2014–15 Pakistan Premier League

The 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League was the 60th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 11th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the top tier of the Pakistan football league system. The league began on 20 September 2014. Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won the league championship for the last three seasons.

Dates	22 October 2014 – 21 January 2015
Champions	K-Electric F.C. 1st Premier League title 1st Pakistani title
Relegated	Pakistan Railways Baloch Quetta
AFC Cup	K-Electric
Matches played	132
Goals scored	308 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Muhammad Rasool (22)
Biggest home win	WAPDA 6–0 Baloch Quetta (27 October 2014)[1]
Biggest away win	Baloch Quetta 0–9 Pakistan Air Force (18 November 2014)[2]
Highest scoring	Baloch Quetta 0–9 Pakistan Air Force (18 November 2014)[2]
Longest winning run	9 games K-Electric[1]
Longest unbeaten run	9 games K-Electric[1]
Longest winless run	18 games Baloch Quetta[1]
Longest losing run	8 games Baloch Quetta[1]
← 2013–14 2018–19 →

The season saw the league reduced to 12 teams from 16 after six sides were relegated and two promoted in the previous season.

Teams

Pakistan Navy, HBL, Baloch Nushki, Pak Afghan Clearing, ZTBL and Lyallpur were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 campaign. They were replaced by Baloch Quetta and Pakistan Railways.

Location and stadia

Rawalpindi

Karachi

Lahore

Peshawar

Quetta

Chaman

Locations of teams in the 2014-15 PPL

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Afghan Chaman	Chaman	Jamal Nasir Stadium	12,000
Baloch Quetta	Quetta	Sadiq Shaheed Stadium	5,000
K-Electric	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium	30,000
Karachi Port Trust	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Khan Research Laboratories	Rawalpindi	KRL Stadium	8,000
Muslim	Quetta	Sadiq Shaheed Stadium	5,000
National Bank	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Pakistan Airforce	Peshawar	PAF Complex	1,000
Pakistan Army	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	7,000
Pakistan Railways	Lahore	Railway Stadium	3,000
Pakistan Airlines	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
WAPDA	Lahore	Railway Stadium	3,000

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	K-Electric (C)	22	15	3	4	43	20	+23	48	Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying round
2	Pakistan Army	22	13	6	3	30	7	+23	45
3	Pakistan Air Force	22	12	6	4	38	14	+24	42
4	Pakistan Airlines	22	11	5	6	28	18	+10	38
5	WAPDA	22	10	6	6	31	14	+17	36
6	Khan Research Laboratories	22	8	7	7	19	16	+3	31
7	National Bank	22	8	6	8	21	17	+4	30
8	Karachi Port Trust	22	9	2	11	29	28	+1	29
9	Muslim	22	8	5	9	26	26	0	29
10	Afghan Chaman	22	6	5	11	24	29	−5	23
11	Pakistan Railways (R)	22	1	7	14	13	25	−12	10	Relegation
12	Baloch Quetta (R)	22	0	4	18	6	64	−58	4

Source: SoccerWay
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AFG	BAL	KE	KPT	KRL	MUS	NBP	PAF	PAR	PIA	PRL	WAP
Afghan Chaman	—	6–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–2
Baloch Quetta	1–5	—	0–4	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–9	0–3	0–4	0–1	0–2
K-Electric	2–0	3–2	—	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0
Karachi Port Trust	1–3	5–1	2–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–5
Khan Research Laboratories	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Muslim	1–0	1–0	1–5	4–1	0–0	—	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0
National Bank	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	—	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	0–0
Pakistan Airforce	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–0
Pakistan Army	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	0–0	6–0	1–0
Pakistan Airlines	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	—	3–0	3–0
Pakistan Railways	1–1	1–1	2–5	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	—	0–2
WAPDA	1–1	6–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	—

Source: Soccer 24
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• Fastest goal in a match: 50 seconds – Zahid Majeed for Pakistan Airlines against K-Electric (30 September 2014)
• First hat-trick of the season: Muhammad Asif for National Bank against Karachi Port Trust (30 September 2014)
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals – Afghan Chaman 6–1 Baloch Quetta (2 November 2014)
• Team with most goals scored: 43 goals – K-Electric
• Team with fewest goals scored: 6 goals – Baloch Quetta
• Team with fewest goals conceded: 7 goals – Pakistan Army
• Team with most goals conceded: 64 goals – Baloch Quetta

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Muhammad Rasool	K-Electric	22
2	Muhammad Mujahid	Pakistan Air Force	12
	Muhammad Asif	National Bank
4	Mansoor Khan	Pakistan Air Force	11
5	Muhammad Sarfaraz	Pakistan Army	9
6	Zeeshan Ali	Pakistan Airlines	8
	Arif Mehmood	WAPDA
	Muhammad Hanif	Muslim
	Abayomi Oludeyi	K-Electric

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Muhammad Hanif	Muslim	Baloch Quetta	3–0	21 September 2014	[3]
Muhammad Asif 4	Karachi Port Trust	National Bank	4–0	30 September 2014
Arif Mehmood	WAPDA	Baloch Quetta	6–0	27 October 2014	[4]
Jadeed Khan	Afghan Chaman	Baloch Quetta	6–1	2 November 2014
Muhammad Rasool	K-Electric	Pakistan Railways	5–2	20 November 2014	[5]
Muhammad Rasool	K-Electric	Muslim	5–1	18 December 2014
Muhammad Mujahid 4	Pakistan Airforce	Baloch Quetta	9–0	20 December 2014	[6]
Mansoor Khan	Pakistan Airforce	Baloch Quetta	9–0	20 December 2014	[6]

⁴ Player scored four goals
Note: Baloch Quetta played with only 7 players on 2 November 2014 against Afghan Chaman, as most of the players returned home after losing several family members in 2014 Quetta Airbase attack, Pakistan Football Federation did not rescheduled the match, which earned them the negative criticism. Baloch Quetta lost the match 6–1.

Awards

Following is the list of annual award winners.

Award	Player	Club
Top scorer	Muhammad Rasool	K-Electric
Best goalkeeper	Muzammil Hussain	WAPDA
Best Player of the Season (shared)	Mansoor Khan Muhammad Mujahid	Pakistan Airforce