Competition: | Pakistan Premier League |
Season: | 2009–10 |
Winners: | Khan Research Laboratories 1st Premier League title 1st Pakistani title |
Relegated: | Baloch Nushki PMC Athletico |
Continentalcup1: | AFC President's Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Khan Research Laboratories |
Matches: | 182 |
Total Goals: | 454 |
League Topscorer: | Arif Mehmood (20 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Habib Bank (9 October 2009) Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Afghan Chaman (27 October 2009) Habib Bank 5–0 PMC Athletico (23 November 2009) |
Biggest Away Win: | Pakistan Navy 0–5 WAPDA (4 October 2009) |
Highest Scoring: | Karachi Port Trust 6–2 Afghan Chaman (21 October 2009) |
Longest Wins: | 6 games Karachi Port Trust |
Longest Unbeaten: | 15 games Khan Research Laboratories |
Longest Winless: | 23 games Baloch Nushki |
Longest Losses: | 11 games Baloch Nushki |
Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 season Pakistan Premier League was the 6th season of Pakistan Premier League and 55th season of Pakistan football league. A total of 14 teams competed in the league, with Khan Research Laboratories unseating the two-time defending champions WAPDA. The league started on 25 July and ended on 13 December.
The race for the title went to the final day of the season with Khan Research Laboratories and Pakistan Army tied on 57 points. Khan Research Laboratories won their final game defeating Pakistan Airlines 1–0, which meant Pakistan Army has to defeat Karachi Port Trust by at least the 11 goals to win the league. Pakistan Army defeated Karachi Port Trust 2–1, tying both teams on 60 points although Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, as Khan Research Laboratories finished the season with 10 goals ahead of Pakistan Army; Khan Research Laboratories finished with a goal difference of +32 compared to Pakistan Army's +22. It was the first time a team other than Army or WAPDA won the league since its inception in 2004. PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad and Baloch Nushki faced relegation after finishing in the bottom two.
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2010 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams were expected to have been relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League, but the league was expanded at the end of the season and the bottom two teams survived relegation. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
Pakistan Steel and PTV were relegated to 2009-10 Pakistan Football Federation League after finishing at bottom two in 2008-09 Pakistan Premier League. The two relegated teams were replaced by Baloch Nushki who won the Pakistan Football Federation League and Pakistan Airforce who came second to Baloch Nushki.
The league comprised five teams from Karachi (Habib Bank Limited, K-Electric, Karachi Port Trust, National Bank and Pakistan Airlines; two from Lahore (Pak Elektron Limited and WAPDA); two from Islamabad (Army and Airforce, two from Rawalpindi (Navy and Khan Research Laboratories), one from Faisalabad (PMC Athletico), one from Nushki (Baloch Nushki) and one from Chaman (Afghan Chaman).
Club | City/State | Stadium | Capacity | |
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Afghan Chaman | Chaman | Jamal Nasir Stadium | 12,000 | |
Baloch Nushki | Nushki | Nushki Stadium | 3,000 | |
Habib Bank | Karachi | People's Sports Complex | 40,000 | |
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Karachi | People's Sports Complex | 40,000 | |
Karachi Port Trust | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 15,000 | |
Khan Research Laboratories | Rawalpindi | 35,000 | ||
National Bank | Karachi | Korangi Baloch Stadium | 5,000 | |
Pak Elektron | Lahore | Model Town Football Academy Ground | 1,000 | |
Pakistan Airforce | Peshawar | Qayyum Stadium | 15,000 | |
Pakistan Army | Rawalpindi | Army Stadium | 7,000 | |
Navy F.C. | Islamabad | 1,000 | ||
Pakistan Airlines | Karachi | 15,000 | ||
PMC Athletico | Faisalabad | 10,000 | ||
WAPDA | Lahore | Railway Stadium | 3,000 |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 20 |
2 | Muhammad Ishtiaq | Habib Bank | 11 |
Asmatullah | Pak Elektron | ||
3 | Bilal Ahmed | Habib Bank | 10 |
Zahid Ahmed | Karachi Port Trust | ||
Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | ||
Abdul Rehman | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation |
Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAPDA | PMC Athletico | 5–1 | |||
Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 3–0 | ||
WAPDA | Pakistan Airlines | 3–2 | |||
WAPDA | Pakistan Navy | 5–0 | |||
Pakistan Airlines | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | |||
Bilal Ahmed | Habib Bank | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | ||
Zeeshan Ali | Pakistan Airlines | Afghan Chaman | 5–0 | ||
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 |
Award | Player | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
Top scorer | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | |
Best goalkeeper | Ghulam Nabi | KRL | |
Best Player of the Season | Nasrullah Khan | PIA | |
Fairplay award | – | Afghan Chaman |