Karachi United revel in qualification to final round

KARACHI: Head coach Adeel Rizki defined it as the culmination of a three-year struggle. That’s what qualification to the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Cup final round meant for the second-division Karachi United.



“This was our target when we went professional three years ago,” Rizki told Dawn at the KPT Stadium on Tuesday after United confirmed their final round berth by winning Group ‘II’ after a 2-2 draw with Pakistan Police.

For a club founded in 1996, this is United’s biggest achievement to date.

“We only started taking part in PFF competitions three years ago,” club founder Taha Alizai told Dawn. “Before that apart from some local level tournaments, we were an amateur club.

“We had a target of earning promotion to the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) this season and unfortunately that didn’t take place so this is a big achievement for us to reach the final round where we’ll rub our shoulders with the big boys of Pakistan football.”

The PPFL and the second-division Pakistan Football Federation League (PFFL) did not take place this year due to a dispute between two warring PFF factions until the court-appointed administrator of the country’s football governing body announced holding the PFF Cup.

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