Competition: | Pakistan Premier League |
Season: | 2007–08 |
Winners: | WAPDA F.C. 2nd Premier League title 6th Pakistani title |
Relegated: | Pakistan Railways F.C. Wohaib F.C. |
Continentalcup1: | AFC President's Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | WAPDA F.C. |
Matches: | 180 |
Total Goals: | 448 |
League Topscorer: | Arif Mehmood (21 goals) |
Best Player: | Muhammad Imran |
Best Goalkeeper: | Amir Qureshi |
Biggest Home Win: | WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008) |
Biggest Away Win: | Habib Bank 0–5 Pakistan Navy (10 December 2007) |
Highest Scoring: | Pakistan Army 5–3 Pakistan Television (24 November 2007) WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008) |
Longest Wins: | 14 games Pakistan Army WAPDA |
Longest Unbeaten: | 26 games WAPDA |
Longest Winless: | 22 games Wohaib |
Longest Losses: | 19 games Wohaib |
Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 season is the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the Pakistan Premier League and was held from November 1, 2007, to February 6, 2008, under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation.
Recently, the Pakistan Football Federation made changes to the league. It was announced that the league has been increased to a total of 14 teams with Habib Bank Limited, which was relegated after a winning 2 and drawing 6 out of 20 games in previous season, has also been given permission to field its team. Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year edition at the eleventh hour, will also feature in the coming event.
A total of 182 matches will be played at different venues in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Chaman, and Faisalabad. Peshawar, which was also under consideration to host few matches, has been left out of the venues’ list due to financial constraints. In Karachi, 65 matches would be held, Lahore and Islamabad have got 39 matches each, while Rawalpindi, Chaman and Faisalabad will host 13 matches each.
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2008 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League and two teams (winners and runners-up) from Pakistan Football Federation League will be promoted for the 2008-09 edition..
The matches will be held at 13:00 PST and 15:00 PST respectively on home and away basis.
This season the winning prize will be Rs. 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.
Club | City/State | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Afghan Chaman | Chaman | Jamal Nasir Stadium | 12,000 |
Habib Bank | Karachi | 40,000 | |
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Karachi | 40,000 | |
Karachi Port Trust | Karachi | KPT Sports Complex | 6,000 |
Khan Research Laboratories | Rawalpindi | Khan Research Laboratories Ground | 8,000 |
Pakistan Airlines | Karachi | KPT Sports Complex | 6,000 |
National Bank | Karachi | KPT Sports Complex | 6,000 |
Pakistan Army | Rawalpindi | Army Stadium | 7,000 |
Pakistan Navy | Islamabad | Naval Sports Complex | 1,000 |
Pakistan Television | Islamabad | Jinnah Sports Stadium | 48,200 |
Pakistan Railways | Lahore | Railway Stadium | 3,000 |
PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Railways Ground | 10,000 |
WAPDA | Lahore | Punjab Stadium | 10,000 |
Wohaib | Lahore | Punjab Stadium | 10,000 |
The league title went to the final day of the season, with a match between Pakistan Army and WAPDA, with Army only needing a draw to retain their title, however WAPDA went on to win the match 2-1 after two goals from Arif Mehmood completing the comeback after being 0-1 down by a goal from Imran Hussain.
WAPDA won their second Premier League title and sixth top division title and became the first team to end a season undefeated.
Wohaib and Pakistan Railways were relegated to the PFF League and will be replaced next season by PFF League winners Pak Elektron and runner-ups Pakistan Steel.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 21 |
2 | Zulfiqar Ali Shah | WAPDA | 18 |
3 | Imran Hussain | Pakistan Army | 17 |
4 | Shakir Lashari | Pakistan Airlines | 10 |
Ishtiaq Ahmed | Habib Bank | ||
Abdul Rehman | Karachi Port Trust | ||
7 | Farooq Shah | National Bank | 9 |
Muhammad Essa | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
Muhammad Qasim | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khan Research Laboratories | Pakistan Television | 4–1 | |||
Abdur Rehman | Karachi Port Trust | Pakistan Railways | 3–2 | ||
Pakistan Army | Pakistan Television | 5–3 | |||
Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | Habib Bank | 5–0 | ||
Khan Research Laboratories | National Bank | 3–0 | |||
Zulfiqar Ali Shah | WAPDA | Wohaib | 7–1 | ||
4 | WAPDA | Wohaib | 7–1 | ||
WAPDA | Habib Bank | 4–2 | |||
Yasir Afridi | Khan Research Laboratories | Afghan Chaman | 5–0 |
4 Player scored four goals