List of Pakistan football champions

The Pakistan football champions are the winners of the highest league in Pakistani football, which is currently the Pakistan Premier League.

Pakistan’s first football tournament began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship, a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football competition in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League. In 1979, a domestic cup was added to Pakistani football, known as the Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup. ^[1]

The 1948–49 Pakistan National Football League was the first season of the NFL and ended with Sindh Red being crowned champions. The National Football League era though saw Karachi based Pakistan Airlines with most championships, winning the competition nine times. The Pakistan Premier League era is different though as most of the champions of the league have come from Punjab side with Khan Research Laboratories from Rawalpindi winning the league five times. ^[2]

Currently, the team with the most championships in Pakistan Premier League is Khan Research Laboratories, who have won five championships in the league. However, Pakistan Airlines are the team with the most championships overall, winning National Football League nine times. ^[3]

Champions

• Bold indicates double winners – i.e. League and Domestic (National Challenge) Cup.
• Italic indicates team winning the season unbeaten – i.e. (invincible).
• Note: Various provinces (Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, Punjab, East Pakistan), divisions (Karachi, Peshawar) or other clubs (Railways) entered teams under various names; all finalists listed can nevertheless be regarded as the 'first' team of the respective clubs with the exception of the 1948 losing finalists, Sindh Blue, who were the second-string team of Sindh. ^[3]

National Football Championship (1948–2003)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up
1948	Sindh Red (1)	Sindh Blue
1950	Balochistan Red (1)	Sindh
1952	Punjab (1)	NWFP
1953	Punjab (2)	NWFP Blue
1954	Punjab Blue (3)	Pakistan Railways
1955	Punjab (4)	NWFP
1956	Balochistan (2)	Railways White
1957	Punjab (5)	East Pakistan White
1958	Punjab Blue (6)	Pakistan Railways
1959	Balochistan (3)	East Pakistan
1960	East Pakistan (1)	Karachi White
1961–62	Dacca (1)	Karachi Blue
1962	Dacca (2)	Karachi
1963	Karachi (1)	Pakistan Railways
1964–65	Karachi (2)	Pakistan Railways
1966	Karachi (3)	Pakistan Railways
1968	Peshawar (1)	Lahore
1969	Pakistan Railways (1)	Karachi
1969–70	Chittagong (1)	Peshawar
1971	Pakistan Airlines (1)	Karachi
1972	Pakistan Airlines (2)	Peshawar White
1973	Karachi Yellow (4)	Rawalpindi
1975 (I)	Pakistan Airlines (3)	Punjab A
1975 (II)	Sindh Red (2)	Balochistan Red
1976	Pakistan Airlines (4)	Pakistan Railways
1978	Pakistan Airlines (5)	Sindh Red
1979	Karachi Red (5)	Pakistan Airlines
1980	Karachi Red (6)	Pakistan Army
1981	Pakistan Airlines (6)	Pakistan Air Force
1982	Habib Bank (1)	Pakistan Railways
1983	WAPDA (1)	Habib Bank
1984	Pakistan Railways (2)	WAPDA
1985	Quetta (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1986	Pakistan Air Force (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1987	Crescent Textiles Mills (1)	Karachi Port Trust
1989 (I)	Punjab Red (7)	Pakistan Railways
1989 (II)	Pakistan Airlines (7)	Sindh Government Press
1990	Punjab Red (8)	Pakistan Airlines
1991	WAPDA (2)	Habib Bank
1992–93	Pakistan Airlines (8)	Pakistan Army
1993–94	Pakistan Army (1)	WAPDA
1994	Crescent Textiles Mills (2)	WAPDA
1995	Pakistan Army (2)	Allied Bank
1997 (I)	Allied Bank (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1997 (II)	Pakistan Airlines (9)	Allied Bank
1999	Allied Bank (2)	Pakistan Navy
2000	Allied Bank (3)	Habib Bank
2001	WAPDA (3)	Khan Research Laboratories
2003	WAPDA (4)	Pakistan Army

