K-Electric Football Club, commonly referred to as K-Electric F.C., or simply known as KE, was a Pakistani

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club located in Karachi,

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, that played in the Pakistan Premier League. The club's home stadium was Peoples Football Stadium. The club was affiliated with the K-Electric. Along with Karachi Port Trust and Karachi United, it was among the major football clubs from Karachi. Founded in 1913, K-Electric won promotion in 2005 from the Pakistan Football Federation League when they finished runners-up to Pakistan Railways. The club won their first league title in 2014–15 season, previously finishing as runners-up in the past two seasons, becoming the first club from Pakistan to have qualified for

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. The club colors, reflected in their crest and kit, are back and yellow. In August 2015, K-Electric F.C. made Pakistan football history by becoming the first Pakistan football club to progress into the AFC Cup play-offs after overcoming the champions of Bhutan and Mongolia. They drew 3–3 with Druk United before beating Khoromkhon 1–0. However, in the play-offs, they lost 2–0 to Al-Hidd. In October that same year, K-Electric F.C. competed in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. Their striker Muhammad Rasool scored 4 goals in 3 games. K-Electric also organised various youth initiatives such as the K-Electric Lyari U16 Football League. In 2020, K-Electric decided to disband their team.

Rivalry

The club had a long-standing rivalry with Rawalpindi-based Khan Research Laboratories. The rivalry started when K-Electric and Khan Research Laboratories faced off in two back-to-back Pakistan National Challenge Cup finals, in

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and 2012, with Khan Research Laboratories winning both the finals 1–0 and 3–1 on penalties with game drawn 0–0 after

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respectively. Although it was K-Electric, that ended the reign of Khan Research Laboratories as domestic champions when they won the league in 2014-15 season.

Honours

Winners

* Pakistan Premier League: (1) :: 2014–15

Runner up

* Pakistan Premier League: (2) ::

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, 2013–14 * Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup:(4) ::

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Continental history

References

{{Pakistan Premier League 1913 establishments in the British Empire Association football clubs established in 1913 Works association football clubs in Pakistan Football in Karachi