Hafiz Wohaib Butt Memorial Football Club or simply Wohaib FC is a professional football club based in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

, Pakistan. Wohaib is the first Pakistani club to participate

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...

, where it qualified in the

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edition.

History

The club was formed in December 1982 by former

Pakistan Football Federation Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in Pakistan. Founded in 1947, its headquarters are at the FIFA Football House in Lahore, Punjab near Punjab Stadium. The federation manages the men's and women's ...

president and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Hafiz Salman Butt in the memory of his younger brother Hafiz Wohaib Butt. The club participated in the

1992–93 Asian Club Championship The 1992–93 Asian Club Championship was the 12th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia. PAS Tehran of Iran won the ...

, where they earned victories over clubs from

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and

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to qualify for Group B. After losing by 10–1 to Al-Wasl in the opening fixture, they came back and drew 1–1 with PAS Tehran FC in their final group game. For their efforts, Wohaib FC was ranked 5th place in Asian Club Championship that year.

Pakistan Premier League era

Wohaib F.C. was among the first privately operated football teams in Pakistan as well as being a founding member club of the

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 compe ...

back in the inaugural 2004–05 season. The club developed a youth system providing players for the Pakistan national team such as Qazi Ashfaq. In the 2006–07 season, Wohaib FC narrowly missed out on being relegated after finishing just one point above the relegated Habib Bank. In the 2007–08 season, they were relegated after losing 8 players to other clubs and internal destabilisation. Wohaib F.C. won the 2011–12 PFF League, earning promotion to the 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League under the captaincy of Fouad Nisar. However, they were relegated once again at the end of the season.

Competitive record

The club's competitive records since the 2004–05 season are listed below.

Performance in AFC competitions

Wohaib F.C. are the first Pakistani club to have qualified for the group stages of

in 1992-93 season, where they finished in the last position. Al Wasl hammered them 10-0, and they drew 1-1 to the eventual champions

PAS Tehran Pas Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Pas Tehran'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. Pas F.C. was the football club of the multisport Pas Cultural and Sports Club. ...

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: 1 appearance :: 1992-93: Group Stage

References

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External links

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