Afghan Football Club Chaman or simply Afghan F.C. is a Pakistani professional

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club based in

Chaman Chaman ( Balochi, Pashto and ur, ) is a city and recently claimed as a new district of Balochistan named Chaman District as it was earlier a part of district Qila Abdullah District located on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It is the capital ...

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, a border city near

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. The club last competed in the

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. In 2000, Afghan FC Chaman played in an invitation tour at

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against a local team from

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. During the third and final game of the tour,

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religious police burst into the ground and stopped the game in the middle. The Taliban arrested twelve of the Afghan Chaman's players and had their heads shaved as punishment for wearing shorts, including

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. Afghan Chaman are one of the founding members of the

. Afghan Chaman avoided relegation in the 2006–07 season, finishing in the ninth spot, 5 points above relegation zone. Afghan Chaman produced many great players for the

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, including former national team captain and current

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's assistant manager

and

Jadeed Khan Jadid Khan Pathan (born 6 January 1989) is a Pakistani professional footballer, who plays for Sui Southern Gas as a midfielder. He has also played for Pakistan. He earned his first international cap during the 2008 SAFF Cup against the Maldi ...

History

Afghan Chaman was founded in 1957 as Afghan Agency Chaman. On 27 June 1965 they won the "All Pakistan Tournament" in

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which became their first ever tournament victory in Pakistan. In 1967 they competed in "All Pakistan General Musa tournament" held at

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. In 1999 they competed in All-Pakistan Prime Minister's Peace Cup, where they were placed in group F with

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and

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, they lost both their matches by the similar 1–0 score line, knocking them out of the tournament. Their first top-flight national competition came in 2000, when they competed in the

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, they were to face

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but withdrew from the tournament. In 2002, they changed their name to current name and competed in All-Pakistan Defense of the Pakistan Unity Solidarity Football Tournament, finishing second in the group behind Karachi Port Trust, although they were replaced by Crescent Textiles Mills.

Honours

Domestic

* Balochistan Cup :Winners : 2019

References

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History

Honours

Domestic

See also

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