Women's football in Pakistan

Women's football in Pakistan
Women's football in Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Governing body	Pakistan Football Federation
National team(s)	Women's national team
National competitions
	National Women Football Championship ; PFF National Under-19 Women’s Football Championship; Shahlyla Baloch National Women U-16 Championship
Club competitions
International competitions
	Olympics ; FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team); AFC Women's Asian Cup (National Team)

Women's football in Pakistan is growing in popularity.^[1]

One the barriers of the sport growing is it coached by men so the Pakistan FA are trying to get more women involved in coaching and refereeing.^[2]^[3]

The first club to be established was Diya W.F.C. in 2002,^[4] while the first edition of National Women Football Championship was held three years later.

National-level tournaments[]

Two national level tournaments are organised by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). These are the Inter-Club Championships and National Women Football Championship. An and have also been organised.

Inter-Club Championship[]

The was organised to provide competition to the country's club teams. It purposely excludes all departmental teams. So far, 6 editions have been held with the last one in 2014.

National Women Football Championship[]

The National Women Football Championship was first organised in 2005. Since then, a total of 13 editions have been organised with both clubs and departmental teams (including Army, WAPDA and HEC) participating in it. Rawalpindi-based Young Rising Stars has won the most titles (5), with four consecutive wins between 2010 and 2013. WAPDA has reached the most finals (7), winning once. From the 12th edition, the competition is being live streamed by MyCujoo.^[5]

No	Year	City	Winner	Runners-up
1	2005	Islamabad	Punjab	WAPDA
2	2006	Islamabad		Islamabad
3	2007	Islamabad	Sports Sciences Department, University of Punjab	Afghanistan
4	2008	Islamabad	Young Rising Stars	WAPDA
5	2009	Islamabad	Malavan BA	Sports Sciences Department, University of Punjab
6	2010	Islamabad	Young Rising Stars	WAPDA
7	2011	Islamabad	Young Rising Stars	Diya W.F.C.
8	2012	Islamabad	Young Rising Stars	WAPDA
9	2013	Lahore	Young Rising Stars	Balochistan United
10	2014	Lahore	Balochistan United	WAPDA
11	2018	Lahore	Pakistan Army	WAPDA
12	2019-2020	Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore (qualifying round)	Pakistan Army	Karachi United
12	2019-2020	Karachi (final round)	Pakistan Army	Karachi United
13	2021	Karachi	cancelled	cancelled

Performance by club[]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Young Rising Stars	5	0	2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Pakistan Army	2	0	2018, 2020
WAPDA	1	6	2006
Balochistan United	1	1	2014
Sports Science	1	1	2007
Malavan BA^g	1	0	2009
Punjab	1	0	2005
Afghanistan^g	0	1	-
Diya	0	1	-
Islamabad	0	1	-
Karachi United	0	1	-

^g Guest teams invited by PFF: Afghanistan represented Afghanistan and Malavan BA represented Iran.

Teams[]

The following clubs and provincial, city-based and departmental teams have played in the Inter-Club Championship and/or NWFC at least once since these tournaments were established.

Team	Status	City	Participation
			Inter-Club	NWFC
Diya W.F.C.	Club	Karachi		2005 to date
WAPDA	Department		--	2005 to date
Islamabad F.A.	City	Islamabad
Pakistan Army	Department		--
HEC	Department		--
Young Rising Stars	Club	Rawalpindi
Young Rising W.F.C. (District Layyah)	Club
Model Town W.F.C.	Club	Lahore
Jafa Soccer Academy	Club	Karachi
Karachi Kickers W.F.C.	Club	Karachi
Royal Eagles W.F.C.	Club
F.C. Karachi	Club	Karachi
Karachi W.F.C.	Club	Karachi
Hazara Girls Football Academy	Club	Karachi		2021
Hazara Quetta Football Academy	Club	Quetta		2021
Balochistan United	Club	Quetta		? - 2014
Sialkot City F.C.	Club	Sialkot		2021
Karachi United	Club	Karachi
Masha United	Club			2021
Gilgit W.F.C.	Club	Gilgit
Muhammad Umar Khan (MUK) F.C.	Club	Karachi
Highlanders F.C.	Club	Islamabad
Sindh	Province		--
Punjab	Province		--
Mohsen Gillani W.F.C.	Club	Karachi
Nawanshehr United F.C.	Club	Abbottabad		2021
Riaz Kamil Football Academy	Club	Karachi
Frontier College W.F.C.	Club	Peshawar
Hawks F.C.	Club
Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa (formerly NWFP)	Province
Punjab University’s Sports Sciences Department		Lahore
Lahore Fighter W.F.C.	Club	Lahore
Rubaisha W.F.C.	Club
Shaheen W.F.C.	Club
Vehari United F.C.		Vehari
CJM Soccer Club	Club
Women Star FC	Club
Winning Stars W.F.C.	Club
FATA W.F.C.
Margala W.F.C.	Club	Islamabad
Soccer Queens W.F.C.	Club

References[]

^ "Football United: Women's Football In Pakistan Has Progressed But There Is Still A Long Way To Go". Goal.com. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
^ "Female referees important as football's popularity grows: Lodhi". Dawn. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
^ "Pakistan's first female football club breaks down cultural barriers". UNICEF. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
^ Wasim, Umaid (2014-08-08). "Balochistan United look to transform women's football in Pakistan". Dawn. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
^ "National Women's Football Championship set to kick off amid Covid cloud". The News International. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

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[1] "Football United: Women's Football In Pakistan Has Progressed But There Is Still A Long Way To Go". Goal.com. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

[2] "Female referees important as football's popularity grows: Lodhi". Dawn. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

[3] "Pakistan's first female football club breaks down cultural barriers". UNICEF. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

[4] Wasim, Umaid (2014-08-08). "Balochistan United look to transform women's football in Pakistan". Dawn. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

[5] "National Women's Football Championship set to kick off amid Covid cloud". The News International. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

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