2009–10 Pakistan Premier League Explained

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.

Format

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.

Teams

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).

Location and stadia

ClubCity/StateStadiumCapacity
Afghan ChamanChamanJamal Nasir Stadium 12,000
Baloch NushkiNushkiNushki Stadium 3,000
Habib BankKarachiPeople's Sports Complex40,000
Karachi Electric Supply CorporationKarachiPeople's Sports Complex40,000
Karachi Port TrustKarachiCDGK Stadium15,000
Khan Research LaboratoriesRawalpindi35,000
National BankKarachiKorangi Baloch Stadium5,000
Pak ElektronLahoreModel Town Football Academy Ground1,000
Pakistan AirforcePeshawarQayyum Stadium15,000
Pakistan ArmyRawalpindiArmy Stadium7,000
Navy F.C.Islamabad1,000
Pakistan AirlinesKarachi15,000
PMC AthleticoFaisalabad10,000
WAPDALahoreRailway Stadium3,000

League table

Statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Arif MehmoodWAPDA20
2 Muhammad IshtiaqHabib Bank11
AsmatullahPak Elektron
3 Bilal AhmedHabib Bank10
Zahid AhmedKarachi Port Trust
Nomi Martin GillPakistan Navy
Abdul RehmanKarachi Electric Supply Corporation

Hat-tricks

[1]

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
WAPDAPMC Athletico 5–1
Nomi Martin Gill Pakistan NavyKarachi Electric Supply Corporation 3–0
WAPDAPakistan Airlines 3–2
WAPDAPakistan Navy 5–0
Pakistan AirlinesBaloch Nushki 4–0
Bilal Ahmed Habib BankBaloch Nushki 4–0
Zeeshan Ali Pakistan AirlinesAfghan Chaman 5–0
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Baloch Nushki 4–0

Awards

AwardPlayerClub
Top scorerArif MehmoodWAPDA
Best goalkeeperGhulam NabiKRL
Best Player of the SeasonNasrullah KhanPIA
Fairplay awardAfghan Chaman

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pakistan 2009/10 (National Tournaments) . Ali Wahidi . Syed Akber . March 4, 2011 . RSSSF . January 6, 2019.