{{Short description|Pakistani football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Baloch Eleven FC | image = | fullname = Baloch Eleven Football Club | nickname = | founded = | dissolved = | ground = | capacity = | coordinates = | owntitle = | chrtitle = | chairman = | mgrtitle = | manager = | league = | season = | current = | position = | website = | pattern_so1 = | image_size = | short name = Baloch XI }} '''Baloch Eleven Football Club''' also known as '''Baloch XI''', is a football club based in the Lyari locality of Karachi, Pakistan. The club was among the prominent football teams of Karachi during the 1950s and 1960s, notably participating in the Aga Khan Gold Cup.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
== History == From the 1950s, the team already started competing in the Karachi First Division Football League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 10 July 1958 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580710/161/0011 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 09 August 1958 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580809/033/0003 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> In the late 1950s, the team started competing in the Ismail Gold Shield Football Tournament held in Multan which featured several foreign teams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 27 September 1958 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580927/149/0012 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 22 August 1958 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580822/131/0011 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
In 1961, the team won the All-Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Football Tournament in Multan, defeating Karachi Port Trust in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 16 January 1961 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19610116/202/0006 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 19 January 1961 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19610119/204/0008 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
In the 1960s, the team notably featured at the 1960 and 1962 editions of the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dacca, East Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 30 September 1960 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19600930/142/0008 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1962.10.11 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19621011-01.1.6 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref> primarily dominated by ''Makrani Baloch'' (also known as Sheedi) players.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2026-03-27 |title=Inside Lyari: The real story of Abdul Rehman Baloch aka Rehman Dakait, from Haji Laloo gang wars and Arshad Pappu rivalry to PPP-backed Aman Committee, Karachi’s trade networks and ‘Mini Brazil’ football culture |url=https://www.etnownews.com/et-now-luxe/inside-lyari-the-real-story-of-abdul-rehman-baloch-aka-rehman-dakait-from-haji-laloo-gang-wars-and-arshad-pappu-rivalry-to-ppp-backed-aman-committee-karachis-trade-networks-and-mini-brazil-football-culture-article-153936826 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=ET Now |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Ayaz Khan {{!}} Nayir |date=2024-09-22 |title=FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1860358 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref> During the period, the team had services of international players such as Ghulam Hussain, Yousuf Sr.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 07 October 1960 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19601007/147/0008 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Ghulam Abbas Baloch,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arman |first=Shabbir Ahmed |date=2014-05-10 |title=فٹبالر عبدالجبار اورکیپٹن عباس کی یادیں {{!}} Express News |url=https://www.express.pk/story/252739/ftbalr-abdaljbar-awrkyptn-abas-ky-yadyn-252739 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=ایکسپریس اردو |language=en}}</ref> Yousuf Jr.,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Roznama Dunya Karachi EDITION 23 June 2015 NEWS DETAIL {{!}} ID 1758478_83035731 {{!}}Daily Dunya ePaper{{!}}Roznama Dunya|url=https://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2015-06-23&edition=KCH&id=1758478_83035731|access-date=2025-07-27|website=e.dunya.com.pk}}</ref> Amin Baloch,<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-05-07/126732|access-date=2025-06-25|website=Daily Dunya|language=ur|trans-title=World of football heroes}}</ref> among others. The team also featured in other tournaments in East Pakistan such as the Ronaldshay Shield.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Wednesday 26 October 1960 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19601026/164/0007 |website=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
In 1962, the team won the Karachi Football League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 1962 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki62.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
In the 1980s, the team produced international players such as Abdul Samad.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا|trans-title=World of football heroes|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-03-26/98491|access-date=2026-03-28|website=Daily Dunya|language=ur}}</ref>
In 2001, the team participated in the Lyari Festival Football Tournament and All-Karachi Jashan-e-Azadi Football Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2002 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki02.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> From 2004 onwards, the team particpated in the KASB Karachi League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2003 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki03.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan (Other Tournaments) 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki3-04.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-11-30 |title=Victory for Al-Shahbaz |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/167812/victory-for-al-shahbaz |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref>
In the 2010s, the team participated in several local tournaments in Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agencies |date=2015-04-03 |title=Muslim Khatri Golden Jubilee football starts today |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1173498 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wadhani |first=Ali Salman |date=2016-04-29 |title=U-16 Lyari Football League kicks off with a bang |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1255079 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-07 |title=Shaheed Akbar Nagori Football begins tomorrow |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/235089-Shaheed-Akbar-Nagori-Football-begins-tomorrow |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=The News International |language=en}}</ref>
== Rivalries == The team shares a rivalry with Karachi based club Keamari Union. In 1956, in a match between the two teams, the pavilion of the KMC Stadium collapsed with close to 100 people getting injured.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The story of Karachi's KMC football stadium {{!}} Sports {{!}} thenews.com.pk|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/668922-the-story-of-karachis-kmc-football-stadium|access-date=2024-05-31|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>
== Honours ==
* '''Quaid-i-Azam Football Tournament''' ** ''Winners'': 1961
* '''Karachi Football League''' ** ''Winners'': 1962
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Football clubs in Pakistan Category:Football in Karachi
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