Pakistan Premier League (2004-present)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Points	Runners-up	Points	Third place	Points	Top goalscorer	Goals
2004–05	WAPDA (1)	74	Pakistan Army	74	Khan Research Laboratories	73	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2005–06	Pakistan Army (1)	51	WAPDA	45	Khan Research Laboratories	41	Imran Hussain (Pakistan Army)	21
2006–07	Pakistan Army (2)	49	WAPDA (2)	44	Khan Research Laboratories	44	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2007–08	WAPDA (2)	58	Pakistan Army	57	Khan Research Laboratories	53	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	21
2008–09	WAPDA (3)	54	Pakistan Army	50	Khan Research Laboratories	47	Muhammad Rasool (Khan Research Laboratories)	22
2009–10	Khan Research Laboratories (1)	60	Pakistan Army	60	WAPDA	57	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2010–11	WAPDA (4)	67	Khan Research Laboratories	58	PIA	57	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	21
2011–12	Khan Research Laboratories (2)	77	Afghan	57	Pakistan Army	57	Jadid Khan Pathan (Afghan Chaman)	22
2012–13	Khan Research Laboratories (3)	71	K-Electric	62	Muslim	62	Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories)	35
2013–14	Khan Research Laboratories (4)	66	K-Electric	64	WAPDA	63	Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories)	18
2014–15	K-Electric (1)	48	Pakistan Army	45	Air Force	42	Muhammad Rasool (K-Electric)	22
2018–19	Khan Research Laboratories (5)	51	Air Force	51	Sui Southern Gas	50	Ansar Abbas (Pakistan Army)	15

Total titles won

Teams in bold competed in the Premier League as of the 2018–19 season.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Pakistan Airlines 1 †	9	5	1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1989, 1992–93, 1997
WAPDA	8	5	1983, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004-05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
Punjab 2	8	1	1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1990
Karachi 3	6	5	1963, 1964–65, 1966, 1973, 1979, 1980
Khan Research Laboratories	5	2	2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
Pakistan Army	4	8	1993–94, 1995, 2005-06, 2006–07
Allied Bank†	3	2	1997, 1999, 2000
Balochistan 4	3	1	1950, 1956, 1959
Pakistan Railways	2	9	1969, 1984
Sindh 5	2	2	1948, 1975
Crescent Textiles Mills†	2	0	1987, 1994
Dacca	2	0	1961–62, 1962
Habib Bank†	1	3	1982
Pakistan Air Force	1	3	1986
K-Electric †	1	2	2014–15
East Pakistan	1	2	1960
Peshawar	1	1	1968
Chittagong	1	0	1969–70
Quetta	1	0	1985
NWFP	0	3
Afghan Chaman	0	1
Karachi Port Trust	0	1
Lahore	0	1
Pakistan Navy	0	1
Sindh Government Press	0	1
Sindh Blue	0	1

Note: † represents dissolved teams.

Total titles won by provinces

Punjab has dominated the football league in Pakistan with a total of 31 league titles won between three cities; Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Sindh based Karachi and East Bengal based Dacca dominated the league from 1960 to 1965; Dacca winning consecutive titles from 1960-61 and 1961-62, and Karachi winning back to back three titles from 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65. ^{[1] [2]}

Province	Number of titles	Clubs
Punjab	32	WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2), Crescent Textiles Mill (2)
Sindh	19	Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), Habib Bank (1), K-Electric (1)
Balochistan	4	Balochistan (3), Quetta (1)
East Bengal (now Bangladesh)	3	Dacca (2), Chittagong (1)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP)	2	Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)

By City / Town

City / Town	Championships	Clubs
Lahore	21	WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2)
Karachi	19	Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), Habib Bank (1), K-Electric (1)
Rawalpindi	9	Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4)
Quetta	4	Balochistan (3), Quetta (1)
Peshawar	2	Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)
Dhaka	2	Dacca (2)
Faisalabad	2	Crescent Textile Mill (2)
Chittagong	1	Chittagong (1)

Multiple trophy wins

Only three clubs have won double in Pakistan football.

Team	Season	Trophies
Allied Bank Limited	1999	National Football League, PFF President's Cup
Crescent Textile Mills	1987	National League Football, President-PFF Cup
Khan Research Laboratories	2009–10	Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup
	2011–12	Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup

References

1. Ahsan, Ali (December 23, 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN News. DAWN. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
2. Ahsan, Ali (December 23, 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN News. DAWN. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
3. Ali Wahidi, Syed Akber (March 17, 2016). "Pakistan - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved October 8, 2018.