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Wikipedia - Pakistan Railways F.C.
Pakistan Railways FC serves as the football section of Pakistan Railways, a state-owned railway company. Based in Lahore, the club play at the Railway Stadium. Nicknamed the Railwaymen, they are one of the oldest football clubs in Pakistan and were created by Pakistan Railway workers. The club used to compete in the Pakistan Premier League. The club regularly participates in the PFF National Challenge Cup.
History
In 1969, they beat Karachi to win the first of their two national titles. The second was in 1984, when they pushed WAPDA FC into second. They have also been runners-up eight times. In 2005, they returned to the top flight when they won the Pakistan Football Federation League. They were relegated from Pakistan Premier League after two years in 2007. Chaudhary Asghar was Pakistan Railways football coach till that time. The coaching was then passed to Muhammad Rasheed, the ex-national player and Pakistan Railways legend who scored the only goal in the National Championship 1984 final.
Railways again qualified in the premier league 2014 by winning their departmental leg of the Pakistan Football Federation League 2013.
**Historia:**
Railways FC grundades 1936 som ett lag för anställda vid pakistanska järnvägar. Klubben tävlade ursprungligen i den regionala fotbollsligan i Punjab. På 1960- och 1970-talen etablerade sig Railways FC som en av de ledande klubbarna i Pakistan och vann tre nationella mästerskap.
**Prestationer:**
* **Pakistanska Premier League:** 3 gånger (1972, 1973, 1975)
* **Pakistanska President's Cup:** 1 gång (1984)
**Stadion:**
Railways FC spelar sina hemmamatcher på Railway Stadium i Rawalpindi. Stadion har en kapacitet på 5 000 åskådare.
**Stjärnspelare:**
* Muhammad Essa (målvakt)
* Kaleemullah Khan (back)
* Shakir Ali (mittfältare)
* Kareem Ahmed (anfallare)