KRL FC
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KRL are a Pakistan
i football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League
. They play their home games at the KRL stadium in Rawalpindi
and are founding members of the PPL.
They were Championship runners up in 2001, and have been 3rd place in PPL in 2004, 2005, 2006/07 and 2007/8.
Since the turn of the millennium, KRL have become one of the three dominant clubs in Pakistan. They have the best funding and the best training facilities in the country. KRL pulled off a major coup when they signed Muhammad Essa
in 2006.
Recently, KRL won The Double
in 2009 by winning both the 2009 National Football Challenge Cup and the 2009 Pakistan Premier League.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...
. They play their home games at the KRL stadium in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
and are founding members of the PPL.
They were Championship runners up in 2001, and have been 3rd place in PPL in 2004, 2005, 2006/07 and 2007/8.
Since the turn of the millennium, KRL have become one of the three dominant clubs in Pakistan. They have the best funding and the best training facilities in the country. KRL pulled off a major coup when they signed Muhammad Essa
Muhammad Essa
Muhammad Essa Khan is a Pakistani footballer playing currently for KRL FC. The striker is also the captain of Pakistan national football team and is one of the most talented football players Pakistan has seen in recent times...
in 2006.
Recently, KRL won The Double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
in 2009 by winning both the 2009 National Football Challenge Cup and the 2009 Pakistan Premier League.
Honours
- Pakistan Premier LeaguePakistan Premier LeagueThe Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...
: (1)
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- 20092009 Pakistan Premier LeagueThe 2009 season is the 55th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 6th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and starts in July, 2009 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation .-Format:Teams play each other on a home and away basis...
- 2009
- Pakistan National Football Challenge CupPakistan National Football Challenge CupThe Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup is the national "knockout" cup competition in Pakistani football, run by the Pakistan Football Federation. It was created in 2005 in place of the PFF President's Cup...
: (2)
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- 20092009 National Football Challenge Cup-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-Third Place Match:-Final:-Champions:...
, 20102010 National Football Challenge CupThe 2010 National Football Challenge Cup is the curtain raiser to the Pakistan Premier League season. This edition will see 14 organisational clubs playing and one district teams....
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- 2009
Performance in AFC competitions
- Asian Cup Winners CupAsian Cup Winners CupThe Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...
: 1 appearance
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- 2000/01: First Round
- AFC President's CupAFC President's CupThe AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Competition format:...
: 1 appearance
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- 20102010 AFC President's CupThe 2010 AFC President's Cup was the sixth edition of the AFC President's Cup, an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Qualifying teams:1 No league held in 2009....
: 2° in Group Stage
- 2010