K-Electric Football Club, commonly referred to as K-Electric F.C., or simply as KE, served as the football section of K-Electric. The club played in the Pakistan Premier League. Based in

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, the club's home stadium was People's Football Stadium. The club colors, reflected in their crest and kit, were blue and orange.

History

Founded in 1974, K-Electric won promotion in 2005 from the Pakistan Football Federation League when they finished runners-up to

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. The club won their first league title in the 2014–15 season, having finished as runners-up in the two previous seasons. They became the first club from

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to qualify for

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. 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 from

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. In October that same year, K-Electric F.C. competed in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in

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. 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 dissolved the football 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. K-Electric won the league in the 2014-15 season, ending the reign of Khan Research Laboratories as domestic champions.

Honours

Domestic

* Pakistan Premier League: ** Winners (1): 2014–15 ** Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14 * Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup: ** Winners (4):

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Continental history

Notable players

References

External links

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