2005–06 Pakistan Premier League

The 2005–06 Pakistan Premier League season was the 2nd season of Pakistan Premier League and 51st season of Pakistan domestic football.

Pakistan Premier League

Season	2005–06
Champions	Pakistan Army 1st Premier League title 3rd Pakistani title
Relegated	Panther Club Pakistan Public Work Department
AFC President's Cup	Pakistan Army
Matches played	264
Goals scored	346 (1.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Imran Hussain (21 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005)[1]
Biggest away win	Pakistan Navy 0–5 National Bank (5 October 2005)[1]
Highest scoring	Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther Club (21 August 2005)[1] Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005)[1]
Longest winning run	8 games Pakistan Army
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Pakistan Army
Longest winless run	13 games Pakistan Public Work Department
Longest losing run	6 games Pakistan Public Work Department
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

WAPDA were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pakistan Premier League and 5th Pakistani title the previous season.^[1]

Pakistan Army won the title on 19 October 2005, after defeating Pakistan Telecommunication 2-0, with 54th and 70th minute goals from Mubassar and Jaffar Hussain. Army had one game to play against WAPDA who were three points away from first position. Army won the league regardless of their result against WAPDA due to superior goal difference. Army won the tie against WAPDA 3-1, with a brace from the league's top scorer Imran Hussain. Army ended up winning the league by six points.^[1]

Panther Club and Pakistan Public Work Department were relegated at the end of the season and will be replaced by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and Pakistan Railways in the coming season.

Teams

Allied Bank, Baloch Nushki, Mardan, Mauripur Baloch, Naka Mohammaden and Young XI DIK were relegated at the end of 2004-05 season and were replaced by National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department.^[1]

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Afghan Chaman	Chaman	Jamal Nasir Stadium	12,000
Habib Bank	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Port Trust	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Khan Research Laboratories	Rawalpindi	KRL Stadium	8,000
National Bank	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Pakistan Telecommunication	Islamabad	Jinnah Sports Stadium	42,800
Pakistan Army	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	7,000
Pakistan Navy	Rawalpindi	Municipal Stadium	1,000
Pakistan Public Work Department	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Panther Club	Faisalabad	Railways Ground	10,000
WAPDA	Lahore	Railway Stadium	5,000
Wohaib	Lahore	Punjab University Old Campus Ground	1,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pakistan Army	22	16	3	3	52	9	+43	51	Qualification to 2006 AFC President's Cup
2	WAPDA	22	13	6	3	43	15	+28	45
3	Khan Research Laboratories	22	12	5	5	41	24	+17	41
4	Afghan Chaman	22	11	4	7	25	27	−2	37
5	Pakistan Telecommunication	22	11	3	8	36	26	+10	36
6	National Bank	22	9	8	5	31	19	+12	35
7	Habib Bank	22	7	5	10	24	26	−2	26
8	Karachi Port Trust	22	6	6	10	27	35	−8	24
9	Pakistan Navy	22	5	6	11	17	26	−9	21
10	Wohaib	22	5	5	12	16	41	−25	20
11	Panther Club	22	6	2	14	20	44	−24	20	Relegation to 2006 PFF National League
12	Pakistan Public Work Department	22	3	3	16	14	44	−30	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Champions

2005–06 Pakistan Premier League champions
Pakistan Army F.C. First title

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Muhammad Essa for Afghan Chaman against Pakistan Public Work Department (31 July 2005).^[1]
• Last goal of the season: Khuda Bakhsh for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (23 October 2005).^[1]
• Fastest goal of the season: 52 seconds – Farooq Shah for National Bank against Pakistan Navy (14 January 2013).^[1]
• Largest winning margin: 10 goals
  • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005).^[1]
• Highest scoring game: 10 goals.^[1]
  • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther (21 August 2005).^[1]
  • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005).^[1]
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther (21 August 2005).^[1]

Top scorers

As of 17 January 2006^[1]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Imran Hussain	Pakistan Army	21
2	Qadeer Ahmed	Khan Research Laboratories	16
3	Muhammad Essa	Afghan Chaman	12
	Jaffer Hussain	Pakistan Army
	Arif Mehmood	WAPDA
6	Mohammad Ejaz	Pakistan Telecommunication	10

Hat-tricks

As of 17 January 2006^[1]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Muhammad Essa	Afghan Chaman	Pakistan Public Work Department	3–2	31 July 2005	[1]
Sattar Mansuri	National Bank	Karachi Port Trust	3–2	5 September 2005	[1]
Imran Hussain	Pakistan Army	Afghan Chaman	4–0	21 September 2005	[1]
Adeel Ahmed	Pakistan Telecommunication	Afghan Chaman	6–2	24 September 2011	[1]