pakistan Air Force	0–0	Pakistan Telecommunication
	Report

6 August 2001

Pakistan Telecommunication	3–0	Balochistan Red
AhmedSaleem Butt Hameed	Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan Army	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualified for knockout stage
2	Sindh Red	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
3	KMC(withdrew)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF

5 August 2001

Pakistan Army	2–0	Sindh Red
Zahid Ahsanullah	Report

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan International Airlines	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualified for knockout stage
2	Punjab Green	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
3	Sui Southern Gas	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

PIA	2–1	Sui Southern Gas
NiazMajeed	Report	Arif

29 July 2001

Punjab Green	2–0	Sui Southern Gas
Asif Nawaz	Report

29 July 2001

PIA	4–0	Punjab Green
Nasim Umar Essa Niaz	Report

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WAPDA	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	4	Qualified for knockout stage
2	NWFP Green	2	1	0	1	2	7	−5	3
3	Habib Bank	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: RSSSF

29 July 2001

HBL	0–0	WAPDA
	Report

29 July 2001

WAPDA	7–1	NWFP Green
BakhshMehmoodQamaruddin Altaf M. Niaz	Report	Nadeem

29 July 2001

NWFP Green	1–0	HBL
Raja	Report

Knockout stage

Round of 16

10 August 2001

Punjab Red	0–0	Pakistan Railways
	Report
Penalties
	5–4

10 August 2001

Pakistan Telecommunication	1–0	Punjab Green
Hameed	Report

11 August 2001

Pakistan Army	3–0	NWFP Green
Ahsanullah Zahid Ghulam Nabi	Report

11 August 2001

WAPDA	4–0	Sindh Red
MehmoodAltaf M. Niaz	Report

12 August 2001

Khan Research Laboratories	6–0	University Grants Commission
Allah Nawaz Hidayatullah Sohail	Report

12 August 2001

PIA	2–1	Pakistan Air Force
NiazEssa	Report	Parwaiz

13 August 2001

Allied Bank	3–2	National Bank
ZamanQadeer	Report	Shamim Basit

13 August 2001

KPT	0–2	Pakistan Police
	Report	Aslam Naseebullah

Quarter-finals

14 August 2001

Pakistan Army	1–0	Pakistan Telecommunication
Ahsanullah	Report

14 August 2001

WAPDA	1–0	PIA
Mehmood	Report

15 August 2001

Khan Research Laboratories	3–2	Allied Bank
Sajjad Sohail	Report	Zaman

15 August 2001

Pakistan Police	7–0	Punjab Red
Nawaz Aslam Fida Naseebullah own goal	Report

Semi-finals

16 August 2001

WAPDA	1–0	Pakistan Army
own goal	Report

17 August 2001

Khan Research Laboratories	2–1	Pakistan Police
Hameed Khan Allah Nawaz	Report	Naseebullah

Final

19 August 2001

WAPDA	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Khan Research Laboratories
Bakhsh67'	Report	Sohailur Rehman 63'
Penalties
	4–3

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[1]
1	Allah Nawaz	Khan Research Laboratories	6
	Gohar Zaman	Allied Bank
3	Sajjad Hussain	Khan Research Laboratories	5
	Naseebullah	Pakistan Police
	Arif Mehmood	WAPDA
6	Ahsanullah	Pakistan Army	3
	Zahid Niaz	Pakistan Airlines
	Aslam	Pakistan Police
	Nawaz	Pakistan Police
	Khuda Bakhsh	WAPDA

References

1. "Pakistan 2001". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-07.