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HBL F.C.
Habib Bank Limited Football Club or commonly known as Habib Bank Football Club and HBL F.C. were a Pakistani football club based in Karachi, Sindh, which play in the Football Federation League. The club was formed in 1975 by the Habib Bank, hence the nickname, ''the Bankers''. HBL won the National championship in 1982, beating Pakistan Railways into second place. They have also been runners up three times. They were founding members of the Pakistan Premier League. They were relegated in the 2006–07 season, but were elected to return following expansion of the league alongside Pakistan Airlines. Honours *Pakistan Premier League: (1) ::1982 *Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup: (1) ::1985 Performance in AFC competitions *Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance ::1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Football Stadium
The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located in Lyari, a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, formerly City District Government of Karachi. It has a capacity of 40,000. Stadium is part of a sports complex which also houses a boxing arena having capacity of 5000 spectators, and Gymnasium sports complex where indoor sports like volleyball, badminton and basketball are contested. Overview The stadium was built in 1988, and opened on 9 December 1995. It covers an area of . In 1999, when Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came into power, new Floodlights (sport), floodlights imported from France worth PKR 30.7 million were installed, to enable evening matches to take place. The Pakistan national football team moved to the Peoples Football Stadium from the Railway Stadium in Lahore. Major matches The stadium, hosted the SAFF Championship, South Asian Football Federation Championship in South Asian Football Federati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ur, پاکستان پریمیئر لیگ) is a Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Football Federation League. Since inception of the Pakistan Premier League in 2004, four clubs have won the title: Khan Research Laboratories (5) WAPDA (4), Pakistan Army (2) and K-Electric (1). The current champions are Khan Research Laboratories, who won the title in 2018–19. History Pakistan's first professional football league began on 28 May 1948 as the "National Football Championship". The league was a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football league in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League. National Football Championship featured teams representing cities or provinces, unlike curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Establishments In Pakistan
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Pakistan
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Club Championship 1987
The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986. Furukawa Electric FC (JPN) became the first Japanese club to win the Asian Championship. First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh. *Participants: Al-Hilal, Al Arabi, Dhofar, Al-Arabi, Al-Wasl. * Al-Hilal & Al-Arabi qualified Group 4 Participants: Malavan F.C., Saunders SC, HBL FC, Victory SC. Known results: Malavan F.C. and Saunders SC qualified. Group 5 Note: both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur. Group 6 (Played in Brunei) *Participants: Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian, Philippine Air Force, Daerah Brunei. * Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian qualified Group 7 ---- Group 8 Tournament played in Hong Kong Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
