Categories
The 21st edition of the Karachi United School Championship had five categories.
1) Senior Boys Karachi
2) Senior Boys Lahore
3) Senior Girls
4) Senior Boys
5) Junior Girls
Background
With KUSC expanding to Lahore, the Super Cup was introduced to foster inter-city rivalry and promote football across the region.
The KUSC Super Cup trophy.
Senior Boys Karachi
The winner of the 21st KUSC – Karachi were Credo College, who defeated Nixor College, and earned the right to play in the super cup. They would go up against the winner of the 21st KUSC – Lahore champions.
Senior Boys Lahore
The winner of the 21st KUSC – Lahore were Lahore Grammar School Paragon, who defeated APS Garrison, and earned the right to play in the super cup. They would go up against the winner of the 21st KUSC – Karachi champions.
Match Officials
For the fourth year running and their third full year, the referee panel was led by Asif Ghani. The complete list of officials was as follows:
Match commissioner – Asif Ghani
Match referee – Fazal Hussain
Match referee – Talha Saleem
Match referee – Shahnawaz Baloch
Match referee – Shams Nasir
Match referee – Hammad Jutt
Ball boy – Ejaz Abdul Sattar
Medic – Zohaib Baig
Referee Fazal Hussain officiated the Karachi final between Credo College and Lahore Grammar School Paragon.
The referee panel before the KUSC Super Cup.
Final
Credo College 2 (2) – 2 (3) Lahore Grammar School Paragon
Road to the Super Cup
Credo College
Group Stage – Credo College 5-1 Meritorious High – Win
Group Stage – Credo College 0-3 Karachi Grammar School – Loss
Group Stage – Credo College 7-1 NCR-CET – Win
Round of 16 – Credo College 4-0 Bahria College NORE – Win
Quarter-Final – Credo College 2(4)-2(2) Cedar College DHA – Win
Semi-Final – Credo College 1(5)-1(4) Whales College – Win
Final – Credo College 2-0 Nixor College
Abdul Ahad celebrates after scoring the second goal, which would be the winner for Credo College.
Lahore Grammar School Paragon
Group Stage – Lahore Grammar School Paragon 2-3 APS Garrison – Loss
Group Stage – Lahore Grammar School Paragon 6-2 Kaizen High – Win
Group Stage – Lahore Grammar School Paragon 3-0 The City School – Win
Semi Final – Lahore Grammar School Paragon 1(5)-1(4) Lahore Grammar School Defense P5 – Win
Final – Lahore Grammar School Paragon 2-1 APS Garrison – Win
LGS Paragon players celebrate with Shahwar Khan after he scores the second and winning goal.
Line Ups
Credo College
4-3-3
GK 1 Muhammad Usman
RB 12 Arhum Asim
CB 23 Rayyan Shahid (c)
CB 30 Arsal Tariq
LB 3 Arham Iqbal
RM 9 Muhammad Farhaj
CM 8 Muhammad Akif bin Asim
LM 7 Taha Sheikh
RW 19 Ahmed Hussain
LW 10 Abdul Ahad
ST 20 Dawood Ismail
Coach – Ali Messum
Assistant Coach – Ali Zain
Manager – Ammar Nasir
Lahore Grammar School Paragon
4-2-4
GK 1 Abdullah Shabbir
RB 16 Taha Alvi
CB 5 Abdullah Rehman (c)
CB 2 Sakhi Hussain
LB 3 Faiq Yasir
CM 10 Moeiz Shah
CM 9 Shahwar Khan
RW 6 Zeeshan Mahmood
LW 11 Rafay Murtaza
ST 8 Ali Khan
ST 14 Hamza Babar
Coach – Hafiz
Manager – Taimoor
First Half
Taha Sheikh was booked early in the half. Credo took the lead in the 15th minute after Ahmed Hussain headed home from a Taha Sheikh cross. LGS responded well and created multiple chances. Shouts of penalties were waved away. LGS had plenty of chances but were unable to finish. The first half came to and end with Credo leading 1-nil.
Ahmed Hussain celebrates after scoring the first goal for Credo College.
Second Half
The second half started in a lively manner. Despite some calls not going in their favor, LGS came out strong. Rayyan, who had an excellent tournament whilst playing against the Karachi teams was not having the best day. He conceded a freekick just outside the box. Moeiz Shah scored from the resulting freekick to restore parity, although it took a deflection off the defender on the way to the goal.
Moeiz Shah with the freekick to bring LGS back on level terms.
Rayyan was the culprit once again as he conceded a penalty. Taha Alvi, the man who scored the winning penalty against LGS Defense P5, scored to give LGS the lead. Credo were back on the attack. Their persistence was rewarded when Arsal Tariq scored a screamer to bring them back level. However, near the end of normal time, Credo Coach, Ali Messum was given his marching orders after challenging the referee’s decision in a heated manner.
Coach Ali Messum is given his marching orders by referee Fazal Hussain.
Extra Time
Credo had the better chances during extra time but LGS held on to deny them time and time again, with the closest coming through Taha Sheikh’s freekick, which Abdullah Shabbir saved at the near post. Assistant Coach Ali Zain of Credo was rallying his troops to find the winner, but they were unable to do so. Near the end of extra time, Abdullah Rehman was also booked for pulling back the forward runner. However, nothing could separate both the sides in extra time as the match went onto penalties.
Penalty Shootout
Firstly, Rayyan stepped up to take the initial penalty but saw it saved by Abdullah Shabbir. Similar to previous shootouts, Rayyan donned the gloves. Sakhi, who scored his penalty in normal time, saw his penalty saved to keep the scores level. Arsal, scorer of the second goal for Credo, skied his penalty. Mr. MVP Lahore, Moeiz, stepped up and found the back of the net to give LGS the lead. Taha, who assisted the first goal for Credo, restored parity. Shahwar stepped up to restore the lead for LGS after three penalties apiece. Akif then scored his penalty and Abdullah Rehman missed the target with his penalty just wide of the post leaving both teams on 2-2 after four penalties. Ahmed Hussain stepped up for Credo’s fifth penalty, but saw it saved. Taha Alvi the scored the fifth and final penalty for LGS as they were crowned Super Cup winners.
Abdullah Shabbir was the hero for LGS in the shootout after he saved penalties from Rayyan and Ahmed Hussain.
Shootout
Credo – Rayyan Shahid – Miss (Saved) – 0-0
LGS – Sakhi Hussain – Miss (Saved) – 0-0
Credo – Arsal Tariq – Miss – 0-0
LGS – Moeiz Shah – Goal – 0-1
Credo – Taha Sheikh – Goal – 1-1
LGS – Shahwar Khan – Goal – 1-2
Credo – Akif bin Asim – Goal – 2-2
LGS – Abdullah Rehman – Miss – 2-2
Credo – Ahmed Hussain – Miss (Saved) – 2-2
LGS – Taha Alvi – Goal – 2-3
Lahore Grammar School win on pens 3-2.
LGS players rush to Taha Alvi after he scores the winning penalty.
Awards
Winners – Lahore Grammar School Paragon
Player of the Match – Moeiz Shah (Lahore Grammar School Paragon)
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