2004 National A Division Football League

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Pakistan Premier League
Season2004
Dates28 May 2004 – 13 October 2004
Champions WAPDA
1st Premier League title
5th Pakistani title
RelegatedAllied Bank
Young Eleven
Mauripur Baloch
Baloch Quetta
Naka Muhammaden
Mardan
AFC President's Cup WAPDA
Matches played240
Goals scored870 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Arif Mehmood (20 goals)
Biggest home win Habib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan
(28 June 2004)
Biggest away winMardan 0–9 Pakistan Army
(5 June 2004)
Highest scoring Habib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan
(28 June 2004)
Longest winning run7 games
WAPDA
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Pakistan Army
Longest winless run13 games
Mardan
Longest losing run13 games
Mardan
2005 →

The 2004 National A Division Football League season was the inaugural season of the newly formed National Football League of Pakistan, the top tier of Pakistani football. The season started on 28 May 2004 and concluded on 13 October 2004. [1]

Contents

Formation

In August 2003, the PFF came under new management, as the politician Faisal Saleh Hayat took over. Under the new management, the Pakistan Football Federation phased out the group stage based National Football Championship, [2] and in 2004 introduced the National A Division Football League, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] With the inception of the newly formed league, provincial and divisional teams were phased out from the top tier and continued their participation in the National Games of Pakistan. In contrast, departmental and armed forces teams remained active in the new league format. [10] [11] [12]

After completion of the season in October 2004, PFF launched the second tier PFF League. In the next 2005 season of the top tier, the National A Division Football League was renamed to the Pakistan Premier League. [13]

Venues

The inaugural 2004 National A Division League was staged in hub rounds rather than strict club-specific home stadiums; Rawalpindi used Army Stadium and KRL Stadium, Islamabad round used Naval Sports Complex, with PTCL hosting in the twin cities. The Lahore round used Punjab Stadium, the Karachi round used KMC Stadium and Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground, a Quetta round followed later. [14] [15]

Teams

Eight departmental teams automatically qualified for the league from the 2003 President PFF Cup. They were:

TeamLocation
Allied Bank Lahore
Habib Bank Karachi
Karachi Port Trust Karachi
Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi
Pakistan Army Rawalpindi
Pakistan Navy Islamabad
Pakistan Telecommunication Islamabad
WAPDA Lahore

Other eight club teams qualified via regional tournament. Following are the teams qualified from regional tournament:

TeamLocation
Afghan Chaman Chaman
Baloch Quetta Quetta
Mardan FC Mardan
Mauripur Baloch Karachi
Naka Muhammaden Karachi
Panther Club Faisalabad
Wohaib Lahore
Young Eleven Dera Ismail Khan

Season summary

The 16 teams of the inaugural season of the National A Division Football League PakistanPremierLeagueMap2004.png
The 16 teams of the inaugural season of the National A Division Football League

Season started on 28 May 2004, Khuda Bakhsh of WAPDA was the first player to score a goal in new Pakistan Premier League when he scored a brace against Allied Bank. [1]

The season saw many one-sided high-scoring matches, as some of the teams lacked in quality and financially. On 28 June, Habib Bank defeated Naka Muhammden 15–0, the highest scoring match and the biggest victory and loss and most numbers of player (7) scoring in a single match in the history of Pakistan Premier League. [1]

During June, Allied Bank disbanded their team, after refusing to renew the contracts of seven players; but they were able restored their team and returned playing. Bankruptcy hit Naka Muhammadan who withdrew before their 14 July match, they did however returned to complete the season.

The season was dominated by Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army and WAPDA, as they scored a combined goals of 294, each scoring 98 goals, highest ever in Pakistan Premier League. [1]

Due to fixture congestion, WAPDA had to play both their final two matches on the same day, which just happened to be against title rivals Pakistan Army and Khan Research Laboratories. [1] WAPDA and Army drew 2-2, meaning Army were three points ahead at the top of the table, but both shared the same goal difference, and WAPDA still had one match to play.

It meant WAPDA needed to win to finish first, and their opponents, KRL, also needed to win to finish first. In this top of the table clash, it was WAPDA who were victorious, thrashing KRL 4–0 to win the title by a superior goal difference, and be crowned as the first winners of the Pakistan Football League.

Arif Mehmood of WAPDA took the honours as the league's top scorer, with over 20 goals. [9]

At the end of the season, 6 teams were relegated and 2 promoted as league reduced to 12 teams for 2005 after the number of one sided matches. Panther Club escaped relegation thanks to the withdrawal of Allied Bank from the 2005–06 season. National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department were promoted to the 2005–06 season.

WAPDA represented Pakistan at the 2005 AFC President's Cup by virtue of being the national champions.

