KRL Soccer team to leave for Malaysia today.
- September 19, 2013, 7:52 pm
- National News
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Islamabad, September 19 (Online): Football Team of KRL Club will leave Malaysia today (Friday) to play two matches against Dordoi Bishkek and against Hilal Al-Quds on September23 and 27 repectively.
The AFC President’s Cup is an opportunity for league champions clubs of third-tier Member Associations to get involved in a continental challenge.
The clubs from Central Asia have been the dominant force in the AFC President’s Cup with six out of eight titles going to the clubs from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan while Taiwan Power Company and Myanmar’s Yadanarbon were the remaining clubs from the rest of Asia to have managed to win AFC President’s Cup.
Dordoi face KRL Football Club of Pakistan who are appearing for the third time in the competition. AlQuds Hilal of Palestine, looking to emulate the feat achieved by fellow Palestine club Shabab Al Am’ari who were the beaten finalists in the 2012 edition of the tournament, are the other side to join Balkan and KRL Football Club in Group B.
The finals will start on September 23 with Three Star Club taking on Balkan and KRL facing Dordoi with the group winners meeting in the final on September 29. All the matches will be played at Hang Jibat Stadium, Malacca the state of Malaysia.
