WAPDA F.C.

WAPDA FC
Full name Water & Power Development Authority Football Club
Nickname(s) The Watermen
Founded 1983 (1983)
Ground Punjab Stadium,
Lahore, Pakistan
Ground Capacity 10,000
Chairman Munawar Malik
Head Coach Khalid Mahmood Butt
League Pakistan Premier League
2014–15 Pakistan Premier League, 5th

WAPDA are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League.

WAPDA have been Pak Champions 7 times. They won their first title in 1983, beating HBL FC, and repeated this feat in 1991 against HBL. In 2001 they overcame KRL FC to win their third title, and retained their title in 2003 against Pakistan Army FC. In 2004 in the revamped PPL, they became the inaugural champions, when they pushed Army into second in a final day decider.

They repeated the same feat, this time in the 2007–08 season, when they again beat Army on the final day of the season to win back the league after a gap of 3 years, in which Army dominated. They also set a new record going undefeated for the whole season, becoming Pakistani football's version of Invincibles.

Since the turn of the millennium, WAPDA have become one of the three dominant clubs in Pakistan. This has been aided by the quality of the football played.

They represented Pakistan in the AFC President's Cup 2005, and beat that year's runners-up Dordoi-Dynamo, 1–0, but were knocked out at the group stage.

Achievements

1983, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007–08, 2008, 2010
1992

Performance in AFC competitions

1992: Qualifying - 1st round
2005: 3° in Group Stage
2008: 4° in Group Stage
2009: Semi-finalist
2011: 3° in Group Stage

AFC President's Cup matches

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Pakistan WAPDA 12 13 3 3 7 11 15 -4

Former players

Officials

Head Coach Pakistan Khalid Butt
Assistant Coach Pakistan Syed Qasim Raza
Assistant Coach Pakistan Muhammad Ayaz
Media Officer Pakistan Muhammad Khalid Mehmood
Team Manager Pakistan Munawar Ahmed Malik
Chief De Mission Pakistan Naveed Akram Cheema


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