WAPDA, Pakistan Army and KRL set a new national record of 98 goals in a season. WAPDA only conceding 12 goals is also a new record.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 WAPDA 3023529812+8674Qualification to 2005 AFC President's Cup
2 Pakistan Army 3023529816+8274
3 Khan Research Laboratories 3023439824+7473
4 Karachi Port Trust 3018756834+3461
5Pakistan Telecommunication3018666329+3460
6 Pakistan Navy 30141156228+3453
7 Habib Bank 3014796735+3249
8Allied Bank30153125240+1248Relegation to 2005–06 PFF National League
9 Afghan Chaman 30107134346−337
10 Wohaib 3093183753−1630
11 Panther Club [a] 3086164367−2430
12 Young Eleven 3074193890−5225Relegation to 2005–06 PFF National League
13 Mauripur Baloch 3064202564−3922
14 Baloch Quetta 3055202662−3620
15Naka Muhammaden30502532154−12215
16Mardan30312620116−9610
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2004. Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ↑ Panther were saved from relegation as Allied Bank dissolved their team at the end of the season, saving Panther from relegation due to them being the best placed team in relegation zone.

Results

Home \ Away AFG ABL BAL HBL KPT KRL MARMAUNAK ARMY NAVY PTCLPAN WAP WOH YOU
Afghan Chaman —1–22–01–10–11–24–00–05–00–23–40–03–11–01–01–1
Allied Bank0–1—5–13–10–11–55–02–05–10–30–00–54–01–34–12–0
Baloch Quetta 2–20–1—0–11–20–22–02–12–00–20–10–41–20–30–01–1
Habib Bank 0–05–12–0—2–01–23–12–06–20–23–12–21–10–12–05–0
Karachi Port Trust 4–14–01–32–2—1–04–13–07–32–11–13–26–01–34–03–0
Khan Research Laboratories 1–01–14–01–03–1—7–17–110–01–01–02–24–10–13–110–0
Mardan2–40–11–11–40–30–6—0–32–50–90–20–31–20–73–02–0
Mauripur Baloch2–30–02–11–10–21–21–2—4–01–51–10–20–10–41–00–4
Naka Muhammaden1–81–53–10–151–31–83–11–0—0–52–11–32–30–51–61–3
Pakistan Army 6–01–05–02–01–10–08–04–112–0—3–12–12–00–02–04–2
Pakistan Navy 1–00–12–11–11–10–04–04–010–02–2—2–11–10–02–18–1
Pakistan Telecommunication2–01–03–02–00–01–44–12–12–02–31–1—1–12–11–04–2
Panther Club2–01–41–11–32–32–73–01–28–20–21–40–2—0–41–24–1
WAPDA 6–02–03–15–12–04–010–06–08–02–21–11–01–1—3–04–1
Wohaib 1–11–04–22–12–20–15–00–14–10–30–21–45–00–4—2–3
Young Eleven2–00–42–30–22–22–43–12–12–00–51–41–42–20–40–3—
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2004. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 13 October 2004 [16]
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Arif Mehmood WAPDA 20
2 Imran Hussain Pakistan Army 19
3Qadeer Ahmed Khan Research Laboratories 17
Khuda Bakhsh WAPDA

Hat-tricks

As of 13 October 2004
PlayerNationalityForAgainstResultDateRef
Asim FaizFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi Port Trust Naka Muhammaden7–322 June 2004 [1]
Pervez AhmedFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Habib Bank Naka Muhammaden15–028 June 2004 [1]
Abdul Samad4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Habib Bank Naka Muhammaden15–028 June 2004 [1]
Abdul Qadeer5Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khan Research Laboratories Young Eleven 10–03 July 2004 [1]
AtiqFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khan Research Laboratories Young Eleven 10–03 July 2004 [1]
Mohammad SadiqFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammaden5–012 July 2004 [1]
Fareed Khan5Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi Port Trust Panther Club 6–028 July 2004 [1]
Muhammad ArshadFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Wohaib Naka Muhammaden6–129 July 2004 [1]
Imran Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistan Army Naka Muhammaden5–08 August 2004 [1]
Imran Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistan Army Mauripur Baloch 5–113 August 2004 [1]
Inayatullah4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammaden8–117 August 2004 [1]
Ahmed ShahFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammaden8–117 August 2004 [1]
Arif Mehmood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan WAPDA Naka Muhammaden5–022 August 2004 [1]
Jaffar HussainFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistan Army Baloch Nushki 5–09 September 2004 [1]
Zulfiqar Ali ShahFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan WAPDA Mauripur Baloch 6–012 September 2004 [1]
Khuda Bakhsh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan WAPDA Afghan Chaman 6–015 September 2004 [1]
Arif Mehmood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan WAPDA Afghan Chaman 6–015 September 2004 [1]

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals.

References

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