2008–09 Pakistan Premier League

The 2008–09 Pakistan Premier League was the 5th season of the Pakistan Premier League and the 54th season of Pakistan domestic football. It was held from July 22, 2008 to December 6, 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

Pakistan Premier League

Season	2008–09
Champions	WAPDA 3rd Pakistan Premier League title 7th Pakistani title
Relegated	Pakistan Steel Pakistan Television
AFC President's Cup	WAPDA
Matches played	182
Goals scored	487 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Muhammad Rasool (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Pak Elektron (8 August 2008) Khan Research Laboratories 5–0 Pakistan Television (23 October 2008)
Biggest away win	Pak Elektron 0–6 Habib Bank (23 November 2008)
Highest scoring	National Bank 5–4 Pakistan Airlines (8 October 2008)
Longest winning run	8 games WAPDA
Longest unbeaten run	17 games WAPDA
Longest winless run	15 games Pakistan Television
Longest losing run	15 games Pakistan Television
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Football Federation League

• Pak Elektron
• Pakistan Steel

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football Federation League

• Pakistan Railways
• Wohaib

Teams

Stadia and locations

District of Karachi

Afghan Chaman

KRL

Pakistan Army

Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Television

PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad

Pak Elektron
WAPDA

Karachi teams:
Habib Bank
KESC
KPT
National Bank
Pakistan Airlines
Pakistan Steel

Location of teams in 2008–09 Pakistan Premier League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Afghan Chaman	Chaman	Jamal Nasir Stadium	12,000
Habib Bank	Karachi	People's Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	Karachi	People's Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Port Trust	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Football Stadium	6,000
Khan Research Laboratories	Rawalpindi (Kahuta)	KRL Ground	8,000
National Bank	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Football Stadium	6,000
Pak Elektron	Lahore	Punjab Stadium	10,000
Pakistan Army	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	7,000
Pakistan Navy	Islamabad	PNS Karsaz Stadium	5,000
Pakistan Airlines	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
Pakistan Steel	Karachi (Steel Town)	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
Pakistan Television	Islamabad	Jinnah Sports Stadium	48,200
PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Railways Ground	10,000
WAPDA	Lahore	Punjab Stadium	10,000

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis

The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2009 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.

The matches will be held at 1:00 and 3:00 pm respectively on home and away basis. This time the winning bonus will be Rs 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.

The 2008 season

KPT F.C. lead from the start and up to the midway point remained ahead of KRL, WAPDA and Army, who all made slips up. However, by the final third of the season KPT began to falter, and towards the end of the season it became a three horse race between Army, WAPDA and KRL, just as it has done the past four seasons. The season ended with WAPDA holding on to the title with Army in second over perennial third placers KRL. Pakistan Steel and PTV were both relegated.

WAPDA were given Rs500,000 as champions of Pakistan, while Pakistan Amy and KRL picked up Rs300,000 and Rs200,000 respectively. The Fair Play trophy along with Rs100,000 went to Afghan Club. Player of the season and Rs100,000 went to KRL F.C. defender Samar Ishaq. His teammate Mohammad Rasool was top scorers and received Rs50,000. While Abdul Aziz of WAPDA was goalkeeper of the season and was given Rs50,000. Ali Nawaz Baloch was best match commissioner and Mohammad Rauf Bari was best referee and each took Rs50,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	WAPDA (C)	26	15	9	2	46	22	+24	54	Qualification to 2009 AFC President's Cup
2	Pakistan Army	26	14	8	4	40	21	+19	50
3	Khan Research Laboratories	26	13	8	5	46	24	+22	47
4	Karachi Port Trust	26	13	6	7	39	32	+7	45
5	Pakistan Navy	26	11	8	7	30	18	+12	41
6	National Bank	26	9	8	9	45	42	+3	35
7	PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad	26	10	5	11	33	38	−5	35
8	Pakistan Airlines	26	8	8	10	38	30	+8	32
9	Habib Bank	26	9	5	12	34	31	+3	32
10	Afghan Chaman	26	8	7	11	33	39	−6	31
11	Pak Elektron	26	8	7	11	25	40	−15	31
12	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	26	8	6	12	32	40	−8	30
13	Pakistan Steel	26	6	11	9	27	36	−9	29	Relegation to 2009-10 PFF League
14	Pakistan Television	26	1	2	23	19	74	−55	5

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

Season statistics

Scoring

• Fastest goal in a match: 48 seconds ^[1]
  • Imran Niazi for WAPDA against KESC (9 November 2009)^[1]
  • Muhammad Akram for Pakistan Steel against HBL (24 July 2009)^[1]

• Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Pak Elektron 0–6 Habib Bank (23 November 2008).^[1]

• Most goals scored by losing team: 4 goals
  • National Bank 5–4 Pakistan Airlines (8 October 2008).^[1]

Top scorer

Rank	Scorer[1]	Club	Goals
1	Muhammad Rasool	Khan Research Laboratories	22
2	Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	19
3	Shakir Lashari	Pakistan Airlines	16
4	Abdul Rehman	Karachi Port Trust	14
5	Farooq Shah	National Bank	12
6	Muhammad Ishtiaq	Habib Bank	10

Hat-tricks

Player[1]	For	Against	Date	Stadium
Haji Ahmed Shah	Afghan Chaman	Pakistan Television	6 August 2008	Government High School Stadium, Chaman
Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	National Bank	7 August 2008	Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi
Zeeshan Ali	Pakistan Airlines	Pak Elektron	8 August 2008	Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi
Muhammad Rasool	Khan Research Laboratories	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	12 August 2008	People's Football Stadium, Karachi
Shakir Lashari	Pakistan Airlines	Pakistan Television	14 August 2008	Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi
Jamil Ahmed	National Bank	Pakistan Airlines	8 October 2008	Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi
Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	Athletico Faisalabad	21 October 2008	Railways Ground, Faisalabad
Muhammad Rasool	Khan Research Laboratories	Pakistan Television	23 October 2008	KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi
Muhammad Rasool	Khan Research Laboratories	Afghan Chaman	16 November 2008	KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi
Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	Pakistan Steel	18 November 2008	Punjab Stadium, Lahore
Jadeed Khan	Afghan Chaman	Pakistan Television	22 November 2008	PSB Ground, Islamabad

Awards

Teams & players

Award	Player	Club
Top Scorer	Muhammad Rasool	KRL
Most Valuable Player	Samar Ishaq	KRL
Best Goalkeeper	Abdul Aziz	WAPDA
Fair Play	—	Afghan Chaman

Referee

Award	Referee	Association
Best Match Commissioner	Ali Nawaz Baloch	Karachi
Best Referee	Muhammad Rauf Bari	Lahore