Pakistan Football Federation

Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in Pakistan.[1] PFF was founded in 1947. It is the governing body of Football in Pakistan. The PFF's headquarter is at FIFA Football House in Lahore, Punjab near the Punjab Stadium. The PFF is a member of AFC and FIFA.

Pakistan Football Federation
AFC
Founded1947 (1947)
HeadquartersLahore
FIFA affiliation1948
AFC affiliation1954
SAFF affiliation1997
PresidentSyed Ashfaq Hussain (de facto)
Websitehttps://pff.com.pk/

History
Main article: Football in Pakistan

On 5 December 1947, after the independence from Great Britain, the Pakistan Football Federation was created. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's first leader, became the Patron-in-Chief, and in 1948, the PFF became affiliated with FIFA. It is also one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation when it was established in 1954. It organized the first national championship in 1948 at Karachi. Previously, corrupt and inefficient management, poor support from the authorities to the players and to the game itself, poor media coverage and the status of Cricket as the most popular game in the country were some of the factors as to why football remained underdeveloped since independence. Also due to politics within the organisation, there was a time when FIFA had suspended Pakistan from all international football due to rival PFF factions setting up their own teams to take part in international and national competitions.

Football Leagues
Main article: Pakistan football league system

The main professional football league in Pakistan is the Pakistan Football League (PFL) which constitutes the highest level of football in Pakistan - as the sole professional league, there is no promotion or relegation of its city-based franchise teams. In parallel, semi-professional leagues operate in the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) & Pakistan Football Federation League (PFFL) which are competed between various club and department teams. As the sole professional league, the PFL (Tier 1) has no relation to the semi-professional PPL (Tier 2) and PFFL (Tier 3).

Professional League
  • Tier 1: Pakistan Football League (PFL)

In 2021, the Pakistan Football Federation has signed a partnership with Global Soccer Ventures to launch the Pakistan Football League (PFL), a franchised based football league which will be the main and sole professional football league of Pakistan and will be the country's first tier professional football league within the Pakistan football league system - the PFL will be independent of the semi-professional PPL (Tier 2) and PFFL (Tier 3).[2] The inaugural season will take place in 2022 with six city-based teams from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar & Multan.

Semi-Professional Leagues & Tournaments

The Pakistan Premier League (PPL) is a Pakistani semi-professional league for men's association football departments and clubs which in the Pakistan football league system, is the country's second tier semi-professional football league. Contested by 12 departments and clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the PFF League.

The Pakistan Football Federation League (PFFL) is a Pakistani semi-professional league for men's association football departments and clubs which in the Pakistan football league system, is the country's third tier semi-professional football competition. Contested by 18 departments and clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Pakistan Premier League. Each season, the two top-finishing teams from club-phase and departmental-phase in the Federation League are automatically promoted to the Pakistan Premier League and winner of the final between club-phase and departmental-phase in crowned as the Federation League champion.

The PFF National Challenge Cup is an annual semi-professional knockout football competition in men's domestic Pakistani football within the Pakistan football league system.

Board of directors
Name Position Source
Syed Ashfaq Hussain President
N/A Vice President
Naveed Akram General Secretary
Adnan Us Sadiq Treasurer [3]
N/A National coach (Men's)
N/A National coach (Women's)
Assaam Muhammad Marketing Manager
N/A Futsal coordinator
N/A Referee Coordinator

See also

References
  1. Federation, Pakistan Football. "Pakistan Football Federation". Pakfootball.org. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. Dawn.com (3 August 2021). "PFF signs deal to launch 'Pakistan's first franchise-based domestic league'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Pakistan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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