2009 Pakistan Premier League

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Pakistan Premier League
Season2009
Dates25 July 2009 – 13 December 2009
Champions Khan Research Laboratories
1st Premier League title
1st Pakistani title
Relegated Baloch Nushki
PMC Athletico
AFC President's Cup Khan Research Laboratories
Matches182
Goals454 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer 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 winning run6 games
Karachi Port Trust
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Khan Research Laboratories
Longest winless run23 games
Baloch Nushki
Longest losing run11 games
Baloch Nushki
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The 2009 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 2009 and ended on 13 December 2009. [1] [2]

Contents

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 had to defeat Karachi Port Trust by at least 11 goals, to gain parity in points and have a higher ratio of goals scored, to win the league. Pakistan Army defeated Karachi Port Trust 2–1, tying both teams on 60 points. 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/StateStadium [3]
Afghan Chaman Chaman Govt. High School Ground
Baloch Nushki Nushki Nushki Stadium
Habib Bank Karachi People's Sports Complex
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Karachi People's Sports Complex
Karachi Port Trust Karachi People's Sports Complex
Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi KRL Stadium
National Bank Karachi Korangi Baloch Stadium
Pak Elektron Lahore Model Town Football Academy Ground
Pakistan Airforce Peshawar PAF Complex
Pakistan Army Rawalpindi Army Stadium
Navy F.C. Islamabad Naval Sports Complex
Pakistan Airlines Karachi Korangi Baloch Stadium
PMC Athletico Faisalabad University of Agriculture Ground
WAPDA Lahore Railway Stadium

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Khan Research Laboratories 261862408+3260Qualification to 2010 AFC President's Cup
2 Pakistan Army 2619343614+2260
3 WAPDA 2617635824+3457
4 Pakistan Navy 2617634324+1957
5 Karachi Port Trust 26115103430+438
6 Pakistan Airlines 26106104529+1636
7 Pak Elektron 26106103628+836
8 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 2697102827+134
9 Habib Bank 2679103439−530
10 National Bank 2675142442−1826
11 Pakistan Air Force 2674152738−1125
12 Afghan Chaman 2664162051−3122
13 PMC Athletico 2663171940−2121Relegation to 2010 PFF League
14 Baloch Nushki 2622221060−508
First match(es) will be played: July 2009. Source: PFF
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

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away AFG ARM BAL HBL KESC KPT KRL NAV NBP PAF PEL PIA PMCA WAP
Afghan F.C. 0–3 [a] 1–11–13–00–00–3 [a] 0–3 [a] 3–10–3 [a] 3–11–00–30–3 [a]
Army F.C. 1–02–01–11–01–00–00–11–01–02–11–02–02–3
Baloch F.C. 0–10–3 [a] 0–3 [a] 1–31–40–3 [a] 0–3 [a] 0–10–3 [a] 0–31–21–00–3 [a]
HBL F.C. 3–14–01–02–22–31–11–30–11–15–01–1
KESC F.C. 2–10–04–00–11–20–41–10–02–11–12–00–0
KPT F.C. 6–21–22–11–01–21–22–02–00–22–10–3
KRL F.C. 1–00–23–11–00–01–03–02–03–01–01–01–01–1
Navy F.C. 2–01–02–02–13–00–01–11–01–01–11–00–5
NBP F.C. 1–00–32–12–30–41–31–00–31–10–23–11–2
PAF F.C. 1–10–11–03–00–32–01–30–00–3 [b] 1–22–11–10–1
PEL F.C. 4–00–14–01–10–13–01–14–30–12–01–01–1
PIA F.C. 5–04–05–02–01–10–12–23–04–23–32–10–1
PMC Athletico 1–00–21–01–22–11–00–11–21–12–01–10–10–1
WAPDA F.C. 4–05–14–12–22–10–10–11–33–22–12–13–25–1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The home matches of both Afghan Chaman and Baloch Nushki against Pakistan Army, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Airforce and WAPDA were all moved from Balochistan to Karachi, after the service teams refused to play in Chaman and Nushki citing security reasons; in protest against this decision Afghan and Baloch refused to honour these nominal home matches and were awarded five 0-3 losses each.
  2. ↑ National Bank were awarded three points and three goals following their protest that Pakistan Airforce had fielded an illegal player against them in the Premier Football League match that was held at the PAF Complex in Islamabad on August 2. Pakistan Airforce won the original tie 2-0.

Statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

As of 13 December 2009
RankScorerClubGoals [4]
1 Flag of Pakistan.svg Arif Mehmood WAPDA20
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad IshtiaqHabib Bank11
Flag of Pakistan.svg AsmatullahPak Elektron
3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Bilal AhmedHabib Bank10
Flag of Pakistan.svg Zahid AhmedKarachi Port Trust
Flag of Pakistan.svg Nomi Martin GillPakistan Navy
Flag of Pakistan.svg Abdul Rehman Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

Hat-tricks

As of 13 December 2009 [4]
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Arif Mehmood WAPDAPMC Athletico5–126 July 2009
Nomi Martin GillPakistan NavyKarachi Electric Supply Corporation3–07 August 2009
Arif Mehmood WAPDAPakistan Airlines3–221 August 2009
Arif Mehmood WAPDAPakistan Navy5–04 October 2009
Shakir Lashari Pakistan AirlinesBaloch Nushki4–021 October 2009
Bilal AhmedHabib BankBaloch Nushki4–023 October 2009
Zeeshan AliPakistan AirlinesAfghan Chaman5–027 October 2009
Aurangzeb Baloch Karachi Electric Supply CorporationBaloch Nushki4–027 October 2009

Awards

AwardPlayerClub
Top scorer Arif Mehmood WAPDA
Best goalkeeperGhulam Nabi KRL
Best Player of the Season Nasrullah Khan PIA
Fairplay award– Afghan Chaman


References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan Premier League 2009". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  2. ↑ "KRL become PPFL champions". Dawn. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  3. ↑ "PFF approves eight cities and 13 venues for sixth PPFL". Dawn. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  4. 1 2 Ali Wahidi, Syed Akber (March 4, 2011). "Pakistan 2009/10 (National Tournaments)". RSSSF. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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