The 2005 Pakistan Premier League season was the 2nd season of Pakistan Premier League and 51st season of Pakistan domestic football. The season started on 31 July 2005 and concluded on 23 October 2005.
Overview After the formation of the newly introduced National A Division Football League in 2004, the second 2005 season was renamed as Pakistan Premier League. After completion of the first season of top tier, PFF launched the second tier PFF League, and the second season of the Pakistan Premier League featured the promoted teams National Bank and Pakistan Public Works Department.
WAPDA were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pakistan Premier League and 5th Pakistani title the previous season.
Pakistan Army won the title on 19 October 2005, after defeating PTCL 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.
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.
Venues The 2005 Pakistan Premier League was not played as strict home-and-away. Matches were staged in city hubs, notably Karachi (KMC Stadium, Aga Khan Gymkhana), Rawalpindi (Army Stadium, Municipal Stadium), Islamabad, (Jinnah Stadium), Lahore (Model Town Ground, Punjab University Old Campus Ground), and Chaman (Government High School Ground). Several clubs hosted "home" fixtures at these shared venues.
Teams Allied Bank, Baloch Nushki, Mardan, Mauripur Baloch, Naka Mohammaden and Young Eleven FC were relegated at the end of 2004-05 season and were replaced by National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department.
Club City Afghan Chaman Chaman Habib Bank Karachi Karachi Port Trust Karachi Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi National Bank Karachi PTCL Islamabad Pakistan Army Rawalpindi Pakistan Navy Rawalpindi Pakistan Public Work Department Karachi Panther Club Faisalabad WAPDA Lahore Wohaib Lahore
League table
Champions
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Muhammad Essa for Afghan Chaman against Pakistan Public Work Department (31 July 2005). Last goal of the season: Khuda Bakhsh for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (23 October 2005). Fastest goal of the season: 52 seconds – Farooq Shah for National Bank against Pakistan Navy (14 January 2013). Largest winning margin: 10 goals Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib . Highest scoring game: 10 goals. Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther . Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib . Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther . Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals1Imran HussainPakistan Army212Qadeer AhmedKhan Research Laboratories163Muhammad EssaAfghan Chaman12Jaffar HussainPakistan ArmyArif MehmoodWAPDA6Mohammad EjazPTCL107Adeel AhmedPTCL8Nomi Martin GillPakistan NavySattar MansuriNational Bank10Asif NawazPanther Club7Farooq ShahNational Bank
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.Muhammad EssaAfghan ChamanPakistan Public Work Department3–2Sattar MansuriNational BankKarachi Port Trust3–2Imran HussainPakistan ArmyAfghan Chaman4–0Adeel AhmedPTCLAfghan Chaman6–2
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