2018 National Football Challenge Cup

The 2018 National Football Challenge Cup was the 27th edition of domestic association football cup competition in Pakistan. 24 teams participated in the competition held from 21 April to 10 May 2018. The National Football Challenge Cup was held in Karachi after FIFA lifted its ban on the Pakistan Football Federation. The matches were played at the KPT Stadium and the All Brothers Football Stadium, Malir.
The tournament took place after a gap of two years due to a power struggle within the Pakistan Football Federation. The Federation was being run by a court-appointed administrator, whose appointment was declared unlawful by a division bench of the High Court which ordered financial and administrative control to be handed over to the legitimate body headed by Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat. FIFA also lifted the ban imposed on PFF after the legitimate body was restored by the court ruling.
The tournament coincided with the appointment of José Antonio Nogueira as head coach of the Pakistan national football team on 16 April 2018. Nogueira reached Karachi on 26 April to witness the event first-hand.

Teams

The 24 teams participating in the tournament are as below:

#	Name	#	Name	#	Name	#	Name
1	K-Electric F.C.	7	Pakistan Airlines	13	Pakistan Police	19	Civil Aviation Authority
2	WAPDA	8	National Bank	14	Pakistan Public Works Department	20	Karachi United
3	Pakistan Army	9	Sui Northern Gas	15	Sindh Government Press	21	Hazara Coal
4	Khan Research Laboratories	10	Karachi Port Trust	16	Gwadar Port Authority	22	Pakistan Ordnance Factories
5	Pakistan Airforce	11	Pakistan Navy	17	Sui Southern Gas	23	Ashraf Sugar Mills
6	Falcon	12	Pakistan Petroleum	18	State Life	24	Asia Ghee Mills