Pakistan Customs FC

Pakistan Customs
Full namePakistan Customs Football Club
Short nameCUS
StadiumCustoms Sports Complex, Karachi
OwnerPakistan Customs

Pakistan Customs football team serves as the football section of Pakistan Customs. The team has also featured at the National Football Championship, the premier football competition of Pakistan from 1948 till 2003.

History

The team participated at the 1985 Inter-Provincial Championship. Following the 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament, the visiting North Korean team played three exhibition matches across Pakistan. In the last match against Pakistan Customs, the visitors won by 3–1 in Karachi.

At the 1986 President's Gold Cup International Tournament, the teams competing included Nassaji Mazandaran from Iran, Shenyang Army Unit team from China, and Bangladesh. Three teams from host Pakistan included Pakistan, President XI, and Pakistan Customs. Pakistan Customs ended last in the tournament.

In the 2001 President's Gold Cup, Pakistan Customs reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by National Bank of Pakistan.

Revival

In 2023, Pakistan Customs began reviving its departmental sports activities after several years of inactivity. In June 2024, Pakistan Customs inaugurated a football academy at the Customs Sports Complex in Karachi, alongside five other academies for cricket, hockey, tennis, archery and Muay Thai, as part of an initiative to promote youth sports.

In October 2025, Pakistan Customs defeated Sindh Police 3–2 in a challenge match at the KPT Football Stadium in Karachi.

Stadium

The Customs Sports Complex in Karachi serve as the team own ground.

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan 1985". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  2. ↑ Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. p. 246.
  3. ↑ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1986. pp. 164–166.
  4. ↑ "President's Gold Cup 1986 (Karachi)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan 2001". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  6. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2023-06-18). "Customs revives hockey team after 29 years". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  7. 1 2 "کراچی کے بچوں کو بڑی خوشخبری مل گئی، 1 میدان میں 6 مختلف اکیڈمیز کا آغاز" [Great news for the children of Karachi, 6 different academies launched in 1 field]. jang.com.pk (in Urdu). Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  8. ↑ "پاکستان کسٹمز نے فٹبال چیلنچ میج میں سندھ پولیس کو شکست دیدی" [Pakistan Customs defeats Sindh Police in Football Challenge Match]. jang.com.pk (in Urdu). Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  9. ↑ "پاکستان کسٹمز نے فٹبال چیلنچ میج میں سندھ پولیس کو شکست دیدی" [Pakistan Customs defeats Sindh Police in Football Challenge Match]. UrduPoint (in Urdu). Retrieved 2026-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Pakistan - Stadiums". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2026-10-24.