2012–13 Pakistan Premier League

The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the Pakistani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 5 September 2012 and ended on 15 January 2013.

Pakistan Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	KRL 3rd Premier League title 3rd Pakistani title
Relegated	Wohaib PMC Athletico
AFC President's Cup	KRL
Matches played	240
Goals scored	550 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kaleemullah (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (28 December 2012)
Biggest away win	Wohaib 0–4 Khan Research Laboratories (12 December 2012) PMC Athletico 0–4 Khan Research Laboratories (14 December 2012)
Highest scoring	Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)
Longest winning run	14 games Khan Research Laboratories
Longest unbeaten run	22 games Khan Research Laboratories
Longest winless run	15 games Baloch Nushki Wohaib
Longest losing run	15 games Wohaib
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title the previous season. This was their second top division league title.

On 13 January 2013, Khan Research Laboratories won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with Pakistan Airlines at KPT Stadium.

Kaleemullah Khan became the first player to score 30+ goals in a Pakistan Premier League season, after scoring 35 goals.

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis

The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2013 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

Teams

Pakistan Police and Pak Elektron were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season and were replaced by Wohaib and Zarai Taraqiati.

During the season, the Pakistan Navy vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in Rawalpindi, for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in Karachi due to the pitch condition at the former ground, thus KPT Stadium was used by three teams this season, the other two being Karachi Port Trust and National Bank, both had used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of Pakistan Premier League.

Location and stadia

KRL F.C.
Army F.C.

Wohaib F.C.
WAPDA F.C.
ZTBL F.C.

KPT F.C.
PIA F.C.
KESC F.C.

HBL F.C.
Navy F.C.
NBP F.C.

PAF F.C.

Muslim F.C.

Afghan F.C.

PMC Athletico

Baloch F.C.

Locations of teams in the 2012–13 PPL

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Afghan F.C.	Chaman	Jamal Nasir Stadium	12,000
Baloch F.C.	Nushki	Nushki Stadium	3,000
Habib Bank Limited F.C.	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation F.C.	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Port Trust F.C	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Khan Research Laboratories F.C.	Rawalpindi	KRL Stadium	8,000
Muslim F.C.	Quetta	Sadiq Shaheed Stadium	5,000
National Bank of Pakistan F.C.	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Pakistan Air Force F.C.	Peshawar	PAF Complex	1,000
Pakistan Army F.C.	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	7,000
Pakistan International Airlines F.C.	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
Pakistan Navy F.C.	Karachi	PNS Karsaz Stadium	3,000
PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Railways Ground	20,000
Water & Power Development Authority F.C	Lahore	Railway Stadium	3,000
Hafiz Wohaib Butt Memorial F.C.	Lahore	Punjab University Old Campus Ground	1,000
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited F.C.	Islamabad	Jinnah Sports Stadium	48,800

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Khan Research Laboratories (C)	30	21	8	1	65	15	+50	71	Qualification for 2013 AFC President's Cup group stage
2	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62
3	Muslim	30	18	8	4	47	22	+25	62
4	Pakistan Army	30	17	7	6	36	14	+22	58
5	Pakistan Air Force	30	15	8	7	46	27	+19	53
6	National Bank	30	11	11	8	34	26	+8	44
7	Pakistan Navy	30	9	10	11	31	32	−1	37
8	Pakistan Airlines	30	8	12	10	28	27	+1	36
9	Afghan Chaman	30	10	5	15	28	38	−10	35
10	Baloch Nushki	30	8	10	12	28	37	−9	34
11	WAPDA	30	7	11	12	36	44	−8	32
12	Karachi Port Trust	30	8	8	14	34	44	−10	32
13	Habib Bank	30	7	11	12	28	38	−10	32
14	Zarai Taraqiati	30	6	9	15	22	29	−7	27
15	PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad (R)	30	4	13	13	19	45	−26	25	Relegation to 2013–14 Pakistan Football Federation League
16	Wohaib (R)	30	1	5	24	8	75	−67	8

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2013. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	AFG	ARM	BAL	HBL	KESC	KPT	KRL	MUS	NAV	NBP	PAF	PIA	PMC	WAP	WOH	ZTBL
Afghan F.C.		1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–3
Army F.C.	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Baloch F.C.	3–0	0–1		2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1
HBL F.C.	1–3	2–0	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	6–0	1–0
KESC F.C.	2–0	2–1	5–0	2–0		0–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	5–0	4–0
KPT F.C.	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	4–6		1–2	3–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–2
KRL F.C.	4–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	3–1		4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–1	1–1
Muslim F.C.	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0
Navy F.C.	3–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–0		0–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–0
NBP F.C.	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3		1–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1
PAF	2–1	0–1	5–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–1
PIA F.C.	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–0	3–1	4–0	2–1
PMC Athletico	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–4	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1
WAPDA F.C.	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–4	1–1	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0		3–1	4–1
Wohaib F.C.	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–2		0–0
ZTBL F.C.	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2013. Source: FIFA.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Sajjad Ahmed for Pakistan Navy against Karachi Port Trust (5 September 2012).
• Last goal of the season: Muhammad Adnan for Pakistan Navy against Khan Research Laboratories (14 January 2013).
• Fastest goal of the season: 59 seconds – Abdus Salam for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation against WAPDA (14 January 2013).
• Most hat-trick by a single player: 7
  • Kaleemullah Khan
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (28 December 2012)
• Highest scoring game: 10 goals
  • Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (28 December 2012)
  • Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)

Top scorers

As of 15 January 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	35
2	Muhammad Rasool	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	25
3	Ansar Abbas	Pakistan Army	16
4	Muhammad	Karachi Port Trust	13

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Muhammad Rasool	Karachi Electric Supply Company	Baloch Nushki	5–0	20 September 2012
Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	Zarai Taraqiati	4–1	1 October 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	Habib Bank	4–0	11 October 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	Muslim	4–1	16 October 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	Afghan Chaman	4–0	18 October 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	Baloch Nushki	4–0	21 October 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	Wohaib	3–0	6 November 2012
Sanaullah	Baloch Nushki	National Bank	4–1	9 November 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	PMC Athletico	3–0	9 November 2012
Muhammad Rasool4	Karachi Electric Supply Company	Karachi Port Trust	6–4	11 December 2012
Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	WAPDA	4–1	17 December 2012
Aurangzeb Baba	Karachi Electric Supply Company	PMC Athletico	4–0	26 December 2012

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

As of 15 January 2013^[2]

Award	Player	Club
Top Scorer	Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories
Most Valuable Player	Saeed Ahmed	Muslim
Best Goalkeeper	Jaffar Khan	Pakistan Army
Fair Play	—	Zarai Taraqiati